LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2011 -- Pop music trendsetter Britney Spears, who has continually captivated crowds around the world with her live music events, today confirms special guest Nicki Minaj will join the Femme Fatale touring event of the summer.  The all female line-up includes Jessie and the Toy Boys and Nervo on every tour stop.  Spears has prepared an extraordinary show in support of the North American tour that begins on June 16th in Sacramento at the Power Balance Pavilion. Tickets for select markets go on sale beginning April 30th at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

"This is the Femme Fatale tour and I'm thrilled to have Nicki Minaj, Jessie and the Toy Boys, and Nervo join me and get everyone on the dance floor,” said Spears. "Can't wait to take the Femme Fatales on the road."

Spears continues to influence a generation of pop music fans with the release of her highly acclaimed, seventh studio album, Femme Fatale, which is expected to debut at #1 on tomorrow's Billboard Album charts, marking her 6th #1 album, and continuing her reign as one of the top-selling artists of the past decade.  Spears has sold more than 67 million albums worldwide since her debut in 1999 and has generated more than 24 Top 40 Hits on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart.

"Till The World Ends" is the recently released second single from Spears' new pop epic Femme Fatale and the follow up to the smash debut single, "Hold It Against Me," which has sold more than a million copies. "Hold It Against Me" also debuted at number one on both the Hot 100 Singles and Hot Digital Songs Chart, it currently ranks #1 on the digital singles charts in 20 markets globally and is the # 1 video on MTV and VH1 in the U.S.  

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Spears catalog of hit albums includes:  ...Baby One More Time (1999); Oops!... I Did It Again (2000); Britney (2001); In The Zone (2003); Blackout (2007); Circus (2008); and The Singles Collection (2009).  

FEMME FATALE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

• June 16 – Sacramento, CA @ Power Balance Pavilion - On Sale April 30
• June 18 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion - On Sale April 30
• June 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center - On Sale April 30
• June 24 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center - On Sale April 30
• June 25 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand - On Sale April 30
• June 28 – Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena - On Sale May 7
• June 29 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome - On Sale May 7
• July 1 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena - On Sale May 7
• July 4 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre - On Sale May 7
• July 6 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Center - On Sale May 7
• July 8 – Chicago, IL @ United Center - On Sale April 30
• July 12 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center - On Sale May 7
• July 13 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center - On Sale May 7
• July 15 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Arena - On Sale May 14
• July 17 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena - On Sale May 7
• July 20 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center - On Sale May 7
• July 22 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena - On Sale April 30
• July 26 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena - On Sale May 7
• July 28 - Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills - On Sale April 30
• July 30 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center - On Sale May 7
• July 31 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center - On Sale May 7
• August 2 – Uniondale, NJ @ Nassau Coliseum - On Sale April 30
• August 5 – East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center - On Sale April 30
• August 8 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden - On Sale May 7
• August 11 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre - On Sale May 7
• August 13 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre - On Sale April 30