This Day in Pop: Britney Spears performs 'Human Nature' with Madonna at her Sticky & Sweet Tour in 2008 (November 6)

[PokemonSpears]

  

On November 6, 2008, Britney Spears joined Madonna on her Sticky & Sweet Tour in Los Angeles at the Dodger Stadium to perform Madge's 1995 single Human Nature. This marked Britney's first performance since her appearance at the VMA's 2007, and the first one after being put under a conservatorship in early 2008. Britney wasn't the only ex-Mouseketeer to join Madonna onstage that night. Justin Timberlake appeared right after Britney left the stage to perform with Madonna their duet 4 Minutes. It's unknown whether Britney and Justin had some backstage time together or not.

 

The Human Nature performance featured a backdrop that showed footage of Britney trapped in an elevator, and the version of the tour included Britney's iconic phrase "It's Britney, *****" from her 2007 song Gimme More.

 

We were able to see a little bit of the chat that Madonna and Britney had backstage on MTV's For the Record which aired that year. Madonna reflects about the times that Britney was going through at the moment, and the reason to choose her for that particular song.

 

[britney_rocks]

She looked amazing, but I hate the fact that she lipped the whole thing. 
 

By the way, who is the twink sitting on the sofa with Britney and Madonna? Never understood why he was there.

[pop analyst]

Madonna used her

[princessmimi]

On 11/6/2022 at 8:45 PM, britney_rocks said:

She looked amazing, but I hate the fact that she lipped the whole thing. 
 

By the way, who is the twink sitting on the sofa with Britney and Madonna? Never understood why he was there.

Lol I think that is Jamie Lynn's co-star from Zoey 101.

Twink lmao 

[Tear the floor up up]

On 11/7/2022 at 4:45 AM, britney_rocks said:

She looked amazing, but I hate the fact that she lipped the whole thing. 
 

By the way, who is the twink sitting on the sofa with Britney and Madonna? Never understood why he was there.

14 year old Paul Butcher

I could just be making this up, but I think his mother was friends with Lynne, and there were talks of him signing to Larry’s management 

[2K16NEY]

31 minutes ago, Tear the floor up up said:

14 year old Paul Butcher

I could just be making this up, but I think his mother was friends with Lynne, and there were talks of him signing to Larry’s management 

Wasn't his mother Jackie? The one who showed up at Britney's house before the 5150? 

[Arckangel]

On 11/6/2022 at 11:45 PM, britney_rocks said:

She looked amazing, but I hate the fact that she lipped the whole thing. 
 

By the way, who is the twink sitting on the sofa with Britney and Madonna? Never understood why he was there.

I only hear her live voice a bit during the line: "Did I stay too long?" As for the "Express yourself. Don't repress yourself." part, sounds like it's Madonna's voice. 

Is there an HD version of that performance? The full performance should have been included on For the Record.