BBC News - UK — Britney Spears speaks out over the mining row that has surrounded her first Australian tour, acknowledging it had created some "controversy". more info

411 Mania — Says Australian media exaggerated... more info

Perez Hilton — Since Britney Spears landed in Australia there has been non-stop criticism from the media about her lip-synching her show. The world responded with a collective, "DUH!" And now the pop princess herself has something to say: "I hear there is a lot ... more info

People.com — The singer emphasizes that she is performing for fans, not critics more info

Kings of A&R — Jared Lee signed an exclusive wordwide publishing deal with Chrysalis Music Publishing in Dec 2008 and has spent the better part of 2009 working on material for his debut EP (release TBD) with several heavy hitter writers/producers – most notably E... more info

Starpulse — Weekly Music News: We will have to wait until November 23 to see Beyonce and Lady Gaga duke it out in Beyonce's video for "Video Phone"; and we can thank the Chris Brown/Rihanna saga for the delay.[...] Read more! more info

NME — She's 'extremely upset' about the recent criticism more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Good Charlotte stars Benji and Joel Madden stormed out of a live radio interview in Australia after taking exception to an obscene photo of Britney Spears. more info

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Perez Hilton — And it was all because of Britney Spears' VAJAYJAY! Ha! Nicole Richie's babydaddy, Joel Madden, and brother Benji were being interviewed on Australia's FOX FM when the hosts apparently took it too far by testing out the theory that twins can sense wh... more info