Source:www.nationalledger.com

Britney Spears is back as a performer, sort of.

Spears performed onstage Tuesday night at "The House of Blues" in San Diego, but the show lasted only 15 minutes, and was of dubious quality.

There is a fairly low quality video available at "TMZ".

That link is a bit finicky and it may not always take you directly to the Spears video. If it doesn't scroll through the videos to the right of the player until hers comes up and then click on that.

It's been reported that Britney was lip-syncing, despite the fact that she was wearing a wireless mike, and obviously the whole affair was designed more to draw attention to the fact that she's back, as a sex symbol.

During the performance Spears and her even hotter back up dancers engaged in a lap dance for a fan allegedly picked at random from the crowd. This stunt assured that there would be one satisfied customer who would have a hell of a story to tell his grandchildren.

Here's the story.

A few more of these "mini shows" are scheduled and it will be interesting to see how many people are willing to plunk down the $125.00 entry fee after they read the reviews.

However, lots of guys in their early 20's are raving about her performance so this ersatz strip tease may prove to be profitable.

Let's face it, after a 3 year absence, her young, testosterone driven male fans, whose only priority is T&A, will make the scene.

At this point in her career that's what she's all about and that's not necessarily a bad thing.