Britney Spears Puts On A Show At Miami Hospital

Britney Spears took advantage of her visit to Miami for her ongoing "Circus" tour and visited a local children's hospital over the weekend.

The pop star's young fans gathered around her at the Miami Children's Hospital on Saturday. According to hospital spokesperson Cristene Martinez, "The kids were so excited to meet Britney, and having her here was a great distraction for them."

The singer posed for photos with kids, barely spoke beyond "Say cheese," and was in and out in literally ten minutes.

According to the Miami Herald, pediatric radiologist Ricardo Restrepo and Lee Schrager, Director of Media for Southern Wine and Spirits America, arranged for the 27-year-old singer to visit the hospital, saying the circus theme of her tour was a natural tie in for a hospital with clowns.

And like cheering a group of 40 ill kids up wasn't enough, Britney also dropped a check for $100,000 for the hospital's Big Apple Circus Clown Care program, a service that provides medically trained clowns.

''Because of the clown theme of her tour, I assumed her visit would be a natural tie-in for a hospital with clowns,'' Director of Media for Southern Wine and Spirits America Lee Schrager told the Miami Herald. "From there it all happened quick, and the next thing we know, we got the call saying Britney Spears was coming to the hospital and donating $100,000 to the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program.''

Britney, who was with her dad, stayed in Florida through the weekend, performed at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa on Sunday night.

The tour, which kicked off in New Orleans, is Britney's first run of arena shows in nearl five years, and is largely seen as her official comeback. So far, Britney received only rave reviews for her performances.

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Controversial Britney Spears Song Faces US Radio Ban

Britney Spears forthcoming single could be banned by some US radio stations over fears that listeners might mishear the song's lyrics.

Programmers are concerned about the meaning behind the song, ‘If You Seek Amy’, which when sung by Spears sounds like “F U C K me”.

Although single-word profanities are normally dubbed out for radio, Spears' song could technically avoid censorship because it doesn't contain offensive language.

Patti Marshall, program director at Cincinnati's Q102, told MTV: "It's OK to put in on an album, have fun with it, but we're publicly owned, you know?

"We have a responsibility to the public ... you put this ... out and act like we're all fuddy-duddies, like we're trying to make moral judgements.

“It's not about us. It's about the mom in the minivan with her 8-year-old."

In the song, Spears sings the line: “All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek Amy”, which sounds like: “All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to F U C K me.”

Another programmer told the broadcaster that it would have to run the song past a legal team before it could be aired.

'If You Seek Amy' has already generated anger in Australia, where parents branded the song “offensive”.

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