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Disgruntled fans walk out on Britney Spears concert in Perth

It was not the triumphant return Britney Spears has hoped for.

Disgruntled fans walked out of last night’s concert in Perth - the first of her latest Australian tour - upset by her lip synching.

”It was just really bad,’’ Kathy Wright, 32, said. ‘’She has not spoken, there is no interaction."

Friend Josh Blee said: "We are really big Britney fans but it was crap."

“I thought after the music awards she would make up for it with a wicked concert, but she has let us down," Blee added.

Maria Carmody also left with a group of friends. They were disappointed that the giant screens did not show any vision of Spears performing.

The screens only displayed circus-related images but nothing of the performer herself which infuriated large groups of fans as Britney had her back to them for large portions of the concert.

Several fans complained that there was no vision on the giant screens and questioned whether it was cover up her lip synching.

“She is a little dot on the stage,’’ Carmody said.

She was also put off by the bad behaviour of fans in the general admission area.

She claimed she was elbowed and pushed by overzealous fans.

Spears performed to over 17,000 fans last night at Perth's Burswood Dome.

Patrick Swayzem the acting hunk who strutted his way into viewers' hearts in Ditry Dancing and the broke them in Ghost has died aged 57 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
updated 1:58 a.m. ET Aug. 26, 2009

HYANNIS PORT, Massachusetts - Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77.

Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday.

For nearly a half-century in the Senate, Kennedy was a dominant voice on health care, civil rights, war and peace, and more. To the American public, though, he was best known as the last surviving brother of a storied political family.

Kennedy was elected to the Senate in 1962, when his brother John was president, and served longer than all but two senators in history.

Over the decades, Kennedy put his imprint on every major piece of social legislation to clear the Congress.

His family's statement said:

"Edward M. Kennedy - the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply - died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port.

We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever.

We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice, fairness and opportunity for all.

He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it. He always believed that our best days were still ahead, but it's hard to imagine any of them without him."

Editor's note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

NBC News, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.