Enrique Iglesias was removed from the Britney Spears tour inNorth America just hours after the tour was announced, sources tellBillboard.
The tour promoter Live Nation declined to comment; Billboard.bizin this story will have more details soon emerge.
The tour was announced shortly before the singer's appearance on "Good Morning America" this morning.
The plans that had to Iglesias, who is currently on tour in Europe,were to be much more than a standard opening ceremony, was scheduled to take full production on tour Spears. While twohigh-profile artists would most certainly be highly sought afterappealing to the fans, an effort would also be very expensive to produce.
Spears's tour will be produced by Live Nation, the tour promoterpop veteran Brad Wavre, vice president of Live Nation. Wavre hasled successful tours of artists like Backstreet Boys, N Sync and the Jonas Brothers. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com andLiveNation.com. Additional selling dates will be announced at alater date. Citi card members also have access to presale ticketsthrough Citi's Private Pass Program.