noah | September 28, 2009 2:30 pm

Abe Sauer at The Awl visits Britney Spears’ show in Grand Forks, N.D., where the pop star has an $850,000 taxpayer-funded guarantee, and turns out a very good read on the concert business, the classist overtones that Spears mockery tends to have, and the betrayal of Bruce Springsteen. Recommended x 10. [The Awl]