Britney Spears Says She Will ‘Never Perform in the U.S. Again’

It has been more than seven years since Britney Spears wrapped her global Piece of Me tour. And while fans of the 44-year-old “Toxic” pop star who has effectively retired from the music world are always eager to get any hint that she is considering a return to the stage, on Thursday night (Jan. 8) Britney seemed to put a stop to all that talk.

As far as the the United States is concerned, anyway.

In a sweet Instagram post featuring a throwback picture from her glory days of the singer seated on the bench of a white grand piano next to her keyboard player, Spears revealed that she is planning to offer the instrument to her youngest son, 19-year-old Jayden James Federline, while revealing that she will never, ever tickle those ivories herself in America. “Sending this piano to my son this year!!!,” she wrote, explaining that her signature dancing videos are sometimes “embarrassing,” but that she “walked through fire to save my life.”

She then dropped a bombshell: “I will never perform in the U.S. again because of extremely sensitive reasons,” Spears said without specifically explaining what those reasons are while also creaking the door open a crack on possibly performing elsewhere in the future. “But I hope to be sitting on a stool with a red rose in my hair, in a bun, performing with my son… in the UK and AUSTRALIA very soon. He’s a huge star and I’m so humbled to be in his presence!!! God speed, little man!!!”

At press time a spokesperson for Spears had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment on the singer’s pledge not to perform in the U.S. again.

Spears was referring to her son Jayden, who she has referred to as a “genius” in a December 2024 post after an emotional Christmastime reunion in which she crowed about how they were “like twins.” In March of last year, Spears posted a pair of Insta clips of Jayden showing off his piano-playing and rapping skills, dubbing his talents “sick!” and captioning the clip “WOW WOW WOW !!!“

Spears, who has not released an album of new material since 2016’s Glory and not performed live since an Oct. 21, 2018 gig in Austin, Texas has repeatedly said that she is done with the music industry.