SURELY fans deserve more for their hard-earned cash than to watch their apparent stars mime or lip-sync during concerts.

The latest being Britney Spears.

Reports she will lip-sync many of her concerts has prompted debate whether people should know beforehand that they will be seeing their favourite singers lip-sync before paying top dollar.

Of course they deserve to know.

Fair Trading Minister Virginia Judge told the Daily Telegraph that Sydneysiders would not put up with a “Mickey Mouse performance.”

“Let’s be clear – live means live,” she said.

“If you are spending up to $200, I think you deserve better than a film clip.”

“The NSW Government would be happy to look at options, such as a disclaimer on a ticket which would warn consumers a performance is pre-recorded.”

Of course Spears isn’t the first one to lip-sync; it has happened many of times.

But as prices increase every time a popular US pop star tours Australia, surely the squillions of fans that follow Spears deserve to know what sort of show they will be getting.

But then begs the question; why do these stars lip-sync in the first place? Are they scared of getting it wrong? Or is it the easy way out?

Then how do they still demand the respect if they are going to lip-sync instead of braving the unpredictability of actually showcasing their voice.

Melbourne radio station FoxFM have been doing a competition where listeners put their name down on the ‘Brit List’ on their website and if they hear their name on the radio, they call up and win tickets.

I think after hearing the lip-sync story, listeners won’t be in such a desperate mood to win.