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The 2004 Presidential Campaign “Real People Tour”.  The Real People Tour was a 10 state, 15 day traveling assignment covered by the Columbus Dispatch political team of Joe Hallett and Jonathan Riskind along with photographer James D. DeCamp, who tried to find the real stories and opinions of the ‘real’ people of America by traversing the presidential battleground states in the midwest and finding people in their element.  These are some of those stories.

 

Amber Conklin, 17, hostess at Brett Favre's Steakhouse in Green Bay, WI photographed Friday September 24, 2004 will turn 18 just before this years election - and she has already chosen to vote for Bush. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Amber Conklin, 17, hostess at Brett Favre’s Steakhouse in Green Bay, WI photographed Friday September 24, 2004 will turn 18 just before this years election – and she has already chosen to vote for Bush. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Amber Conklin, 17, hostess at Brett Favre's Steakhouse in Green Bay, WI photographed Friday September 24, 2004 will turn 18 just before this years election - and she has already chosen to vote for Bush. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Amber Conklin, 17, hostess at Brett Favre’s Steakhouse in Green Bay, WI photographed Friday September 24, 2004 will turn 18 just before this years election – and she has already chosen to vote for Bush. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Andy Williams, waiter at Brett Favre's Steakhouse in Green Bay, WI photographed Friday September 24, 2004 will to vote for Bush. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Andy Williams, waiter at Brett Favre’s Steakhouse in Green Bay, WI photographed Friday September 24, 2004 will to vote for Bush. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

left to right - Jeffery Virtues, 6 Months, Brian Virtues, and Anne Ullmer came out to Lambeau Field to sign up for a radio station ticket giveaway in Green Bay Friday afternoon September 24, 2004. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

left to right – Jeffery Virtues, 6 Months, Brian Virtues, and Anne Ullmer came out to Lambeau Field to sign up for a radio station ticket giveaway in Green Bay Friday afternoon September 24, 2004. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Terry Bergen, Director of the Outagamie Museum in Appleton, WI watches vendors setting up for the annual October Fest celebration outside of the museum Friday afternoon September 24, 20054. Bergen will vote for Kerry in the fall. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Terry Bergen, Director of the Outagamie Museum in Appleton, WI watches vendors setting up for the annual October Fest celebration outside of the museum Friday afternoon September 24, 20054. Bergen will vote for Kerry in the fall. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

A scenic view of the Ripon University campus photographed Friday September 24, 2004. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

A scenic view of the Ripon University campus photographed Friday September 24, 2004. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Megan Calder, Freshman at Ripon University, studies for her German class on the campus green Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Megan Calder, Freshman at Ripon University, studies for her German class on the campus green Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Bill Whitehead, Professor at Ripon University, talks with us on the campus green Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Bill Whitehead, Professor at Ripon University, talks with us on the campus green Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

The little white school house which is the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

The little white school house which is the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

The little white school house which is the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

The little white school house which is the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

A painting on the wall behind the bar of the Republican House Chinese restaurant depicts the little white school house which is the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

A painting on the wall behind the bar of the Republican House Chinese restaurant depicts the little white school house which is the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

A painting on the wall behind the bar of the Republican House Chinese restaurant which is next door to the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

A painting on the wall behind the bar of the Republican House Chinese restaurant which is next door to the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Mary Zack, left, and Teresa Penkwitz dine at the Republican House Chinese restaurant which is next door to the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Mary Zack, left, and Teresa Penkwitz dine at the Republican House Chinese restaurant which is next door to the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, WI photographed Friday afternoon September 24, 2005. Day 1 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Glen Brown, waits for his deer head at Darwin Kumlin Taxidermist service in De Soto Wisconsin on September 25, 2004 on day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Glen Brown, waits for his deer head at Darwin Kumlin Taxidermist service in De Soto Wisconsin on September 25, 2004 on day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Glen Brown, waits for his deer head at Darwin Kumlin Taxidermist service in De Soto Wisconsin on September 25, 2004 on day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Glen Brown, waits for his deer head at Darwin Kumlin Taxidermist service in De Soto Wisconsin on September 25, 2004 on day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Darwin Kumlin who runs a taxidermist service in De Soto Wisconsin on September 25, 2004 on day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Darwin Kumlin who runs a taxidermist service in De Soto Wisconsin on September 25, 2004 on day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Rich Anderson and his granddaughter Janie Anderson, 8, talk with us as they enjoyed the day at a picnic table in Blackhawk Park near Genoa Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Rich Anderson and his granddaughter Janie Anderson, 8, talk with us as they enjoyed the day at a picnic table in Blackhawk Park near Genoa Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Lee Williams casts a lure as he fishes in the Goose Island County Park near Genoa Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Lee Williams casts a lure as he fishes in the Goose Island County Park near Genoa Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Joe Hallet, left, interviews Lee Williams as he fishes in the Goose Island County Park near Genoa Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Joe Hallet, left, interviews Lee Williams as he fishes in the Goose Island County Park near Genoa Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

left to right - Bob Conrad, Dan Conrad, Mick Cyert, and Chip Schilling take a break after a morning of duck hunting just south of La Crosse Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

left to right – Bob Conrad, Dan Conrad, Mick Cyert, and Chip Schilling take a break after a morning of duck hunting just south of La Crosse Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Chip Schilling takes a break after a morning of duck hunting just south of La Crosse Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Chip Schilling takes a break after a morning of duck hunting just south of La Crosse Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Bob Conrad takes a break after a morning of duck hunting just south of La Crosse Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Bob Conrad takes a break after a morning of duck hunting just south of La Crosse Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

Jeff Conway counts his kill of ducks as his son Adam packs up after a morning of duck hunting just south of La Crosse Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Jeff Conway counts his kill of ducks as his son Adam packs up after a morning of duck hunting just south of La Crosse Wisconsin along the Missouri River during day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

left to right - Lyn Hart, Ed Nordman, and Sandy Nordman (4th guy is not IDed) look from the Grandad's Bluff scenic lookout just east of La Crosse Wisconsin during day 2 of the 2004 'Real People Tour' of middle America. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

left to right – Lyn Hart, Ed Nordman, and Sandy Nordman (4th guy is not IDed) look from the Grandad’s Bluff scenic lookout just east of La Crosse Wisconsin during day 2 of the 2004 ‘Real People Tour’ of middle America.

 

The United States presidential election of 2004, the 55th quadrennial presidential election, was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican President George W. Bush defeated Democraticnominee John Kerry, a United States Senator from Massachusetts.

Bush and incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney were renominated by their party with no difficulty. Former Governor Howard Dean emerged as the early front-runner in the 2004 Democratic primaries, but Kerry won the first set of primaries in January 2004 and clinched his party’s nomination in March after a series of primary victories. Kerry chose Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, who had himself sought the party’s 2004 presidential nomination, to be his running mate.

Bush’s popularity had soared early in his first term after the September 11 attacks, but his popularity declined between 2001 and 2004. Foreign policy was the dominant theme throughout the election campaign, particularly Bush’s conduct of the War on Terrorism and the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Bush presented himself as a decisive leader and attacked Kerry as a “flip-flopper”, while Kerry criticized Bush’s conduct of the Iraq War. Domestic issues were debated as well, including the economyand jobs, health care, and moral values.

Bush won a narrow victory, taking 50.7% of the popular vote and 286 electoral votes. He swept the Southand the Mountain States and took the crucial swing states of Ohio, Iowa, and New Mexico. Some aspects of the election process were subject to controversy, but not to the degree seen in the 2000 presidential election. Bush was the first candidate of either party to win a majority of the popular vote since George H. W. Bush accomplished the same feat in the 1988 election, and the younger Bush remains the only Republican since 1988 to win the popular vote. His victory also marked the first time that the Republican nominee won a presidential election without carrying any state in the Northeastern United States.

Modeling shoot with Ally Lane May 6, 2004.

 

Modeling shoot with Ally Lane May 6, 2004. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) Modeling shoot with Ally Lane May 6, 2004. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) Modeling shoot with Ally Lane May 6, 2004. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Modeling shoot with Ally Lane May 6, 2004. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Columbus Paramedics transport an number of people after a fight broke out at the end of a basketball game at Linden-McKinley High School in Columbus, Ohio Tuesday night January 27, 2004.  The basketball game against Beechcroft High School came to an abrupt end when a fight broke out between the players and then fans joined in.  Columbus Police used Mace® in the gymnasium to try and break up the fight. Four people were treated for use of Mace®, one for a heart attack, and one with an asthma attack, non were transported according to scanner traffic.

 

Linden-McKinley High School Basketball player #42 is lead away from the gymnasium of Linden-McKinley by Columbus Paramedics after a fight broke out at the end of the schools basketball game against Beechcroft High School late Tuesday night January 27, 2004. According to paramedics the player was suffering from an asthma attack that was brought on by the use of Mace® by Columbus Police in the gymnasium to try and break up a fight. Four people were treated for use of Mace®, one for a heart attack, and one with an asthma attack, non were transported according to scanner traffic. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses] A woman is loaded into a stretcher/wheelchair outside of the gymnasium of Linden-McKinley High School by Columbus Paramedics after a fight broke out at the end of the schools basketball game against Beechcroft High School late Tuesday night January 27, 2004. According to paramedics the woman was suffering from exposure to Mace® used by Columbus Police in the gymnasium to try and break up a fight. Four people were treated for use of Mace®, one for a heart attack, and one with an asthma attack. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses] A woman is loaded into a stretcher/wheelchair outside of the gymnasium of Linden-McKinley High School by Columbus Paramedics after a fight broke out at the end of the schools basketball game against Beechcroft High School late Tuesday night January 27, 2004. According to paramedics the woman was suffering from exposure to Mace® used by Columbus Police in the gymnasium to try and break up a fight. Four people were treated for use of Mace®, one for a heart attack, and one with an asthma attack. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses] A woman is loaded into a stretcher/wheelchair outside of the gymnasium of Linden-McKinley High School by Columbus Paramedics after a fight broke out at the end of the schools basketball game against Beechcroft High School late Tuesday night January 27, 2004. According to paramedics the woman was suffering from exposure to Mace® used by Columbus Police in the gymnasium to try and break up a fight. Four people were treated for use of Mace®, one for a heart attack, and one with an asthma attack. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

[Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Alicia Keys gets the crowd on their feet at the Palace Theatre in Columbus Ohio Monday, February 4, 2002.

 

Alicia Keys gets the crowd on their feet at the Palace Theatre in Columbus Ohio Monday February 4, 2002. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) Alicia Keys gets the crowd on their feet at the Palace Theatre in Columbus Ohio Monday February 4, 2002. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) Alicia Keys gets the crowd on their feet at the Palace Theatre in Columbus Ohio Monday February 4, 2002. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) Alicia Keys gets the crowd on their feet at the Palace Theatre in Columbus Ohio Monday February 4, 2002. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) Alicia Keys gets the crowd on their feet at the Palace Theatre in Columbus Ohio Monday February 4, 2002. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) Alicia Keys gets the crowd on their feet at the Palace Theatre in Columbus Ohio Monday February 4, 2002. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

 

Alicia Augello Cook, known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, actress, and activist. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records. Keys’ debut album, Songs in A Minor was released in 2001, producing her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single “Fallin’“, and selling over 12 million copies worldwide. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002. Her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in 2003, spawning successful singles “You Don’t Know My Name“, “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Diary“, and selling 8 million copies worldwide. The duet song “My Boo” with Usher scored her a second number-one single in 2004. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged, becoming the first woman to have an MTV Unpluggedalbum debut at number one.

As I Am was released in 2007, producing the Hot 100 number-one single “No One“, selling 5 million copies worldwide and earning an additional three Grammy Awards. The Element of Freedom was released in 2009, becoming her first chart-topping album in the UK, and selling 4 million copies worldwide. Keys additionally collaborated with Jay Z on “Empire State of Mind” as her fourth number-one single, and won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2010. Girl on Fire was released in 2012 as her fifth Billboard 200 topping album, spawning the successful title track. Her second live album, VH1 Storytellers was released in 2013. Here was released in 2016, becoming her seventh R&B/Hip-Hop chart topping album.

Keys has won numerous awards such as 15 Grammy Awards and 17 NAACP Image Awards and has sold over 35 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists. Keys made her film debut in Smokin’ Aces and has also appeared in The Nanny Diaries and The Secret Life of Bees. Considered a pop icon, Billboardmagazine named her the top R&B artist of the 2000s decade and placed her number 10 on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years. VH1 also included her on their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list, while Time have named her in their 100 list of most influential people in 2005 and 2017.

Britney Spears performs her first Dream Within a Dream Tour in concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio November 1, 2001. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by Spears, in support of her third studio album, Britney. The performances were accompanied by many extravagant special effects – during the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage.

 

Britney Spears performs her first Dream Within a Dream Tour in concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio November 1, 2001. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by Spears, in support of her third studio album, Britney. The performances were accompanied by many extravagant special effects – during the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
Britney Spears performs her first Dream Within a Dream Tour in concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio November 1, 2001. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by Spears, in support of her third studio album, Britney. The performances were accompanied by many extravagant special effects – during the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
Britney Spears performs her first Dream Within a Dream Tour in concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio November 1, 2001. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by Spears, in support of her third studio album, Britney. The performances were accompanied by many extravagant special effects – during the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) Britney Spears performs her first Dream Within a Dream Tour in concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio November 1, 2001. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by Spears, in support of her third studio album, Britney. The performances were accompanied by many extravagant special effects – during the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) Britney Spears performs her first Dream Within a Dream Tour in concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio November 1, 2001. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by Spears, in support of her third studio album, Britney. The performances were accompanied by many extravagant special effects – during the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)Britney Spears performs her first Dream Within a Dream Tour in concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio November 1, 2001. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by Spears, in support of her third studio album, Britney. The performances were accompanied by many extravagant special effects – during the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)Britney Spears performs her first Dream Within a Dream Tour in concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio November 1, 2001. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by Spears, in support of her third studio album, Britney. The performances were accompanied by many extravagant special effects – during the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)Britney Spears performs her first Dream Within a Dream Tour in concert at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio November 1, 2001. The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the third concert tour by Spears, in support of her third studio album, Britney. The performances were accompanied by many extravagant special effects – during the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

 

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Britney Jean Spears is an American singer, dancer, and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a child, before signing with Jive Records in 1997. Spears’s first two studio albums, …Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!… I Did It Again(2000), were global successes and made her the best-selling teenage artist of all time. Referred to as the “Princess of Pop“, Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop, during the late 1990s and the early 2000s.

Spears adopted more mature and provocative themes for her next two studio albums, Britney (2001) and In the Zone (2003). She also ventured into acting with her starring role in the 2002 film Crossroads. However, her much-publicized personal issues sent her career into hiatus. Despite being released while her personal struggles were ongoing, Blackout(2007), is often critically referred to as her best work. Her unusual behavior and hospitalizations placed her under a still ongoing conservatorship.

Spears returned to the top of record charts with her sixth and seventh albums, Circus(2008) and Femme Fatale (2011). In 2012, Forbes reported that Spears was the highest paid female musician of the year, with earnings of $58 million, having last topped the list in 2002. During the promotion of her eighth and ninth studio albums, Britney Jean (2013) and Glory (2016), Spears embarked on the four-year concert residency, Britney: Piece of Me, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Five of Spears’ singles have reached number one in the United States: “…Baby One More Time“, “Womanizer“, “3“, “Hold It Against Me” and “S&M“. Other singles, “Oops!… I Did It Again” and “Toxic“, topped the Australian and Canadian charts. Spears has earned numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards, including the Video Vanguard Award, seven BillboardMusic Awards, including the Millennium Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Billboard ranked her as the eighth biggest artist of the 2000s decade. One of the world’s best-selling music artists, Spears has sold over 100 million records worldwide. In the United States, Spears remains the fourth best-selling female album artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era, as well as the best-selling female albums artist of the 2000s. In 2004, she launched a perfume brand with Elizabeth Arden, Inc., from which sales exceeded US$1.5 billion as of 2012.

 

The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the fourth concert tour by American recording artist Britney Spears. It was launched in support of her third studio album, Britney (2001). The tour was promoted by Concerts West, marking the first time Spears did not tour with Clear Channel Entertainment. On September 21, 2001, a North American tour was announced that kicked off exactly two months later after various dates were postponed. In February 2002, Spears announced a second leg of the tour. It was directed and choreographed by Wade Robson, who explained the main theme of the show was Spears’s coming of age and newfound independence. The stage was designed by Steve Cohen and Rob Brenner and was composed of a main stage and a B-stage, united by a runway. Inspired by Cleopatra‘s barge, a flying device was developed so Spears could travel over the audience to the B-stage. The setlist was mostly composed by songs from the supporting album, as Spears felt they were more reflective of her personality. Songs from her previous two studio albums were also included in remixed form by Robson.

The show was divided into seven segments with the last one being the encore. Spears opened the show hanging from a gyrating wheel; it continued with Spears performing a medley of older hits, jumping in bungee cords from the flying device onto the stage and dancing in a jungle setting. Most of the performances were accompanied by extravagant special effects, including confetti, pyrotechnics, laser lights, and artificial fog and snow. In the encore, there was a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage; this was considered one of the signature performances of the tour. During the 2002 leg, some changes were made; several songs were remixed, and Spears premiered various unreleased songs which included “Mystic Man”. The show received mixed reviews by critics, who praised the show for being innovative but dismissed it for taking the attention away from the music.

According to Billboard, the 2001–02 dates in North America had an average of $803,683 in gross and 14,344 in attendance, bringing a total gross of $53,846,761 and 961,048 tickets sold in 66 shows, not including the Japanese sold out show at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo for 60,000 fans. Overall, the Dream Within a Dream Tour grossed $56.8 million and sold more than 1 million of tickets in 68 shows. On July 27, 2002, Spears performed for 51,261 fans at Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City. The show grossed $2,251,379 and was the 37th on Pollstars Top 200 Concert Grosses in North America. During the second show in Mexico, Spears left the stage after the sixth song due to a lightning storm; the show was canceled and angered the audience. The tour was broadcast live on an HBO special on November 18, 2001, and went on to win an Emmy for Outstanding Technical Direction on the 2002 ceremony. A DVD titled Live from Las Vegas was released in January 2002.

The Conesville Power Plant in Coshocton, Ohio photographed February 16, 2001.

 

Coal is carried from semis and directly via conveyor belts from a nearby mine to the storage facility at the Conesville power plant. Although the plant has a capacity to store a reserve of more than 90 days of coal at any given time, the current supply is down to just a few day of reserves. This is because the plant recently had to share some of it's reserves with other plants that had a shortage, the coal mining labor situation is much more stable now than it was years ago, and the utility is trying to be cost conscious by buying only to meet demand. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Coal is carried from semis and directly via conveyor belts from a nearby mine to the storage facility at the Conesville power plant. Although the plant has a capacity to store a reserve of more than 90 days of coal at any given time, the current supply is down to just a few day of reserves. This is because the plant recently had to share some of it’s reserves with other plants that had a shortage, the coal mining labor situation is much more stable now than it was years ago, and the utility is trying to be cost conscious by buying only to meet demand. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Michael Thomas adjusts the bushings around the shaft of a turbine during a routine overhaul of an electrical generator and turbine unit at the Conesville Power Plant on Friday February 16, 2001. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Michael Thomas adjusts the bushings around the shaft of a turbine during a routine overhaul of an electrical generator and turbine unit at the Conesville Power Plant on Friday February 16, 2001. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Workers perform a routine overhaul of an electrical generator and turbine unit at the Conesville Power Plant on Friday February 16, 2001. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Workers perform a routine overhaul of an electrical generator and turbine unit at the Conesville Power Plant on Friday February 16, 2001. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Workers perform a routine overhaul of an electrical generator at the Conesville Power Plant on Friday February 16, 2001. From left to right - Joe Ritter, Bill Bickford, and John Foster. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Workers perform a routine overhaul of an electrical generator at the Conesville Power Plant on Friday February 16, 2001. From left to right – Joe Ritter, Bill Bickford, and John Foster. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Workers perform a routine overhaul of an electrical generator at the Conesville Power Plant on Friday February 16, 2001. From left to right - Joe Ritter, Bill Bickford, and John Foster. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Workers perform a routine overhaul of an electrical generator at the Conesville Power Plant on Friday February 16, 2001. From left to right – Joe Ritter, Bill Bickford, and John Foster. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Coal is carried from semis and directly via conveyor belts from a nearby mine to the storage facility at the Conesville power plant. Although the plant has a capacity to store a reserve of more than 90 days of coal at any given time, the current supply is down to just a few day of reserves. This is because the plant recently had to share some of it's reserves with other plants that had a shortage, the coal mining labor situation is much more stable now than it was years ago, and the utility is trying to be cost conscious by buying only to meet demand. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Coal is carried from semis and directly via conveyor belts from a nearby mine to the storage facility at the Conesville power plant. Although the plant has a capacity to store a reserve of more than 90 days of coal at any given time, the current supply is down to just a few day of reserves. This is because the plant recently had to share some of it’s reserves with other plants that had a shortage, the coal mining labor situation is much more stable now than it was years ago, and the utility is trying to be cost conscious by buying only to meet demand. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Conesville Power plant Manager Daniel Lambert describes some of the processes involved in using coal as a power source. Behind him in the dark rectangular ponds is a slurry of slag and fly ash from the plants boilers and scrubbers. Fly ash, a complex composition of silicon and aluminum oxides together with oxides of iron, calcium, titanium, potassium and trace metals, originates from residual inorganic matter contained in coal. When coal is burned in steam generators, the matter is fused and carried with flue gas as the carbon is consumed by oxidation. The flue gas cools as it flows out of the steam generator, and the molten ash takes the form of ceramic particles. The ash particles are collected in electrostatic precipitators. In the green circular tanks is Calcium Sulfate, a product of the smoke stack scrubber used at the plant to limit air pollution. Scrubbers operate by spraying a mixture of pulverized limestone and water into the exhaust gas of the generating units. Inside the scrubber vessels, calcium in the limestone reacts with the gaseous SO2 to form calcium sulfate, commonly know as gypsum. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Conesville Power plant Manager Daniel Lambert describes some of the processes involved in using coal as a power source. Behind him in the dark rectangular ponds is a slurry of slag and fly ash from the plants boilers and scrubbers. Fly ash, a complex composition of silicon and aluminum oxides together with oxides of iron, calcium, titanium, potassium and trace metals, originates from residual inorganic matter contained in coal. When coal is burned in steam generators, the matter is fused and carried with flue gas as the carbon is consumed by oxidation. The flue gas cools as it flows out of the steam generator, and the molten ash takes the form of ceramic particles. The ash particles are collected in electrostatic precipitators. In the green circular tanks is Calcium Sulfate, a product of the smoke stack scrubber used at the plant to limit air pollution. Scrubbers operate by spraying a mixture of pulverized limestone and water into the exhaust gas of the generating units. Inside the scrubber vessels, calcium in the limestone reacts with the gaseous SO2 to form calcium sulfate, commonly know as gypsum. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Coal trucks line up to enter the Conesville Power Plant Friday February 16, 2001. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Coal trucks line up to enter the Conesville Power Plant Friday February 16, 2001. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D30 cameras with L series lenses.]

Firefighters from more than 7 different departments battle a blaze at the Jefferson Golf Course Club House Friday February 11, 2000. The fire which started in an out building about 100 yards from the clubhouse, apparently jumped from one building to the other and caused a general alarm (3+) on the East side. No one was reported injured.

 

Mifflin Twp. Firefighter Bruce Day cuts a ventilation hole in the roof of the Jefferson Golf Course Club House late Friday afternoon. The fire which started in an out building about 100 yards from the club house, apparently jumped from one building to the other cause a general alarm (3+) on the east side. More than 7 different fire departments turned out for the event. No one was reported injured as far as I know. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Mifflin Twp. Firefighter Bruce Day cuts a ventilation hole in the roof of the Jefferson Golf Course Club House late Friday afternoon February 11, 2000.

Firefighters from more than 7 different departments battle a blaze at the Jefferson Golf Course Club House Friday February 11, 2000. The fire which started in an out building about 100 yards from the clubhouse, apparently jumped from one building to the other and caused a general alarm (3+) on the East side. No one was reported injured. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Firefighters from more than 7 different departments battle a blaze at the Jefferson Golf Course Club House Friday February 11, 2000. The fire which started in an out building about 100 yards from the clubhouse, apparently jumped from one building to the other and caused a general alarm (3+) on the East side. No one was reported injured. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Mifflin Twp. ladder 131, left, and Columbus ladder 28 pour water on the roof of the Jefferson Golf Course Club House late Friday afternoon. The fire which started in an out building about 100 yards from the club house, apparently jumped from one building to the other causing a general alarm (3+) on the east side. More than 7 different fire departments turned out for the event. No one was reported injured as far as I know. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Mifflin Twp. ladder 131, left, and Columbus ladder 28 pour water on the roof of the Jefferson Golf Course Club House late Friday afternoon February 11, 2000.

Firefighters from more than 7 different departments battle a blaze at the Jefferson Golf Course Club House Friday February 11, 2000. The fire which started in an out building about 100 yards from the clubhouse, apparently jumped from one building to the other and caused a general alarm (3+) on the East side. No one was reported injured. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Mifflin Twp. Firefighters Fred Kauser front, and John Hoffman, rear, drag 5 inch line out of a fire building near the Jefferson Golf Course Club House late Friday afternoon. The fire, which started in this out building about 100 yards from the club house, apparently jumped from one building to the other cause a general alarm (3+) on the east side. More than 7 different fire departments turned out for the event. No one was reported injured as far as I know. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Mifflin Twp. Firefighters Fred Kauser front, and John Hoffman, rear, drag 5 inch line out of a fire building near the Jefferson Golf Course Club House late Friday afternoon February 11, 2000.

 

Dolores Mary Eileen O’Riordan belts out a song at Polaris Amphitheater Tuesday night, August 31, 1999 as the Cranberries played to a large crowd.

 

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan belts out a song at Polaris Amphitheater Tuesday night as the Cranberries played to a large crowd. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan belts out a song at Polaris Amphitheater Tuesday night as the Cranberries played to a large crowd. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan belts out a song at Polaris Amphitheater Tuesday night as the Cranberries played to a large crowd. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan belts out a song at Polaris Amphitheater Tuesday night as the Cranberries played to a large crowd. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan belts out a song at Polaris Amphitheater Tuesday night as the Cranberries played to a large crowd. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan belts out a song at Polaris Amphitheater Tuesday night as the Cranberries played to a large crowd. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan belts out a song at Polaris Amphitheater Tuesday night as the Cranberries played to a large crowd. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

 

The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 by lead singer Dolores O’Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan, and drummer Fergal Lawler. Although widely associated with alternative rock, the band’s sound also incorporates indie pop, post-punk, Irish folk, and pop rock elements.

The Cranberries rose to international fame in the 1990s with their debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, which became a commercial success. The Cranberries are one of the most successful rock acts of the ’90s and have sold over 40 million records worldwide. The band has achieved four top 20 albums on the Billboard 200 chart (Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?; No Need to Argue, To the Faithful Departed and Bury the Hatchet)and eight top 20 singles on the Modern Rock Tracks chart (“Linger“, “Dreams“, “Zombie“, “Ode to My Family“, “Ridiculous Thoughts“, “Salvation“, “Free to Decide“, and “Promises“).

In early 2009, after a six-year hiatus, the Cranberries reunited and began a North American tour, followed by shows in Latin America and Europe. The band recorded their sixth album Roses in May 2011, and released it in February 2012. Something Else, an album covering earlier songs together with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, was released in April 2017.

Dolores Mary Eileen O’Riordan was an Irish musician and singer-songwriter. She led the rock band The Cranberries for 13 years before the band took a break starting in 2003, reuniting in 2009.

Her first solo album, Are You Listening?, was released in May 2007 and was followed up by No Baggage in 2009. O’Riordan was known for her lilting mezzo-soprano voice, for yodeling and for her strong Limerick accent. She appeared as a judge on RTÉ‘s The Voice of Ireland during the 2013–14 season. In April 2014, O’Riordan joined Jetlag(later called D.A.R.K.) and began recording new material. In May 2017, Dolores declared that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

The Germain Amphitheater (originally the Polaris Amphitheater) was a 20,000-seat outdoor entertainment venue located in Columbus, Ohio, near the suburb of Westerville. The venue opened as part of a large development venture off of Interstate Highway I-71. There were 6,700 seats in an open-air pavilion—much of it under cover—and room for another 13,300 people on general admission lawn seating. The concert season began mid-May, continuing through early October and featured 20-30 concerts per year. At the time it opened, it was the largest and most suitable venue for concerts in central Ohio.

A relative unknown at the time, Britney Spears performs in concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium to a sell out crowd Wednesday night, August 18, 1999.

Unlike her second concert in 2001 at Nationwide Arena, this venue had a limited space (2500 seats).

 

Britney Spears performs in concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium to a sell out crowd Wednesday night, August 18, 1999. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Britney Spears performs in concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium to a sell out crowd Wednesday night, August 18, 1999. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Britney Spears performs in concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium to a sell out crowd Wednesday night, August 18, 1999. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Britney Spears performs in concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium to a sell out crowd Wednesday night, August 18, 1999. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Britney Spears performs in concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium to a sell out crowd Wednesday night, August 18, 1999. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Britney Spears performs in concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium to a sell out crowd Wednesday night, August 18, 1999. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Britney Spears performs in concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium to a sell out crowd Wednesday night, August 18, 1999. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

Britney Spears performs in concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium to a sell out crowd Wednesday night, August 18, 1999. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

 

 

Britney Jean Spears is an American singer, dancer, and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a child, before signing with Jive Records in 1997. Spears’s first two studio albums, …Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!… I Did It Again (2000), were global successes and made her the best-selling teenage artist of all time. Referred to as the “Princess of Pop“, Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop, during the late 1990s and the early 2000s.

Spears adopted more mature and provocative themes for her next two studio albums, Britney (2001) and In the Zone (2003). She also ventured into acting with her starring role in the 2002 film Crossroads. However, her much-publicized personal issues sent her career into hiatus. Despite being released while her personal struggles were ongoing, Blackout (2007), is often critically referred to as her best work. Her unusual behavior and hospitalizations placed her under a still ongoing conservatorship.

Spears returned to the top of record charts with her sixth and seventh albums, Circus (2008) and Femme Fatale (2011). In 2012, Forbes reported that Spears was the highest paid female musician of the year, with earnings of $58 million, having last topped the list in 2002. During the promotion of her eighth and ninth studio albums, Britney Jean (2013) and Glory (2016), Spears embarked on the four-year concert residency, Britney: Piece of Me, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Five of Spears’ singles have reached number one in the United States: “…Baby One More Time“, “Womanizer“, “3“, “Hold It Against Me” and “S&M“. Other singles, “Oops!… I Did It Again” and “Toxic“, topped the Australian and Canadian charts. Spears has earned numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards, including the Video Vanguard Award, seven BillboardMusic Awards, including the Millennium Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Billboard ranked her as the eighth biggest artist of the 2000s decade. One of the world’s best-selling music artists, Spears has sold over 100 million records worldwide. In the United States, Spears remains the fourth best-selling female album artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era, as well as the best-selling female albums artist of the 2000s. In 2004, she launched a perfume brand with Elizabeth Arden, Inc., from which sales exceeded US$1.5 billion as of 2012.

America West Flight 2811 from Newark, New Jersey, an Airbus A320 (tail number N628NW), makes it’s final approach to Port Columbus Airport Tuesday afternoon, February 16, 1999 with it’s front nose gear turned 90° the wrong way. The nose gear which should have been turned along the center line of the plane was instead turned perpendicular to the direction of travel. Although Columbus Fire Department and many of the surrounding fire departments responded to the scene with squads, medics and engine companies, the plane landed safely, and its passengers evacuated the plane via it emergency slide chutes. No one was reported injured in the incident although the plane closed one of Port Columbus’s runway’s for several hours until FAA investigators could examine the plane.

 

An America West Airbus A320 (tail number N628NW ) makes it's final approach to Port Columbus Airport Tuesday afternoon with it's front nose gear turned 90¡ the wrong way. The nose gear which should have been turned along the center line of the plane was instead turned perpendicular to the direction of travel. Although Columbus Fire Department and many of the surrounding fire departments responded to the scene with squads, medics and engine companies, the plane landed safely, and its passengers evacuated the plane via it emergency slide chutes. No one was reported injured in the incident although the plane closed one of Port Columbus's runway's for several hours until FAA investigators could examine the plane. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]An America West Airbus A320 (tail number N628NW ) makes it's final approach to Port Columbus Airport Tuesday afternoon with it's front nose gear turned 90¡ the wrong way. The nose gear which should have been turned along the center line of the plane was instead turned perpendicular to the direction of travel. Although Columbus Fire Department and many of the surrounding fire departments responded to the scene with squads, medics and engine companies, the plane landed safely, and its passengers evacuated the plane via it emergency slide chutes. No one was reported injured in the incident although the plane closed one of Port Columbus's runway's for several hours until FAA investigators could examine the plane. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

[Photographed with Canon EOS D2000 cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses.]

The plane suffered minor damage during the landing at Port Columbus International Airport (CMH), Columbus, Ohio, with the nose wheels rotated 90 degrees. When the flight crew lowered the landing gear it received a (Landing Gear Control and Interface Unit) fault that after a visual fly-by resulted in nose wheels rotated 90 degrees from the straight direction foreseen for landing.

The pilot performed a normal touchdown which was followed by an emergency evacuation from the over-wing exits. None of the 31 people on board were injured.

The NTSB investigation revealed that “the external ‘O’ rings in the steering control valve had extruded and by-passed pressurized hydraulic fluid to rotate the nose wheels. This event had occurred before, and the manufacturer had issued a service bulletin. The operator had not complied with the service bulletin, nor were they required to comply with it.”

From the NTSB’s brief narrative statement of facts, conditions and circumstances pertinent to the accident/incident: 

On February 16, 1999, at 1602 Eastern Standard Time, an Airbus A-320-231, N628AW, operated by America West Airlines as flight 2811, received minor damage when it landed at Port Columbus International Airport (CMH), Columbus, Ohio, with the nose wheels rotated 90 degrees. There were no injuries to the 2 certificated pilots, 3 flight attendants and 26 passengers. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the scheduled passenger flight which had departed from Newark (EWR), New Jersey, about 1404. Flight 2811 was operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan conducted under 14 CFR Part 121.

According to statements from the flight crew, flight 2811 was uneventful until the landing gear was lowered prior to landing at CMH. After the landing gear was extended to the down-and-locked position, the flight crew received indications of dual landing gear control and interface unit (LGCIU) faults.

The flight crew entered into a holding pattern and attempted to troubleshoot the faults; however, they were unable to determine the source of the problem. The flight crew then prepared for a landing at CMH, with nose-wheel steering and thrust reversers inoperative due to the faults. During the final approach, at the flight crew’s request, the control tower performed a visual check of the landing gear, which revealed that the nose-wheels were rotated about 90 degrees.

The flight crew then initiated a missed approach and declared an emergency. The cabin crew was notified of an impending emergency landing, and the cabin and passengers were prepared for the landing. The captain initiated the approach, and described the touchdown as soft. The airplane stopped on the 10,250-foot-long runway with about 2,500 feet of runway remaining. Damage was limited to the nose landing gear tires and rims.

The captain reported that after landing, he noticed smoke was drifting up on the right side of the airplane. He said he attempted to contact the control tower and confirm if a fire was present, but was unable due to frequency congestion. He then initiated an emergency evacuation using the left and right side over-wing exits.

A review of the air/ground communications, as recorded by the Columbus Air Traffic Control Tower, did not reveal a congested frequency when the emergency evacuation was initiated.

According to Airbus, nose wheel steering was hydraulically actuated through either the cockpit tiller and/or the rudder pedals.

A post-incident visual inspection of the nose landing gear assembly revealed no anomalies. The steering control module was replaced, and a subsequent functional check of the nose-wheel steering was successful.

The steering control module was a sealed unit, opened only during overhaul, with no specified overhaul time, and had accumulated 3,860 hours since last overhauled on March 3, 1998. It was shipped to Messier-Bugatti, the manufacturer, and examined under the supervision of the French Bureau Enquetes Accidents (BEA). The examination revealed that the external hydraulic O-ring seals on the steering control module’s selector valve were extruded (distorted out of the seal’s groove). A small offset was found in the steering control valve.

Airbus further reported that while the offset would have been measurable, it would not have been noticeable under normal operations. Additionally, during landing gear extension, the brake and steering control unit (BSCU) would have been energized and hydraulic pressure would have been directed toward the steering servo valve. The BSCU would have then commanded a small rotation of the nose wheel to check for proper movement. Any disagreement between the commanded position and actual position of the nose wheel would have deactivated the nose wheel steering. However, if hydraulic pressure had bypassed the steering control valve, there would have been continued pressurization to the servo valve, and because of the servo valve’s inherent offset, in-flight rotation of the nose wheels.

Procedures existed for removal of hydraulic pressure from the steering control module. However, once the nose-wheel strut had deflected 90 degrees, the centering cam would have been rotated to a flat area, and would have been incapable of overriding the 3,000 PSI hydraulic system, and returning the nose wheels to a centered position.

Documents from Airbus indicated there have been three similar incidents in which A320 airplanes landed with the nose wheels rotated about 90 degrees. Examination of the steering control modules on two of the airplanes revealed extrusion of the selector valve’s external seals similar to that found on N628AW. Airbus had attributed the extrusion failures to the lack of a backup seal or the effects of aging on the seals. As a result of these incidents, Airbus issued Service Bulletin (SB) A320-32-1197 on October 8, 1998, to recommend replacement of the external seals on the steering control module’s selector valve on A320 and A321 airplanes within 18 months of the SB’s issuance.

At the time of the incident, neither the French Direction General de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC), or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), had adopted the service bulletin as an airworthiness directive. The operator was not required to comply with the service bulletin, and had not complied with it.

On March 24, 1999, the DGAC issued Airworthiness Directive (AD) 1999-124-129(B) to require compliance with the SB. On December 17, 1999, the FAA issued AD 99-23-09 which was based upon the French AD, with a 12 month time of compliance for modification of the nose wheel steering control valve.

America West Airlines was a U.S. airline headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. Their main hub was at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, with a secondary hub at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. The airline became part of the US Airways Group after it acquired the larger airline in 2005 and adopted the US Airways brand name. America West was the second largest low-cost carrier in the U.S. after Southwest Airlines and served approximately 100 destinations in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Service to Europe was provided through codeshare partners. In March 2005, the airline operated a fleet of 132 aircraft, with a single maintenance base at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. Regional jet and/or turboprop feeder flights were operated on a code sharing basis by Mesa Airlines and Chautauqua Airlines as America West Express.

Beginning in January 2006, all America West flights were branded as US Airways, along with most signage at airports and other printed material, though many flights were described as “operated by America West.” Apart from two heritage aircraft, the only remaining America West branding on aircraft can be found on some seat covers and bulkheads. The merged airline used America West’s “CACTUS” callsign and ICAO code “AWE”, but retained the US Airways name. As part of a merger between American Airlines and US Airways in February 2013, which led to American becoming the world’s largest airline, the call sign and ICAO code name was later retired on April 8, 2015 when the FAA granted a single operating certificate for both US Airways and American Airlines. The US Airways brand continued until October 17, 2015, when American Airlines retired the name.