Concert review: Britney Spears at Amway Center – Soundboard Music .

There was a skit in the classical era of Saturday Night Live in which Elvis Presley`s coat went on tour, keeping the King`s career alive even in death.

For some reason, that image came to judgement on Wednesday as I watched Britney Spears sleepwalk through the elaborate production numbers on her Femme Fatale Tour at Amway Center. The point is so awesome that it`s simply a topic of time before it can hit the road without her.

When Britney is on her game, as was the subject when her "Circus" hit the old Amway Arena in 2009, she finds a way to halt the particular effects to a combination of charisma and fun that makes the one-dimensional music the least important component of the mix.

This time, sadly, Britney was the most expendable part. And those clunky dance moves still seem like something designed by the world`s most choreographically challenged aerobics class.

After a NASA-worthy, 45-minute countdown following the opening acts, Britney began with the thunderous, if forgettable, "Hold It Against Me."

As the stage erupted into explosion of lights and smoke, Britney sang (well, maybe) and danced. The latter consisted largely of tossing her hair and fold her arms into various geometric shapes.

That call was introduced by a light film in which she was pursued by some mysterious adversaries - maybe disgruntled audience members from a late show? - and arrested. The scenario served the purpose of allowing her to sing part of "Up n` Down," the show`s second song, in a cage.

Maybe all the bells and whistles have something to do with the insipid ideas that powered songs such as "3" (which also happened to be the third song) and "Big Fat Bass." Molar-rattling bass would`ve been more appropriate, considering the overwhelming low-end mix in the arena - which was pretty much full, by the way. Britney wiggled around in a speaker-box in that one amid an orgy of lights.

In "Part of Me," Britney shook her hips tamely in a gondola high in the air, as the hard-working stage did its better to trouble with yet another video and light show. The stage transformed itself into a neon-adorned Egyptian scene for "Gimme More," augmented by a massive Wagner-esque finale.

It was big, but on the Carnival tour, with the engaging oddities of its three-ring freak-show, it seemed like Britney invested more thought in her surroundings. The triad of opening acts on Wednesday - Aussie electronic duo the Nervo Twins, popsters Jessie & the Toy Boys and rapper Nicki Minaj - were way more conventional.

Minaj, who played the area in April on a card with Lil Wayne, came near to upstaging the star with her stylish 45-minute set, delivered against a kinetic backdrop of cube-shaped video screens and piles of flashing spots. The secret weapon: Her big personality powered the dramatic set pieces that introduced songs such as "Save Me," "Where Dem Girls At" and "Super Bass."

Unlike you-know-who.

Occasionally, the singer pushed her personality through all the lights, smoke and video. The poppy "How I Cast" was delivered with influence in the second of a convertible, when the stage was apparently on a break.

Or perhaps it was making plans for its own solo tour.