Britney Spears’s father has been seeking permission from a judge to expand the pop star’s current Circus tour, but the bad economy may hamper those plans, it was revealed in a LA courtroom Tuesday. Britney, 27, is halfway into a 49-show tour through the U.S., Canada and the UK, with hopes to add more dates through Europe, Australia and a possible second U.S. tour.

“It hasn’t yet been determined whether it’s feasible to expand tours to the Europe or Australia legs,” L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz said following a closed-door discussion with Jamie and his lawyers. “That will be determined in the future after everyone’s seen the analysis, in terms of the economy and value of the dollar,” Goetz added.

Jamie and another lawyer hold indefinite legal control over his daughter following her two forced hospitalizations last year. “Britney’s loving being onstage again,” says a source close to the singer. “Health-wise, she’s progressing every week, it’s amazing. Britney was the single force for wanting to go on tour in the first place.”

Casey Aldridge, the father of Jamie Lynn-Spears’ 8-month-old daughter, is in a Jackson, Mississippi hospital after a bad car wreck last night. Jamie Lynn is at his side. Aldridge was driving home at 1:30 a.m. Sunday when he wrecked his Ford F150 with two male pals in the car, one of whom broke his collar bone. The source adds that Casey has a hematoma and doctors fear he has a blood clot in his brain. He may be heading into surgery.

Aldridge, 19, is a Mississippi native and longtime boyfriend of Britney Spears’ younger sister.

Some pictures of Britney Spears performing at ‘The Circus: Starring Britney Spears Tour’ in Alheim.

Some pictures of Britney Spears, dressed in short white shorts, a pink top and Ugg boots, as she was spotted shopping in Calabasas Saturday afternoon with her bodyguard.

The 27-year-old singer left the crowd at her show in San Jose, California, confused after greeting them with the words: “What’s up Sacramento?” 40 minutes into her set. Britney had performed in Sacramento – approximately 90 miles from San Jose – the previous night as her ‘The Circus Starring Britney Spears’ tour makes its way across California.

Britney’s address to the crowd, her first words of the night, came in the second portion of her set between songs ‘Me Against The Music’ and ballad ‘Everytime’. Britney’s tour has previously proved controversial with the singer suffering a ‘wardrobe malfunction’ at a show in Tampa, Florida and telling the mainly teenage crowd that her: “P***y was hanging out.”

Britney also left the stage for 25 minutes at a recent show in Vancouver, Canada reportedly because it was too smoky. She later told the crowd: “Thanks Vancouver. You were wonderful. Drive safe. Don’t smoke weed!” Reports said lighting technicians at the concert couldn’t breathe properly because fans were smoking cigarettes and marijuana – a drug also known as weed.

Meanwhile it has rumoured Britney has been getting close to her ex-husband Kevin Federline, who is traveling alongside her with the couple’s two sons Sean Preston, three and Jayden James, two. A source said: “It’s like they’re newlyweds all over again. Britney and Kevin can’t keep their hands off each other.”

Some pictures of Britney showing off her stunning body in a recent photoshot for Candie’s.

Britney has been included in this year’s Top 10 Hollywood Beach Bodies coming in at #2, beating contenders Carmen Electra and Kim Kardashian.

Eva Longoria, Britney Spears and Carmen Electra have made it to Fedele De Santis’ list of Top 10 Hollywood Beach Bodies. Fedele De Santis is a trainer to stars like Jessica Biel and the owner of The Gym On Nemo in trendy West Hollywood.

Among others in his list are Tori Spelling, Ashley Tisdale, Kim Kardashian and Melanie Brown. “Tori’s abs have excellent balance, which keeps her look, long and youthful and very healthy,” Fox News quoted him.

For Carmen Electra, he said: “Her stomach has just the right tone on the sides and softness in the middle to maintain that feminine look.” The list is as follows:

1. Eva Longoria
2. Britney Spears
3. Kristin Cavallari
4. Annalynne McCord
5. Carmen Electra
6. Ashley Tisdale
7. Tori Spelling
8. Audrina Patridge
9. Kim Kardashian
10. Melanie Brown

Some pictures of Britney Spears showing off her curves in some denim hot pants as she headed to Starbucks in Los Angeles.