Britney Spears 'comeback' waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds

The attraction already has several Spears waxworks at its museums across the world but wanted a glamorous new model to depict the pop star's return to form.

The statue, which was unveiled in London this morning, shows the 27-year-old singer in a sparkly silver dress with plunging neckline, holding one of the three MTV Video Music Awards she won in September.

The broad smile and long blond hair are a far cry from images of Spears in 2007, when she was filmed shaving her head in a salon window during a high-profile breakdown.

But the former Disney child star has rebuilt her career and her world tour is due to hit the UK this summer at London's 02 Arena.

She recently released her sixth studio album Circus, a follow-up to her album Blackout which was popular with the critics despite expectations due to her well-documented personal troubles.

Spears is one of the top-selling artists of the last decade and has sold more than 62 million albums worldwide.

To celebrate her latest wax incarnation, Madame Tussauds has launched an interactive dance experience. The Britney Dance Chain will allow visitors to learn some of Spears' best moves, enter a "dance tunnel" and strut their stuff on camera.

Singer in a Brit of trouble as court case looms

Britney Spears’ ex-manager Osama 'Sam' Lufti is taking the singer and her family to court for breach of contract, bodily harm and slander.

Lufti alleges that pop superstar Britney lived in fear of her father, and that he met the singer when she was trying to file a restraining order on her parents, reported tmz.com.

Spears' ex-manager said of the star : "Resentful of Lynne and afraid of Jamie's controlling, violent, and often unpredictable behavior, Britney began inquiring about obtaining restraining orders against Jamie and Lynne."

Sam says that Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, phyisically assaulted him in Britney’s apartment in 2008 and "intentionally punched him in the chest”.

Britney’s mother is also being sued by Sam. He said due to the slanderous words she wrote in her recent book 'Through the Storm', he was “subjected to unfathomable amounts of ridicule and public scorn."

The singer's ex-manager also claims that Britney owes him unpaid management fees.

Photos of Britney's new house

This is the new home of the pop diva Britney Spears at the luxury crib of LA complete with a pool, spa, three garages, 10 bedroom, 10 bathrooms and 7,500 square feet of high ceilings and mosaic tiled floors. The house 'Field Of Dreams' also boasts a bar, cinema and a library