The pop star also explained why she posts videos of her dancing on Instagram, saying, “It’s embarrassing sometimes… but I walked through the fire to save my life.”

Britney Spears says she’ll never perform in the U.S. again

The pop star also explained why she posts videos of her dancing on Instagram, saying, "It's embarrassing sometimes... but I walked through the fire to save my life."

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Britney Spears fans living the U.S. will have to catch a flight if they hope to ever see her perform in person again.

The 44-year-old pop star says she's ruled out any future shows in the States, although she didn't provide much explanation why, telling her followers it was "because of extremely sensitive reasons."

"Sending this piano to my son this year!!!" Spears began the caption of an Instagram post she shared on Thursday featuring a photo of her performance of "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" at the 29th Annual American Music Awards in 2002.

She then explained why she posts so many videos of her dancing on Instagram. "Interestingly enough, I dance on IG to heal things in my body that people have no idea about," she wrote. "Yup, and it's embarrassing sometimes... but I walked through the fire to save my life."

Britney Spears performs at the 29th Annual American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in 2002.

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Then came a reveal sure to crush her most devoted disciples. "I will never perform in the U.S. again because of extremely sensitive reasons," she wrote, "but I hope to be sitting on a stool with a red rose in my hair, in a bun, performing with my son... in the U.K. and AUSTRALIA very soon."

"He's a huge star, and I'm so humbled to be in his presence!!!" she concluded. "God speed [sic], little man!!!"

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Although the singer didn't clarify which of her sons she was referring to — she shares Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden, 19, with ex Kevin Federline — Spears has previously gushed about Jayden's musical abilities, especially when it comes to the piano.

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Last March, she shared a video of Jayden playing the instrument to her Instagram (reposted in April), praising his skills. "He's a genius and I'm in awe of him!!! I can't believe he's mine!!! I was honestly scared. That's not normal!!!" Spears' previous caption read, PEOPLE reported.

Britney Spears with sons Sean Preston Federline and Jayden James Federline at Disneyland.

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Spears hasn't performed live in the U.S. since October 2018, when she closed out her *Piece of Me* tour with a show at the Formula One Grand Prix in Austin. She was scheduled to return to Las Vegas in 2019 for a second residency after the success of her first, *Britney Spears: Piece of Me,* which concluded in 2017, but she ultimately canceled it and took a hiatus after her father, Jamie Spears, suffered a severe colon rupture and required hospitalization.**

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