Spamalot's Topical Lyric

Broadway and West End show Spamalot has rewritten one of the big songs, replacing Britney Spears with Posh Spice.

Asked why the lyric was changed in the song Diva's Lament – a number sung by The Lady In The Lake - Spamalot author Eric Idle said in an e-mail: "Because we don't laugh at sad people. Mike Nichols (the show's director) requested it and he's right.”

“We changed the lyrics in London, on tour, on Broadway and in Las Vegas. We think that it's now too sad. Britney Spears is being tortured to death and we don't want to be on that side."

The changes went into the various companies last week.