sentences:  Scalpers outside the San Diego venue sold tickets with a face value of $35 for prices between $200 and $500.The shows took place against a backdrop of Spears' life struggles the previous few years that had made her fodder for tabloid reports.These included a two-day marriage, a stormy two-year marriage and divorce after having two children, shaving her head, entering rehabilitation for substance abuse, and various run-ins with the paparazzi.