Photos: Britney Spears glitters in gold and dances up in long-awaited return to MTV VMA stage

Britney Spears returned to the MTV VMA stage for the first time in a decade to perform her brand new single Make Me... on Sunday. There's no doubt the 34-year-old pop diva was in the best shape of her life during the dance-heavy yet lip-synced rendition of her R&B-influenced ballad.

As she took the Madison Square Garden stage, the 2011 Video Vanguard Award glittered in a gold, plunging leotard with matching choker and high-heeled boots.

It was a surprisingly stripped show for bronzed Britney, who kicked off the song in silhouette beneath a large white backdrop. The Private Show hitmaker sported her signature flaxen hair extensions as she mimed the lyrics of her slow-paced track

Spears was joined onstage by four female dancers and G-Eazy, who raps on a couple verses of Make Me... At 6ft5in, the 27-year-old Berkeley native literally towered over the petite 5ft4in Grammy winner.

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