Britney Spears has been looking to splash her dwindling fortune on a burial plot, according to a new report.

The singer reportedly became bored during a screening of Mick Jagger film Performance at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Sunday and so decided to take in some of the sights.

Insiders say that the inspiration behind her morbid shopping spree is a recently-acquired fascination with the life and death of Marilyn Monroe.

“Britney is fascinated with Marilyn and visits her grave often," a source tells the Daily Star.

"Since she’s been getting her life together she’s been reading about the star and recently has been glued to a book about the actress.

“She’s fascinated that Marilyn asked her favourite make-up artist to make her look beautiful after she died and picked her own burial plot.

“So when Britney saw Rudolph Valentino’s grave at the cemetery she shrieked and said she wanted one.

“She told her aides: ‘I ’m going to live for ever so I want to be brought to the Forever Cemetery when I’m 101.’”

This being Britney, the graveyard jaunt wasn't without incident – she was reportedly spotted by fans who gave chase through the cemetery.