Take That and Britney Spears are butting heads over their album titles – The Circus and Circus respectively.

The boy band – whose record is released a day before Britney's – insist that they have every right to release their record under the same name as the pop princess' new effort.

Their manager says, "The boys have worked on this for months, like Britney, and we certainly won't be changing the title.

"When you work that far in advance, it's impossible to know what people will call albums. British pop duo Erasure had an album Circus. The name is not copyrighted.
 
"I doubt there will be confusion. Fans will either ask for the new record by Take That of Britney Spears."

Listen to Womanizer, Britney's first track from the album here