 Spears performed " Boys " on multiple occasions . She performed the song on February 10 , 2002 at the 2002 NBA All @-@ Star Game . She also performed it on the twenty @-@ seventh season of Saturday Night Live on February 2 , 2002 . She performed the song as a mash @-@ up with " I 'm a Slave 4 U " on her ABC special , In the Zone , to promote her fourth album In the Zone . In the United Kingdom , Spears performed the song on CD : UK . On the 2001 Dream Within a Dream Tour , Spears performed it wearing a tank @-@ top and suspenders . In the tour 's extension in 2002 , she replaced the original version with the remix on the tour . 
