SINGER'S SHOW WILL BE LESS SPARKLY THAN USUAL

Sparks won't fly for Janet Jackson's performance at the University of North Carolina.

Orange County denied a pyrotechnics permit for the Jan. 8 show for safety reasons.Commissioners said the show can go on without 14 flame projectors, 60 gold twinkling waterfalls, 24 silver airburst effects, eight fireballs and eight micro mines.

"There's a good chance we could lose the show," said Jeff Elliott, director at the Smith Center. "If we continue to have opposition to things like this, we will not have any more concerts here."

Last week, a Grateful Dead concert was vetoed by the university after the town complained the show would draw too much drug activity and put a strain on police.