Recovered Madonna launches ‘Celebration Tour’
The 65-year-old American pop superstar will have a 78-date concerts in Paris, Montreal and Mexico until April
Daily TribuneThe 65-year-old American pop superstar will have a 78-date concerts in Paris, Montreal and Mexico until April
Pop legend Madonna kicked off her 40th anniversary "Celebration Tour" in London on Saturday, enthralling fans who waited three-and-a-half months for her comeback after getting hospitalized for bacterial infection.
The 65-year-old US superstar performed at The O2 Arena with some early on-stage technical hitches marring the first of her four sold-out performances there.
After taking to the stage in spectacular fashion — with a powerful rendition of her 1998 hit "Nothing Really Matters" — she had to stop the show briefly to "press the reset button" following sound issues.
For the first time since her early days, Madonna will not be performing alongside an on-stage band during the tour.
But her daughter Mercy James made a special surprise appearance on opening night, to play a piano on stage as her mum sang her track "Bad Girl."
Madonna paused her show again later, this time to send a message of support for Israelis and Palestinians "suffering" amid the "heartbreaking" violence there.
In other messaging during the hours-long gig, a photograph of the late singer Sinead O'Connor appeared on large screens while Madonna draped a Ukraine flag over her back before launching into "Don't Cry for Me Argentina."
Her 40th anniversary tour will also include shows in Paris in mid-November, in Montreal in January, before winding up in Mexico on 24 April.
The tour promises to be a "documentary through her vast career" drawing on archive footage and studio recordings from her four decades in the spotlight, according to her musical director Stuart Price.
WITH AFP
