She mixed a raft of songs from her Rebel Heart album with classics from her significant back catalogue.
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From a 1950s car workshop, to a bedazzled matador extravaganza - her stagecraft is magnificent.
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The attention-grabbing opening sequence gives way to a series of other set pieces, each elaborately staged. The show epitomises physical endurance, with Madonna singing and dancing for more than two hours. Show a mix of new work and back catalogue classics Madonna has survived a career spanning over 30 years in the often fickle world of pop music, and this concert is a testament to her skill as a performer, as well as an "I'll show you" to ageism. Sex has always been her game and she is one of the best at it - and if anyone has the guts to not follow the boring notion of ageing gracefully, it is Madonna. I think this goes hand in hand with the general sentiment that a woman of a certain age needs to relinquish her desire, and age gracefully.īut this is Madonna we are talking about - the woman who became a worldwide superstar rolling around the stage in an erotic fervour singing Like A Virgin. In recent years there have been comments that she needs to tone it down, or that she is too old to be overtly sexual. Madonna shows us she has the self-assured courage to challenge what seems "appropriate" for a woman of her age. It was a sight to behold as Madonna, now 57, straddled one of the near-naked nuns whilst spinning at the top of a pole singing a song, an ode to oral sex titled Holy Water. This section featured what can only be described as scantily clad pole-dancing nuns. The opening sequence was a fantastic mixture of Catholic imagery and samurai-inspired costuming, culminating in an erotically charged depiction of The Last Supper. What was most refreshing about Saturday night's tour de force is that the years have not tamed her desire to shock. Even after all these years in the spotlight her sheer force and determination astounds. In the years since Madonna has become a mother-of-four and has seen countless imitators come and go.īut as she proved during her Melbourne Rebel Heart's show: "You don't mess with the Queen."įrom the opening number, Iconic, Madonna commanded the stage.
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When Madonna was last in Australia she had just released her infamous book, Sex, and was riding on the back of her latest album, Erotica.
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It has been 23 years between visits but Saturday night's packed concert at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena only proved the old adage that perhaps distance does make the heart grow fonder.