CARDIFF () - "Queen of pop" Madonna entered the microscope stage on a throne on Saturday as she kicked off her world tour, and defied her eld with athletic dance routines before tens of thousands of uproarious fans.
The U.S. singer, world Health Organization turned 50 a hebdomad ago, opened her "Sticky & Sweet" tour at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, with "Candy Shop". She wore a black leotard-style outfit designed by fashion house Givenchy and black, knee-length boots.
For her second base number, "Beat Goes On", Madonna horde along the stage catwalk in a white cable car from which she emerged wearing a white top hat.
U.S. rappers Pharrell Williams and Kanye West, world Health Organization featured on Madonna's a la mode chart-topping album "Hard Candy", appeared in video clips, as did Britney Spears.
Madonna will be hoping to shatter her own record for the highest-grossing tour ever by a female artist and testify that the musical master of reinvention still has what it takes to pull in crowds thomas Young and one-time.
"It was so charismatic," aforementioned Paul, from the Welsh city of Newport, after the show. "I don't believe she's 50. She's more wish 30."
"I cogitate she's amazing," added Morgan, a young girl from Cardiff. "I want to be that way when I turn 50."
During the show Madonna played around 20 songs which spanned a career of nearly three decades, including "Like A Prayer", "Into The Groove" and "Hung Up".�
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