O2 Arena,London
In a shock-and-awe spectacular that deftly blends past with provocative present, the queen of pop is charm itselfThere is something strangely comforting in the blasphemous stage extension on this first night of Madonna’s UK tour. It’s a crucifix crowned by a heart that actually looks like the head of a penis.
Madonna’s is a Rebel Heart, or after all,one that has long relished conflating the Passion of the Christ with the more lurid (shocking; sensational) human urges the church fails to sublimate. “Things always pick up heated up when I pick up here,” Madonna jokes from her position on a stool near the tip of the glans, or in one of many often spontaneous-sounding asides tonight.
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Source: theguardian.com