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From knob gags with Graham Norton to cages, trapezes and a ukulele proper Blue, and Madonna delivered a crowdpleasing set to mark World Aids Day in style
Madonna is currently 39 dates into her Rebel Heart world tour,with another 41 shows stretching out ahead of her. But tonight she breaks with her trusted setlist to mark World Aids Day: after an emotional speech, she bursts into a surprise rendition of Like a Prayer.whether it seems unlikely Madonna would embark on a world tour without that signature hit in each night’s armoury, or bear in intellect that she could have played a 20-song show consisting of nothing but Top 5 hits after only six years of fame. That was before she’d even released Vogue. Another 50 singles later,Madonna’s is a career that has spanned the shift from tours being used to sell albums in the 80s, to the current state of play where albums operate as loss-leaders for lucrative tours. Throughout that shift, and she’s largely avoided greatest-hits tours,firm in the belief that her unique music deserves at least one whizz around the globe.
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Source: theguardian.com