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(08-25) 04:00 PDT Cardiff, Wales --
Even at 50, the queen of pop can't stop courting controversy.
As Madonna kicked off her "Sticky and Sweet" tour on Saturday, she took a none-too-subtle swipe at John McCain.
Amid a four-act show, a video interlude carried images of destruction, global warming, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, Zimbabwe's authoritarian President Robert Mugabe - and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Another sequence, shown later, pictured slain Beatle John Lennon, climate activist Al Gore, Mahatma Gandhi and finally Barack Obama.
The rest of the show had the usual Madonna fixtures: sequins, fishnets and bondage-style outfits drawn from the 3,500 items of clothing reportedly whipped together by 36 designers specifically for the tour.
Forty thousand fans - many in pink cowboy hats and boas - were treated to a heavy metal "Borderline," while "La Isla Bonita" was backdrop for a flamenco routine.
The show, a mishmash of "gangsta pimp," Romanian folk, rave and dance - billed as an homage to Madonna's reinventions over the past three decades - arrives at Oakland's Oracle Arena on Nov. 1 and 2.
Associated Press
Even at 50, the queen of pop can't stop courting controversy.
As Madonna kicked off her "Sticky and Sweet" tour on Saturday, she took a none-too-subtle swipe at John McCain.
Amid a four-act show, a video interlude carried images of destruction, global warming, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, Zimbabwe's authoritarian President Robert Mugabe - and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Another sequence, shown later, pictured slain Beatle John Lennon, climate activist Al Gore, Mahatma Gandhi and finally Barack Obama.
The rest of the show had the usual Madonna fixtures: sequins, fishnets and bondage-style outfits drawn from the 3,500 items of clothing reportedly whipped together by 36 designers specifically for the tour.
Forty thousand fans - many in pink cowboy hats and boas - were treated to a heavy metal "Borderline," while "La Isla Bonita" was backdrop for a flamenco routine.
The show, a mishmash of "gangsta pimp," Romanian folk, rave and dance - billed as an homage to Madonna's reinventions over the past three decades - arrives at Oakland's Oracle Arena on Nov. 1 and 2.
Associated Press
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