Madonna has kicked off her world tour with a controversial stunt that saw her hanging from a giant cross wearing a crown of thorns.

What does an aging pop star do, when she’s almost 50 and her halcyon days are long gone? Well, first try some retro-disco and then grab some free press through an outrageous act.

Madonna has launched her first world tour in two years, delighting an enthusiastic Los Angeles crowd by hanging herself from a cross, insulting US President George Bush, and dusting off some of the sexy moves that have sustained her career for more than 20 years.

The Church of England has criticised Madonna’s appearance on a cross to kick off her latest tour in Los Angeles.

Ze stapte vanuit een enorme glitterbol de Amsterdam Arena in en zong enkele regels van Donna Summers I Feel Love.

Jenny Hughes’ last Madonna gig was in 1993, when the singer brought her Girlie Show tour to Wembley Stadium. Unable to get a ticket she listened from the balcony of her flat.

Terwijl gisteravond buiten de Amsterdam Arena werd gedemonstreerd, zong Madonna ‘Live To Tell’ aan het kruis, met op haar hoofd een doornenkroon.

Religious groups have reacted furiously after Madonna appeared hanging from a cross and wearing a crown of thorns during her latest world tour.

Hoeveel kracht kan een vrouw op 48-jarige leeftijd hebben? Het is Madonna die het zondagavond weer flikt in de Amsterdam ArenA.

Terwijl christelijke geloofsactivisten buiten het stadion door middel van gebed poogden het goddeloze spektakel binnen in de Arena te verhoeden,

In her first trek in two years, Material Girl plays Jesus, pole dancer, jockey and dominatrix.

Pop diva Madonna kicked off her Confessions tour 45 minutes late at The Forum on Sunday, but fans said they’d wait another two hours if they had to for the colorful dance music icon.

Ook Jezus houdt van Madonna. Schreeuw om Leven, de organisatie van oud-EO-directeur Bert Dorenbos laat op flyers weten dat Christus

Het eerste van twee concerten van Madonna in Nederland is een ware triomftocht geworden.

Madonna launched her first world tour in two years Sunday, delighting an enthusiastic Los Angeles crowd by hanging herself from a cross.

If anyone thought Madonna’s love for life in the British countryside meant her days of courting controversy were behind her, they were clearly mistaken.

SHE has been attacked for charging £150 per ticket but last night MADONNA proved she is worth every penny.

Sunday’s sold-out Forum performance proves the singer is in a league by herself.

A better title for Madonna’s Confessions Tour might be the Go to Confession Tour, as you feel like you need to by the time the show is over.

Madonna heeft het publiek zondagavond tijdens haar eerste concert in de Amsterdam ArenA een boodschap meegegeven. De zangeres wees haar

Madonna has once again ticked off religious leaders.

Madonna launched her first world tour in two years on Sunday, delighting an enthusiastic Los Angeles crowd by suspending herself from a cross, insulting President George W. Bush and dusting off some of the sexy moves that have sustained her career for more than 20 years.

Madonna, her cast and crew, and some 20,000 ticket holders crossed picket lines Sunday night at The Forum in Los Angeles, for the opening night of one of summer’s best-selling concert tours.

MADONNA’S world tour began in typically provocative fashion when the pop singer hung from a cross, shouted an obscenity at an image of President Bush, showed video footage that seemed to compare Tony Blair to Adolf Hitler, and writhed around on a device that combined a horse’s saddle with a stripper’s pole.

Despite being raised Catholic, pop recording artist Madonna has managed once again to offend some Catholic groups by staging a “crucifixion” on a 20-foot, “disco-fied” cross.

Madonna has provoked outrage with a mock crucifixion live on stage while wearing a crown of thorns.The 47-year- old singer was strapped to a 20ft high mirrored cross on the opening night of her world tour.

Clad from head-to-toe in jet black riding gear, she made her entrance by emerging from a giant silver glitter-ball. In

Bij het eerste concert van haar nieuwe wereldtournee, zondag in Los Angeles, zag een enthousiaste menigte hoe Madonna (47) aan een kruis hing, president George Bush beledigde en dat alles, volgens velen, sexier dan ooit.

Madonna is afgelopen zondag begonnen met haar eerste wereldtournee in twee jaar.

Riding crop in hand, leather boots gripping her legs, equestrian-cum-bondage gear strapped across her body and, of course, the ubiquitous crucifix – yup, it was just another day at the office for Madonna.