Madonna broke another convention at the first U.S. date of her Sticky and Sweet tour, held at the Izod Center in the Meadowlands Saturday night.

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Madonna turned 50 earlier this year, but you wouldn’t know it from the way she looked Saturday night as she opened the North American leg of her Sticky & Sweet Tour at the Izod Center in East Rutherford.

Madonna stayed for just an hour at husband Guy’s 40th birthday party and here’s why – she needed all her energy for last night’s incredible performance at Wembley Stadium.

50 is the new 25. Or at least, that’s what Madonna seemed intent on proving at her first U.S. concert since reaching that half-century milestone.

Cougar? That doesn’t quite capture Madonna being back on the market. How about maneater? The queen of pop doesn’t meow, she roars.

There is only one way for Madonna to begin a show — on a throne, of course.

Madonna kicked off her Sticky And Sweet world tour in Cardiff last night a week after her 50th birthday.

50 is the new 25. Or at least, that’s what Madonna seemed intent on proving at her first U.S. concert since reaching that half-century milestone.

Madonna’s “Sticky & Sweet Tour” stopped for the first of two concerts at United Center Sunday, toting a reported 3,500 individual wardrobe elements by 36 different designers, 28 onstage performers and nine hydraulic lifts. With a production this huge and a sold-out crowd paying $50 to $350 per seat, it would seem the economy is doing just fine.

Madonna started her latest tour last night, a week after turning 50, offering 40,000 fans in Wales two hours of her trademark high-energy disco, costume changes and controversy.

Madonna has delighted fans in New Jersey as she kicked off her Sticky and Sweet Tour in the US.

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The show went on for the Material Girl, even in the face of divorce.

Turning 50 has not dulled the glow emitted by Michigan native Madonna, who debuted her latest tour at the Meadowlands in Hackensack, N.J., critics said.

If you’re going to wait so long to come home, you might as well do it up right. Dropping into her old stomping grounds Tuesday night for her first show here in seven years, Madonna wowed a crowd of about 30,000 at Ford Field, serving up the sort of oversized oomph to match her stature as pop queen.

Madonna has begun her new world tour in Cardiff, proving to fans that she can still cut it on stage at the age of 50.

Fenomenaal en van wereldklasse, zo jubelen de Britse media na de première van Madonna’s wereldtournee.

The Sticky & Sweet Tour, de achtste wereldtournee van 50-jarige Madonna is zaterdag van start gegaan in Cardiff in Wales.

It should come as no surprise that the queen of pop is again courting controversy. The first show of Madonna’s world tour made a foray into U.S. politics with a none-too-subtle dig at U.S. presidential hopeful John McCain Saturday night.

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Veteran Queen of Pop gets Sticky and Sweet in Cardiff.

Madonna’s North American episode of her Sticky and Sweet Tour began on Saturday with an awesome performance in front of a sold-out crowd at the IZOD Arena.

If there were any doubts about Madonna still having it at the age of 50, her Sticky and Sweet tour should put those questions to rest.

Even at 50, the queen of pop just can’t stop courting controversy.

Well, she did arrive on stage an hour and a half late. And sure, ticket touts were rumoured to be flogging the £150 tickets at half price to fill the rows of empty seats. But if those who took in this spectacular opening to Madonna’s world tour on Saturday have seen anything as slick, innovative, and energetic in recent months then please point it out.

There are certain things you expect, no demand, from a Madonna concert: You want lots of bare flesh, hot girl-on-girl action and a hefty dollop of swearing. The 50-year-old pop icon delivered on all counts Saturday at the first of two sold-out “Sticky and Sweet” tour stops at Oracle Arena. Plus, she offered fans that paid upwards of $400 for floor seats a chance to get a closer look at the world’s most famous red-string kabbalah bracelet.

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In a show defined by throbbing dance music, tight choreography, spectacular stage sets and stunning visuals, perhaps the most stirring moment during the kickoff concert to Madonna’s “Sticky & Sweet” tour came when the Material Girl stood onstage with just her guitar and a few musicians for an acoustic set.

Hours before Madonna launched her “Sticky & Sweet” world tour in Cardiff last night, the phenomenal pulling power of history’s biggest female pop star was evident for miles around.

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MADONNA’s Sticky & Sweet tour hit London last night with her Madgesty in mightily impressive form. She powered through a 22-song set that would be beyond many a chart star half her age.

Madonna calls for unity in a spunky, politically charged show.

This is the beginning of a whole new world!” an ecstatic Madonna declared last night, shortly before the conclusion of her nearly two-hour-long concert at Petco Park.

The singer brought her ‘Sticky & Sweet’ tour to Oracle Arena for fun-filled concert Saturday.

Hello, boyos: Madonna kicks off the first leg of her world tour
The undisputed Queen of Pop has kicked off her latest world tour with a dazzling and extremely athletic performance in Cardiff.

MADONNA secured her title as Queen of Pop by entering the stage on a throne for the first night of her world tour.

Madonna put her marital woes behind her and gave a dazzling performance just hours after announcing her divorce from Guy Ritchie.

For a woman who has just turned 50, Madonna could be forgiven for being obsessed with time.

Tick-tock, tick-tock,” Madonna’s backup singers sang as video screens and subwoofers blasted to life at the Izod Center. Time obsesses Madonna on her Sticky and Sweet Tour, which made its first American stop here on Saturday.