{"id":55663,"date":"2023-10-15T00:02:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T04:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/10\/15\/the-17-best-moments-from-madonnas-celebration-tour-opening-night-in-london\/"},"modified":"2023-10-15T00:02:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T04:02:54","slug":"the-17-best-moments-from-madonnas-celebration-tour-opening-night-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/10\/15\/the-17-best-moments-from-madonnas-celebration-tour-opening-night-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"The 17 Best Moments From Madonna\u2019s Celebration Tour Opening Night in\u00a0London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAfter a health scare forced Madonna to postpone<\/a> the start of her The Celebration Tour by three months, the Queen of Pop finally kicked off her hotly anticipated global trek at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday (Oct. 14).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd it was worth the wait. While Madonna, who has never shied away from expressing herself candidly, got serious for a moment to discuss the escalating war<\/a> between Israel and Hamas-controlled Palestine (\u201cIt breaks my heart to see children suffering, teenagers suffering, elderly people suffering \u2014 all of it is heartbreaking, okay?\u201d), the overall tone of the Celebration Tour was \u2013 believe it or not \u2013 celebratory.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThis wasn\u2019t just a party \u2013 it was an exuberant victory lap for a woman who showed up to New York City with $35 and turned herself into the biggest pop diva the world has ever seen. And she\u2019s not just a star \u2013 she\u2019s a musical talent who, over the course of a career that\u2019s spanned four decades, produced some of the greatest pop songs of all time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the start of the show (which began early, by her standards \u2013 8:44 p.m. local time), Bob the Drag Queen \u2013 serving as an emcee on this trek \u2014 waltzed through the crowd dressed to the nines like Madonna-as-Marie Antoinette from Madge\u2019s iconic 1990 VMAs \u201cVogue\u201d performance. It was a gorgeous look for the RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em> winner, and certainly a deserved one considering that later in the show he\u2019s gotta dress up as a rodeo clown \u2014 red nose, cowboy hat, bovine print pants, the whole getup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBut as fabulous as Bob the Drag Queen is, the star was, as always, Madonna. From family moments onstage to unexpected setlist choices to BJ jokes, here are the best moments from the opening night of Madonna\u2019s Celebration Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n