U.S. singer Madonna performs during her "Sticky and Sweet" tour at the Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City Nov. 29, 2008. At the age of 50, she was dressed in shiny black leather bikini, fishnet stockings and Gothic high-heeled boots by French fashion house Givenchy's chief designer Riccardo Tisci.
"All right, Mexico!" American "Pop Queen" Madonna showed up in a throne on the stage Saturday night and kicked off her first concert after 15 years of absence in this city.
U.S. singer Madonna performs during her "Sticky and Sweet" tour at the Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City Nov. 29, 2008.Mexico City was the first leg of Madonna's global tour in Latin America. From Saturday night through early Sunday morning, the "Pop Queen" successfully enchanted over 100,000 fans in the local Foro Sol Stadium.
The superstar began her show with "Candy Shop" from her recent album "Hard Candy". In company with 10 hot dancers, the "Queen" moved in such glamour and sexuality that provoked maximized screaming of "I love you" among the audience.
Award-winning "Music" was sung when the concert hit its climax. Fans cheered with their idol in intensive Mexican waves as the blonde "material girl" demanded more love and more ardor.
U.S. singer Madonna performs during her "Sticky and Sweet" tour at the Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City Nov. 29, 2008."Like a Virgin", "Human Nature", "Die Another Day", "Ray of Light"... During 111 minutes, Madonna offered her Mexican admirers her classics besides the new hits.
Months earlier, tickets to Madonna's concerts were sold out in less than half an hour. According to local daily "Reforma", many people paid 17,000 pesos (1,340 U.S. dollars), four times more than its original price for the show.
For days, huge images of the "Pop Queen" have occupied local media's social pages; comments on the performance and its likely impact have been heard over Mexico's radio and television.
U.S. singer Madonna performs during her "Sticky and Sweet" tour at the Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City Nov. 29, 2008.In her concert, Madonna said she was very happy to be back in front of Mexican public, despite worries by some Mexican critics that American pop culture is threatening to take over the local and original.
Madonna kicked off her "Sticky and Sweet" global tour in Cardiff, Wales, on Aug. 23. After the show in Mexico City, Madonna and her tour staff left for Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital where she is expected to offer two concerts, if not asked for more.
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