Madonna parade for 40 years of success in Barcelona

About twenty dancers, more than 400 square meters of stage, hundreds of spotlights and in the center Madonna, the eternal diva, who this Wednesday celebrated 40 years of her career at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona with a dazzling performance full of success before the audience surrendered to their feet.

Through a 70-meter walkway paraded the queen of pop and with her a whole life of “beautiful and ugly things”, as she herself said, but above all a lot of music and a lot to be grateful for because “the very fact of being alive is a privilege”.

Some of the words were met with a storm from the public who feared they would not be able to meet their idol again when she canceled the US leg of the tour last summer due to a serious bacterial infection that landed her in intensive care.

Just four months later, he is back on stage and “that’s why it’s worth being here,” a spectator who paid 500 euros for a VIP ticket told EFE.

Although the choreography of this tour is not as demanding for the diva as on others timeThe North American continues to set the style, keeps her charisma intact and was the host of an exciting encounter and the architect of a grandiose montage that the audience enjoyed ecstatically.

18,000 people gathered in Palau Sant Jordi, in the first of two Spanish tour dates, They screamed with pleasure when they saw the artist appear and immediately forgave her for the hour or two delay with which the show started.

“This is the story of my life,” said the 65-year-old singer who started the party by recalling that 20-year-old Madonna Louis Ciccone who came from Michigan to New York to dance, sing and succeed.

It was the distant eighties and aesthetics punk and the graffiti of that time overflowed hanging screens located on the catwalk and those fixed in the background of the stage, while the most veteran followers felt transported to youth with “Burning up” and “Open your heart”.

After this first infectious part youthful joy, One of the most emotional moments of the evening came when the Queen remembered AIDS victims.

Singing “Live to tell”, he flew across the hall on a Time machine with transparent walls crossed by black and white photographs of the deceased.

It was the first sample of potential the stage and its catwalks, which during the whole concert was transformed into a pagan church with burning crucifixes and an erotic Jesus Christ in “Like a player”, into a boxing ring in “Papa don’t preach”, into a big orgy in “Erotica”, in a dance competition in “Vogue”, at a bonfire in “Crazy for you”, at a village party in “Don’t say me” and on a futuristic planet in “Ray of light”.

A journey through time that allowed her to recover the iconic costumes and on which the diva was accompanied by her children: Marcy James on piano in “Bad Girl”, Estere as a dancer in “Vogue” and David Banda on strings in “Bad Girl”. ” “Mother and father.”

There was time for speeches in defense of the rights of the LGTBI community and for demanding that we “love our neighbor as ourselves”, but above all for music and to clearly state that Madonna is still at the top.