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Madonna madness gripped Montreal on Wednesday and fans paid up to $600 to see the pop star on stage.
Fans lined up hours before the doors opened at the Bell Centre, where the singer descended onto the stage in a giant crystal ball just before 9 p.m. in the first of two concerts that are the only Canadian stops on her current world tour. Earlier in the day, they paralyzed a section of downtown Montreal as they staked out the hotel where the pop star is staying.
Police had to shut down a section of historic Old Montreal due to the number of fans congregated outside the St. James Hotel in hopes of catching a glimpse.
“The only reason we’re here is for Madonna,” one fan said.
“She’s an icon,” her friend told the television station.
Madonna smiled but didn’t otherwise address the mob of fans as she walked a red carpet from the hotel door to a waiting limousine around 3:30 p.m.
Fans came from as far as Mexico and Florida to take in the show.
The music superstar, who last performed in Montreal 13 years ago, is to perform Wednesday and Thursday nights at Montreal’s Bell Centre.
Some 36,000 tickets, costing as much as $360 at the box office, sold out in 40 minutes. Scalpers reaped as much as $600 per ticket.
Madonna is scheduled to perform 54 such sold-out concerts around the globe.
In addition to her own formidable private security, Montreal police also escorted the 47-year-old singer from the airport to her hotel and from there to the Bell Centre.
No less than 24 trailer trucks pulled into town with the massive amount of equipment needed to mount the show. It took technicians 15 hours to set-up.
At previous concerts on the tour, Madonna has been accompanied on stage by 22 dancers. Approximately 600 costumes were used in the spectacle and the singer herself made at least seven costume changes.
More than five million copies of Madonna’s latest CD, Confessions on a dance floor, have sold since it was released in November.

source : 570News

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