all about Madonna

There’s a reason that Madonna’s been around as long as she has: She’s among the last of the bigger-than-life performers. Although her outsized, oversexed persona has often preceded her — from her highly publicized flings to her tawdry acts of salaciousness over the years, she was TMZ headline fodder before there was such a thing — her showmanship trumps all of that, as she deftly proved last night with a meticulously choreographed set at the Pepsi Center. A consummate pro, Madonna is an icon who’s virtually unmatched as a performer.

An ostentatious Vegas-worthy presentation, replete with arresting visuals played on giant, morphable Time Square-esque JumboTrons and half a dozen dexterous dancers, the show was heavy on spectacle, if light on musicianship. Although Madonna offered up some serviceable rhythm guitar work on several numbers (most notably on the rocked-up version of “Borderline”), her crack band mostly held things down, particularly vocal doppelg

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