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Video: Madonna Kicks Off World Tour In Israel, Aiming Rifle at Audience
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Jen Chung
Published May 31, 2012
Modified May 31, 2012
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Oh, Madge! The 53-year-old superstar won't be in New York until later this year, so until then, enjoy reports of her concert in Tel Aviv. Madonna started her MDNA tour at Ramat Gan stadium, and the AP reports, "'The "Material Girl,' a devotee of a form of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah, danced, bumped, grinded and vogued in flashy costumes to a raucous crowd... Madonna emerged on stage in a confessional, breaking through its glass window using a rifle, which she then aimed at the audience."
But let's talk about what we care most about: Her clothes. According to WWD, her "outfits [come] from longtime collaborators Jean Paul Gaultier and Jeremy Scott, shoes from Prada and Miu Miu and pieces from Alexander Wang" and "Bras and panties — including one heart-shaped style from Madonna’s new intimates line Truth or Dare — are incorporated into some numbers, as are shoes from the new Truth or Dare footwear line, at retail this fall. A somber, elegiac version of the usually peppy “Like a Virgin” will be sung by Madonna in an Agent Provocateur bra."
Here's a video of the opening:
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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