On the first night of her Celebration tour, Madonna delivers a crowd-pleasing spectacle to 20,000 fervent fans
onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.‘s Celebration Tour when the Queen of Pop, acoustic guitar in hand, leads The O2 Arena in a solo rendition of Gloria Gaynor’s seminal disco hit ‘I Will Survive.’
It means that tonight’s show, a masterclass in arena production, feels an even more significant milestone for her. With things back on track, there’s a brilliantly theatrical run-through of ‘Holiday’, which sees Madge trying to gain entry to a gay club where Bob is the bouncer. It’s followed by the emotional heft of ‘Live To Tell’, which delivers the first powerful moment of the night as Madonna travels across the arena on a flying platform while photos of all the close friends she lost to AIDS – including Keith Haring and Freddie Mercury – are projected on drop-down screens.
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