Madonna's opening show of Celebration world tour suffers awkward malfunction
The opening show of Madonna's Celebration world tour was thrown into disarray for few minutes.
The 65-year-old took to the stage at the O2 Arena in London to thousands of screaming fans.
It marked a huge moment for the legendary singer after she suffered a serious health scare earlier this year.
But you wouldn't have suspected anything was affecting her as she cycled through the biggest hits of her career with dazzling costume changes and incredible performers alongside her.
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However, the concert had to pause momentarily after an awkward malfunction developed.
The technical problem started just four songs in and Madonna revealed to everyone: "This is exactly what you don’t want to happen on your opening night, so this wasn’t planned, I’m sorry."
She handled the situation perfectly and told stories of how hard she had to fight early in her career while her crew 'pressed the reset button'.
"When I was broke I had no money to take a bath or a shower so I would actually date men who had showers and bathrooms," she revealed to her fans.
"I'd date them and if I thought they were cute I'd surreptitiously work into the chat – so you live alone and they’d say yes."
She added: "Blow jobs for showers! We all have to struggle to make ends meet right? You know what I'm taking about?"
Madonna also opened up about her health scare earlier this year where she suffered a bacterial infection.
"My first thought when I woke up in the hospital was my children. My second thought was that I did not want to disappoint anyone who bought tickets for my tour," she said.
There were worries that the incident would have led to the tour being cancelled, however she only pushed back the dates.
"I also didn't want to let down the people who worked tirelessly with me over the last few months to create my show. I hate to disappoint anyone," she said.
"It was a crazy year for me and I didn't think I was going to make it. I forgot five days of my life."
Madonna said it was so good being back in London and seemed blown away by everyone's support while she was on stage.
Her Celebration world tour will cover 15 countries and include nearly 80 shows as she looks back on her career that has spanned four decades.
Stewart Perrie