Over 40,000 came to see the performer who has stayed maintained A list status since her explosion into the world of entertainment in the 1980s.

The Sticky & Sweet tour promotes Madonna’s current album Hard Candy, which topped the charts when it was released in April. 

Madonna opened with two fast-paced tracks from it, making her entrance to Candy Shop on board a moving throne in a Givenchy-designed one-piece, fishnets and knee high boots.

Establishing the gangsta-pimp theme of the first quarter of the show, the cane-wielding singer was joined on stage by dancers in raunchy bondage–style costumes.

The “Old School” phase of the show followed  and Madonna began with an energetic performance of Get Into The Groove with schoolyard skipping rope dance routine.

Other re-workings of her old hits included a guitar-heavy rock version of Borderline and striking New York subway train visuals on the track Music.

The energy picked up during La Isla Bonita, when she skipped around the stage at the head of a procession of violin players. The pace continued with a high-energy, crowd-pleasing rendition of Hung-Up.

Sticky & Sweet is Madonna’s first world tour since she hit the road in 2006 with Confessions — the highest grossing tour by a female artist.