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- May 6, 2006It is at approximately 8pm on a Sunday in the middle of the Californian desert that the enormous Madonna march begins. Thousands flee nearby sets by the unfortunate Editors and Mogwai - who are probably firing their booking agents, as we speak - with such urgency one might have assumed there'd been a bomb threat. Very quickly, the idea of the biggest female pop star of the past 25 years playing the dance tent - rather than the more suitable main stage, which remains oddly dark and vacant throughout Madonna's set - seems foolish rather than cool.
Despite the fact that the tent has been expanded to be roughly one-third larger than usual and is now flanked by helpful giant video screens for the vision-impaired - i.e. Everyone not in the front row - the tent still can't possibly accommodate an audience as massive and enthusiastic as this. Desperate fans begin climbing on top of the porta-loos in hope of catching a clearer glimpse of their idol, refusing to budge when the beefed-up security staff try to intervene or even when the porta-loos' flimsy plastic roofs buckle under their weight.
With an inevitable delay of some 30 minutes allied to the general carnage of lusty anticipation, dark thoughts of festival meltdown are quickly brushed aside as soon as Madonna finally gets the party started. Having ditched her disappointingly mumsy, English-socialite-at-teatime persona, she emerges like a post-makeover Sandy from Grease in a blonde Farrah flip, "Goldfinger" complexion, wraparound shades and skin-tight black leather biker outfit, gloriously basking in the refractive glow of an enormous mirrorball and the audience's adoration.FromPlease nominate a pop singer.
Most Spectacular Pop Singer
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