Madonna puts on a VERY steamy display with TOPLESS backup dancer during soundcheck ahead of her massive Celebration Tour finale in Brazil
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Madonna is bringing her Celebration Tour to a close in grand fashion with a free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
With the massive show set for Saturday, which could tally up to 1.5 million fans on the beach, the Material Girl herself was on the stage conducting a sound check to make sure everything goes smoothly come show time.
Despite this being a session to work out any potential issues that may arise, the pop superstar, 65, appeared to be taking this more like an actual show as she gave it her all in a rather steamy performance with a topless dancer.
The singer even went in for a kiss as the pair stared passionately into each other's eyes and wrapped their arms around one another.
Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone) sang snippets of her songs to backing music while decked out in a stylish all-black outfit and a green balaclava mask.
She also opted for shorts with a bustier over a matching sheer top and a glittering silver ensemble around her neck.
The Queen Of Pop also added some of the extra fashion touches her fans would expect that includes fishnet stockings, a black lace gloves that covered most of her arms and bulky leather boots.
The pop icon rehearsed intensely, like she typically does, surrounded by an assortment of international dancers and musicians.
While the megastar singer wore a balaclava mask on stage as she put on a very raunchy display while practicing her jaw-dropping performance, she also wore a knee brace for rehearsals to help avoid any injuries.
At another part of the soundcheck Madonna sported a multi-color mini dress and elbow-length blue gloves.
Yet anther outfit change included a tight-fitting silver catsuit.
She also sported a sizzling black lace bustier with a pleated skirt, and later a gothic black gown with a silver headpiece.
Known for often referencing religious themes, the singer went on to change into a sexy nun's outfit.
The Like A Virgin star previously revealed she had to undergo regenerative treatment after suffering extreme pain due to knee surgery.
Eventually, she decided to finally undergo knee surgery in April 2020 followed by hip surgery in November 2020 as well as 'regenerative treatment for my missing cartilage.'
Billed as 'the biggest dance floor in the world,' the show out front of the Belmond Copacabana Palace Hotel doesn't require fans to get tickets, while Brazil's TV Globo broadcasts the concert live, according to Rolling Stone.
The local mayor's office has prepared an operation equivalent to the one used for New Year's Eve celebrations in Copacabana, which is one of the most famous in the world that typically brings in some one million people.
The concert will only be broadcast locally in Brazil. Fans outside Brazil can livestream the big event online on a cable streaming service that carries TV Globo or through a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Copacabana Beach has been the site of a number of huge concert gatherings over the years, including Rod Stewart, who had 4 million concertgoers for is show in 1994, while the Rolling Stones reportedly had a crowd of 1.5 million in 2006.
Madonna kicked-off her first-ever retrospective tour at The O2 Arena on London, England back on October 14, and proceeded to travel across Europe into the beginning of December.
She would eventually open the U.S. leg of the tour in New York City on December 13 and then take the show into the the rest of the States and Canada until an April 15 concert in Austin, Texas.
From there, the pop superstar brought the tour to Mexico City for a five night run at Palacio de los Deportes that ended on April 26.
After having thee last week off to prepare for the Celebration Tour finale in Rio de Janeiro, Madonna is now preparing for what is expected to be the largest audience she has ever play for during her illustrious career.
The Celebration Tour not only pays homage to her long history of hit songs, Madonna also uses the platform to tell the story of how she become a global pop icon after arriving in New York City in 1978 with just $35 in her pocket.
It would take five years until she released her self-titled debut record in 1983 that shot her to the top of the pop world with hits like Everybody, Holiday, Borderline, Luck Star and Burning Up.
Over the course of her illustrious career, the Bay City, Michigan native has released 14 studio album, with the most recent being Madam X in 2019.
Her retrospective tour came on the heels of her remix album - Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, which marks Madonna scoring 50 number one hit songs on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, the most number ones of any artist on any single Billboard chart.
With sales of over 300 million records worldwide, Madonna is the best-selling female recording artist of all time.
She is also a mother of six that includes her four adopted kids David, 18, Mercy, 18, and twins Stella and Estere, 11, as well as two biological children: Rocco, 23, from her marriage to ex-husband and filmmaker Guy Ritchie, 55, and Lourdes, 27, whom she shares with ex-partner and actor Carlos Leon, 57.
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