L i f e s t y l e FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 Madonna kicks off ‘Rebel Heart’ tour in Montreal ole dancers dressed like nuns, Mike recreate the Last Supper, with Madonna Tyson and nonstop theatrics. as the main course. Madonna, 57, then PWelcome to the church of moved to the nostalgic, singing “Body Madonna. The pop star kicked off her Shop,” “True Blue,” “Deeper and Deeper” “Rebel Heart” tour in Montreal on and her first No. 1 hit, “Like a Virgin.” Wednesday night, belting out a mix of The biggest standing ovation came her iconic hits and new music from her during her rendition of the French classic recently released album, also titled, “La Vie en Rose.” The audience went wild “Rebel Heart.” She even performed and sang along. “Material Girl” for the first time since They didn’t seem to mind when she 1990’s “Blond Ambition” tour. flubbed a line. Madonna later joked that DJ and producer Diplo warmed up her French isn’t the best. She also joked the crowd with an hour-long set. The about her marriages. “Who wants to get show opened with a video featuring Mike hitched? Anybody want to get married? Tyson, Chance the Rapper and Madonna, It’s downhill from here.” She later fol- where she addressed topics ranging from lowed up with: “In spite of all of that censorship to dictatorship. heartbreak, pain and suffering, I wouldn’t She then descended to the stage in a trade love for anything.” After performing cage. Madonna wasted no time getting for nearly two hours, and changing into to fan favorites including “Burning Up” countless outfits designed by Miuccia and a mash-up of “Holy Water” with Prada, Jeremy Scott and Alexander Wang, “Vogue.” She then pulled a classic move among others, Madonna ended the con- and ripped off her skirt to reveal a barely cert with a crowd favorite. Draped in a there nun’s outfit and started to pole Canadian flag, she had nearly everyone dance. She then used one of her dancers, on their feet dancing to “Holiday.” The also dressed as a nun, to ride like a surf- tour is set to wrap in Australia in March board. Dancers then lined the stage to 2016. — AP Madonna

The marquee at the Apollo advertises Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite in this December 11, 2014, file photo in Caitlyn Jenner: ‘No Jovi adds Taiwan show New York. — AP regrets’ as a woman, after Chinese gigs cancelled

including golf merican rock group Bon Jovi will play an extra gig in Billie Holiday Taiwan later this month after two upcoming Chinese Aconcerts were abruptly cancelled, reportedly over the to return to New York band’s use of Dalai Lama imagery in past shows. Bon Jovi, already scheduled to perform in the capital Taipei on stage by hologram September 28, is adding one more concert, also in Taipei, the egendary singer Billie Holiday will return to the New York following night. It will be the band’s first shows on the island stage posthumously this year as the Apollo Theater in 20 years, according to concert organizer Live Nation. “Bon Llaunches hologram performances. The Apollo, the iconic Jovi chose to add a show in Taiwan because it’s the first place cradle of jazz located in Harlem, announced Wednesday it in Asia for tickets to sell out,” Live Nation said in a Thursday would be the first theater in the United States to feature regu- press release. lar programming by hologram. The first performance will take The band had been set to play two dates in Beijing and place later in the year-a show by Holiday, one of the greatest Shanghai but ticket sales were halted with no reason given influences on generations of jazz and pop singers, who died and the performances scrapped, according to local blogs. The destitute in 1959. band featured images of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai “The possibilities inherent in this initiative are very exciting, Lama in a video that played with several concerts-including allowing us the ability to show the enduring impact and rele- one in Washington-in 2010, according to reports at the time. vance of artists across time periods and geographic locations,” A host of foreign artists have been barred from performing in said Jonelle Procope, president and CEO of the Apollo Theater. China for political reasons. Procope said that the Holiday show, made in consultation with Maroon 5 cancelled its China concert in July after authori- her estate, and subsequent performances would also accom- ties refused permission because a band member had met the modate the growing number of daytime tourists looking to Dalai Lama. Chinese officials have been especially sensitive visit the famous theater. Holiday, who would have turned 100 about live concerts since Bjork chanted “Tibet” during her last April, sang frequently at the Apollo-one of the few racially song “Declare Independence” in 2008. Authorities censor con- integrated theaters at the time-including an early performance In this July 15, 2015 file photo, Caitlyn Jenner accepts tent they deem to be politically sensitive or obscene, while of the seminal protest song “Strange Fruit” about lynchings of the Arthur Ashe award for courage at the ESPY Awards international music acts are required to submit set lists for African Americans in the US South. at the Microsoft Theater, in Los Angeles. — AP major concerts in advance. — AFP “To be able to bring back epic artists on the historic stage vid golfer Caitlyn Jenner says being a woman with that gave them their debuts is mind-boggling,” said Alki David, breasts has helped her putting game. During a spir- the Greek-British entrepreneur behind Hologram USA, the Aited golf outing with “Today” anchor Matt Lauer, company that is partnering with the Apollo. Holograms record she explained that her newly acquired bustline helps keep light fields, rather than standard camera images of objects, her arms aligned for improved putting form. allowing a three-dimensional presentation. As the technology She joked that she wasn’t pushing Lauer to get has become increasingly sophisticated, holograms have been implants, just wanted him to consider their potential in growing demand in the concert industry. The hologram advantage. During the interview that aired on NBC’s craze took off in 2012 when the Coachella festival in California “Today” show yesterday, the 65-year-old Jenner said she successfully “resurrected” slain rapper Tupac Shakur to per- had had only one moment of doubt during her gender form alongside hip-hop stars Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre. transition. Other notable hologram projects have included a Las After a surgical procedure she didn’t specify, but said Vegas show by late showman Liberace and a brief concert by “sort of passed the point of no return,” she awoke in what rapper Chief Keef that was beamed in after he was prevent- she called a “massive panic attack.” Apart from that dicey ed from playing in Chicago due to arrest warrants. But holo- episode, though, she has had no second thoughts - “no grams are not without critics who have questioned the taste- regrets whatsoever” - since making the transition. Before fulness and artistic merit. The Grateful Dead considered but reintroducing herself a few months ago, she was known as ruled out bringing back late guitarist Jerry Garcia by holo- Bruce Jenner, the 1976 Olympic decathlon champion and gram when the hippie-era legends played a series of farewell Kim Kardashian’s stepfather. — AP Jon Bon Jovi attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards shows in July. — AFP in New York. — AP