Material girl Madonna super at 60

Madonna Louise Ciccone turns 60 today. Aileen C O’Reilly pays tribute to the queen of pop.

On the one hand the fact that Madonna turns 60 today is shocking. It kind of makes YOU feel old, doesn’t it?

On the other it’s totally irrelevant. And that is just one of the things that the all-singing all-dancing Grande Dame of Materialism has done for those of us who have grown up with her — not to mention succeeding generations for whom she is still a force to be reckoned with.