The many faces of Madonna

MDNA, the title of Madonna’s 12th studio album, caused fun on Twitter.

In keeping with the tongue-in-cheek drug reference — MDMA is the main ingredient in ecstasy — one wag suggested the tour should be called ‘crack Ciccone,’ while another suggested HP RPLCMNT. Asked what MDNA meant, the singer deadpanned ‘Madonna’.

Madonna does neither drugs nor hip replacements. Nor does she let up, or fade away. Every few years, the Terminator of pop relaunches herself on the world, and the world sits up and notices; she may be 53, she may have Lady Gaga as a contender, but three decades on, she is still the biggest-selling female artist, and in touring terms a one-woman equivalent of the Rolling Stones, except more fun and better looking.