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Madonna made a surprise return to the Coachella stage, performing a trio of songs with headliner Sabrina Carpenter.
During the second half of Carpenter’s performance at the festival on Friday night, April 17, after a shortened version of the song “Juno” was played, a backlit Madonna emerged from a stage lift to perform a duet of her 1990 single “Vogue.”
Thousands of smartphones sprang up to capture the scene. The performers then sang Madonna’s new song “Bring Your Love” (per Setlist.fm), which is included in Madonna’s upcoming album Confessions II, which will be released on July 3rd.
They then took the time to tell the audience about their admiration for each other. Madonna, 67, has been an influence on Carpenter, 26, who performed songs like “Like a Virgin” and “Material Girl” at her concerts.
“Twenty years ago today, I performed at Coachella,” Madonna told the crowd. “I was in the dance tent performing Part 1 of ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’ for the first time in America, and that was such a thrill for me. So you can imagine how thrilling it is to come back 20 years later.”
Madonna called the appearance “a full circle (and) a very meaningful moment,” noting that she was wearing the same boots and corset that she wore at the time. She and Carpenter then sang Madonna’s 1989 smash hit “Like a Prayer,” while holding hands and having a blast.
The two hugged before Madonna returned to the floor, and Carpenter was all smiles.
Madonna told Carpenter, who headlined Friday, April 10, “Thank you so much for inviting me to the show, damn Gus.”
Carpenter apologized to concertgoers after the performance, but said she thought what she heard was a yodel, but instead was the Arabic celebratory call “zagruta.”
“My reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm, no malice. It could have been handled better! Now I know what Zagruta is!” Carpenter wrote to X on April 11, adding, “I welcome all cheers and yodels from now on.”
Madonna has performed at Coachella in the past. Back in 2015, during rapper Drake’s set, she performed her songs “Human Nature” and “Hung Up” before kissing him.
Contributor: Brian Bluesky, Niki Kottman and Shad Powers, Palm Springs desert sun
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