Madonna’s Singapore concert for adults only

The Singapore leg of pop superstar Madonna’s global Rebel Heart Tour has been restricted to fans aged 18 and above, the concert’s local coordinator said on Wednesday. The one-night-only event on February 28, Madonna’s first-ever concert in the city-state, will be held at the 55,000-seat National Stadium, entertainment firm MediaCorp Vizpro said.

“Please note that this concert is rated ‘R18’ with the consumer advisory on ‘Sexual References’. Only those above 18 years of age will be permitted into the venue,” it said on its Facebook page. Concerts and other forms of public entertainment are classified by the Media Devel-opment Authority, which also regulates the film and broadcast industries.

The Straits Times newspaper noted that Madonna’s concert tour setlist includes a segment involving dancers dressed as scantily-clad nuns pole-dancing on cross-shaped stripper poles.

Madonna herself takes a turn on the pole before joining her dancers on a Last Supper-style table, it said.

Singapore is one of several stops on the tour's Asian leg, which includes Japan, Hong Kong, Taipei, Macau, Bangkok and Manila.

The report said tickets cost from S$108 (RM330) to S$688, while VIP tickets are going at USS$1,288 each.

The 57-year-old US singer was banned from performing her controversial Girlie Show World Tour in 1993, when the police had said her performances in the tour show “border on the obscene”.