Madonna Was Literal Mother at Her Concert and Brought Her Kids Out Onstage

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. And for the opening night of her Celebration Tour, the “Material Girl” singer brought them all out onstage, where they appeared to have the time of their lives.The Celebration Tour, which encompasses songs from throughout Madonna's , kicked off over the weekend at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday, October 14, which happens to be Madonna's 27-year-old daughter birthday—a silver lining after the tour was postponed due to Madonna’s .But she was in fine form on Saturday, singing and dancing her heart out, then joining Leon to rate dance performances, including a masterful bit of vogueing from Madonna's 11-year-old daughter Estere.

As reports, 17-year-old Mercy James played (and slayed) piano for her mom during “Bad Girl,” 18-year-old strummed the guitar for his mom on, appropriately, “Mother and Father,” and , joined her mom onstage during “Don't Tell Me.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The “Like a Prayer” singer also took a moment during the show to reflect on her “crazy year” and the illness that had many fans worried.“I didn't think I was gonna make it,” she told the audience, according to . “Neither did my doctors.

That's why I woke up with all of my children sitting around me. I forgot five years of my life, or my death, I don't really know where I was.

But the angels were protecting me, and my children were there. And my children always save me every time. If you want to know my secret and you want to know how I pulled through and survived, I thought, I have to be there for my children.