The queen of pop kicked off her world tour Saturday night, armed with three racks of clothing, a small mountain of diamonds, and a retinue large enough to fill a passenger jet.

Madonna’s fans had been lining up outside Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium since Friday to see the recently minted 50-year-old’s four-act show. Promoters promised a “rock-driven danstastic journey” supported by a traveling crew of 250 - including a chiropractor, personal trainer and a masseuse.

The two-hour concert includes eight costume changes, 16 dancers, and $1.85 million worth of Swarovski crystals. Madonna employed 36 designers to help whip up some 3,500 separate items of clothing. The show itself is billed as a musical mishmash of “gangsta pimp,” Romanian folk, rave, and a nod to the blonde material-girl’s roots in the 80s New York City dance scene.

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