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Madonna wowed a 12,000 strong crowd with tracks from her new album, "Hard Candy", at her only UK festival appearance of the summer – at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Maidstone, Kent.
The event was opened by "Usher", who got off to a bad start when he told the crowd how delighted he was to be playing in Manchester.
Speaking to DJ Jo Whiley about her set at the two-day free festival, Madonna said: "I want to do new stuff – that's what people come to hear – but I also want to do my oldies but goodies."
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