Madonna and Jon Batiste performed classic hits and MadameX songs for a 100-person capacity room before leading a 2 a.m. sing-along of 'Like a Prayer' down 126th Street
When a trio of gospel singers came out and the Queen got down on her knees, the audience – which included her daughter Lourdes Leon,star Dyllon Burnside and choreographer and longtime associate Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza – collectively skipped a heartbeat, knowing which song was coming next. But never content with business as usual, Madonna didn't let the venue contain her – she led the pop-up show's crowd out onto the streets of Harlem for an unlikely late-night street party.
Megaphones in hand, M and Batiste had the crowd singing"Like a Prayer" down the middle of 126th Street, with an amiable tuba keeping time and a freestyling saxophone elevating the joyous, jazzy rendition of the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. Periodically, everyone in the crowd looked at each other as if to say,, grateful that in the era of smartphones there would at least be proof of an event that sounds like the raving fever dream of an obsessive pop Stan.
Due to the lateness of the hour, there wasn't that much traffic for the street party to disrupt. In fact, when a man and woman driving by the crowd realized what was happening, they full-on ditched their car in the middle of the street to hop out and join in the once-in-a-lifetime experience. As the glorious sing-along came to a close in front of St.
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