Madonna is being paid a whopping £6m (€8.9m) by the CBS American TV network for a two-hour concert special, the highest ever fee for a rock broadcast.

She gets £2m (€2.9m) more than Michael Jackson received for a concert a couple of years ago.

Her Madgesty’s Re-Invention Tour begins in California next Monday and final rehearsals are said to be getting rather tense, with the material one eager to counteract rumblings that she may have passed her prime.

At least the TV payday should keep her in Kaballah water for a few years to come.