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Last updated at 11:45am on 02.05.08

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While she was shocking the world with her provocative track Like a Virgin back in the mid 1980s, he was barely out of nappies.

But last night during a promotional performance Madonna spent almost every second of her No. 1 track Four Minutes bumping and grinding against Justin Timberlake, despite being well and truly old enough to be his mother.

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Flexing her muscle: Madonna pinned her young partner-in-song Justin Timberlake up against the wall during a performance in New York last night

Bump and grind: Madonna, who turns 50 in August, cavorted around the stage with the fresh-faced singer

At one point, the ageing pop star, who turns 50 in August, pinned her 27-year-old partner in song up against the wall. If Justin was feeling the least bit awkward, he did well to hide it.

The mother-of-three appears to have gone to exceptional lengths to keep herself relevant in the youth obsessed pop world, and last night's exhibition was no exception.

She performed six songs for around 2,000 people at New York City's Roseland Ballroom, at one point stopping to guzzle champagne from the bottle in between cavourting around in knee-high black boots, black satin sweatpants with glittery side stripes and a corset.

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Dance off: Madonna put the 27-year-old through his paces during their duet Four Minutes

Pop royalty: Madonna kicked up her heels during the six-track show

The performance was to promote the release of her new record Hard Candy, her 11th studio album.

She told the crowd: "Even though I have made what seems like 100 records, every time I put one out it's like the first time and the best time."

She went on to say: "I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have been able to make a record with him, Timbaland, Pharrell, Kanye."

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Thirsty work: the mother-of-three made sure she was well refreshed during the show

Despite rumours of plastic surgery and a constant, punishing fitness regime, Madonna insists she's comfortable with ringing in 50.

She says: "I just see it as another excuse to have a birthday party."

She certainly has no immediate plans to retire - last year she signed a 10-year deal, including a three-album commitment, with concert touring company Live Nation believed to be worth $US120 million.

Crowd pleaser: Madonna performed to a 2,000-strong audience at the Roseland Ballroom


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I say it's time to retire Madonna! tic-toc-tic-toc...!

- Marco, Notting Hill

Wish I looked that good at 40, never mind 50! You go girl!

- Julie, Essex

Why is it the minute a woman hits a certain age she is written off? People should stop being so ageist. She is extraordinarily talented and has survived in an industry that chews people up and spits them out.

- Billy, London

She looks more like a bloke than he does. Rambo would be jealous of those arms.

Perhaps Guy likes girls who look like guys?

- James, London

Yuk! She was good once but really lets herself down now. Just grow old gracefully and stop trapping young lambs up against walls.

- Claire, London


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