Taylor Swift has a tacky MSG wedding and Madonna releases an amazing album its bizarro world

We live in strange and confusing times.Up is down.Day is night.

Madonna is acclaimed.Taylor Swift is a circus act. It’s a veritable pop bizarro world.On Friday, 67-year-old Madge surprised everybody by releasing her first good album in 21 years, “Confessions II,” after a long string of clunkers and tasteless, embarrassing stunts.The record has rolled in like a prayer.

During a sweltering summer that’s been depressingly light on fresh dance-floor hits, we finally got some rhapsodic ones from a star who’s been with us for more than four decades.And then, spookily on that very same day, 36-year-old Taylor wedded Travis Kelce at a small and unassuming venue called Madison Square Garden — an object lesson in tackiness.The day of Madge and Tay’s abrupt switcheroo will henceforth be known as Freaky Friday. When Page Six broke the shocking news of Taylor’s diabolical wedding plan back in April, fans were in total disbelief.How could she possibly do this? A Swiftie friend at a rival publication told me, “That’s not happening.” Well, it did.

And nobody, save for the rich and powerful guests, is very happy about it.Why would they be? Streets next to Penn Station, the busiest transit hub in North America, were blocked off for two days for a private celebrity marriage attended by 1,000 or so of the couple’s closest friends and wealthiest benefactors. And more than 100 NYPD cops (that Swift reportedly will pay for) were diverted to her nuptials on a weekend when hordes of New Yorkers set off explosives in the road while binge drinking.Gee, thanks!Reports on the decor varied.

Some said the couple was building a castle inside of MSG.Others said, no, no, no, they’re creating a garden! I say, eh, it’s garish all the same.And yet up till now, music’s reigning Queen of Tawdry Displays had been Madonna.  Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.

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