Madonna asks audience to throw money at her while performing

Pop diva Madonna put on a raunchy show at the Madison Square Gardens in New York by performing a stripper-style routine.

The 54-year-old star was performing in the Big Apple on Monday as part of her controversial MDNA tour when she urged the audience to throw dollar bills at her.

Madonna was seen indulging in all kinds of erotic manoeuvres throughout the performance, as she worked her way through a catalogue of hits old and new, the Sun reported.

One section saw her laying with her legs suspended over some colourful tape and her shoulders on the floor, and in another she provocatively touched herself. She then cavorted with a gun as part of another risque routine.

Despite her eldest son Rocco Ritchie, 12, appearing on stage with his mother at one point, it was a no holds barred extravaganza.