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I was thinking why in theaters and not from her bathroom??? It’s intimate ❤️

What an absolute great read! Thank you for sharing.

It will be interesting for sure, as most of her set designs were based on the stage itself (having lifts, rotating podiums etc) Now they will probably rely more on setpieces (like seen in BBMA) But don't be fooled, these aren't tiny theaters, I've seen some very elaborate sets in smaller venues. I just hope the amount of video will be brought down to a minimum, or done in a way that suits a theatre setting. Well, and then I also hope I will have a chance to see it lol

Madonna Haters Are Desperate, Old, Tired, and Oh So Irrelevant. Can’t They Just Retire Already? David Toussaint May 7 https://medium.com/@davidtoussaint_49945/madonna-haters-are-desperate-old-tired-and-oh-so-irrelevant-cant-they-just-retire-already-befb1d32ec05?fbclid=IwAR3KpSMWB-sj3g4hSl1MsMMDUNK9lRMe9nRTQajS5LtayEFEGSjo4RGr6sQ As a diehard Madonna fan since she caked-jumped in her skivvies on the 1984 MTV awards, I’ve known for quite some time that I’m supposed to — expected to — denounce the woman. From the Far Right and their protests in the 80’s and the “musical purist” queers who damned me to hell for loving a non-tragic, puff-piped vocalist, to the general 90’s population who waged jihad on her and anyone who still paid attention to her “Sex” book and “Erotica” sins, and the relentless articles sent to me like Bible versus every time she got bad press (I got a lot of “Old Testament” articles), to the new millennium age of responding to my adoration with tweets and posts so vile it reminded me of the fire and brimstone lectures Grandma used to give me for skipping out on Church. To all of that and more, more, more, there’s a religious fervor among those who are always mad about Madonna, and their refusal to give up is like a snore. It isn’t enough that they try to nail her to her own proverbial cross; they’re determined to convert us believers to their non-Madonna way of life. It’s ironic, more than anything, because, with all their dissecting, analyzing, and endless articles and rants and comments on her irrelevancy — the most surefire way to make an artist stay relevant — they’re clueless about what Madonna fans truly care about; her music. While they’re spending all their energy and words trying to justify their logic, the faithful among us are just having 1, 2, cha cha fun. If Madonna’s albums don’t sell like they used to or her songs don’t get played on the radio or she hasn’t turned a Pepsi ban into a professional victory, her detractors seem to think that will make us loathe her. Yeah, right, we’ll burn her old patchouli-scented CDs because she’s not as Grande as Arianna. If one photo shoot or video or song resembles a previous one, they’ll tell us she’s desperate and think we’ll follow their lead, because, apparently, always evolving Taylor Swift and Beyonce have never looked or sounded even remotely similar twice. What, Madonna’s posing in the same position as she did for the “Confessions” cover? At least Cher got smart and did something new…cover Abba! Yes, Mad-haters, we know much of Madonna’s success has been built around re-invention (a strategy that pretty much every gal who’s proceeded her has followed), and that, after a gazillion albums and videos and photos she sometimes evokes her prior incarnations. We also know that if reinvention were the only key to success, everyone who’s ever switched hair colors would have more top ten hits than Elvis. They’ll vilify Madonna for working with hot, young musicians to stay noticed — because God forbid the biggest selling female singer of all time use her clout to work with the best in the business; she should stick to subway performers or Jermaine Jackson — then remind us she’s calculating. Because I’m fairly certain all those other artists just work their albums and videos and concert tours off the seat of their pants. Finally, they’ll tell us the kicker: Madonna’s old. Why didn’t she just roll over and die like every other respectable artist from the 80's? The nerve! Women say this more often than men, which speaks volumes about the collective consciousness of the “woke” millennial, #metoo-inspired feminist who believes women should have the same rights as men unless they’re pop stars. When cornered, they’ll say it’s not her really age, it’s that she doesn’t act her age. Apparently, Madge forgot to read the handbook. If you’re reading, M., know you’re in good company. Most happy, intelligent, creative types I know also forgot to read their “How to grow old, sad, fat, and de-sexed” guidebooks too. Ah, the good old 1950’s mentality! Let’s bring it back, put women in the kitchen, and Make America Madonna-Free Again (MAMA)! Thing is, we’ve heard it all before and we’re bored…with you. We respect those who don’t care for Madonna’s music or looks or politics or country of residence or current eye patch phase, but who also know how to state their position and move on. You know, like with their lives. I have friends who fit this bill and we actually get along with our differing opinions and have not gone to war. Madonna’s true haters want “GoT”-worthy battle and post just as many updates. They also won’t be happy until they spoil it for the rest of us. They’re the Mormons who invade our homes and don’t give up preaching the true faith until we slam the door shut. And then come back as soon as the devil has once again reared its musical head. Every time I write so much as a nice tweet about Madonna a Lady Gaga fan threatens me, sometimes with death — any huge Madonna follower knows I’m not kidding about this. This is crazy for a couple of reasons, the most obvious being that it’s bat-s*** crazy. Putting that aside, there’s no reason two superstars can’t exist on the same planet at the same time, and there’s no real reason to compare Madge and Gaga except when, because of sound or vision similarities, the latter has encouraged us to. “Reductive” didn’t hit viral mode until a year after every reporter, fan of both stars, and mashup begged for a comment. Thing is, they’ve both moved on. You can too. There’s an entire planet in trouble with your name on it! Of course, no article about Madonna haters would be complete without mentioning the self-described “fans” who berate her on a daily basis then profess she’ll always be their queen. (In regards to Madonna, “but I love her to death” is the new “bless her heart.”) They never like anything she does, even if it’s the lighting in the far right corner of the sixth frame of her new video, and they’ll wax sentimental over her “Ray of Light Days.” When “RoL” came out, they were waxing sentimental over her “fun, 80’s, dance days.” Ask 1,000 of these fans what they’d like her to do and you’ll get 1,000 different answers. Yesterday, they wanted smaller venues; today they’re mad that smaller venues mean harder-to-get tickets. Can’t she do anything right…for me? The kicker is that a good 90 percent of these people will tell you they’re “music industry insiders” and have secret information on the behind-the-scenes plagued-music-wars Madonna’s fighting on a daily basis and how it can be fixed. Apparently, however, they’re not quite “inside” enough to guide Madonna themselves. How is it that, with all their clout, she doesn’t converse with them on Snapchat? Call this group whatever you wish but I simply go with “irritating AF.” As Madonna gets set to release “Madame X” on June 14, there’s something everyone who’s already plotting the criticisms and hit pieces and general steam-spewing-out-their-ears tweet storms needs to know: Like the Queen herself, we’re not going anywhere. Her music makes us laugh and cry and dance and sing get up and do our thing. If that sounded a little clichéd, it’s because it’s still a little true. Yes, we criticize, we compare and contrast, we’re still baffled over the “Hard Candy” cover art. But we do it with lovable glee. Because we’re invested in this miraculous, three-decade pop star who, more than anything, hooks like a glove. The other day, after getting up and walking my newly-blind dog, then sitting in a dentist chair for six hours because, after four months, they still can’t get my teeth fixed correctly, talking to my mother with dementia, talking to my friend with cancer, walking four miles on three hours sleep to get rid of this brand-new stomach bulge, putting ice on my thrown-out back, then getting an email that said a job I desperately needed had been postponed, I tuned out everything else and blared Madonna’s new single on the headphones. In fewer than four minutes time I’d lost myself in a wonderful world of music that sounded like multi-colored tulips in a garden of Willy Wonka pure-imagination pop. To put it simply, I rose.

Thank you for posting it op so we had a chance to reconsider

I hope she never uses those remixes.

Medellín has now spend 22 days into Top 35 in iTunes! Worldwide iTunes update - 09.05.2019: -Medellín: #13 (24) (peak #2, days - 22) -I Rise: #142 (peak #11, days - 6) European iTunes: -Medellín: #10 (+13) (peak #1, days -22)

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8510650/madonna-ticket-prices-are-high-but-that-shouldnt-be-a-surprise

i love her entire 80-90-2000 decades (even songs like "let down you gard" "jimmy, jimmy" or "shoo bee doo") so my list is totally into MDNA/REBEL HEART material, the one that i have to listen again to find the names and make the list. 1. Bitch I'm Madonna 2. S.E.X 3. B-day 4. Auto-tune Baby 5. Gang Bang (this song in particular give me extreme anxiety, everytime i listen it, so now just hate it) 6. Best Night 7. Body Shop 8. Holy Water 9. Illuminati 10. I'm Addicted 11. Superstar 12. Queen 13. Graffity Heart 14. Spanish Lesson 15. Love Song (just for complete the 15 numbers songs)

Anyway Crave is a masterpiece

@Jascka From my point this is a thread about this sort of things: fans/haters, etc.. People are taking things way too personal and i don’t understand why. I never said having opinions is bad. I have never said don't be critical. I was pointing out the negativity that comes from those sort of views. We are all different and we all have different minds i dont see that as a problem at all. I just got a problem with the negativity. Im all for peace. ??♥️❌

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Awesome articel, and so true, haters need to retire, they're utterly irrelevent. M reigns.

The problem is that Madonna has loads of ( way too many) FATERS - fan/haters ?. How to spot a FATER: * Theyre never ever happy with anything new Madonna releases. They write long and tedious essays on why her new material is no good always comparing it to her previous works which im sure they had slagged off too. * They pay so much attention to details and little insignificant things to the point of dissecting it like a CSI agent. So there will always be something for them to moan about and criticise. * Theyre often and usually part of the ageist and sexist narrative. * They waive their right of free speech and accuse other fans of being blind sheep; basically if i dont hate a particular song or denounce M on a particular issue then i am a stupid follower with no opinion for myself. * Theyre passive/ aggressive on pretty much everything. They might express some positive opinion on something but it usually follows with a negative one so that anything M does is basically meh. * They use Madonnas long history with controversy to highlight her perceived missteps. Quite often siding with the biased media machine than actual standing by M. * The failure to grasp that M started out as a dance/ urban artist. Yes people thought she was black. But they quickly jump on bandwagon of accusing M of trying to be cool or go down with the kids when she does urban music. The whole thing comes across quite racist and ignorant in my opinion. * They are very critical of how Madonna looks; color of hair, fillers, wrinkles, ass size... Honestly i dont even want to bore myself with the long list of how Madonna should or shouldn’t look like. * They hate anything else M does besides music. No films, no other lucrative businesses ( gyms, hotels, restaurants, clothing... and of course MDNA skin)! Madonna should only have a music career which more than likely they are also not too happy with anyway. * They fail (they refuse) to understand how the music business works these days. They cant see how features, duets and collabs are practically nothing to be stressing about because its the norm in music today. Same for autotune and other production trickeries.. nothing to lose sleep over because its the norm but for these fans those issues are the make it or break it of a particular song. * They use charts as a validation point. Basically Madonnas music is no good if it doesnt reach the number 1 spot. Instead of being logical on this charts thing they love to compare Madonnas today impact on the charts with the likes of Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift. As a fan i cant for the love of God even consider todays messy charts with the glorious days when M had global number ones after number ones based on sales rather than likes, clicks and views ( which are extremely easy to manipulate and buy these days). Madonnas the most successful female artist of all times not having hits in the late stage of her career wont change that so i dont understand this morbid obsession. Anything else?❌

LOVE this piece! Really well written, funny, poignant and true AF.

urgg i hope she doesnt announce new dates in my city after i get london tickets this has happened before :(

Trending: Madonna Tour CBS-MiamiMay 7, 2019, 8:04 AM EDT Madonna's new Madame X tour will make a stop in South Florida at the Jackie Gleason Theater at the Filmore on Miami Beach. https://news.yahoo.com/trending-madonna-tour-120445613.html

oddly and for some reason females say the most nastiest shit about madonna :(

I’ve always loved the idea of M opening a Glastonbury set with Skin ❣

For the people getting a chance to see her a hit... for the rest of us a miss

Of course, it's a great opportunity to showcase her charisma, and her ability to really sing. She's excellent in small venue, I still remember Koko during the Confessions era. I suppose there will be less dancing, but it will be all about mise en scène like in the Human nature/Candy shop MDNA section. Can be fantastic, with rare songs as well as hits !!

I like the idea actually. But I can’t be arsed with it if she’s not coming to Toronto. I’ve got bills to pay.

Me too, the Grand Rex is such a nice venue. I remember attending a Madonna night there where they would play her music videos for the release of Celebration. Seeing her live there would be awesome. Hopefully she will play there for a few dates...

Absolutely, I'm sure too, more cities and more nights in the city already announced

Agree. My worst Madonna concert experience was the MDNA show @ Yankee Stadium. Paid $350.00 + taxes + fees for a seat to the far left of the stage. And that was purchased through the early fan ticket sale. And never got the key chain gift for the purchase. Anyhow, ended up watching the side video for the whole show. Couldn’t see a damn thing happening on the stage. Felt ripped off. At a later arena show @ Atlantic City, which I’d gotten the tickets through EBay for less than $200.00. Guess what, the seats were awesome & I could enjoy the whole live show. Based on my experience, I enjoy arena shows a great deal more than a stadium show due to better seating & much better sound. And I seem to be able to buy tickets for better seats when purchasing closer to the show date as opposed to those advanced sale. I’m just speaking for myself as others may have totally different experiences.

They exist but probably cannot support the HUGE stage she has. I NEED TO SEE HER IN SANTIAGO AGAIN! BITCH SKIPPED 8 SONGS DURING MDNA

I wonder if Kevin Antunes will be the musical director again. If so, he'd be her longest serving musical director. Jai Winding and Stuart Price both worked on 3 tours each. This would be Kevin's fourth tour with her. Can't say I'm excited about that. Madonna's live music was EXCELLENT during the tours she did with Stuart. It's mediocre with Kevin, in my opinion.

Short break from Madame, Maluma and Medellin. Some of you probably know Georgina [thehonestvocalcoach]. She made a famous video with Britney's Everytime performance. This time she's commenting Madonna live vocals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlAYcaxvX9w&feature=youtu.be

if she keeps using that 3 screen setup I thing I'll have a meltdown. As a stage designer, I want fresh innovative ideas on epic proportion sizes!

Okay maybe that era body was to much muscles and less meat, I agree and normally I am very down to earth in matters like this . Well take Confessions then? I loved it.

I always loved her body, but this I dont support. I am not shaming before the Fashion Police arrives ( I am one but at least I get paid for it I like her natural one ( S&S)

She looks terrible, from head to toe