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Omg yaaassss got my confirmation today for Chicago too. Second row!! I’m beyond excited!!

Just got an email from Ticketmaster. Legacy Icon’er, not a travel package. For the October 15th show. So excited!!

The only person stealing from Madonna fans... is Madonna.

Just got my confirmation for Chicago’s cheap seats! (Used my old Citi credit card.)

So excited for those who got tickets! Have the times of your lives!!

Got my Chicago tix!

How about the Super Bowl?

Crowdfunding is actually quite common nowadays even among established artists - De La Soul, TLC, Amanda Palmer all run successful campaigns to fund their projects in recent years. I'm sure Leonard can make a pretty comfortable living just from his Madonna royalties but why spend your own money when you can ask people to back your project up? Although I did think he was asking for a stupid amount - over $100,000 to record an instrumental album? Bit of a stretch in my opinion .

This didn't age well 24 hours later.

Correct, if you're selected you'll get a code to shop for any of the dates.

They are the same link.

01 BLOND 02 MDNA 03 STICKY

Yes, that's the main reason ... there's nothing wrong reinventing old songs -- but sometimes "less is more" ..

I really liked "The MDNA Tour" version ... it had the new smell but at the same time it wasn't overdone (nice and simple + powerful ending) - IMO.

Re-Invention for me

I have the production schedule book for the shoot incidently. I'll try to see if they are listed.

wondering why they picked Chicago as the first city to confirm tickets........Anxiously waiting on NYC!!! No one has received Medellin VIP tickets yet?

Congrats to all that get tix!!

I’m not an Icon member or a Citi card holder. I also picked every date and seating level for Chicago to up my chances. Which means that there were a LOT of folks willing to shell out $800+ for a seat.

confesions tour...

I wanted to vote BAT, but I decided to give my vote to WTG tour: very ironic interpretation, I love when she undresses herself and gives all her props to her musicians (oh, a time when there were real musicians on stage and she even interated with them!!), when she looks under the singer's gowns... and finally the kiss to Chris! Pure pop splendour! Not to mention the wonderful medley with Sugar Pie:

Madonna: the double standards applied to the Queen of Pop are astonishing https://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/madonna-the-double-standards-applied-to-the-queen-of-pop-are-astonishing/

Madonna started earlier than any of them (apart from Kate Bush). I'd say Whitney was her last true female contemporary, both in terms of time when she emerged and the impact she had. What I meant is show me a female artist who would be Madonna's age, had decades-spanning career and made pop music. I think that's also part of the problem - there's never been a career in pop quite like Madonna's and people, fans included, sometimes don't know how to feel about it. We're not used to seeing women past certain age being unapologetically ambitious and sexual.

LIFE 'There are no rules - if you're a boy': Why do so many hate on Madonna? https://www.image.ie/life/no-rules-youre-boy-many-hate-madonna-147605 As she prepares to release a new album, Madonna has been subjected to the (now usual) litany of abuse online. But why are so many seem determined to direct abuse at the woman who has revolutionised what it means to be a woman in the music industry? She deserves so much better, writes Jennifer McShane In a time when we're still seeing women struggle for their rights (despite momentous change), we are blessed to have one icon who uses her platform to continue to speak about the revolutionary acts that we still need to see: Madonna. But even saying the performer's name in 2019 polarises the audience - including the female audience. It remains baffling, the negativity that now seems to come along with being a pop star in your sixties. She was always a symbol of rebellion: the underdog; a woman who, through music and her art was intent on changing the status quo for what it meant to be a woman. In her view, anything was possible with the right attitude and determination - she came to New York with nothing more than a few dollars in her pocket determined to see her ambitions fulfilled - and her lyrics acted as a social commentary for how things should be challenged. She always sought to empower and unify. To demand the best. She still does. Over three decades into a career which has seen her become the highest-grossing female touring artist of all time, she still demands the best of everything life has to offer. And this is the problem as many see it; this is why she is vilified. Is it because she's a woman over 60, still relevant in an ageist industry that favours the young (and the males) all of whom demand the same? "There are no rules - if you're a boy. There are rules if you're a girl" "If you're a girl, you have to play the game. You're allowed to be pretty and cute and sexy. But don't act too smart. Don't have an opinion that's out of line with the status quo. You are allowed to be objectified by men and dress like a slut, but don't own your sluttiness. Be what men want you to be, but more importantly, be what women feel comfortable with you being around other men. And finally, do not age. Because to age is a sin" She's right, but as she starts a new promotional campaign on the cusp of a new album, that doesn't stop the critics. Those who say she's too old, too sexual for her age, too much of anything. Where is the criticism of Elton John? Of the male members of Fleetwood Mac who tour every single year? Was similar abuse hurled at the late David Bowie? "I've had the sh**t kicked out of me for my entire career, and a large part of that is because I'm female and also because I refuse to live a conventional life," Madonna said in an interview. "I've created a very unconventional family. I have lovers who are three decades younger than me. This makes people very uncomfortable. I feel like everything I do makes people feel really uncomfortable," she said. Limitations for women It's too easy to dismiss her as a white, rich pop star living in another reality (and many do), but she knows both sides; she knows she lives a life of privilege while being aware of the lashings of hate that come with that - just as she knows because she's a woman growing older, limitations are placed on her life. And yet there are many rich, white, powerful men in a similar position who are, by and large, let off the hook. Even with #MeToo. She knows that she can't be seen as a sexual woman of 60 plus because this is widely considered taboo in modern society. But instead of being lauded by the masses for this empowering attitude, she's punished. Even down to the fact that after achieving so much, she still lives to create music and some, like her ex-husband Guy Richie, still, ask why.

Three words Madonna, to prevent this kind of mess in the future MARK "SPIKE" STENT x