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Such beautiful and touching words from Madonna on this Mother's Day in the U.S.:
I stood on stage for 81 shows staring up at the beautiful face of my mother and wondering what she must’ve been thinking as she waved goodbye to me from her hospital window
I stepped into the station wagon and shut the door not knowing it was the last time I’d see her .

Nobody told me my mother was dying - I just watched her disintegrate mysteriously and then she disappeared and there was no explanation except that she had gone to sleep which explains My Tumultuous relationship with sleep.

Tonight all of my children sleep Under one roof which is Rare and comforting.
They grow up too fast and spin out in different directions And yes I have a hard time letting go .

When I stepped out on the stage and looked up at my mothers face every night
I said hello I said goodbye
I said Thank you
I hope you’re proud of me .
I said Please protect me and keep me sane.

I would look up at. Davids Mother -Malita across the stage And have the same thoughts.
Was I doing a good job ?
Is she proud of her Son? Am I the mother she would want me to be. ??

I became very close to my children on this tour .
We clung to each other.
In the long hours we l worked and struggled .
They helped me manifest my dreams.
In the chaos and the storms
the monotony and repetition
The sleepless nights and the endless
Packing and unpacking.
All the sacrifices. .
We made together.
So many hours of Blood Sweat and Tears.
Grateful for the privilege of bringing people together with Music
But also just wanted to sleep in.

Along the way Rocco was painting

Lola was writing songs.

David and Mercy graduated high school.!

No Easy way into the motherhood game. No manual or University
Just trial and error and learn and succeed and then fail again.
Finally the realization that they were raising me and not the other way around.

I always laugh with friends and say motherhood = suffering
But it’s not a joke
it’s the truest thing I’ve ever said.

But I wouldn’t change it for anything.

As James Baldwin once. Said ,
All the children belong to us
Everyone of them.

Belong to the Mothers
the Warriors
the Fighters
The Fearless Ones.

Happy Mother’s Day. ♥️

In retrospect, it's kind of wild how this whole tour played out. After that clumsy performance with Maluma and her face at the Grammys, I thought this tour was going to be a disaster. Then her near death illness happened making me think the tour would be permanently cancelled and she'd never perform again.
In the end, she bounced back and put on one of the best shows she's ever done culminating in a performance in front of 1.6 million people. I never thought any of this would've happened.

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Here you have a demux of the undubbed audio, direct copy:
 

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hosts say she's already backstage

wanna be startin' something playing!!!!!!

wanna be startin' something playing!!!!!!

they already said they're ready to wait till 6 in the morning if need be and that the queen should take all the time she wants.
they said she already said the pre-show prayer.

wanna be startin' something playing!!!!!!

Some rehearsals pics from last night:

I CANNOT DO ANYTHING I'M SO ANXIOUS
 TIME.GOES.BY.SO.SLOWLY. TIME.GOES.BY.SO.SLOWLY. TIME.GOES.BY.SO.SLOWLY..SO.SLOWLY.SO.SLOWLY.SO.SLOWLY

Music samba remix is such a closer!!!

Both Globo and Multishow do broadcast a 6 channel track option, if it's HDTV rip it will likely include that option.
Now, whether the surround channels are actually going to contain any information (with only the stereo ones actually having any sound), or if it's a "true" 6 channel audio depends on the technical organization of the event, I imagine.
I have downloaded some concerts broadcasted by them with a fully functioning 5.1 audio, and some of them with a 5.1 container, but with only the stereo channels having information to them, so I guess it depends on the mixing that they are given by the technical team of the artist.

Madonna will pay tribute to Brazilian musicians Cazuza and Renato Russo and sociologist Herbert `Betinhoʼ De Souza during her Live To Tell performance in Rio.



https://revistaquem.globo.com/entretenimento/musica/noticia/2024/05/madonna-vai-homenagear-cazuza-em-show-no-rio-de-janeiro-veja-foto.ghtml

so while they're warning everyone there will be no encore, they confirm that there will be 3 new songs, to be rehearsed this week. Anitta will not be there, but Pabllo might be.

the concert is scheduled for 10pm, little children will be in bed by then. I bet the minute the concert ends, the gays will start an orgy at the beach. I've seen it happen at carnival parties in Cobacabana. Maybe some dancers will join in too, it is their last concert after all.

the concert is scheduled for 10pm, little children will be in bed by then. I bet the minute the concert ends, the gays will start an orgy at the beach. I've seen it happen at carnival parties in Cobacabana. Maybe some dancers will join in too, it is their last concert after all.

the concert is scheduled for 10pm, little children will be in bed by then. I bet the minute the concert ends, the gays will start an orgy at the beach. I've seen it happen at carnival parties in Cobacabana. Maybe some dancers will join in too, it is their last concert after all.

the concert is scheduled for 10pm, little children will be in bed by then. I bet the minute the concert ends, the gays will start an orgy at the beach. I've seen it happen at carnival parties in Cobacabana. Maybe some dancers will join in too, it is their last concert after all.

Finally someone who sounds like they actually have a clue weighs in on the Mercy issue. 
Of course she's playing live, y'all!

Finally someone who sounds like they actually have a clue weighs in on the Mercy issue. 
Of course she's playing live, y'all!

Mercy is definitely playing live. Those supposedly "unplayed" notes are actually percussion sounds from the backing track she's playing to. The five or six piano notes heard in the studio recording before the first verse begins are omitted in every single performance on this tour. 
However, she's not playing an actual acoustic instrument. It's an average-sounding keyboard built into a mock-up of a grand piano body. If you look closely, there's no functioning pedals but simply a standard keyboard pedal hooked to the built-in keyboard she's playing. There's also no hammer and damper movement whatsoever during her performance. 
To properly mic an actual piano for one single performance would be a nightmare scenario for any sound engineer. In order for an acoustic piano to pick up as little surrounding noise as possible (sound disturbance being immense given the position of the B-stage and the nearly 360 degrees placement of the sound system), the lid would need to be closed at all times. There are specific piano microphones that perform miraculously under such circumstances and are able to bypass a lot of distracting resonance from drums on stage and audience noise, but obviously the lid is wide open for most of the performance. 
Settling for a MIDI-controlled mock-up makes sense since wheeling around an actual grand piano from underneath the stage wouldn't be economical due to its weight, transport needs and tuning delicacy. In an unstable A/C (or lack thereof ) environment, a grand piano would detune within minutes and sound off very quickly after being tuned. 
That said, Mercy certainly is a very good and notably skilled player. She's very consistent in her interpretation of Mayer's "Le regret" but she does add a little extra nice grace note here and there from time to time. She also plays with a sense of urgency and fervour that would be nice to hear on a future studio album of the Madonna family band...