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My friend Stefan, who runs the MLVC Podcast and is the podcast creator, has worked very hard to curate a super special event on Monday Sept 25, 2023. It will be live at 3PM CDT, but if you are unable to attend the live event, you will be eligible for a private viewing link after the fact. It will not be made available for free in the regular podcast stream or on YouTube later. So far, the announced guests include: Luca Tommassini, Carlton Wilborn, Akasia Ruthy, Christopher Childers, Alex Magno, Michael Bearden, Carrie Ann Inaba, M.G. Gong, Jill Nicklaus, Donna DeLory and Niki Harris! If you're watching live, you will have the ability in the platform to post comments and questions for the crew! Carrie Ann mentioned the reunion on Live with Kelly and Mark this morning, so you know she is stoked about this opportunity. The link for the ticket purchase is HERE : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/girlie-show-30th-anniversary-reunion-tickets-705694530337! They only are only $10 - a small price for the time and effort that it's taken Stefan to pull this together! Hope some of you will join me.

After the whole Manchester debacle I would guess it was just mixed wires!

The O2 is not in a residential area and does not have a legal curfew despite the urban legends you may read online. Each promoter can set a "latest finish time" with the venue to make sure that staff are booked to stay - ive been to a number of O2 events this year that have gone on well past midnight / towards 1am. Indeed, some other events (e.g. DJs) go well into the early hours of the morning at venues like The O2, IndigO2 and Wembley Arena. I had a good chat with a colleague who works there about it all. Even if they run over the "latest finish time", the staff will stay, and the promoter just pays a fine (e.g. when Justin Bieber didn't come on until 10.45pm and finished at 12:30am, the promoter just paid a fine). Interestingly Madonna went past 11pm on her second Rebel Heart show at The O2 and the screens got switched on advertising the final tube times at midnight whilst she was singing Holiday. The only venue in London that "pulls the plug" as far as I know it is Hyde Park, at 10.35pm. Thats not to say it couldn't happen at The O2 if she runs well over the agreed latest finish time / something like Rebel Heart Glasgow happens where its her sound team (rather than the venue) which close down early - but to my knowledge its not happened to date since The O2 opened.

Enjoy Caberet! Of course we can say hi, we could well have said a quick "hi" on MX London - I was so tired / struggling mentally by that point, had covid during the first few shows (I didn't know what it was, just thought it was a bad cough - didn't know it was covid until I took an antibody test shortly after lockdown - EVERYONE was hacking, had "that bad cold" during the Lisbon shows including a lot of the dancers..), I hope I wasn't too grumpy / tired when we met, and a huge sorry if I was. I perked up a little on towards the end / my polaroid show!

I wish I’d thought of that idea for the MadonnaTribe locator!

I’ll be photographing not streaming - if we’re allowed! Madame X was the first time since 2008 I’ve not done a tour photo book and I’ve already had people asking if I’m doing one again this time!

Nothing personal towards Milan! I run a group for people who’ve survived stroke and a number of my volunteers are off that week, so I need to be home to cover. If things change I may add it later. :-)

Haha. It's been my life since 2001. Madonna goes on tour, I go on tour too! I usually do 30-40 shows, this is my tour with the most dates, for a bit of a reason : Madame X I had 50 shows booked; my mum became terminally ill just before the tour started - I was distracted, grumpy, and when I was away just wanted to be home and became resentful of being abroad when shows were being cancelled and I could have been at home with mum, and I ended up cancelling all the Paris shows to become her full time carer - which I got to do throughout the pandemic until she died in Oct 2020. Mum was a Madonna fan before me - and always knew my passion for travel and her shows, and she felt a burden for me cancelling the Paris dates and made me promise I'd "make it up next time" which is what I'm planning on doing. In terms of my touring bug, Ive told my story on various TV shows, magazines and podcasts about how I caught the bug, why & how so won't repeat it here. It's so lovely because I can land in any country now knowing theres 'Madonna friends' there; i've met so many of you guys over the years. Sure you get a bit of judgement, hate and bullying for doing what you love the most (there was once a moderator on another forum who became my biggest hater - I called him a fan - a couple of tours ago) but you just shut that out! Anyways ive taken this way off topic, naughty for a Mod on other M forums - sorry / understand if this needs to be deleted!

@Pedro Beltranno worries at all! Glad it was useful My shows at the moment: Sat Oct 14 – London, UK – The O2 Sun Oct 15 - London, UK - The O2 Tue Oct 17 - London, UK - The O2 Wed Oct 18 - London, UK - The O2 Sat Oct 21 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis Sun Oct 22 - Antwerp, BE - Sportspaleis Wed. Oct. 25 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena Thu Oct 26 - Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena Sat Oct 28 – Stockholm, SE – Tele2 Arena Wed Nov 01 – Barcelona, ES – Palau Sant Jordi Thu Nov 02 - Barcelona, ES – Palau Sant Jordi Mon Nov 06 – Lisbon, PT – Altice Arena Tue Nov 07 - Lisbon, PT - Altice Arena Sun Nov 12 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena Mon Nov 13 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena Wed Nov 15 – Cologne, DE – Lanxess Arena Thu Nov 16 - Cologne, De - Lanxess Arena Sun Nov 19 - Paris, FR - Accor Arena Mon Nov 20 - Paris FR - Accor Arena Tue Nov 28 – Berlin, DE Wed Nov 29 - Berlin, DE Fri Dec 1 – Amsterdam, NL Sat Dec 2 - Amsterdam, NL Tue Dec 5 - London, UK - The O2 Wed Dec 6 - London, UK - The O2 Wed Dec 13 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclay Center Thu Dec 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclay Center Sat Dec 16 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclay Center Mon Dec 18 - Washington, DC - Capital One Arena Tue Dec 19 - Washington, DC - Capital One Arena 2024 Jan 8 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Jan 9 - Boston, MA – TD Garden - Jan 11 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Jan 12 - Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena Jan 15 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena Jan 18 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell - Jan 20 - Montreal, QC – Centre Bell - Jan 22 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Jan 23 – New York, NY Jan 25 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center - Jan 29 - New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Feb 1 – Chicago, IL – United Center - Feb 2 - Chicago, IL - United Center - Feb 17 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena - Feb 18 - Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena - Feb 21 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena - Feb 24 - Sacramento, CA - Golden Center - Feb 27 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center - Feb 28 - San Francisco, CA – Chase Center - Mar 1 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena - Mar 2 - Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena Mar 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum - Mar 5 - Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum - Mar 7 - Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum - Mar 9 - - Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum - Mar 11 - - Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum - Mar 13 - Palm Springs, CA - Acrisure Arena - Mar 16 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center

Once you're in , you CAN buy VIP packages without a code! HOWEVER - these links seem to circumnavigate the system - theyve been posted in a few WhatsApp groups , I haven't used myself so can't verify - maybe see if they work for you / for anyone else who wants to grab LA VIP packages who doesnt have a code - theres still a few good seats left for some dates Sorry if they dont work anymore. https://trk.cp20.com/click/c4i1-2q1h3e-cqddkj-klessps8/ https://trk.cp20.com/click/c4i1-2q1h3y-cqddma-kletot41/ https://trk.cp20.com/click/c4i1-2q1h92-cqdeey-klessps3/

The codes are tied to your email address, you can’t get into the waiting room at 10am and access the presale unless you’re logged in with the email address tied to your code. See if you can find a fan who’s going to take you as a +1!

My friend Steve Denyer (DJ at Virgin Radio) had asked me to help spread the word: Twitter : @Steve_denyer Instagram : @denyersteve “Donna De Lory is joining me every morning at 10:30 UK time on @virginradiouk #virginradiopride She talks what it was like auditioning for Madonna and being told she had a almost identical match for Madonna vocals She tells me what’s going through Madonnas mind right now after her health scare and how it would have changed her She tells me what she thinks is the best Madonna world tour (Blond Ambition) and what is was like when the pope wanted to ban the show and being there when she was almost arrested We also talk Donna and Nikki and play Donnas favourite solo track from her own back catalogue” Tune in!

London's third opening night after Girlie Show and S&S09!

Gonna say - Tribe is peaceful at the moment. :-)

There's so many of the travelling regulars not doing this tour - it's going to be a strange one. Some cant go because they've fallen into disrepute with Madonnas team, others just had enough after MDNA and Madame X setlists, some just have decided they want to leave it. I'll see what the schedule looks like, ive already got 3 US trips lined up and im trying to watch my carbon footprint

The thing is even if you pay £1000 for a front row package, you inevitably end up watching the artist's arse for half the show as theres almost guaranteed to be a catwalk / B stage / heart stage etc. I know the majority of fans on Rebel Heart who paid for the £550 Heart Stage seats felt that was THE place to be, not the front row which was £1000 or so. Certainly it was the Heart Stage that everyone rushed to at the general admission shows - you could get front row main stage long after doors opened.

I would guess/speculate/imagine front rows will be £500 - £1000 if they hold Rebel Heart pricing. Stage configuration will also play a part but in the UK I think Heart Stage seats were about £600 and in the US double that and more as dynamic was already in place then. Then outside of the immediate front row vicinity on the floor I would guess you're looking at £175 - £200 again based on Rebel Heart pricing. Mainland European dates have traditionally been standing on the floor as opposed to the UK, and a lot, lot cheaper and more attractive to fans who can get a 100Euro ticket and £60 easyJet flight and queue up for a front row spot and still have change from £250.

Dynamic pricing is in full swing in the UK. Recent gigs ive been to have seen silly prices. I go to 100+ gigs a year- so let me share some recent experiences - I got pit tickets for Backstreet Boys for £200 which shot up to £900 and sold out. Westlife (dont judge me) I got front row for £300 and within an hour they'd gone to £1000 and had sold out. Bieber I held off buying the a $300 package which then cost me $1200. Same for other gigs ive done recently - Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and so on. The upside is that dynamic pricing also sees tickets go down - as they did for Madonna at The London Palladium and all the US dates on Madame X were people who paid $3000 a ticket were sat next to people who paid $138 or even $50 for some of the Chicago dates. Big gigs are still selling out. The good seats are going at a premium, higher than before and promoters are then hedging their bets and slash prices or even give them away (Blue, Steps, Diana Ross) closer to the date. No reason to think Madonna will be any different. It's the mid price tickets that are always the slowest to go - the first tickets to go according to Livenation are the cheap ones. So it's going to be key how they price the back floor level 1 seats I think. Big fans will want to be in the front half of the arena and many will pay whatever it takes to be there, for me its going to be interesting to see what they do with the so-so seats. For Rebel Heart they implemented dynamic pricing right at the last minute at the O2 and sold one row on, one row off I the upper decks for the second night which is also a way of filling it up.

Re : Australia being overprojected - so was the UK on Rebel Heart Tour. There were due to be 3 O2 dates (one on 12th Dec got replaced with Zurich or somewhere), there were also second dates for Birmingham and Glasgow expected that never came off. The Livenation crew on that tour were quite loose with their mouths as they were annoyed about the start time drama lol

Re : Boxscore - we used to think in our more uneducated days that the sellout capacity was set my the promoters - now we know direct from Livenation on Madame X that they promoters just submit tickets sold (actual and audited) , but completely invent capacities / tickets available (not audited) and report whatever they like. All those years of thinking there was such a thing as a "technical sellout" when in fact its just promoters sending in tickets sold (actual) and tickets available / capacity (invented by Becky in the office).

1. I would kill for a live band. Imagine Madonna calling for "one more chorus" randomly. Dream. 2. After Australia didnt come out for her for Rebel Heart and they had to shift the dates because the demand wasn't there for the dates they had planned, id be surprised if she went back. Which is a shame for whats left of her fanbase down under as the fans she does have left there are fiercely loyal.

If I were Madonna, I would get on some major award shows in the new year, celebrating 40 years of my legacy and announce a tour off the back of that, and the excitement and rumours that have been spreading from now until then.

For background : There is a small team of us. I host the events and do the videos / music. Others on the team work with the venue, run the social channels etc. Madonna's management have endorsed and supported us for almost 20 years now to make sure the events are kept free with lots of giveaways, signed items, exclusive remixes & videos, marketing and advertising. Sometimes we get exclusive information from M's team.- for example, we were given the single, exclusive news break on some of her recent live appearances directly to break to fans. As always, if and when teasers are posted, they're exactly that - teasers. Any official announcement from any artist would always be made clear as an announcement when her team deem thats appropriate and not before. So if there's a silence it's because people either know but can't say, or have been given a teaser to post without specifics - or simply don't know.

Hopefully you'll have seen from Madonna.com that her team have confirmed as as the Official Release Party for Finally Enough Love! We have boxes of merchandise to give away at the event - sunglasses for the early people, fans, stickers, badges, merchandise - with her team popping in as usual throughout the day, you never know who may show up.. Free Entry, no ticket required, get there early and don't plan to leave til it's over

To be fair thats Madonnas team that send them through to us - we just give them away We have to be careful when we get signed items or things like the Celebration box sets or those bloody American Life mini coopers as people get very grabby haha