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I'm so out of touch, I only recognise one of the nominations for Favourite Breakout Artist :s
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1. Rebel Heart
2. Bitch I'm Madonna
3. Ghosttown
4. Iconic
5. Messiah
6. Beautiful Scars
7. Living For Love
8. Hold Tight
9. Body Shop
10.Inside Out
11.Borrowed Time
12.Graffiti Heart
13.Joan Of Arc
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Lyrically I think Candy Perfume Girl is better, although "My sugar is raw" is awesome in a nonsensical way. The Erotic Candy Shop is stunning though so I have to go with Candy Shop.
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Madonna seemed to be happy at last during upbeat 'Rebel Heart' tour opener: review
The most shocking thing about Madonna's "Rebel Heart" tour, which opened at Montreal's Bell Centre Wednesday, had nothing to do with sex. (How could it at this late date?)
And it had nothing to do with religion (though she did offer such token Madonna-esque stunts as nuns on stripper poles and dancers gyrating on holy crosses).
Instead the surprise of the show came in smiles.
Throughout nearly the entire two hour event, Madonna could barely stop grinning. For anyone who has followed Madonna tours from the start, the sight of it couldn't help but startle. Never a warm live performer, Madonna tends to grimace through her concerts, stressing athleticism and discipline over all. This time, she seemed to having a blast. It made for an infectious night that brought the Canadian crowd to a series of spontaneous, and escalating, standing ovations. It didn't hurt that she sang "La Vie En Rose," both in French and in bold voice.
Madonna performs onstage during her ‘Rebel Heart’ tour Sept. 9.The bright tone of the show made for a striking contrast to the star's last tour, "MDNA," a dark and violent affair that often ended up puzzling to boot. "Rebel Heart" had no such pretense. In fact, it may be Madonna's lightest roadshow to date.
That's not at all to say it's unsubstantial. On the contrary, the triumph of the "Rebel Heart" tour is how it finds Madonna taking ownership of her legacy with an unprecedented maturity
Madonna performs onstage during her ‘Rebel Heart’ tour Sept. 9.She began that approach on her like-named album, which found her in a newly self-referential mode.
Madonna mirrored that here by featuring no fewer than nine of its tracks, including the show's opener, "Iconic." For this initial section of the show, Madonna drew on her time-honored mingle of the erotic and the reverent. Her twenty dancers, dolled up as medieval warriors, bore cross-topped weapons. In a more slow and graceful take on "Vogue" Renaissance images of religious figures replaced movie stars while Madonna and her dancers posed at The Last Supper table.
While the star used to position such displays as pointed social commentary, here they seemed to have more to do with simply reasserting her own long history with them.
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Madonna appears to surf board a half naked nun during her concert Wednesday night.Madonna delved deeper into her personal story in the second act, which found her on the hood of a '60s Chevy in an auto repair shop, a clear reference to her Detroit roots. She emphasized a rare sincerity here by singing the unashamedly romantic "True Blue," while accompanying herself on, of all things, a ukulele.
Madonna came the closest she's ever going to get to a "greatest hits" display in the third act, where she offered touchstones from "Lucky Star" to "Everybody." The latter she hasn't performed live since the early '90s.
Even so, none of the older songs sounded anything like they had on album. To suit the matador-theme'd theatrical accompanyment, Madonna reimagined them as Spanish-tinged ballads.
Madonna included in her run of oldies "Who's That Girl," which she delivered as a solo acoustic ballad. After singing it, she admitted that it took her a hell of a long time to answer just who this particular girl may be. Then, she went into "Rebel Heart," a song about the joy of self-discovery. That theme allowed Madonna to run through a wide range of characters in the show - including a '20 French cabaret star - while maintaining a solid through-line.
It also helped her pull off what may have been the show's most stunning move. When performing "Like a Virgin," she appeared on the gaping stage entirely alone, dancing with a freedom and even an innocence, that made her, at 57, seem once again new.
Set List:
Iconic
Bitch I'm Madonna
Burning Up
Holy Water
Devil Pray
Messiah
Body Shop
True Blue
Deeper and Deeper
Heartbreak City
S.E.X.
Living For Love
La Isla Bonita
Dress You Up
Who's That Girl
Revel Heart
Illuminati
Music/Candy Shop
Material Girl
La Vie En Rose
Unapologetic Bitch
Holiday
Revel Heart?! Yummy
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My ouija board tells me different.
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Good. As much as I loved the leaked tracks he did ruin the launch.
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no that's her :p
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Is SuBo definitely in this video?
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Popezilla is gonna be so annoyed with M and her potty mouth
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Is the song just called "I'm Madonna" in America?
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it's Margarita Pracatan baby
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1. Justify My Love
2. Cherish
3. Into The Groove
4. Rescue Me (UK)
5. I'll Remember (UK)
6. Music
7. Angel
8. Dear Jessie
9. Live To Tell
10. Human Nature (GER)
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I don't know how to post links but youtube the Barenaked Ladies cover of Material Girl, it's all kinds of awesome. I remember them covering Ray of Light as well but that is nowhere to be found at the moment sadly
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Italians do it better... apparently ;)
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Which version though, ponytail or Shirley Temple curls?
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champagne, caviar.... you mean surely ;)
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odd that she performs the line 'makes me want to take my top off' from the demo rather than the album lyric 'screw the top off'
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If I get to see this tour it'll be in Manchester this time. BMDNA what's the venue like there?
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You better Finger Me, I know you want to baby...
you'll never forget it now
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yes that looked nasty, I had a feeling all day something was going to go wrong I just didn't want to tempt fate by posting it on here, just glad she didn't do the harness lift at the end like at the grammys. well she's more than earnt her column inches for that, and fingers crossed she'll nudge up to number one on the iTunes uk chart now.
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I think she'll perform Living For Love and Rebel Heart, can't wait
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I can imagine after the Rebel Heart tour she will unofficially call it a day with the music side of things, the Live Nation deal is complete if I'm not mistaken. She's mentioned making another film and I can see that taking a lot longer without the pressure to return to recording and touring.