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Glad she is doing these old songs. I live in Australia and have never had a chance to see them live. So sucks to be you, but yay for me. Been a fan since 1986, so if one person needs to suffer to give me a great 80's hits show then I have no problem with it.Thanks Madonna for thinking of more than one fan with this tour and thinking of all the new countries you are going to for the first time and giving them hits they have never had a chance to see before.

82.12.16 - No Entiendes @ Dancetaria NYC (Everybody) 83.01.?? - Dancin' on Air (Everybody) This was taped around Xmas 1982 83.10.23 - Di Gei (Holiday & Everybody) Italy 83.10.23 - Disco Ring (Holiday) Italy During 1982 - 1984 Madonna performed track dates (performances at clubs throughout the US and UK) Some of these were recorded such as the Uncle Sam's performance on Sep 24th 1983 and the date in Boston on Dec 5th 1983. There are far too many to list as she did these performaces a few times a week for about 1-2 years. 1984 84.01.14 - American Bandstand (Holiday) 84.01.14 - Solid Gold (Holiday) 84.01.26 - Top of the Pops (Holiday) 84.01.27 - The Tube (Burning Up & Holiday) 84.02.13 - The Dance Show (Holiday & Borderline) 84.03.01 - Klons (Holiday) 84.03.03 - Formel Eins (Holiday) 84.05.16 - Paradise Garage (Dress You Up) 84.06.14 - Passport Pour la Forme (Holiday) 84.06.23 - Les Enfant du Rock (Holiday) 84.06.?? - Platine 45 (Holiday) 84.09.09 - Hip Hop (Holiday) 84.09.14 - 1st Annual MTV Awards (Like a Virgin) 84.12.13 - Top of the Pops (Like a Virgin) 1985 85.01.26 - Solid Gold (Like a Virgin) 85.02.?? - Unknown Japanese tv Show (Like a Virgin) 85.02.?? - Yuro No Hit Studio (Like a Virgin) 85.02.?? - All Night Fuji (Like a Virgin) 85.02.?? - Rock TV (Like a Virgin) 85.02.17 - Music Fair (Like a Virgin) Madonna arrived in Japan Jan 19th 1985 and left around a week later (she appeared at the AMA's in LA on Jan 28th), it is worth noting that the Rolling Stone shoot from 1985 and her LAV tourbook photo spread shot by Herb Ritts were taken at this time too in Hawaii, either on the way to or from Japan. Madonna mentioned the shoot in her speech at Herb Ritts memorial and hinted that she hated it, but got over it and continued to work with Ritts. 85.04.10 - 85.06.11 - The Virgin Tour 85.07.13 - Live AID (Holiday/Into the Groove/Love Makes the World Go Round) Madonna also sang back up during the Thompson Twins set on the Beatles cover Revolution. 85.11.09 - Saturday Night Live (Take on Me/La Bamba) This was during a sketch in character 1987 87.06.14 - 87.09.06 - Who's that Girl? Tour MTV broadcast songs from her Miami show 87.06.27 and broadcast a full performance of Causing a Commotion from Turin for the 4th MTV Awards which aired 87.09.11 (the song was performed live in Turin 87.09.04) 1989 89.05.24 - Don't Bungle the Jungle (I've Got You Babe) 89.09.07 - 6th MTV Awards (Express Yourself) 1990 90.03.?? - Japan Grand Prix Awards (Express Yourself) Not sure about the date, but seems the awards were held around the 6th or 7th of March each year. This was footage of Madonna rehearsing for her tour. 90.03.28 - MTV Blond Date Sneek Peak Rehearsals (Vogue) Again this was Madonna during rehearsals for the Blond Ambition Tour 90.04.13 - 90.08.05 - The Blond Ambition World Tour 90.09.06 - 7th MTV Awards (Vogue) 90.09.07 - Commitment to Life Awards (Vogue) 1991 91.03.25 - 63rd Academy Awards (Sooner or Later) 1993 93.01.16 - Saturday Night Live (Fever/Bad Girl) 93.05.14 - The Arsenio Hall Show 1000th Episode (Fever/Lady is a Tramp) 93.09.02 - 10th MTV Awards (Bye Bye Baby) 93.09.25 - 93.12.19 - The Girlie Show World Tour 1995 95.01.30 - 22nd AMA's (Take a Bow) 95.02.18 - Wetten Das? (Secret/Take a Bow) 95.02.20 - The Brit Awards (Bedtime Story) 95.02.22 - San Remo Song Festival (Take a Bow) 95.11.02 - Top of the Pops (You'll See) 1997 97.03.24 - 69th Oscars (You Must Love Me) 1998 98.02.14 - The Roxy (Sky Fits Heaven/Shanti Ashtangi/Ray of Light) 98.02.21 - BBC National Lottery (Frozen) 98.02.24 - San Remo Song Festival (Frozen) 98.02.27 - Les Annes Tubes (Frozen) 98.02.28 - Wetten Das? (Frozen) 98.03.06 - Telecinco Especial Madrid (Frozen) 98.03.13 - The Rosie O'Donnell Show (Frozen) 98.04.06 - Hey Hey Japan Music Awards (Frozen) 98.04.27 - Rock for the Rainforest (Frozen) Madonna also performed back-up with all other celebs on 'With a Little Help from My Friends' and 'Twist and Shout' 98.05.29 - The Oprah Winfrey Show (Ray of Light/Little Star) 98.09.10 - 15th MTV Awards (Shanti Ashtangi/Ray of Light) 98.10.23 - 4th VH-1 Vogue Fashion Awards (Power of Goodbye) 98.11.07 - Wetten Das? (Power of Goodbye) 98.11.11 - Sacree Femme (Drowned World/Power of Goodbye) 98.11.12 - MTV Europe Awards (Power of Goodbye) 98.11.15 - Sen Kvall med Luuk (Power of Goodbye) 98.11.17 - El Septimo de Caballeria (Power of Goodbye/Drowned World) 98.11.19 - Top of the Pops (Power of Goodbye) 1999 99.02.24 - 41st Grammy's (Nothing Really Matters) 2000 00.11.03 - The Late Show (Don't Tell Me) 00.11.05 - Roseland Ballroom (Impressive Instant/Runaway Lover/Don't Tell Me/What it Feels Like For a Girl/Music) 00.11.11 - Wetten Das? (Music/Don't Tell Me) 00.11.16 - MTV Europe Awards (Music) 00.11.19 - Nulle part ailleurs (Music/Don't Tell Me) 00.11.24 - Top of the Pops (Don't Tell Me) 00.11.28 - Brixton Academy (Impressive Instant/Runaway Lover/Don't Tell Me/What it Feels Like For a Girl/Holiday/Music) 00.12.02 - Carrumba che Fortuna (Music/Don't Tell Me) 00.12.25 - Top of the Pops (Music) 2001 01.02.21 - 43rd Grammy's (What it Feels Like for a Girl) 01.06.09 - 01.09.15 - Drowned World Tour 2003 03.04.22 - On Stage and on the Record (American Life/Hollywood/Nothing Fails/X-Static Process/Like a Prayer) 03.04.23 - Tower Records (American Life/Mother and Father/X-Static Process/Nothing Fails/Like a Virgin/Hollywood) 03.04.29 - Absolut Madonna (American Life/Hollywood/Music) 03.04.29 - Dateline (Mother and Father) Includes excerpts of Tower Records performance 03.05.02 - Jonathon Ross Tonight (American Life/Hollywood/Don't Tell Me) 03.05.06 - Le Chanson No1 (American Life/Hollywood/Music) 03.05.07 - Le Cantine de Faubourg (American Life/Hollywood/Nothing Fails/X-Static Process/Mother and Father/Don't Tell Me/Like a Virgin) 03.05.09 - HMV London (American Life/Hollywood/Nothing Fails/X-Static Process/Mother and Father/Don't Tell Me/Like a Prayer) 03.05.10 - CD:UK (American Life/Hollywood) 03.05.15 - Top of the Pops (Hollywood) 03.08.28 - 20th MTV Awards (Like a Virgin/Hollywood) 2004 04.05.24 - 04.09.14 - Re-Invention World Tour 2005 05.01.15 - Tsunami Relief Benefit (Imagine) 05.07.02 - Live 8 (Like a Prayer/Ray of Light/Music) 05.11.03 - MTV Europe Awards (Hung Up) 05.11.06 - Wetten Das? (Hung Up) 05.11.08 - Parkinson (Hung Up/Get Together) 05.11.11 - Star Academy (Hung Up/Get Together) 05.11.15 - Koko Club (Hung Up/Get Together/I Love NY/Let It Will Be/Everybody) 05.11.18 - Children in Need Benefit (Hung up/Get Together) 05.11.19 - GAY Club (Hung Up/Get Together/I Love NY/Let It Will Be/Everybody/Jump) 05.12.07 - Studio Coast (Hung Up/Get Together/I Love NY/Let It Will Be/Everybody) I can add more tomorrow. I am sure I missed stuff, will try to check and see what if anything I missed or got wrong

The poll I voted True Blue as that was when I got hooked. Quiz #1 - Ray of Light Madonna Quiz #2 - Libertene Madonna (Dita/Erotica) Quiz #3 - Material Girl Madonna

I got 56/57 but had to guess a few. Had no idea she hated the colour orange or suffered from brontophobia or whatever it is. Also the Rice Krispie one and Billboard feud one I guessed too. Ironically the only one I got wrong I actually knew but accidentally pressed the wrong answer, lol. Which was her UK No. 1 albums.

There a lot of things she could be doing now that would make better financial sense so I don't really take that into account. She seems so adamant not to be doing anything that will make her seem old, and making an announcement about retiring and doing a farewell tour is like telling the world "I am too old for this" I just don't see her making a spectacle of it. Her tours still sell well, she doesn't need a gimmick to sell tickets. RHT may be sluggish, but it isn't a disaster. I don't know, no one does, It is so difficult to know how she feels about this era. She seems happy and like she has no fuc*s to give, but who knows.

I disagree, she is not stupid. She knows that stuff will be worth something one day. She just doesn't want to be an oldies act who relies on past work to keep her current. That was always the sign of a has been. Besides Madonna wouldn't be paying anyone, most of the stuff would be in the Warners Archives. They may not be the best at re-releasing old material (apparently Madonna has some sort of deal with them that she has to approve of any releases, that is a strong rumour I have heard) but they do archive pretty well.

Well I believe it, I do think there are going to be a lot of angry fans though. Why? Well Madonna did postpone shows during that period and now she might be at an awards show. Whether she postponed for the VMA's or not, there is going to be some pissed off fans who think she did.

But wasn't the point not whether it was used but that it was ruled insignificant or so minor it wasn't worthy of a law suit. I am not sure what you are saying exactly. Who lied? The defenses case suggested it be thrown out for this reason and that's what the court ruled, the sample was insignificant. The article you linked clearly states that the sample was deemed to be such a small buried part of the song that no audience would connect the two and so there is no case. If it took new technology to find this, then what audience would even be aware of the use of such things 25 years ago or even today. How were Madonna/Shep gaining from the use of the sample when no one could hear it, not even the plaintiffs without new technology 25 years later. Can you explain your position better, as I find what you are saying unclear. You also state there is a back beat that may or may not be part of Love Break, again what is your point? I know I probably sound rude and I don't mean to, but your points are not clear to me at all.

As far as I knew Madonna sold the movie outright to Miramax, she was going to use a clip in IGTTYAS but they wanted her to pay like $250K or something like that. She has no rights to the film at all. So if it is lost, it isn't her fault. The concert footage would have been part of the deal, so most likely it is hidden somewhere too. Who knows if it is even being taken care of, which would be a shame. I am sure it is mislabeled somewhere as so much film is. Many things are found decades later, but only after extremely long searches or pure luck and chance, some things get found while looking for other things. In terms of her music videos, none of them used the original elements when being cut, they were mastered to video apparently, so WB have all the negatives, but it would mean re-editing them all to get a Blu Ray worthy picture. That's why the Celebration video was crap, I believe they used the video masters and not the camera negatives of the film. As the video masters were already edited. It has long been known that all her concerts from WTG on are archived, every show is taped (basically what is seen on the screens in the arena) and is in the archives. So Madonna and WB do keep stuff. Last note, it was stated I think in ICON in 1990 that Pioneer were getting the ToD concert footage, then they were getting a compilation of different numbers from different shows around the world (sort of like the Coldplay DVD) It was settled later that they would get the HBO show. I think the first two ideas would have been better.

Ah Liz, I'm gonna miss her lie telling butt, lol (meant with all the affection in the world) Madonna could stand there about to give birth and Liz would tell you she was still a virgin, haha.

This looks like a dress rehearsal. To add more craziness to the mix. In the Argentinian and Brazilian shows she wears short shorts but they are made from the same material as the flares, a kinda of velvet type fabric not sequins. Then she went back to flares for Mexico I think before ditching them entirely for the Australia/Japan legs of the tour.

I don't think we will get an announcement. It will just happen. The way the 8 year gap between Girlie Show and Drowned World did. She isn't one to make such statements. After WTG she said she'd never tour again and same after BAT (both privately and revealed in later interviews). Then she planned to tour in 1995 and 1999 and it never happened as other things came up. Honestly that's how it will happen. Without a contract to be held to and the freedom to do what she wants I think one day after she hasn't toured for a few years someone will ask her if she plans to tour again and she will just say "probably not but never say never" but it just won't happen. I do get the feeling she will do one more big album and tour and then both music and touring will be sporadic and on a much smaller scale and will be basically more to satisfy her hunger for performing rather than the way she has always done it.

I am certain it is a soundboard recording from the LA rehearsals. She and her crew took over a large studio at Disney. I am almost certain the EY performance is from the Japanese Grand Prix Awards and not from a proper rehearsal. Other than that I don't know dates (most likely sometime in Feb/March)

Me too, odd I never put it together before, lol. I actually think Madonna always looked a lot more like Harlow and does in some of those pics.

For me this and Girlie Show had the best, most kick ass bands. You can feel every instrument on each song. I especially love the Florence show, during Into the Groove the band keeps trying to start the song but stops and Madonna eventually starts getting pissed off. Love that live feeling and imperfect nature of a live band. WTG was the end of an era for Madonna, her 2nd and last tour of the 80's and the last time she would really present a show in more of a rock concert setting and not so theatrical (Maybe S&S came close to this though). Love her positive energy and the cheese factor is fun, especially her face during La Isla Bonita. Also she had more of an innocent sexuality in these shows, at least it seems tame by today's standards, she seemed more girlish back then too. Open Your Heart/Lucky Star were a great 1 2 punch in the opening. Like that is completely live, both vocals and band.

For me it was KIT. That song just brings the whole show together, it is simple and understated but packs a great punch because she wasn't trying to bowl the audience over but instead leave with a message. Not as dazzling as Hung Up which I also love and would be a close second.

Mine would be 1. Blond Ambition 2. Girlie Show 3. MDNA 4. Confessions 5. Who's That Girl? 6. Re-Invention 7. Drowned World 8. Virgin 9. Sticky and Sweet