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    The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)

    in The Celebration Tour

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    After watching many videos of the show, I can definitely say that I loved it. However, it’s not perfect and could be much better with some tweaks, in my opinion.

    Main issues: the narrative is not always clear, there are some very anticlimactic moments (Papa Don’t Preach, Human Nature, Crazy For You, La Isla Bonita), The Beast Within interlude (again???!!!) and the closure.

    I would start the show in the future. Bob could state this, to be clear, and we have the same beginning with Nothing Really Matters followed by Bedtime Story, Ray of Light, Frozen intro and first verse tied to full Rain (including the bridge), and leading into the Ghosttown chorus “When it all falls...”. At the end of the song, we see the first “Madonna of the past” in a Like a Virgin wedding dress and the real Madonna tells her “Not everyone is coming to the future because not everyone is learning from the past”. The Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude begins (I loved it), and then we go back in time to NY in the early 80s.

    Then we have Everybody, Into the Groove, Open Your Heart and Holiday leading into the same incredibly beautiful Live to Tell (no Burning Up, we need to save some time and this one is cut). Then the same Unholy/Act of Contriction intro, Like a Prayer (adding the second verse), the same Living for Love interlude leading into the Erotica segment.

    I would merge Erotica and Justify My Love (songs and choreography) to save some time to at least have the first verse and chorus of Papa Don’t Preach when Madonna finds her old Blond Ambition self (which is genius). Then the Fever snnipet, Hung Up (only the original, bye Tokischa) and (the wonderful) Bad Girl.

    The same Up & Down Suite interlude, Break My Soul/Vogue mashup (including the second verse and bridge please!), the ballroom funny thing and full Crazy For You as a sweet moment (no Human Nature here).

    A new little interlude is needed here, not the long, recycled and out-of-place The Beast Within. It could be Human Nature, with the screens showing her political side (fighting misogyny, homophobia, ageism, etc. – another interlude has some of these images that could be relocated). So I would replace Die Another Day with Express Yourself (keeping the same witch costumes and similar choreography), followed by Don’t Tell Me as it is. A little talk about family, then Mother and Father (although I prefer Promise to Try), more talking (freedom fighter, revolution of love bla bla bla), a snippet of Rebel Heart playing guitar and La Isla in full (I Will Survive karaoke and Don’t Cry for me Argentina are cut). Her “old self” could appear again here, perhaps the same “No Fear” from American Life.

    Then we would see the I Don’t Search I Find interlude, which I think works better introducing the final act (but not that long, remember we moved some scenes to the previous interlude), the same GMAYL chants, the same Bitch I’ m Madonna with the drag queens dressed in her iconic looks, and a revised and longer encore: a medley with Celebration, Give It To Me and Music, ending with “Nothing really matters, love is all we need”, referencing the first song and becoming full circle as she loves!l

    The show would go like this:

     

    Bob’s intro

    Nothing Really Matters

    Bedtime Story

    Ray of Light

    Frozen / Rain / Ghosttown

    Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude

    Everybody

    Into the Groove

    Open Your Heart

    Holiday

    Live to Tell

    Unholy / Act of Contriction intro

    Like a Prayer

    Living for Love interlude

    Erotica / Justify My Love

    Papa Don’t Preach

    Fever

    Hung Up

    Bad Girl

    Up & Down Suite intro

    Break My Soul / Vogue

    Crazy For You

    Human Nature interlude

    Express Yourself

    Don’t Tell Me

    Mother and Father

    Rebel Heart

    La Isla Bonita

    I Don’t Search I Find interlude

    GMAYL / Bitch I’m Madonna

    Celebration / Give It To Me / Music

     

    I tried to keep the runtime the same and only make a few small but effective changes. What do you guys think?

    Erotica + Boxing: Why?

    in The Celebration Tour

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    4 hours ago, Alibaba said:

    I think it represents that this is how she experienced the era from Justify My Love to Erotica. Boxing with society. Throwing punches. Calculating her next move. After Human Nature she throws it all into the fire, and moves onto spiritual awakening. 

    I couldn't agree more!

    Rehearsals (spoilers alert)

    in The Celebration Tour

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    7 minutes ago, Alibaba said:

    I don’t accept Cher revisionism. 😂 Cher simply doesn’t have the hits that Madonna has. She has all of about twelve (her very long discography is diabolically unlistenable for the most part, which is why most people never bought the records), and even then some have become remembered as bigger hits due to her never ending farewell tour more than they actually ever were in reality. If people here are getting upset about Madonna performing a less remembered number one or top five hit from thirty-odd years ago, how do they feel about Cher calling Heart of Stone, Walking In Memphis and All Or Nothing classics? If you know Cher, her voice is instantly recognizable. Given the fact that nowadays young people have little regard for legacy and history beyond their own lifetimes, it’s easy to consider anyone who has been around long enough legendary. Cher has taken advantage of this endlessly since 2000. She’s a very smart woman for convincing all the post-millennial gays that she paved the way for Madonna and has had the same cultural impact. It’s total nonsense, but if you tell a lie enough times…

    Madonna has no peers. 
     

    p.s. I love Cher.

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    Rehearsals (spoilers alert)

    in The Celebration Tour

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    Never performed Rebel Heart song: Hold Tigh? Joan of Arc? Wash All Over Me? Veni Vidi Vici? Grafitti Heart (Please no)? All of them can fit in the narrative of her life... 

     

    Oldie but goodie song about dealing with her mother's dead: Promise to try? Oh Father? Inside of Me? Mother and Father? 

    Bacterial Infection Thread

    in News ✖ Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Leandro Gomes (see edit history)

    Just had a thought... If she's filming a documentary about this tour (wich I think it's very likely, to close a trilogy with TOD and IGTTYAS), they for sure have been filming the rehearsals, and maybe they will include her illness and recovery process in the documentary.

    Maybe they don't include the most private and personal details, but I can see they showing the business decisions regarding the tour: wich shows to postpone, wich shows to cancel, negotiation with the venues, definition of dates, itineraries and other details. They may be filming business meetings showing this decision making process as we speak, don't they? What do you guys think about it?

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