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When Rain ends and she's getting taken by the grim reaper and the LAV / MJ Tribute starts, that segment is about 4 minutes long. The 4 minutes could also stand for the 4 days she was in a coma and that she was about to join him in Heaven.

She's dressed elegantly like she used to. Same energy as 1998 💖

So refreshing to see her out of that baggy oversized stuff she always seems to be in these days

Her next album is gonna be a jewel, mark my words. 

it's her go-to word list for songs:
Windows
Key(s)
Door
Love
YeaH
Cum'On
Open
...etc

OMG YES!!! WTG is paid dust too often, such a huge era

Nothing Really Matters kimono
Girlie Show Vogue costume
Superbowl Vogue costume
SEX Book launch party outfit
A League of Their Own baseball costume
Deeper and Deeper Girlie Show costume
Erotica video black dress
Material Girl Marilyn look
Human Nature latex suit
Sticky and Sweet football shoulder pad costume
Like a Virgin wedding dress
Met Gala 2013 punk look
Confessions Tour Future Lovers horse riding outfit
Music video white fur outfit
La Isla Bonita red flamenco dress
Frozen video black dress
Confessions on a Dance Floor cover look (similar to Hung Up video leotard, but not the same)
Jean Paul Gaultier AMFAR AIDS benefit fashion show outfit (bare breasts)
+ Vogue MTV VMA's Bob the Drag Queen
 
 
 
 

The transition from Human Nature to Crazy for You to me was about her transition musically from RnB to ballads era of Something to Remember. It was a way for her to calm herself down and sooth herself.

Didn't notice this until the Rio broadcast, even though it's been there all along - when Tokischa calls M before Hung Up, the ringtone is La Isla Bonita

I love how she gets "In Bed with Madonna".  Very subtle.  This is also immediately before Justify My Love which is actually what happened.

The boots and robe were definitely from the Hard Candy photoshoot. Since the setlist completely ignored hard candy, those 2 items and the boxing theme could be the only reference. 
 
I read somewhere that they choose the boxing theme for Erotica to reference her battle with the media during that era. Now that I think about it, the backdrop would've been great if they mixed it with tabloids and news references at that time on how the media was being negative to her.

She uses lots of references to previous choreo and costumes, sometime re-imagined sometimes mixed around.
Holiday with the swing side to side and kicking, the long coats like in GS. Like a prayer see-through monk robes from BA, masturbation scene and ' clock-hands' dance to Papa Don't preach from BA.  Beast Within / Girlie Show. Boxers/Girlie show. Don' tell me line dancing from video and DWT. LAV little steps walk from the first tour. I keep seeing more everytime I watch it.

The cursed years (2020 - 2022) 💀🥲

Also the Erotica performance is a tribute to the boxing scene from the Erotica performance at The Girlie Show
M watched The Girlie Show as she was preparing for the tour

Just random ones I can think of:
The graphics behind her during Burning Up feature some of her song titles (i.e. Angel, etc) Open Your Heart features artwork inspired by Tamara de Lempicka which is a nod to the music video, same with the chair choreography The stage represents Manhattan with uptown, downtown mid town, east and west. Before Holiday the dancers are dressed as famous people from that era (i.e. Andy Warhol, Basquiat, etc) The Like a Prayer costume is a nod to the Blonde Ambition tour costume. Papa Don't Preach dance is from the Blonde Ambition tour also. Holiday - the coat costumes are a nod to the Girlie Show rendition of this song. The stage designers said the round center stage is a nod to the Like a Virgin VMA performance. The pink wig could be a nod to the pink wig she wore in the 80s. During Nothing Really Matters, toward the end, the stage goes counterclockwise to symbolize going back in time. She also sings "in your arms" 4x to represent 4 decades. There are musical nods to Where the Party, In This Life, Updown Suite, Deeper and Deeper, and I Want Your Love

I think the ID cards flaying across the screen right when Holiday starts, when M and the dancers enter the club also have a few references to real-life people.... I think it's most likely a scene from the movie that was adapted for the concert... especially the banter with the bouncer (Bob), it's definitely taken from the biopic script.

The Into the Groove dancers look like the people in the club scene in Desperately Seeking Susan sort of. And the dancer with the purple hat reminds me of Rosanna Arquette in some publicity photos around that time.

There's so many easter eggs but here are some of my favs: 
-During her first speech in Tampa she said "I was doing those exact dance steps back in 1985... on the Virgin Tour," in reference to Into The Groove. 
-The jacket she wears in the 80s section, designed by Findikoglu, was inspired by one she wore when she was promoting Like a Virgin in Japan! Apparently she got it from a vintage store back then. 
Also there is this one thought I've had about her performance of Holiday. I feel like the jackets are meant to represent how the gay community had to hide during this time, which is why the Keith Haring pattern is on the inside of her jacket since it still wasn't something to be discussed openly. 
 

During everybody the dancers used flashlights during the whole performance, that was inspired by her first or her first performances at Danceteria where there wete no lights, Madonna friends had to bring flashlights to iluminate her during the performance . She explained that during some speeches before Burning Up 

Flashlights? Explain this point please

Hi you all, let’s compile and put here all the Celebration Tour easter eggs, hidden and not hidden meanings that appeared on the Celebration tour, her stories and  explanations through the dates. 
 
I think there are so much more meanings that the ones we actually caught.
i will start with the resemblance of the Like a Virgin cake for the main stage, her explanation of the flashlights during everybody, the transition from Holiday to Live to Tell, etc, etc. 
What else did you caught? What do you think some performances mean? 

She's blessing us with so many beautiful pics ever since the tour started

A Beyoncé duet is so predictable and boring.
Imagine if she did a duet with Cher, that would be insane and get all the old gays frothing.

Agreed, the opening look with straight hair was her best look of the whole tour. I don't know why she only did it for this one show. It's like the incredible blow out she had for Rebel Heart in Birmingham.

She mothered so hard with the straight hair. Too bad she wore it one time only