When a tour finishes where does the stage and set go?

[Guest Ashley]

When one of Madonna's tours finish, does anyone know what happens to the stages and sets? Always been a curiosity of mine. 

[Enrico 15,788]

We used to have a topic here, regarding the re-use of many elements, for the MDNA stage for instance...

But I can't find it at the moment!

[poserdemadonna 1,630]

Madonna's father's garage. Every year they host a Confessions Tour Mirrorball washing party, when they invite townspeople to help wash and polish that globe.

[PWCCA 2,498]

I'm sure I remember reading once that the candles set-piece from Blond Ambition was reused on one of Marilyn Manson's tours. 

[BringUrLUV 1,108]

Also the Sticky & Sweet catwalk and lift were re-used on Gaga's Monster Ball Tour 2.0

[Andymad 10,319]

I would think the stage pieces are rented? Maybe they just go back to some warehouse

[Franknkm 220]

i've read somewhere that DWT metallic tree of gheisha set were sold for auction cause it was realised by japanese scultor...

[Guest Nobody Knows Me]

I also read once that the candles used in the Blond Ambition World Tour were re-used in the Spanish segment on the Drowned World Tour.

[wtg1987 10,151]

They go in her archives as long with all the other stuff we aren’t allowed to have - concerts - demos etc ?

[madgefan 10,137]

I believe Live Nation owned the stages from Confessions up to Rebel Heart? This is just an assumption but if I'm not mistaken Arthur Fogel started to work with Madonna as far as 2006. Maybe earlier, I don't know. 

Anyway, I think it's normal to reuse certain elements from one tour to another and lend those same parts to other live acts that are constantly touring.

Didn't Ricky Martin use some Confessions Tour elements back in the day? And in 2012 Gaga used the same stage 'structure' in Mexico, and Paul MacCartney too at Hyde Park? Does that count as well? 

[theREALmgo 560]

I actually work as a stagehand, so I could answer this pretty well. After the final show, typically most things from any tour will go back to the warehouse it was rented out from, and as users have stated above, some pieces get rented by other tours. It's a relatively unceremonious thing, and the company that rents it sends it back to the shops they came from (kind of like warehouses for stuff like this), and they all get put away until they're rented again.

[musicinferno 3,660]

I read that back in the day, most stages were crushed, melted and recycled. But now it seems parts are rented out to other artists. 

 

Katy's Prismatic Tour used the MDNA triangle. Madonna used Pink's Truth About Love Tour stage for the heart endpiece for RHT. 

[dylanlioncourt 5,774]

They are sometimes reused by other artists or bits used to make new stages, platform and/or structures. Most of the time props and set pieces are put in storage. Britney for example has some of her stage props and pieces at her home (I think the Gimme More boat was seen in her Insta stories at her parents' home)

[survivalartist 6,453]

Didn't Madonna post a Instaphoto of storage at some point where some of these pieces were just hanging out somewhere? Maybe that was another artist...

[PWCCA 2,498]

4 hours ago, musicinferno said:

I read that back in the day, most stages were crushed, melted and recycled. But now it seems parts are rented out to other artists. 

 

Katy's Prismatic Tour used the MDNA triangle. Madonna used Pink's Truth About Love Tour stage for the heart endpiece for RHT. 

I'm not sure about the Pink one... the heart piece of Pink's stage seems a lot smaller than Madonna's.

 

[MarXus 92]

I can confirm since 1985, all her tour props and costumes, except for some which get shown off at various places, all come to me home and I put them up for display.  I pretty much have Girlie Show stage exactly the same.

 

[musicinferno 3,660]

7 minutes ago, PWCCA said:

I'm not sure about the Pink one... the heart piece of Pink's stage seems a lot smaller than Madonna's.

 

Perhaps you're right. I remember fans assuming they were the same but Pink's does look smaller. 

[MarXus 92]

Tour/movie sets and costumes always get recyled.  Madonna famously wore the same gown Glen Close wore in Dangerous Liaisons.  The whole performance was inspired by that movie.

 

[Blue Jean 15,130]

5 hours ago, MarXus said:

Tour/movie sets and costumes always get recyled.  Madonna famously wore the same gown Glen Close wore in Dangerous Liaisons.  The whole performance was inspired by that movie.

 

And Madonna wore it better 

[Blue Jean 15,130]

Gaga definitely used the MDNA stage for her tour. I remember Madonna fans laughing at her about it.

[Enrico 15,788]

8 hours ago, MarXus said:

I can confirm since 1985, all her tour props and costumes, except for some which get shown off at various places, all come to me home and I put them up for display.  I pretty much have Girlie Show stage exactly the same.

Well then you better organize one of of those fan conventions at your house and stage a whole GS performance for us!  

[Guest Ashley]

27 minutes ago, Enrico said:

Well then you better organize one of of those fan conventions at your house and stage a whole GS performance for us!  

Yep, I wanna see MarXus do Carrie Ann Inaba's pole dancing entrance as well!  

[MarXus 92]

9 hours ago, Ashley said:

Yep, I wanna see MarXus do Carrie Ann Inaba's pole dancing entrance as well!  

I'm still working on perfecting that!

[BringUrLUV 1,108]

On 1/10/2020 at 12:50 PM, musicinferno said:

I read that back in the day, most stages were crushed, melted and recycled. But now it seems parts are rented out to other artists. 

 

Katy's Prismatic Tour used the MDNA triangle. Madonna used Pink's Truth About Love Tour stage for the heart endpiece for RHT. 

Katy's triangle on her tour is way longer than the MDNA one & the shape is a bit different, MDNA had more of a diamond at the tip.

[musicinferno 3,660]

11 minutes ago, BringUrLUV said:

Katy's triangle on her tour is way longer than the MDNA one & the shape is a bit different, MDNA had more of a diamond at the tip.

I remember reading an article of someone from Katy's team saying they used elements from Madonna's previous tour stage. Doesn't mean the shapes are identical, just that parts were recycled.