THE CELEBRATION TOUR

[BlondAmbition 3,114]

On 3/15/2023 at 12:59 AM, Fabiolous said:

Right? So many fans couldn't find a ticket. She MUST be coming back next year for sure. Otherwise it makes no sense

it's so ridiculous, here in Italy the two dates were sold in one day and they had to add more instead of other European cities that are selling little like in Germany. Milan forum it's 11.500 capacity ... more two dates could be sell out...

[GregVsMatt 2,197]

22 hours ago, David3333 said:

For what it’s worth, they’ve taken down the extra dates from vipnation. 

It was likely human error to publish them online, probably a communication breakdown when plans for the dates to be announced changed

[eXtremeOccident 1,600]

So Taylor Swift opened her greatest hits tour last night and did a 3 hour 15 minute show with a 44 song setlist. She has nowhere near the number of hits like Madonna.

Poor Madonna seeing this and realizing she'll have to take her 50 some odd hits and do something like this in order to justify her sky high ticket prices 

[Tiago Lisboa Rodrigues 1,161]

3 minutes ago, eXtremeOccident said:

So Taylor Swift opened her greatest hits tour last night and did a 3 hour 15 minute show with a 44 song setlist. She has nowhere near the number of hits like Madonna.

Poor Madonna seeing this and realizing she'll have to take her 50 some odd hits and do something like this in order to justify her sky high ticket prices 

Madonna isn’t paying attention to any of that and neither should she. No one expects her to do a 3 hour tour and honestly it sounds exhausting. 
Her audience also isn’t expecting her to perform for 3 hours to “justify “ anything.

Plus a lot of Taylors show looked kinda low budget since there will be a lot of rotative songs on it. Madonna doesn’t operate like that.

lets stop comparing female acts and acting like they need to compete with each other.

[Drownedboy 940]

Better 120 minutos of masterful performances than 180 with mediocre fullers. I´m not saying Taylor shows are like these, but if Madonna can do two hours of great work it will be more than enough.

[Fabiolous 4,511]

Well, Madonna did say explicitly in the tour announcement that she is trying to sing as many songs as possible, so I'm expecting around 30 at the very least. I think 35 is not far fetched, just 10 more than usual 

[N3onNostalgic 87]

1 hour ago, eXtremeOccident said:

So Taylor Swift opened her greatest hits tour last night and did a 3 hour 15 minute show with a 44 song setlist. She has nowhere near the number of hits like Madonna.

Poor Madonna seeing this and realizing she'll have to take her 50 some odd hits and do something like this in order to justify her sky high ticket prices 

I don't think she'll do a 3 hour 15 minute show but I can see her doing a show that's around 2½ hours which is only half an hour longer than what she usually dose plus I can see her doing a few medleys & mashups.

Edited March 18 by N3onNostalgic

[Robertthenurse 1,375]

Let's be real. Taylor is great and all. I enjoy her stuff when it comes out, but a majority of songs aren't that legendary (some are of course). Madonna knows how to put on a show. Period. There is no one quite like that. Not Gaga, not Janet -- nobody. If you've been to most Madonna concerts its a feast for the eyes, ears and mind. You just can't compare. A Cirque meets Theatre meets performance art meets legend. Enjoy it while it lasts lol

[tscott 922]

Doing 25 songs on a nearly 80 plus date show is already grueling enough.  If Taylor is able to pull off such a feat by performing 40 songs, good for her, but I question if she will be able to pull it off night after night. it's extremely unlikely Madonna would do such a thing (unless a lot of it's mashed up in 'medleys').  Fans shouldn't "expect" this. It's really setting up an artist to quickly exhaust their voice as long as their chance of having a successful tour.  I'll be satisfied with a 20 to 25 set list, even if it may not always include some of the songs I most want to hear live.

[Andreo 4,454]

1 hour ago, eXtremeOccident said:

Taylor Swift (...) did a 3 hour 15 minute show with a 44 song setlist.

This sounds like a medieval torture method to me, both for her and the audience tbh. 

[stfan97 2,765]

Taylor's only doing 3 back to back to back shows for Fri/Sat/Sun in a handful of select markets.  Every other city is 2 back to back nights and every show is weekend only.  She has the other 4-5 days of the week to rest, and I'm sure she'll be extremely disciplined regarding vocal rest.  She's taking the entire Easter weekend off for an 11 day break.  She'll be fine, but now it's understandable why she didn't add more shows despite having all these gaps in the schedule and obvious demand for more.

[Roland Barthes 4,101]

Taylor had 44 boyfriends ?

[tscott 922]

7 hours ago, Andreo said:

This sounds like a medieval torture method to me, both for her and the audience tbh. 

If I recall correctly, Prince was known to put on an "after show" with selected guests while performing for selected guests in later hours of the night. 

I guess; everyone is different and the fact Taylor has a lot of gaps between her shows and isn't performing nearly every other night after a new venue, gives her more room to perform more songs.  I don't believe she would be able to pull it off successfully if her venues were more closer together and she was doing more than a couple shows a week.  Still a treat for a huge Swifty fan who is wanting to hear her perform music from her last several albums.

[gafuller 1,507]

I really warmed up to Midnights but let’s be honest, I’ve been watching the fan TikTok’s. They gag at literally anything she does. And it’s usually not much. Her songs have a live touch to them but they’re not reinvented. And there’s sooooo much emphasis on the eras that it’s hard to see what artistic message she is bringing. Maybe I’m just spoiled from Madonna’s theatre and creativity. But to the comments about number of songs, if you can’t get your show across to me in 20 or songs, you’re gonna lose me at some point. 

[Blue Jean 7,258]

9 hours ago, Roland Barthes said:

Taylor had 44 boyfriends ?

Screaming

[Blue Jean 7,258]

I told my bf "don't worry, Madonna's concert won't he 3 hours." He said "No but we'll be waiting for 3 hours"  

[PM3962 0]

Cologne, Germany is a smaller venue. But it’s not sold out for its second show. How strange that people prefer to see her from far away in bigger arenas LOL

Edited Sunday at 06:56 AM by PM3962

[Blue Jean 7,258]

27 minutes ago, PM3962 said:

Cologne, Germany is a smaller venue. But it’s not sold out for its second show. How strange that people prefer to see her from far away in bigger arenas LOL

Remember that Germany has 2 cities on this tour, so that would be why its not sold out

[Ricardo González Anaya 59]

I think the leaked dates will not be announced anytime soon. My guess is they’ll announce it all in June :(

[PM3962 0]

Row 15 in Cologne is up above. Row 15 in Belgium for exemple is only at the middle.  Very smaller.  

[Robertthenurse 1,375]

8 hours ago, Blue Jean said:

I told my bf "don't worry, Madonna's concert won't he 3 hours." He said "No but we'll be waiting for 3 hours"  

I told my husband to take the next day off work. 

[Tony Fortin 1,165]

The new Madonna will be on time

[Tiago Lisboa Rodrigues 1,161]

5 hours ago, Ricardo González Anaya said:

I think the leaked dates will not be announced anytime soon. My guess is they’ll announce it all in June :(

It actually makes more sense to announce all of them together. A lot more hype since it’s going to be stadiums as well, plus much closer to the first date. 

[Fabiolous 4,511]

What the Madonna setlist would look like if she copied Taylor Swift's idea:

Act 1: Like a Prayer

1. Like a prayer

2. Express yourself

3. Oh father

4. Vogue

 

Act 2: Music

5. Music

6. Don't tell me

7. What it feels like for a girl

 

Act 3: Like a virgin

8. Like a virgin

9. Material Girl

10. Angel

11. Dress you up 

12. Into the groove

13. Crazy for you

 

Act 4: Ray of light

14. Frozen

15. Ray of light

16. Nothing really matters

17. Beautiful stranger

 

Act 5: American Life

18. Nothing fails

 

Act 6: Erotica

19. Deeper and Deeper

20. Rain

21. Bad girl

 

Act 7: Hard Candy

22. 4 minutes

23. Give it 2 me

24. Miles away

 

Act 8: MDNA

25. Masterpiece

26. Girl gone wild

 

Act 9: Rebel heart

27. Bitch I'm Madonna

28. Ghosttown

 

Act 10: Madame X

29. Crave

30. I don't search I find

31. Surprise song

 

Act 11: Bedtime stories

32. Secret

33. Take a bow

 

Act 12: Confessions on a dance floor

34. Hung up

35. Sorry

 

Act 13: True blue

36. Live to tell

37. Papa don't preach

38. Open your heart

39. La Isla Bonita/Who's that girl

40. Causing a commotion

 

Act 14: Madonna

41. Borderline 

42. Burning up

43. Lucky star

44. Everybody/Holiday/Celebration

Bitch 💀

[Robertthenurse 1,375]

Love that setlist