Post your ideal Greatest Hits tour setlist and ideas

[Anderledes 1,137]

53 minutes ago, chaosmen1984mk said:

I see that many people mention Celebration in the setlist and I wonder if they include this song because the tour has the same name and it is almost a fact that it will be in the official setlist or they include it because they really like the song. Something I'd like to check because Celebration is one of my favorite songs so I wouldn't mind if she sings it again at the end of this tour including snippets from Back Up to the Beat.

For me the best end of the show was the Mdna Tour thanks to this same song and it would be interesting to see if she can surpass herself and do much better than on that occasion.

I love Celebration and would include it in my set-list. I Loved it at the MDNA tour, and think it would fit perfectly among her biggest hits... and of course it also matters that it is the name of the tour.

[NothingReallyMatters 626]

6 hours ago, karlafalves said:

Any setlist would do, as long as she finally performs Nothing Really Matters on a tour, for God's sake :D

NRM fits the theme of the FEL album well and I also would love to see her put a modern twist on the song

[chaosmen1984mk 644]

Although I am against the idea of Madonna copying (fortunately she has done it very few times in her entire career) I would like her to use a Kiss Cam on this 2023 tour just like Miley Cyrus did on one of her tours. It would definitely be something very exciting and fun because you never know if the camera is going to focus on you but if you are lucky enough to be focused then you should kiss the person next to you. Scenes like this abounded throughout Miley Cyrus's tour and I would like Madonna to do the same as it would add excitement and fun to this already highly anticipated tour by the whole world.

I think the perfect song for this moment would be Forbidden Love from the album Confessions on the Dance Floor.

[Kieran 1,121]

An interesting read 🙂

https://www.billboard.com/lists/madonna-2023-celebration-tour-setlist-songs/ 

[NothingReallyMatters 626]

27 minutes ago, Kieran said:

An interesting read 🙂

https://www.billboard.com/lists/madonna-2023-celebration-tour-setlist-songs/ 

Interesting that half of these aren't hits tbh

[N3onNostalgic 145]

ACT 1: Masquerade

MLVC (Video Introduction)

01. Vogue
02. Material Girl (Contains excepts from "Material Gworrllllllll!")
03. Express Yourself / Open Your Heart
04. Human Nature

 

ACT 2: House Of Fun

Rescue Me - Dance Interlude

05. Like A Virgin / Physical Attraction
06. Candy Shop (Contains excepts from "Back That Up To The Beat")
07. Justify My Erotic Love (Justify My Love / Erotic Mashup)
08. Lucky Star or Borderline (Changes night to night)
09. Deeper And Deeper 

 

ACT 3: Iberian Sunset

Latin Trip - Band Interlude (Contains elements from "You'll See" & "Cry For Me Argentina")

10. La Isla Bonita
11. Medellín (Shortened)
12. Audience Request / Suprise Song
13. Take A Bow

 

ACT 4: Saints & Sinners

World On Fire - Video Interlude 

14. Girl Gone Wild
15. Burning Up / Bitch I'm Madonna
16. Live To Tell
17. Papa Don't Preach

Frozen Intro - Band Interlude (Contains elements from "Frozen (Sickick Remix)")

18. Frozen
19. Like A Prayer 
20. Ray Of Light

 

ACT 5: New York City

Causing A Commotion - Dance Interlude

21. Into The Groove
22. Everybody
23. Music

Hung Up Intro - Dance Interlude (Contains elements from "Hung Up On Tokischa")

24. Hung Up

 

ENCORE: Megamix

MLVC (Part 2) - Video Interlude

25. Holiday / Celebration

[androiduser 1,967]

I'd really like it to be heavy on the 80's hits, similar to the original versions, not too different, reworked, and no guest rappers etc

 

[adirondak 1,229]

Opening

Like a Prayer - bass up, similar to album version but with extra kick

Everybody

Gambler

Erotica

Bitch I’m Madonna

Interlude - Rescue Me with new video (full song)

Sec. 2

4 Minutes

Like a Virgin

Sorry

Secret

Crazy For You

Interlude - Rain 

Sec. 3

Open Your Heart

Express Yourself

Take a Bow / You’ll See

Justify My Love

Borderline

Interlude - Back That Up 

Sec. 4

Live to Tell

Open Your Heart

Frozen / Power of Goodbye

Lucky Star

Material Girl

Interlude - Get Together

Sec. 5

Papa Don’t Preach / Die Another Day mashup

Dress You Up / Angel

Deeper and Deeper

Don’t Tell Me

Holiday

 

Encore - 

Hung Up

Vogue

 

 

 

[scion 2,929]

8 hours ago, ymacc said:

I don't mind the setlist but the band should be the same as girlie show tour. Drums Omar Hakim / Guitar Paul Pesco (at least) and musical director Jai Winding. No one has understood Madonna's music like this man.

Stuart Price says Hello…. 

[PaperFaces 5,377]

I have a feeling the setlist and its interpretations will draw, at least partly, from Finally Enought Love.

Imagine her performing Junior's remix of Secret.

[Chrato74 84]

1. Opening

2. Candy Shop

3. Human Nature

4. Ray of Light

5. La Isla Bonita

6. Interlude

7. Secret

8. Give Me All Your Lovin'

9. Turn Up The Radio

10. Interlude

11. What It Feels Like For a Girl

.12. Bitch I'm Madonna

13. I Don't Give a 

14. Interlude

15. Batuka

16. Hey You

17. Candy Perfume Girl

18. Rebel Heart

ENCORE

19. Revolver

 

Edited January 24 by Chrato74 (see edit history)

[MADinNE 14]

Material Girl Intro

Get Up And Do Your Thing
Open Your Heart
Express Yourself
Crave
Everybody

Interlude Express Yourself (Images/Videos from The First Album -> Erotica)

The Forgotten Hits
Love Profusion
Rescue Me
Nothing Really Matters
I'll Remember (Stadium Anthem Style)

Interlude Secret (Images/Videos from Bedtime Stories -> American Life)

Guitar/Accoustic Set
La Isla Bonita
Don't Tell Me
This Used To Be My Playground
Rebel Heart
Like A Prayer

Interlude Medellin (Images/Videos from Confessions -> Madame X)

No Idea How To Call This Section^^
Like A Virgin 
Bad Girl
Gambler
Vogue (with a long outro)

The Finale Songs
Give It 2 Me (With a long intro)
Keep It Together
Music
Hung Up
Holiday/Celebration

 

 

I finally wanna hear Nothing Really Matters and Rescue Me live 

Edited January 20 by MADinNE (see edit history)

[MPowered 5,964]

Not my ideal setlist but very much along the lines of what I'm expecting, something a little more realistic:

THE CELEBRATION TOUR

I DANCETERIA
NYC-inspred, Video Intro shows Madonna getting dropped off in the middle of NYC and entering Danceteria. The section represents Madonna's rise to fame and landing her first record deal with the help of mark Kamins and Jellybean. She is wearing a Keith Haring-inspired costume and the backdrop images are inspired by Andy Warhol and Basquiat. 

Taxi - Introduction (with samples from "Jump", "Stay", "I Love New York" & "Like a Virgin")

1. Everybody / Celebration / Music (with samples from "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life", "Heartbeat" & "Like a Virgin")
2. Lucky Star / Impressive Instant (with samples from "Get Together", "Levitating" & "I Don't Search I Find")
3. Crazy for You
4. Beautiful Stranger // Burning Up (both on guitar)

II BOY TOY
This section is mostly inspired by Madonna's signature "Like a Virgin" look and her marriage with Sean Penn. She's wearing a modern interpretation of the iconic wedding dress that will lose several layers as the sections progresses.

Dress You Up - Interlude (with samples from "Angel")

5. Like a Virgin / Hollywood
6. Material Girl / Back That Up to the Beat (with samples from "Material Gworrllllllll")
7. Open Your Heart / Borderline
8. Live to Tell

III SACRILEGE
This section deals with Madonna's complicated relationship with her Catholic belief and her first major media backlash after the release of her SEX book, whilst simultaneously becoming a gay rights activist. It also represents her journey from "the slut" to being a mother and her spiritual awakening. Her costume will be inspired by her recent Vanity Fair shoot.

Erotica / Justify My Love - Interlude (with samples from "Human Nature" & "What It Feels Like for a Girl")

9. Vogue / Deeper and Deeper (with samples from "Break My Soul" & "Rescue Me")
10. Papa Don't Preach / Die Another Day
11. Like a Prayer (with samples from "Living for Love", "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" & "House of God")
12. Secret (with samples from "Nothing Really Matters" & "Nothing Fails") // The Power of Good-Bye
13. Frozen (with samples from "Frozen (Sickick Remix)" & "Isaac")

IV HOMECOMING
This section will represent Madonna's endless fight against ageism, bigotry and injustice. Ironically, the clothing and arrangement of the songs will be inspired by Americana aesthetics. The songs will be accompanied by a marching band 

Sorry / American Life - Interlude (with samples from "Human Nature" & "Nobody Knows Me")

14. Express Yourself / 4 Minutes (with samples from "Give Me All Your Luvin'" & "The Star-Spangled Banner")
15. Into the Groove / Causing a Commotion
16. Don't Tell Me // Cherish // True Blue
17. Ray of Light (Slow March Version going into Uptempo Version)

V FIESTA
A big, celebration of Madonna's love for Latin culture. The interlude will be a reinterpretation of the original song with Madonna reflecting back on her career. The songs will be remixed to have more of a Latin/Reggaeton vibe.

Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Interlude

18. Take a Bow // I'll Remember // This Used to Be My Playground
19. La Isla Bonita / Who's That Girl / Medellín
20. Hung Up / Give It 2 Me (with samples from "Hung Up on Tokisha")
21. Holiday / Girl Gone Wild / Bitch I'm Madonna (with samples from "Celebration" & "Where's the Party")

/ = Medley, Mashup
// = Alternate song choices

[Jackie 7,328]

So let's break the hits down, that I think the General Public will respond to:

80's: 24 songs 

 Lucky Star, Borderline, Burning Up, Everybody, Into The Groove, Gambler, Causing A Commotion, Papa Don't Preach, Live to Tell, Like a Prayer, Dress You Up, Angel, Crazy For You, Material Girl, Like a Virgin, Holiday, Everybody, Open Your Heart, Who's that Girl, Live to Tell, True Blue, La Isla Bonita,  Express Yourself, Cherish.

90's: 15 songs 

Vogue, Keep it Together, Hanky Panky, Justify My Love, Rescue Me, This Used to be my Playground,  Erotica, Deeper and Deeper, Rain, I'll Remember, Take a Bow, Frozen, Ray Of Light, Beautiful Stranger, Secret, 

00's: 5 songs 

Music, Don't Tell Me, Hung Up, Sorry, 4 Minutes, 

10's: 2 songs - Give Me All Your Luvin' and Crave

But, she might do more 80's given there's such a vast catalogue of hits back then - 

[MPowered 5,964]

8 hours ago, Jackie said:

So let's break the hits down, that I think the General Public will respond to:

80's: 24 songs 

 Lucky Star, Borderline, Burning Up, Everybody, Into The Groove, Gambler, Causing A Commotion, Papa Don't Preach, Live to Tell, Like a Prayer, Dress You Up, Angel, Crazy For You, Material Girl, Like a Virgin, Holiday, Everybody, Open Your Heart, Who's that Girl, Live to Tell, True Blue, La Isla Bonita,  Express Yourself, Cherish.

90's: 15 songs 

Vogue, Keep it Together, Hanky Panky, Justify My Love, Rescue Me, This Used to be my Playground,  Erotica, Deeper and Deeper, Rain, I'll Remember, Take a Bow, Frozen, Ray Of Light, Beautiful Stranger, Secret, 

00's: 5 songs 

Music, Don't Tell Me, Hung Up, Sorry, 4 Minutes, 

10's: 2 songs - Give Me All Your Luvin' and Crave

But, she might do more 80's given there's such a vast catalogue of hits back then - 

She’ll definitely do something from American Life and less from Erotica given her tour stats. Also, I believe 4 Minutes is hard for her to do cause it’s a duet. She'll probably do Give It 2 Me instead.

Overall, she has 44 US & UK (combined) Top 5 hit singles:

Holiday #2 UK

Lucky Star #4 US

Borderline #2 UK

Like a Virgin #1 US #3 UK

Material Girl #2 US #3 UK

Crazy For You #1 US #2 UK

Angel #5 US & UK

Into the Groove #1 UK

Dress You Up #5 US & UK

Live To Tell #1 US #2 UK

Papa Don't Preach #1 US & UK

True Blue #3 US #1 UK

Open Your Heart #1 US #4 UK

La Isla Bonita #4 US #1 UK

Who's That Girl #1 US & UK

Causing a Commotion #2 US #4 UK

Like a Prayer #1 US & UK

Express Yourself #2 US

Cherish #2 US

Dear Jessie #5 UK

Vogue #1 US & UK

Hanky Panky #2 UK

Justify My Love #1 US #2 UK

This Used To Be My Playground #1 US #3 UK

Erotica #3 US & UK

I'll Remember #2 US

Secret #3 US #5 UK

Take A Bow #1 US

Bedtime Story #4 UK

You'll See #5 UK

Don't Cry for Me Argentina #3 UK

Frozen #2 US #1 UK

Ray of Light #5 US #2 UK

Beautiful Stranger #2 UK

American Pie #1 UK

Music #1 US & UK

Don't Tell Me #4 US & UK

Die Another Day #3 UK

American Life #2 UK

Hollywood #2 UK

Hung Up #1 UK

Sorry #1 UK

4 Minutes #3 US & #1 UK

Celebration #3 UK

[Jackie 7,328]

16 minutes ago, MPowered said:

She’ll definitely do something from American Life and less from Erotica given her tour stats. Also, I believe 4 Minutes is hard for her to do cause it’s a duet. She'll probably do Give It 2 Me instead.

Overall, she has 44 US & UK (combined) Top 5 hit singles:

Holiday #2 UK

Lucky Star #4 US

Borderline #2 UK

Like a Virgin #1 US #3 UK

Material Girl #2 US #3 UK

Crazy For You #1 US #2 UK

Angel #5 US & UK

Into the Groove #1 UK

Dress You Up #5 US & UK

Live To Tell #1 US #2 UK

Papa Don't Preach #1 US & UK

True Blue #3 US #1 UK

Open Your Heart #1 US #4 UK

La Isla Bonita #4 US #1 UK

Who's That Girl #1 US & UK

Causing a Commotion #2 US #4 UK

Like a Prayer #1 US & UK

Express Yourself #2 US

Cherish #2 US

Dear Jessie #5 UK

Vogue #1 US & UK

Hanky Panky #2 UK

Justify My Love #1 US #2 UK

This Used To Be My Playground #1 US #3 UK

Erotica #3 US & UK

I'll Remember #2 US

Secret #3 US #5 UK

Take A Bow #1 US

Bedtime Story #4 UK

You'll See #5 UK

Don't Cry for Me Argentina #3 UK

Frozen #2 US #1 UK

Ray of Light #5 US #2 UK

Beautiful Stranger #2 UK

American Pie #1 UK

Music #1 US & UK

Don't Tell Me #4 US & UK

Die Another Day #3 UK

American Life #2 UK

Hollywood #2 UK

Hung Up #1 UK

Sorry #1 UK

4 Minutes #3 US & #1 UK

Celebration #3 UK

Oh yes forgot about celebration lol

[N3onNostalgic 145]

My second attempt at it 

MADONNA: The Celebration Tour 2023 (V2)

Set List

ACT 1: NEW YORK CITY

MLVC - Video Introduction (Contains elements from "4 Minutes", "Give Me All Your Luvin", "Vogue" & "Hung Up On Tokischa")

01. Hung Up
02. Everybody
03. Burning Up / Bitch I'm Madonna
04. Lucky Star
05. Into The Groove (Contains elements from "Causing A Commotion", "Where's The Party" & "Dress You Up")

 

ACT 2: BORDELLO

Justify My Love - Video Interlude (Contains elements from "Waiting")

06. Like A Virgin
07. Physical Attraction / Erotica
08. Candy Shop (Contains elements from "Give It 2 Me" & "Back That Up To The Beat")
09. Human Nature
10. Deeper And Deeper / Living For Love / Rescue Me (Contains elements from "Show Me Love" by Robin S)

 

ACT 3: IBERIAN SUNSET

You Must Love Me - Dance Interlude

11. La Isla Bonita
12. Surprise Song or Audience Request
13. Take A Bow

 

ACT 4: CHURCH

World On Fire - Video Interlude (Contains excepts from "American Life", "4 Minutes", "God Control", "Die Another Day", "Bedtime Story", "I Rise" & "Future")

14. Frozen (Contains elements from the Sickick Remix)
15. Live To Tell
16. Papa Don't Preach
17. Like A Prayer (Contains elements from "Act Of Contrition" & "The Beast Within")
18. Ray Of Light 

 

ACT 5: MASQUERADE 

I Don't Search I Find (Honey Dijon Remix) - Video Interlude (Contains elements from "Holy Water" & "Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)" by Beyoncé)

19. Vogue
20. Material Girl (Contains excepts from "Material Gworrllllllll!")
21. Express Yourself / Open Your Heart
22. Borderline
23. Music (with "Vogue" reprise)

 

ENCORE

MLVC (Part 2) - Video Interlude

24. Crazy For You
25. Holiday / Celebration (with "Everybody" reprise)

[MPowered 5,964]

6 hours ago, ymacc said:

Yeah, of course he's fine as a producer and musical director, but his sound is too cold for a live tour. Just compare the energy with the girlie show and the other tours that followed

His sound was miles better than whatever the fuck has been going on after CT. 
Her current musical director makes backing tracks that sound like damn karaoke tracks on a casio. Especially the versions from MDNA and RHT sound very thin and cheap.

[chaosmen1984mk 644]

Despite the fact that this tour is based on the successes of the Queen of pop throughout her career, I am sure that the setlist will include a cover by another artist, something that has become customary since previous tours. Imagine, La Vie en Rose and Sodade are some examples. Personally I would love for Madonna to sing Time Out from the World by the Goldfrapp duo, a song whose style fits perfectly with Madonna's and is a song that figuratively transports me to another universe every time I listen to it. In addition, Madonna has declared several times that she loves Goldfrapp so I don't see it as difficult for this to be carried out, which I would love.

So far there are three suggestions that I make for this new tour and that I would like Madonna's team to take into account: Appearing dressed as a queen full of jewels on her throne at the beginning of the show, using a Kiss Cam and finally to cover this Goldfrapp song and it would be amazing to see that my suggestions are taken into account once the tour begins whose expectation to know all the details and the setlist is already consuming me from now on.

[NothingReallyMatters 626]

 MADONNA - The Celebration Tour (MLVC Tour) V2

My second attempt at the set list 

ACT 1: NEW YORK CITY // DANCETEIRA

RETROSPECTIVE PT.1 (Video Interlude)

01. Everybody

02. Burning Up // Lucky Star 

03. Express Yourself // Open Your Heart 

04. Into the Groove Medley (contains excerpts from "Causing a Commotion")

 

ACT 2: THE EROTIC LOUNGE 

Justify My Love (Video Interlude)(contains elements from "Erotica" and "Physical Attraction")

05. Like a Virgin 

06. Erotica

07. Human Nature 

08. Deeper and Deeper // Crave (Tracy Young's Dangerous Mix)

09. Living for Love (outro contains lines from "Rescue Me")

 

ACT 3: LATIN AFTER HOURS 

Evita Medley (Band Interlude)(contains elements from "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and "You Must Love Me") 

10. La Isla Bonita

11. MedellÍn // Who's That Girl   

12. Request Song

13. Hung Up (Perform as "Hung Up on Tokischa")

 

ACT 4: SACRILEGE / CHRUCH 

WORLD ON FIRE (WAKE UP)[Video Interlude](contains samples from "God Control", "4 Minutes", "Bedtime Story", "American Life", "I Rise")

14. Frozen (contains elements from the "Sickick Remix")

15. Live to Tell

16. Papa Don't Preach // Oh Father // Ray of Light (Torch Ver.)

17. Like a Prayer 

 

ACT 5: THE MASQUERADE BALL / BALLROOM SCENE

I Don't Search, I Find (Video Interlude)(contains elements from the "Honey Dijon Remix")

18. Vogue (contains samples from "Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)" by Beyoncé)

19. Material Girl (contains samples from "MATERIAL GWORLLLLLLLL!")

20. Bitch, I'm Madonna // Give It 2 Me Medley (contains excerpts from "Girl Gone Wild")

21. Music 

 

ENCORE: I FOUND LOVE

RETROSPECTIVE PT.2 (Video Interlude)

22. Holiday / Celebration (Mashup)(contains sample from "Get Together" and reprise from "Everybody")

 

 

//: switch out songs

[theblessedjoker 521]

since 2010 I work on a commemorative tour for the celebration in a reality where S&S 2009 would not happen and the tour would start in 2010. I really don't think anything between 2012 and 2022 is usable for the show, so I'm going to do this virtual tour based on 2010.

 

[RebelHeart97 540]

She NEEDS to perform Girl Gone Wild  

[mirtillo 1,303]

01 Medley:

Everybody

Burning Up

Lucky Star

Borderline

 

02 Holiday

 

03 Medley:

Dress You Up

Gambler

Angel

Material Girl

Like A Virgin

Crazy For You

 

04 Into The Groove

 

05 Medley:

Spotlight

Causing A Commotion

Open Your Heart

True Blue

 

06 Medley:

Papa Don't Preach

Live To Tell

The Look Of Love

 

07 Mash Up: Who's That Girl / La Isla Bonita

 

08 Medley:

Vogue

Express Yourself

Keep It Together

 

09 Medley:

Oh Father

Dear Jessie

Cherish

Like A Prayer

 

10 Medley:

Justify My Love

Erotica

Human Nature

Fever

Hanky Panky

Bye Bye Baby

Rescue Me

Bad Girl

 

11 Deeper And Deeper

 

12 Bedtime Story

 

13 Medley:

I'll Remember

Rain

Secret

Take A Bow

You'll See

One More Chance

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

This Used To Be My Playground

 

14 Medley:

Another Suitcase In Another Hall

You Must Love Me

Don't Cry For Me Argentina

 

15 Medley:

Drowned World/Substitute For Love

The Power Of Good-Bye

Frozen

Nothing Really Matters

 

16 Mash Up:  Beautiful Stranger / Ray Of Light

 

17 Medley:

American Pie

Don't Tell Me

What It Feels Like For A Girl

 

18 Music

 

19 Medley:

4 Minutes 

American Life

Die Another Day

Hollywood

Nothing Fails

Love Profusion

 

20 Medley:

Get Together

Sorry

Jump

Hung Up

Celebration

 

21 Medley:

Living For Love

Ghosttown

Miles Away

Turn Up The Radio

 

22 Medley:

Give Me All Your Luvin'

Revolver 

Girl Gone Wild

Give It 2 Me

Bitch I'm Madonna 

 

23 Bis: Crave

 

24 Bis: Medellìn

[MPowered 5,964]

1 hour ago, RebelHeart97 said:

She NEEDS to perform Girl Gone Wild  

She'll probably acknowledge it in some way but it is very unlikely that she'll give a whole performance spot to anything that came out after Celebration, as this is being advertised as a "Greatest Hits" Tour.

[SonnyX 64]

I found this article from Variety talking about the author's dream setlist of M's Celebration Tour:

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/madonna-celebration-tour-dream-setlist-1235493977/

It has some nice ideas like: "...it would be wise to close the show with “Dress You Up.” After all, there’s a nice symmetry to ending with the song that opened Madonna’s very first tour — 1985’s “The Virgin Tour.”

Although I don't see this happening, since songs like Celebration or Holiday would fit better as the closing number, but still I am loving this hype around Madonna's tour