The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)

[MikeyK 687]

Yeesh I hope that pic of the audience was early and it filled out a bit by showtime. Didn’t think sales were that bad.

Was looking at other upcoming shows. I can’t believe how bad Mpls/St. Paul is. 😧 Cleveland on the other hand is surprisingly good. I would’ve assumed the reverse tbh.

I wonder if they had to make an agreement w/whoever is insuring the tour to not cancel any rescheduled dates, unless an absolute dire emergency.

[Fabiolous 5,491]

So... Bob the Drag Queen has announced his solo tour starting in Australia in July. So I guess that means the tour WILL NOT continue until the summer.

It doesn't mean she can't do South America in May. Maybe even Pacific/Asia in June and early July, and that is why Bob is starting from Australia? Wishful thinking? Is the tour really ending in April?

[MikeyK 687]

7 minutes ago, Fabiolous said:

So... Bob the Drag Queen has announced his solo tour starting in Australia in July. So I guess that means the tour WILL NOT continue until the summer.

It doesn't mean she can't do South America in May. Maybe even Pacific/Asia in June and early July, and that is why Bob is starting from Australia? Wishful thinking? Is the tour really ending in April?

According to some rumors/hearsay on twitter she was going to Brazil in November. Seems strange to take a break that long but who knows.

[Fabiolous 5,491]

22 minutes ago, MikeyK said:

According to some rumors/hearsay on twitter she was going to Brazil in November. Seems strange to take a break that long but who knows.

That sounds weird indeed. Taking a break would be good though, especially if she intends to reintroduce the section that was cut.

[Future Lover 1,010]

49 minutes ago, Blue Jean said:

Start time 10.10pm apparently 

And everyone was in a great mood. I heard all through the venue on my way to my seat people mentioning her tardiness and no one seemed upset, they were all prepared. Most people weren't there until around 9:15 or 9:30 everywhere, it was over half empty when Mary Mac went on and almost full when she was off

[Future Lover 1,010]

51 minutes ago, MikeyK said:

Yeesh I hope that pic of the audience was early and it filled out a bit by showtime. Didn’t think sales were that bad.

Was looking at other upcoming shows. I can’t believe how bad Mpls/St. Paul is. 😧 Cleveland on the other hand is surprisingly good. I would’ve assumed the reverse tbh.

I wonder if they had to make an agreement w/whoever is insuring the tour to not cancel any rescheduled dates, unless an absolute dire emergency.

It was full save for one or two patches in a few sections of the upper tiers. My photos were WAY before she went on. 

I'm going to use this as an opportunity to reiterate what I have been for months: most people in the US these days wait until the last minute to get their tickets. I was checking Ticketmaster from my seat and every few minutes dozens of seats were getting snatched. They wait for prices to drop. 

She is not playing to half empty rooms. Some cities just aren't selling out until the buzzer. There were even people at the box office buying tickets once 8:30 passed and Ticketmaster stopped selling through their website. 

[Blue Jean 15,254]

3 hours ago, Fabiolous said:

So... Bob the Drag Queen has announced his solo tour starting in Australia in July. So I guess that means the tour WILL NOT continue until the summer.

It doesn't mean she can't do South America in May. Maybe even Pacific/Asia in June and early July, and that is why Bob is starting from Australia? Wishful thinking? Is the tour really ending in April?

Bobs australian dates are only 1 week long though so it doesn’t really mean Celebration cant continue through summer 

 

[Blue Jean 15,254]

2 hours ago, MikeyK said:

Yeesh I hope that pic of the audience was early and it filled out a bit by showtime. Didn’t think sales were that bad.

Was looking at other upcoming shows. I can’t believe how bad Mpls/St. Paul is. 😧 Cleveland on the other hand is surprisingly good. I would’ve assumed the reverse tbh.

I wonder if they had to make an agreement w/whoever is insuring the tour to not cancel any rescheduled dates, unless an absolute dire emergency.

I think they already culled the shows not worth doing when they rescheduled the dates.

I was reading up on Pittsburgh and apparently lots of artists sell badly there including Guns n Roses.

[nito84bcn 2,755]

Any changes on the setlist during yesterday's show? 

[dankpepe 1,042]

Picture dump:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dankpepe 1,042]

Some videos from my IG:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2_6f9uuVPz/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2_7ztqO1zs/

[dankpepe 1,042]

Review:

I got there at 7:20 with my brother. He is older than me and isn't a Madonna fan. It was freezing outside, doors opened at 7:30pm.

Inside I got my free gift bag. All I got was a cheap bag, a flimsy hat, a lanyard, and a picture.

Walked around the arena to get a drink. Beers at the one stand were $19.

Took our seats 5 rows in front of the catwalk. The DJ was Mary Mac or something. She wasn't very good. Her mixes were lame and the moment she played a song the crowd liked, she'd pause it to yell "Let's Go" or something about Pittsburgh which killed the vibe. She began to play 4 Minutes but 10 seconds into it she said "they're telling me to get off stage, I have to go" and it just dwindled off after that. Maybe Madonna said to pull the plug on this girl.

Someone in the row in front of me spilled beer, so a janitor had to mop it up. The usher told us, this is where Bob the Drag Queen is going to walk through. I was laughing to myself thinking, "what if Bob trips and falls on this spilled beer?". The arena was extremely hot. The usher told us that Madonna requested it be 78 degrees inside.

Show started just after 10 but it really didn't seem like I was waiting that long. It felt so fast.

Finally Bob came out and walked right passed me. He's very tall. When he tossed "money" into the crowd, I ran forward to grab it and some security guy grabbed me then handed me one of the Celebration dollars from the floor. Keeping that as a collectible.

I've never been to a concert before so this was very cool. The lights were blindingly bright. To my ear, it sounded like most of the songs had very loud backing vocals, louder than her actual singing, but that's just what my ear is detecting, could be wrong..

Seemed like a sound issue during Open Your Heart as she said something then thanked the sound guy.

Before Burning Up she gave a brief speech about the show being about stories and introduced us to her 1982 self. No Causing a Commotion. She was wearing grillz but you couldn't tell as I said it sounded like mostly backing track.

I couldn't make out much of what was being said during the "getting into the club" segment before Holiday and I don't think others could understand either.

She cried following Live to Tell.

Biggest roars of the first section were for Open Your Heart and Like a Prayer.

Oddly enough, Erotica got a massive cheer. Crowd was a mix of older women and middle aged men / gays.

She had the gold tooth for the 90s section.

She was so close during Hung Up. My brother clapped after that performance even though before the show he didn't seem like he wanted to go (I didn't spoil anything for him, wanted his raw reaction without knowing anything going in).

During the ballroom segment, she had some unknown drag queen as judge. The drag queen botched the football throwing segment and just walked to the ball to a guy.

The arena was already super hot so the flames during Beast Within made it worse.

The bassline and lazers to Die Another Day were cool. She seemed exhausted physically by the end of Don't Tell Me.

She rested her head on the mic stand after Mother and Father, again seeming physically spent to me. She then talked about going through Pittsburgh as a teen to help fix her grandpa's barn. Then talked about how steel workers built this country and how Italians immigrants have been treated like shit. Then talked about hard work.

She did Express Yourself but her guitar was very, very out of tune. It sounded a mess. Vocally she carried it well but the guitar was a disaster, she even acknowledge something was wrong and then just stopped playing it. When people turned their lights on, I saw a few big patches of empty seats, not sure why they didn't move people down to fill this in.

From the floor, Bedtime Story is weird since she goes up and we can't see her. Most people started sitting down because they weren't sure what to do. The projection on the box is very low quality. Felt like I was seeing her in 244p on that box. Ray of Light was wild and got people excited. Her box thing comes really far into the audience on this song.

Rain sounds better in person than in cell phone video.

It was a good crowd but they didn't seem too "loud", they seemed more enthralled with very little dancing or jumping up and down.

Lots of weird looking people and people who shouldn't be wearing the revealing outfits they had on for their body types. Some really, really old dude was walking around in a red Nothing Really Matters kimono, hopefully he had clothes on underneath and wasn't naked. Madonna acknowledge it was a great crowd and that the audience was "good looking and cute".

[Robertthenurse 2,917]

Neat. 

[Fabiolous 5,491]

3 hours ago, Blue Jean said:

Bobs australian dates are only 1 week long though so it doesn’t really mean Celebration cant continue through summer 

 

He clearly said the other dates will be announced soon, for Europe and North America

[Blue Jean 15,254]

38 minutes ago, Fabiolous said:

He clearly said the other dates will be announced soon, for Europe and North America

Ohhh okay

[True Blue 84 1,827]

9 hours ago, dankpepe said:

Review:

REMOVED QUOTE FOR SPACE

Hung up had verry loud backing tracks last night from the video's ive seen. But she can be perfectly heard in Burning up , Open Your Heart, Live to Tell, Bedtime Story and even that Nothing Really Matters video on your instagram... maybe the sound was to loud last night. Some dates had that same issue, the sound itself being so loud that her vocals got a bit lost in the mix and she can't hear herself. Some dates she speaks about it to the person who's in charge of sound. 

Anyway hope you had a great time, even if there where some sound issues...

[karlafalves 1,129]

6 hours ago, MikeyK said:

According to some rumors/hearsay on twitter she was going to Brazil in November. Seems strange to take a break that long but who knows.

Sticky and Sweet says hello 

[Blue Jean 15,254]

15 minutes ago, karlafalves said:

Sticky and Sweet says hello 

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if she took a break and then did another round of this tour. It’s the Celebration tour for her fans afterall.

[WokeUpInMedellin 1,556]

Yeah in all of my 4 shows, I've never been able to understand the banter when she's trying to get into the club during the 80s section. The sound is never as clear as I would like it in-person on this tour.

[madgefan 10,149]

5 hours ago, dankpepe said:

doors opened at 7:30pm.

Inside I got my free gift bag. All I got was a cheap bag, a flimsy hat, a lanyard, and a picture.

Walked around the arena to get a drink. Beers at the one stand were $19.

 

I guess you purchased a VIP package. I wonder if it's necessary to collect the gift before the show, or can people collect it afterwards?

[norisk_noglory 3,270]

 

[scallywally 1,122]

Ive been lucky in mine they have luckily been very clear esp Lisbon but it was LOUD. Ive not been on the floor though I could imagine that VIBRATES! 

 

[Brendanlovesu1 12,009]

3rd show in Miami

pre sale tickets go on sale today in less than an hour

public onsale on Friday

https://www.ticketmaster.com/madonna-the-celebration-tour-miami-florida-04-09-2024/event/0D00602FD0AB1E3D?irgwc=1&clickid=0ouR1wyyCxyPR74R9%3A2802E5UkHwpGQag3ErUI0&camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_253158&impradid=253158&REFERRAL_ID=tmfeedbuyat253158&wt.mc_id=aff_BUYAT_253158&utm_source=253158-Facebook- TM&impradname=Facebook- TM&utm_medium=affiliate&ircid=4272

this was from the events tab on her facebook page?

[MikeyK 687]

2 hours ago, Blue Jean said:

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if she took a break and then did another round of this tour. It’s the Celebration tour for her fans afterall.

True. She could take a 6 month break then start a whole new stint w/LatAm. Maybe Glasto in between will come true as well.

[sara94 2,197]

Her catalogue is so huge, she could easily take a break and continue the tour with a whole different setlist. Hell, mother could even do a tour with album cuts only, songs she never performed before etc.