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[Voguerista 12,076]

Thanks for all the reviews Guys! lovess

[Leona Helmsley 9,420]

7 minutes ago, Voguerista said:

Thanks for all the reviews Guys! lovess

Welcome dear!!!!!!

 

[Burning Up 4 Madonna 1,077]

St. Paul, MN -  Madonna comes back with a bang after canceling her summer tour

Madonna was scheduled to perform her Celebration Tour at the Xcel Energy Center on July 30, 2023, but postponed the concert until Feb. 13, 2024, after being hospitalized with a bacterial infection.

Despite her health scare, Madonna amazed the crowd Tuesday night, condensing her musical career of 45 years into a two-hour production.

Madonna, wearing a blue corset and black mini skirt, began the night singing her hit “Nothing Really Matters” underneath a giant disco ball to set the spunky concert mood.

February 14, 2024 by Cecilia Wallace

Full article here - https://www.tommiemedia.com/madonna-comes-back-with-a-bang-after-canceling-her-summer-tour/

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St Paul, MN - Review: Madonna heats up the X with a late-night greatest hits show

By Ross Raihala

Madonna has never been afraid to make her fans wait. She said as much in her 2005 banger “Hung Up”: “Time goes by so slowly for those who wait.”

It took her 40 years to stage her first greatest hits show after focusing each of her previous 11 tours on the then-new album, while skipping her many smashes and offering the few oldies that made the cut in often radically rearranged takes. Oh, and she also took a whopping seven and a half years off from touring in the ’90s.

Tuesday night, the 65-year-old Michigan native brought her Celebration Tour to St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center more than six months after it was initially scheduled. And, true to form, she took the stage at 10:10 p.m., far later than the advertised start time of 8:30, which pushed the show well past midnight.

It’s exceedingly rare for arena concerts to run so late into the night, particularly now that even Axl Rose can get on stage at a reasonable hour. Some may excuse Madonna as she’s always been like this, but others are correct to note that it’s pointless and even rude to stage a tardy weeknight concert attended almost entirely by Gen Xers and Boomers.

Full article here - https://www.twincities.com/2024/02/14/review-madonna-heats-up-the-x-with-a-late-night-greatest-hits-show/

[Burning Up 4 Madonna 1,077]

Madonna Looks Back at "Madonna" in two-hour Cleveland Celebration of 40 year career

By

Malcolm X Abram, cleveland.com

Full article - https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/02/madonna-looks-back-at-madonna-in-two-hour-cleveland-celebration-of-40-year-career.html

A couple paragraphs from the article

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Racking up four decades in pop music and by extension pop culture is no easy feat. But throughout her storied, iconic, and often controversial career, Madonna has seldom taken the easy way, usually preferring to poke, prod, and sometimes deliver a swift, stiletto-heeled, patent leather-booted kick to the metaphorical nethers of societal norms and limitations, not just for women but any folks who desire or dare to do themselves without shame or apologies.

Last paragraph

Despite that, a few of the best musical moments were the simplest, such as “Express Yourself” with Madonna on acoustic guitar, which quickly became a life-affirming singalong for everyone.

“I think the most controversial thing I have ever done is stick around.” Madonna’s disembodied voice said at one point and the very self-aware pop icon is correct. Early on, her detractors hoped she’d fade away as many pop stars do. Though she no longer automatically tops the charts, her presence and influence on pop music and culture can be seen and felt in nearly every big arena show by today’s pop stars who, as she has done for 40 years, champion being yourself at all times and at all costs with no regrets.

[WokeUpInMedellin 1,687]

Very nice reviews! It just made me wonder, though, what are the point of reviews in local publications? The concert's already over, it's not like people can read it and then be convinced to go 

[Burning Up 4 Madonna 1,077]

5 hours ago, WokeUpInMedellin said:

Very nice reviews! It just made me wonder, though, what are the point of reviews in local publications? The concert's already over, it's not like people can read it and then be convinced to go 

Many cities have more than one show and people can travel to other cities right? lol

[Burning Up 4 Madonna 1,077]

Fans review from St Paul Mn

 

[Leona Helmsley 9,420]

12 minutes ago, Burning Up 4 Madonna said:

Fans review from St Paul Mn

 

we should be all happy about this tour and her amazing journey in the music industry!!!!

[True Blue 84 1,970]

Great review from phoenix 🥰

 

https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/03/17/madonna-concert-review-phoenix-2024/72964318007/

[True Blue 84 1,970]

Another great review from Los Angeles this time...  feel free to post more reviews, I feel like this threath is dying, the reviews are still great so keep them posted... 

https://lamag.com/music/bitch-shes-madonna-queen-of-pop-cements-legacy-forum

[True Blue 84 1,970]

Los Angeles 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/deadline.com/2024/03/madonna-celebration-tour-review-los-angeles-1235847931/amp/

 

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Palm Springs 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/pstribune.com/2024/03/15/madonna-celebration-tour-concert-review/%3famp=1

 

[True Blue 84 1,970]

A fun short dallas review

https://dallasvoice.com/qmn-review-madonna-brought-big-hit-nostalgia-with-big-queer-energy-to-aac/

 

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Dallas 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.star-telegram.com/entertainment/fort-worth/article287075925.html

 

From the article:

 

The show is a nostalgic look at a pop career that had little to no blueprint. Madonna was and is a one-of-a-kind pop star who pushed boundaries, shocked the mainstream, and a fearless defender of gay rights, sexual freedom and female liberation. All of it was addressed Sunday night, whether it was with a subtle image displayed for a few seconds, or an in your face, ‘did-I-really-just-see-that’ moment, including topless female dancers, gender-bending outfits and body types that eventually all blended into the center of it all, Madonna.

 

 

 

She sang live (mostly) to recorded music for much of the night, but she played guitar for “Burning Up,” the first song she ever wrote. And her adoptive daughter and son each accompanied her on piano and a guitar for two of the more touching moments of the evening. Madonna still moves well for someone who turns 66 in August. She wore a brace on her left knee but never explained why. During various songs, she was lifted high above the floor in a carriage and moved from one end of the arena to the other, all the while singing and dancing 30 feet above the crowd.

[True Blue 84 1,970]

Houston review 

 

https://houston.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/madonna-concer-review-toyota-center/

 

[True Blue 84 1,970]

I found this review from one of the first London shows. Didn’t know how i could miss that one.  But here it is 

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67098882

 

[True Blue 84 1,970]

A forgotten Antwerpen Belgium review 

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/madonna-celebration-tour-review-she-123354365.html

 

 

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Miami 

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/miami-madonna-concert-was-a-homecoming-for-the-queen-of-pop-19484406

[True Blue 84 1,970]

Wikipedia with some highlights from critics in the reception section 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebration_Tour