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Gargamel
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Finally we can watch who was the Unapologetic Bitch of the 1st night in Edmonton :  

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It was a woman.  Madonna gave her a turkey hat for the Canadian Thanksgiving.

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Madonna Rebel Heart Tour: EDMONTON Oct 11th, 2015 â€” at Rexall Place Edmonton Ab.            

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Expressing themselves: Edmonton drag queens hope to catch Madonna's eye at Monday show

http://edmontonjournal.com/life/fashion-beauty/expressing-themselves-edmonton-drag-queens-hope-to-catch-madonnas-eye-at-monday-show

Six glamorous friends — each dressed as a Madonna from a different era for the queen of pop’s Oct. 12 Edmonton concert — might seem like a lighthearted girls’ night.

 

And it is. But the reasons behind this particular evening out — the second of Madonna’s two Rexall Place shows over the Thanksgiving weekend — are deeper than the chance to wear a black catsuit or a kick-ass cone bra corset.

“I’m the Make-A-Wish kid in this group,†says Robbie Crosswhite, a.k.a. Ruby Slippah. â€œMy dream has been to go to Madonna with my five best friends — all six of us together — forever.â€

 

Madge’s 2012 MDNA tour skipped Edmonton altogether, so Ruby and David Cutforth (a.k.a. Ethyl Alcohol) went to see her in Vancouver. Dressed in their own drag personas, Ruby and Ethyl were noticed by Madonna’s camp, who invited them to the “Golden Triangle†— basically a VIP pit in the middle of the stage. Madonna noticed them, too.

“It meant the world to me, as somebody who’s admired her my entire life, to have her give us some accolades and tell us that we were fabulous,†says Ruby. â€œThe only thing missing was the other four girls.â€

 

Ruby, Ethyl, Kristopher Heuven (a.k.a. Krystall Ball), Dan Lof (a.k.a. GoDiva), James Decker (a.k.a. Binki) and Jason Morris (a.k.a. Chanelta) are longtime friends who met through Edmonton’s drag community.

 

For their Journal photo shoot, they recreated (or pre-created) the concert looks they’ll don Monday night. It takes about four hours to get the makeup, hair and outfits just so. No easy feet for a weekend morning.

 

“Some of them I’m sure didn’t want to get up at 6 o’clock on a Sunday to come and do this,†says Ruby. “But because it means so much to me, they did it.â€

 

After corsets were tied and Lycra was zipped and eyelashes applied, here’s what they had to say about their favourite Madonna, their costumes and the Material Girl herself.

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Chanelta (Jason) begins the four-hour process of dressing up in drag for the Madonna concert coming up Monday night, Oct. 12. Furry friend Oliver looks on. BRUCE EDWARDS / EDMONTON JOURNAL

 

On why they chose this incarnation of Madonna

Ethyl (Bedtime Story): I don’t know if it’s my favourite Madonna but it’s the one I can achieve the best because I’m the oldest in the group. I didn’t want to just look like some crazy old cougar. I remember seeing the video and saying, “Oh my god, that’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen.â€

Krystall (Material Girl): It’s one of her looks where she’s known for wearing an actual gown and lots and lots of jewelry. I love putting on every piece of jewelry I own and I’m the one who always likes wearing gowns.

Ruby (Truth or Dare): It’s iconic. I remember watching Truth or Dare so many times as a kid, and that corset and the blond ponytail — it’s been my dream to wear this outfit forever, so this would be the time to wear it.

GoDiva (Evita): I enjoy theatre and musicals, and my drag persona really embodies that. And currently I’ve really embraced vintage glamour.

Binki (Into the Groove): When I was in junior high school, I saw Into the Groove. It was just everything that embodies freedom and dancing.

Chanelta (Human Nature): When I was living in Toronto, I would put this song on every night before we would go out — and we did go out every night in Toronto. I’ve been wanting to do it forever in drag, like I mean 20 years I’ve wanted to do this song, and I got to do this look.

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Ethyl (David) applies makeup while preparing for her turn as Bedtime Story Madonna for the upcoming show in Edmonton. BRUCE EDWARDS / EDMONTON JOURNAL

 

On how their costumes were made

Ethyl: Halloween Store. Dead easy.

Krystall: I had another drag queen here in town make the dress for me, and then stole as much jewelry from everyone else’s jewelry cabinet as possible.

Ruby: Elise from Sweet Carousel Corsetry made the corset. She did such an amazing job. It’s almost identical to the Jean Paul Gaultier one.

GoDiva: I had another drag queen, same as Krystall’s, make my dress for me. And of course Ruby and Ethyl did our hair for the evening.

Ruby: We’re the hairstylists so we did everybody’s wigs.

Binki: It’s the easiest damn outfit to put together in the world — just grab whatever you find in a garbage bag!

Chanelta: The boots and the catsuit are from Nightshade Corsets (two locations: 10832 124th St. and 8128 Gateway Blvd). They’re very good at fetish wear.

On why they love Madonna

GoDiva: I grew up up north, and even long before I knew I was gay, something about watching Material Girl on Video Hits just spoke to me as a kid.

Binki: She just keeps evolving. She evolves and evolves and evolves and evolves.

Ruby: She made me feel like being gay was OK in a time — living in Edmonton, especially — when being gay wasn’t OK. Being a kid, once I discovered what gay was, watching her videos and watching Truth or Dare where she had openly gay dancers in the tour and she was OK with it … it just made me love her even more because she loved who I was without even knowing me.

 

Preview Madonna

When: Sunday, Oct. 11 and Monday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m.

Where: Rexall Place, 7424 118th Ave.

Tickets: $90 to $355 at Ticketmaster.ca

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From Canadian press:

 

http://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/review-madonna-performs-miracles-during-first-of-two-edmonton-shows

In the crowd: Mostly fortysomething (and older) women and men who grew up during the Walkman era of the ’80s. (Surprisingly, very few brought their offspring — there was a noticeable lack of fans younger than 20 years old, perhaps due to Madonna’s steep ticket prices.)

Hundreds of women wore Madge-inspired outfits, from Like A Virgin wedding dresses to tutus to bullfighter’s suits.

 

Well then don't ask ypurself why she's performing Who's that girl and True blue... :hearteyes:

No offspring? Maybe because almost everyone's gay? :wide-eyes:

 

 

http://madonnaunderground.com/edmonton-sun-strong-show-from-the-material-girl/

As for her voice, it’s been joked that Madonna makes a good case in favour of lip-syncing, but while there seemed to be a ton of processing and doubling on the lead vocals, there were lots of moments where she appeared to actually be singing. Imagine. But who comes to a Madonna concert to hear Madonna sing? Of course not. We come for the twerking nuns.

 

If I were Madonna, who always wants to be considered a professionist, I would feel ashamed to be considered someone who can't sing and I would take singing lessons and not only dance and gym classes.

But I'd add to the person who wrote the article, well F*** YOU!

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What kind of problem?

 

By the way...does anyone know who was the unapologetic bitch of this show?  

 

They did not lift her on time that holiday performance last part.

 

It was little bit late, so Madonna raised her head and stared at top wondering what's going on, then they yank her up to air. 

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First videos coming...

This one is labelled "YOU don't LEAVE anymore"  :confused:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEORZRqwGv0

 

I don't know if it's really Edmonton because this person put "Edmonton videos" one week ago :thumbsdown:

 

Can someone tell if it's fake??

 

This one is real:

 

https://instagram.com/p/8uvAwHjZqA/?taken-by=marvingofin

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First videos coming...

This one is labelled "YOU don't LEAVE anymore"  :confused:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEORZRqwGv0

 

I don't know if it's really Edmonton because this person put "Edmonton videos" one week ago :thumbsdown:

 

Can someone tell if it's fake??

 

This one is real:

 

https://instagram.com/p/8uvAwHjZqA/?taken-by=marvingofin

 

It's from NYC in September 17th ;)

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OMG!!! This show is wild!  It's Girlie show all over again. During the end of Music, M asked more people to take their shirts off and a girl with really huge tits took her shirt off and it was on the video screen. 
 
Madonna had a girl remove her shirt. Tits on the big screen. Only Madonna #RebelHeartTour
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OMG

 

 One girl took her T shirt off during Madonna performed Music!!

 

What a brave girl! LOL I mean she has really nice big boobs so why not? LOL

 

That's Madonna fan sure! I really like these kind of moment!

 

This Rebel Heart tour is keep getting better and better!

 

Each every show has so unique and special moments, and I just love it!!

 

Rebel Heart tour is officially My Top 3 Madonna Tour all the time!

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