nito84bcn

I said before, I became a fan at that time so it´s special for me yes and she looked amazing. To me she had two peak, the 80s and 1998-2006.

It’s not what I’m saying though, what I’m saying is that we should not be moaning so much  about it when in reality she’s probably the only artist that has released in a way or another 99% (only Re-Invention is missing and thank god for the leak) her tours and she’s still doing it. The fact that we got Rio AND we are getting Mexico City of the last tour is very telling. So yes things could be better but it’s not a tragedy. Her tour legacy is very well represented. 

Ugh enough with the drag queens 

That’s true but remember we are very lucky as fans of Madonna. Janet never released the Control, Rythm Nation and Janet tour (not even in vhs) and there is only the Japan televised RN show I believe. Fans of Michael Jackson are still waiting for the Victory Tour and the Bad Tour was released only after his dead and sourced from a vhs. Whitney never released a tour on video aside from the special for I’m Your Baby Tonight and the Africa HBO special was never released on video. Spice Girls never released the last two tours, George Michael never released his Faith Tour, Britney never released the Circus Tour, Gaga never released the Born This Way tour and the Joanne tour, Mariah only released the Mimi Tour and the Fantasy Special  and the MTV Unpugged and many many more artists were not as generous as Madonna. All the new artist out there are not releasing shows (only Taylor, and she also skipped some tours). 
Yes we all want a Blond Ambition remaster but between Japan, Barcelona and Nice we have three full shows and two were officially released on laser disc and vhs (the Japanese one). Two Who’s That Girl show were officially released. Only Re-Invention is missing but at least we have the leaked version. So again, of course we want a bluray 4K boxset of every single tour, but we are very lucky. 

I would be happy to have the full audio of this tour in the same quality posted on IGTTYAS, but it's been 20 years and I think this will never happen.
I had a little hope when IGTTYAS disappeared from all digital platforms.
By the way, why did they remove it? Have they forgotten? However I would say go to Guy Oseary's IG and everyone comment with #justiceforreinventiontour

I think for many that's how they see the tour.  I don't think Madonna saw it as that way though.  But she knew with the reception of American Life, she had to creatively bill it as something more than just a tour supporting American Life. A "Re-invention" of sorts.  Still, she included 6 songs from American Life. And that's not including the excerpt of "Intervention" in "Mother and Father".  Also, she reprised "American Life" at the end of "Papa Don't Preach".  So she strongly represented the album on this tour and that's more than half the album.
I think what makes this tour stand out, much like a Greatest Hits, it's the first tour in years she performed some songs she hadn't performed in a long while.  Then there were just some staple classic songs that were included, such as Like A Prayer, Vogue, Holiday, Material Girl and Into the Groove.  Throw in other classics like Express Yourself, Papa Don't preach and Crazy For you (which the latter hadn't been performed since Virgin Tour), it really felt like a Greatest Hits. Then you have some newer songs from more recent albums of the time such as Frozen, Music and Don't Tell Me which now looking back makes the tour seem more and more like a Greatest Hits than not. The tour represented pretty much much of her music career as well as a nod to her biggest film success to date, Evita.  

Remember the two videos from the Get Up Lisbon dvd that were released on the Nokia (or was it Motorola) website? 
The editiig is soooo good (it says from the documentary but of couese that's a mistake)
 

Depends who you ask. It was promoted as a greatest hits but a lot of fans argue that it’s not .

@Drownedboy mentioned in the Angela Becker thread in the last couple of days that Confessions is probably her most Kabbalah influenced album, even though most would argue that is ROL.
 
I also noticed when rewatching IGTTYAS yesterday that near the end when she is in Israel, she is comparing and contrasting Catholicism and Judaism, and she states that Rosh Hashanah (specifically the process of looking back at your whole year and where you fucked up and hurt people) is “the real version of Confession”. 

Obviously Madonna has used Catholic language and imagery throughout her career, but considering the timing (IGTTYAS coming out just seven months after the release of Confessions, she must have been working on both simultaneously a while) and in context with the points above, I really could see for the first time the genesis of these ideas coming at the same point in time instead of totally separate projects.
 
Each of her eras usually feel so distinctly different from what has come before and what eventually comes after that it feels easy to consider them little capsules, separate from influence on each other. But obviously that is not the reality, and she would be in a constant state of development, little by little inching towards the next incarnation. 

Yeah the Paris show from the ReInvention tour, the Florence one from Who's That Girl and the Toronto night from the Girlie Show are my most wanted live files. But do we have Holiday from Paris? I only remember about Like a Prayer, wich is by the way the best version ever in terms of live arrangement and vocals of the song.
This tour for me is the last one where she had really everything wich made me love her and took me there till that point of the journey: GREAT SONGS, interesting and provocative visuals and ideas (from the video intro to the American Life scene, wich is among her peaks in terms of performing greet and message incisiveness), clean, expressive vocals for the majority of the songs, a good amount of live instruments sound, a real and coherent genres experimentation of the songs (if Deeper and Deeper is amazingly seductive and original, the rock version of Material Girl still makes me feel the song as nothing before and after, the whole building jumping at the chorus is so funny and powerful). I didn't and still don't like the album, I consider it the beginning of the "normalization", from then on she tried things and made some very good stuff but never really got experimental and deep diving into creating something unique as she did with Erotica, Ray of Light and partially with Music imo (Confessions was good but it was quoting something that was new in the past, it had that vintage vibe that worked perfectly but that I felt was not really talking about me). Nobody know me is among the highlight performances of her career, it's one of the tracks I show when people ask me about her. The further tours started to miss something and to repeat themes (Confessions still remains a kind of masterpiece of its own). Till the last one ... wich actually got me back in such a full form 

2024 marks TWENTY years since The Re-Invention Tour.  I know many fans loved this tour.  I know I did!  I attended three shows with my very best friend @Voguerista  We had a BLAST!!  I recall one show we were approached by the venue for better seats near the stage.  We jumped at the chance. I still remember how I felt when Madonna was performing "Don't Tell Me" and she was staring and pointing right at me.  Of course, she could have been pointing at anyone in my section, but I still felt like I locked eyes with Madonna.  What a moment to have!  So let's share our favorite moments from this tour and feel free to take the poll I provided here, sharing your favorite segment from the tour.  Feel free to share other fun tidbits of your memories from this tour. There were FIVE acts, so which was your favorite.  Feel free to share your experience with this tour. Love to hear your stories.  And react with a HEART if you think this tour needs a full official release beyond the documentary "I'm Going Tell You A Secret"!

Act 1: Marie Antoinette
"The Beast Within" (Video introduction; contains elements of "El Yom 'Ulliqa 'Ala Khashaba")
"Vogue"
"Nobody Knows Me"
"Frozen"
Act 2: Military
"American Life"
"Express Yourself"
"Burning Up"
"Material Girl"
Act 3: Circus
"Hollywood" (Remix; interlude)
"Hanky Panky"
"Deeper and Deeper"
"Die Another Day"
"Lament"
"Bedtime Story" (Remix; interlude)
Act 4: Acoustic
"Nothing Fails"
"Don't Tell Me" (Contains elements of "Bitter Sweet Symphony")
"Like a Prayer"
"Mother and Father" (Contains excerpts from "Intervention")
"Imagine"
Act 5: Scottish-Tribal
"Into the Groove" (Contains elements of "Susan MacLeod" and "Into the Hollywood Groove")
"Papa Don't Preach" (Ends with a reprise of "American Life")
"Crazy for You"
"Music" (Contains reprises from "Into the Groove")
"Holiday" (Contains elements of "She Wants to Move" and "Physical Attraction")
 

That Twitter account is LITERALLY a tribute to bedtime stories haha. It

More rumours...

Cool X post from the official UK charts account:
Fire.

1) UK is one of the biggest and most relevant markets in the world. It's not an alien invasion movie, the USA are actually NOT the only place that matters 🙄
2) American charts suck ass you will never see a Classic re-enter the chart 
Next!

OK but where's that new interview available then?
"It's time to take inspiration from my bibles" sounds so much like a stan fever dream and nothing like her.

Was a great tour and ended on a perfect high note.
Onto the next.

During her visit to the Pompei excavations, Madonna met a group of young people involved in the "Dream of flying" initiative, a show, promoted by the archaeological site, which will be staged in May 2025 in the Teatro Grande and which Madonna financed by donating , through her Ray of light foundation, €250,000. The director of the archaeological site, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, thanked Madonna "heartily, for her generosity, vision and humanity"

According to Drownedmadonna the Celebration tour is set to be released on streaming service (maybe EPIX). This is the source, the Madonna segment starts at minute 8:45
 

With the quickness... this is my desktop:

It's amazing guys, it's her birthday! Pics are great!! It's amazing!!!! Share the fucking Pattibonre BS demo session!!!!! It's amazing 

happy birthday mother ❤️

Happy birthday, queen 

Image credits: monica-ciccone-deactivated20190

Happy birthday M - thanks for being my soundtrack since 1987 😜🥰♥️♥️

MAY U LIVE FOREVER, MUTHA. LOVE U TO ETERNITY AND BEYOND.

TODAY, WE DANCE 4 U.