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With Jean Paul!

This reminds me of the AI costume designs someone posted before the tour started. Beautiful!

So Beautiful:

Well, all of what you've just said are very good arguments too. Esp the keeping of The Beast Within. And Rain is a better choice than Frozen because a future time section needs to end with a song which celebrates the love missed, rather than calling for a love that could happen if it weren't by "hate and regret."

Wow! Thank you. She sounds so beautiful.  I'm guessing this was just something extra she threw into the show.  Lovely seeing David playing guitar along with her.

Was this posted?
 
 
Some of the comments (if she sounds good, some believe it must be lipped 'cause they are conditioned to see her as a non-singer):
@clintmitchell8816 why do you always have to say “she’s not the best singer in the world”? You leave the impression she can’t sing and that is certainly not the case. You’ve heard many recordings where her singing is top notch like “Lament” (Reinvention Tour) or Sooner or Later (Oscars) most of her peers couldn’t match vocally. Try “Express Yourself” “Why’s it so Hard” and “Holiday” from Girlie Show.
@cristoferchanimak She mixed up the lyrics lol
@albertogiovannirinconalfar462 It's all live
@monikel When it sounds "good" it is lipsinked or heavily autotuned.
@jay_ooh I think this is a terrible clip of this song, I've heard MUCH more clearer and closer versions of this exact performance and it sounds AMAZING, no suspected lip synching or anything, ...I really think you chose a bum clip of this performance.
@mclkaraboulad Are you seriously waisting your time analyzing madonna s voice ? Since when madonna was a singer ?
@ayseersoy8348 It’s not live for sure
@mikecairnduff Are Madonna fans delusional? She wouldn't win a lip sync battle if it were her own song.
@SandalioElVolao It wasn’t live. We all know how she sings live. Love her though
@rol_rob2603 Okay, my opinion is... Michael Jackson did lip sync during all the shows of the Dangerous Tour and nobody said anything about and it was Michael Jackson who is supposed to sing 10 times better than Madonna. Britney Spears used playback all the time and people always support her. But, when Madonna sing using a precorded vocals then all the complains goes to her because Madonna deserves it. Give a break!!!!
^ @supaaaree soooo true
@xcala3038 She's singing over a track. It's modulated depending on the note. Madonna put the most effort into her instrument when she trained for Evita. All downhill from there. She would get tossed off of "American Idol" in the first round if she auditioned today. Please, be honest. This is a spectacle. The mediocre vocals are not what people are showing up for.
^ @Nichole.Monroe She's a performer. Not a singer. I doubt shed even get through if she auditioned for one of those shows.
@MarthaMansbridge I’m sorry but, whilst they’re hardly stunning vocals to begin with, it was pretty obvious to me and friends that she was still lip syncing to a live recording. She’s clever enough to ensure it doesn’t sound amazing but you’d have thought she would try to sound less strained than she did - I’d honestly say almost none of this show is truly live. We all know she’s had some truly shocking performances, anyone who thinks now, at 65, she’s suddenly discovered how to sing live and in tune is losing the plot.
@earlusmcdivett Jesus Christ, you don’t have to have a degree to know this one song is 100% live. There’s not even a background vocal here. The biggest giveaway here is there is absolutely no difference in sound quality the entire time. It’s also clear to me once she gets up from the bench, she sounds slightly different because of standing up.
@witoldwozniak You’re very nice with your comments, Georgina. It’s all either playback or very auto-tuned vocals, pre-recorded track. But as we know it, it couldn’t be otherwise for the tour to go ahead…
@THATGUYYOULIKE The chorus is lipsync, her WHOLE tone changes. But still beautiful. The music video is beautiful and haunting
@01HGG It's live, including chorus. If you watch other clips, her backing sinners are singing with her or there is a backing track so the tone is different.
@linnpalm4303 She def sings live. She usually does and then have some backing vocals for certain parts on high energy show parts or when it's very stylistic spoken words as in the beginning of Bedtime stories (often it's the back up singers doing it live).
@mistermadonna I was there and she sings live, although there are moments where the backing track is blending in more. It's very well done in my opinion. And I don't care because Madonna is more than a singer, I'm not there for a singing contest, at least she sounds better than ever and you mostly hear her live. Her show is amazing and she is telling her story with her songs. She is meeting her incarnations and younger selves on stage, talks to them, kisses and embraces them. At the end all dancers are dressed Madonna in one of her iconic looks. The show is unique and sometimes emotional. Bad girl is actually a highlight for me.
@simonethefiregoddess904 Hi Georgina, as a vocalist, I can confirm she is singing live. I saw her live twice in London … this tour is unique in that Stuart Price has used modelled mic settings to capture the authentic sounds of the original studio recordings and so there is an analogue sound difference from the different mic studio chain settings for different parts. But I can confirm her live voice all with sibilance, breath and pause are evident in real time in the mix of the arena speakers. They really have focussed this tour more on the live vocals like the intimacy of the Madame X tour for a reflective arena world tour. We heard her cough, some off tuning, fragility, rasp, chest/head voice movement, and overall such strong vocals that were high in the mix and very clear and perhaps too earnest at times but such a testament to her tone, depth and warmth or personality of vocal. Live auto tune and silencer like everyone is using can also modify the tone, vacuum space of sound too. However, vocally this was great. Between the two gigs I saw even on the same song I can distinguish the better vocal performances - which shows that this is a far more human and live event like Madame X. She’s here for the intimate and vocal performance now. Vocal highlights - live to tell, rain ; bad girl, crazy for you, ray of light; low vocal point - human nature (didn’t work and not sure why). Die another day live with its live vocoder effect was actually the best I’ve heard live vocoder in balance between a human live singing vocal and some modulation or distortion ; but I know you’re not a fan of vocoder even for the art. Whereas I like vocoder on vocals for artistic reason. Maybe this is your compromise mid point ground though Who knows. Wishing you and family happiness x
@jambogb Love, I was lucky enough to be there also during rehearsal and I can assure you that Bad Girl was sang completely LIVE! Looove your videos 🥰
@user-vd9ml5jz8y Interesting. Have you compared other nights performance of Bad girl? Or read what Stuart Price has said about the show being sung live? As a fan of 40 years I thought it was better than the single version. Madonna is not Adel or Whitney but she is also not Sam Fox either. Good luck with your shop.
@cryinginagoodway.3132 hi vocal coach!!! love your videos, Stuart Piece (madonna's producer) said in a interview that the show is fully live! u should react to Crazy For You from the opening night too, she sounds more clear and truly beautiful.
@b.k8051 I saw Madonna in concert during her Reinvention tour. One thing I can say about Madonna is that she's obviously a perfectionist. Her tour was like a Swiss clock. And her vocals appeared to be all live and sounded very good
@lamusiclover2264 Ive watched various tapes of this tour. I can tell you that she is not lip syncing. She cant move or dance much due to her knee, so she is singing live, but there is an optional backing track that occasionally accompanies her, but to me this is mostly live. There is no live band, Stuart Price said he created the prerecorded entire concert track, with occasionally has some background vocals recorded as well. I think she gave the best live vocals since " Blind Ambition". Yes, she lio synced plenty in the past, but I think she's using her inability to move as much as an opportunity to do more good live vocals. There are so many concert videos posted. Watch the Ines that are from up close where you can see her lips. This is cell phone sound. Now I'm sure they'll mess with and re-do her vocals in the studio for the concert video or film, and it will not sound as life because they always make it sound too perfect.

Honestly, and I know this may be controversial considering there've been some major major talents who've produced for her, but I think Stuart is probably the best musical collaborator she's had. His work on his 4 tours with her have been sublime, and they created one of her most incredible bodies of work together. He brings something really special out in her. 

Ok so, after a conscientious research, I can say that we have multiple angles excellent 4k fotmats for every single number, except Everybody (what this two minutes and a half version did to you guys??) 
This means that WE ARE READY FOR A SERIOUS EDITING OF THE WHOLE CONCERT, you know, the ones we finish prefering to the anxious, hyper-agitated, videogame-oriented versions she uses to release in the recent years, callin' them "film".
Editing wizards, let's keep in touch  

Only 4 shows were already done and this is by far the best M tour ever (much probably the best tour of any performer ever). I wasn't giving any cents to it until @Dazedmadonnaand Giampiero came and day by day they'd made me give a huge smile like this one by the Queen herself. So lucky to be a Gnostic soul right now, having such a testament like this developped to the masses who unfortunately can react to it as they feel like. Long life to the Queen, long life to the Celebration Tour!!! And please, Warner Home Video, a Blu-ray/4K of this NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!!

The show is amazing, AMAZING.
What I can’t believe is how long is it going to take to get a new album. 

Seeing it like this I think it’s pretty 👍🏼 I would like for her to expand on the celebration/music part though 

Some videos I took. They’re all rendering in 4K HDR as we speak:
https://youtu.be/JhIw-27tNqY?si=m08zZbjz21ynKVIk
https://youtu.be/K-PSpFBsiX0?si=gOSsVTq-lIwLfKYG
https://youtu.be/nO4w3wRVPts?si=gtBXrZbjSnwzmRZc
 

Can’t believe she has provided a setlist that few could ever dream of and people are still finding room to bitch. This fanbase will never be pleased. Ever. We’re damn lucky she even gives us anything anymore. 

Madonna proves she’s a survivor

LONDON — There was hit after hit — pretty much one for every year in four decades of music — during Madonna’s Celebration Tour that kicked off at the O2 in London Saturday.
But the most special moments revealed the humanity behind the 65-year-old woman that sometimes has been overshadowed in 40 years living not only as the Queen of Pop but one of the most famous people on the planet.
There was when she sang an a capella “Little Star” — from her 1997 classic “Ray of Light” — instead of “Happy Birthday” for oldest daughter Lourdes, who turned 27 on the same day her mother launched her 40th-anniversary tour.
And then she talked about the Israel-Hamas war in a way that made you feel as if she was just like all mothers out there, frightened for their children.
“It breaks my heart to see children suffering, teenagers suffering, elderly people suffering. All of it is heartbreaking,” she said. “But even though our hearts are broken, our spirits cannot be broken … We can unite in a dark and evil way, or we can unite from a place of light and love. And if we all have that in our collective consciousness, we can change the world and we can bring peace — not only to the Middle East, but all over the world.”
And then there was the moment when Madonna revealed that she didn’t think she would live to see this night three and a half months ago, after a serious bacterial infection led to several days in the ICU — and forced a three-month postponement of the tour.
“I didn’t think I was gonna make it. Neither did my doctors,” she said. “I forgot five days of my life — or my death … But my children were there — and my children always save me every time.”
After vowing that “I’ve got to be there for my children,” she then proceeded to deliver an acoustic rendition of “I Will Survive” with Madonna herself on guitar.
Three of her children also got to perform with their mother on the comeback stage: David, 18, making like Prince and then Michael Jackson; Mercy, 17, on the piano for “Bad Girl”; and Esther, 11, striking a pose to “Vogue.”
It was then that you got to see just how much that, over 40 years, the Material Girl has grown into the Maternal Girl.
Perhaps with a new perspective, Madonna — save for maybe 2004’s Re-Invention Tour — has never worked so hard to give the people what they want.
Opening with the “Ray of Light” single “Nothing Really Matters” — one of the fan favorites that got a rare performance — she made a regal entrance to the roar of her subjects. And as her 1982 debut single “Everybody” gave way to “Into the Groove,” it was a dream start to quickly make you forget the “Madame X” Tour. (As did the prompt start for the notoriously late performer at 8:45 p.m. local time.)
But then sound problems forced an extended break that burst the disco-ball bubble that the entire O2 had been transformed into, as Madonna brought out her hype person Bob the Drag Queen for some stage banter that was almost endearingly awkward.
Still, given her long history of perfectionism, there was the nervous sense that maybe the show wasn’t ready; maybe Madonna, who had her left knee wrapped, wasn’t ready.
But any doubts about that were erased when she gave “Erotica” a boxing-ring reimagining in a sexy section that brought back the Girlie Show era with “Justify My Love” and her “Fever” cover
And while Madonna is no longer the same dancer she once was at 65, it hardly mattered when she delivered the one-two punch of “Die Another Day” with a coven of witches and then “Don’t Tell Me” with a posse of cowboys. But clearly all that “Evita” training is still paying off with her voice sounding strong on ballads such as “Crazy for You” and “Live to Tell.”
Having faced her own mortality, the latter — which was dedicated “in loving memory of all the bright lights we lost to AIDS” — surely hits differently now.
https://nypost.com/2023/10/14/madonna-proves-shes-a-survivor-at-celebration-tour-kickoff/

Some videos I took. They’re all rendering in 4K HDR as we speak:
https://youtu.be/JhIw-27tNqY?si=m08zZbjz21ynKVIk
https://youtu.be/K-PSpFBsiX0?si=gOSsVTq-lIwLfKYG
https://youtu.be/nO4w3wRVPts?si=gtBXrZbjSnwzmRZc
 

Some videos I took. They’re all rendering in 4K HDR as we speak:
https://youtu.be/JhIw-27tNqY?si=m08zZbjz21ynKVIk
https://youtu.be/K-PSpFBsiX0?si=gOSsVTq-lIwLfKYG
https://youtu.be/nO4w3wRVPts?si=gtBXrZbjSnwzmRZc
 

Some videos I took. They’re all rendering in 4K HDR as we speak:
https://youtu.be/JhIw-27tNqY?si=m08zZbjz21ynKVIk
https://youtu.be/K-PSpFBsiX0?si=gOSsVTq-lIwLfKYG
https://youtu.be/nO4w3wRVPts?si=gtBXrZbjSnwzmRZc
 

Some videos I took. They’re all rendering in 4K HDR as we speak:
https://youtu.be/JhIw-27tNqY?si=m08zZbjz21ynKVIk
https://youtu.be/K-PSpFBsiX0?si=gOSsVTq-lIwLfKYG
https://youtu.be/nO4w3wRVPts?si=gtBXrZbjSnwzmRZc
 

I did not. But going back tomorrow in a one of the pit so I’ll film some more songs. 
 

Given that this is the opening night, it is given that there are messy bits happening but once it keeps going, no doubt the Celebration Tour will be a reminder of what Madonna can still do. :D