Future Lover

Would just like to point out to everyone who was shitting bricks over ticket sales that the show was indeed full despite multiple available tickets yesterday morning. It'll be the same tonight. 
I know some people in Europe aren't used to how Americans are with buying tickets but a ton of people wait until the last possible second to buy because it ensures cheaper tickets. A lot of people also wait until the day of and get tickets from the box office because paper tickets aren't subject to the dynamic pricing done on Ticketmaster, they'll be marked face value. 
She isn't going to be playing to half empty venues. Every show you see right now on Ticketmaster with a ton of available tickets will be full by the time she drags her late ass on stage in that venue. 
Promoters know what they're doing. 

Would just like to point out to everyone who was shitting bricks over ticket sales that the show was indeed full despite multiple available tickets yesterday morning. It'll be the same tonight. 
I know some people in Europe aren't used to how Americans are with buying tickets but a ton of people wait until the last possible second to buy because it ensures cheaper tickets. A lot of people also wait until the day of and get tickets from the box office because paper tickets aren't subject to the dynamic pricing done on Ticketmaster, they'll be marked face value. 
She isn't going to be playing to half empty venues. Every show you see right now on Ticketmaster with a ton of available tickets will be full by the time she drags her late ass on stage in that venue. 
Promoters know what they're doing. 

Considering her Vegas residency sold out in literally minutes...yes. Can we for once not be bitchy toward another female artist, especially one that's spoken so positively about her love for M? 

Would just like to point out to everyone who was shitting bricks over ticket sales that the show was indeed full despite multiple available tickets yesterday morning. It'll be the same tonight. 
I know some people in Europe aren't used to how Americans are with buying tickets but a ton of people wait until the last possible second to buy because it ensures cheaper tickets. A lot of people also wait until the day of and get tickets from the box office because paper tickets aren't subject to the dynamic pricing done on Ticketmaster, they'll be marked face value. 
She isn't going to be playing to half empty venues. Every show you see right now on Ticketmaster with a ton of available tickets will be full by the time she drags her late ass on stage in that venue. 
Promoters know what they're doing. 

Considering her Vegas residency sold out in literally minutes...yes. Can we for once not be bitchy toward another female artist, especially one that's spoken so positively about her love for M? 

Considering her Vegas residency sold out in literally minutes...yes. Can we for once not be bitchy toward another female artist, especially one that's spoken so positively about her love for M? 

Considering her Vegas residency sold out in literally minutes...yes. Can we for once not be bitchy toward another female artist, especially one that's spoken so positively about her love for M? 

Would just like to point out to everyone who was shitting bricks over ticket sales that the show was indeed full despite multiple available tickets yesterday morning. It'll be the same tonight. 
I know some people in Europe aren't used to how Americans are with buying tickets but a ton of people wait until the last possible second to buy because it ensures cheaper tickets. A lot of people also wait until the day of and get tickets from the box office because paper tickets aren't subject to the dynamic pricing done on Ticketmaster, they'll be marked face value. 
She isn't going to be playing to half empty venues. Every show you see right now on Ticketmaster with a ton of available tickets will be full by the time she drags her late ass on stage in that venue. 
Promoters know what they're doing. 

Would just like to point out to everyone who was shitting bricks over ticket sales that the show was indeed full despite multiple available tickets yesterday morning. It'll be the same tonight. 
I know some people in Europe aren't used to how Americans are with buying tickets but a ton of people wait until the last possible second to buy because it ensures cheaper tickets. A lot of people also wait until the day of and get tickets from the box office because paper tickets aren't subject to the dynamic pricing done on Ticketmaster, they'll be marked face value. 
She isn't going to be playing to half empty venues. Every show you see right now on Ticketmaster with a ton of available tickets will be full by the time she drags her late ass on stage in that venue. 
Promoters know what they're doing. 

Would just like to point out to everyone who was shitting bricks over ticket sales that the show was indeed full despite multiple available tickets yesterday morning. It'll be the same tonight. 
I know some people in Europe aren't used to how Americans are with buying tickets but a ton of people wait until the last possible second to buy because it ensures cheaper tickets. A lot of people also wait until the day of and get tickets from the box office because paper tickets aren't subject to the dynamic pricing done on Ticketmaster, they'll be marked face value. 
She isn't going to be playing to half empty venues. Every show you see right now on Ticketmaster with a ton of available tickets will be full by the time she drags her late ass on stage in that venue. 
Promoters know what they're doing. 

Would just like to point out to everyone who was shitting bricks over ticket sales that the show was indeed full despite multiple available tickets yesterday morning. It'll be the same tonight. 
I know some people in Europe aren't used to how Americans are with buying tickets but a ton of people wait until the last possible second to buy because it ensures cheaper tickets. A lot of people also wait until the day of and get tickets from the box office because paper tickets aren't subject to the dynamic pricing done on Ticketmaster, they'll be marked face value. 
She isn't going to be playing to half empty venues. Every show you see right now on Ticketmaster with a ton of available tickets will be full by the time she drags her late ass on stage in that venue. 
Promoters know what they're doing. 

Would just like to point out to everyone who was shitting bricks over ticket sales that the show was indeed full despite multiple available tickets yesterday morning. It'll be the same tonight. 
I know some people in Europe aren't used to how Americans are with buying tickets but a ton of people wait until the last possible second to buy because it ensures cheaper tickets. A lot of people also wait until the day of and get tickets from the box office because paper tickets aren't subject to the dynamic pricing done on Ticketmaster, they'll be marked face value. 
She isn't going to be playing to half empty venues. Every show you see right now on Ticketmaster with a ton of available tickets will be full by the time she drags her late ass on stage in that venue. 
Promoters know what they're doing. 

Considering her Vegas residency sold out in literally minutes...yes. Can we for once not be bitchy toward another female artist, especially one that's spoken so positively about her love for M? 

Considering her Vegas residency sold out in literally minutes...yes. Can we for once not be bitchy toward another female artist, especially one that's spoken so positively about her love for M? 

They were sold out but the changing of dates led to a lot of people having to return their tickets. It’s not a case of Americans aren’t interested. They were. They sold out in days. But not everyone could make their new dates. 
The shows will be fine. Shows tend to sell out either as they go on sale or at the last minute. Promoters know how to fill those seats. Remember very few RHT shows were sold out until she hit the stage. My show had several hundred tickets left morning of and it was a full house that night.  

They were sold out but the changing of dates led to a lot of people having to return their tickets. It’s not a case of Americans aren’t interested. They were. They sold out in days. But not everyone could make their new dates. 
The shows will be fine. Shows tend to sell out either as they go on sale or at the last minute. Promoters know how to fill those seats. Remember very few RHT shows were sold out until she hit the stage. My show had several hundred tickets left morning of and it was a full house that night.  

They were sold out but the changing of dates led to a lot of people having to return their tickets. It’s not a case of Americans aren’t interested. They were. They sold out in days. But not everyone could make their new dates. 
The shows will be fine. Shows tend to sell out either as they go on sale or at the last minute. Promoters know how to fill those seats. Remember very few RHT shows were sold out until she hit the stage. My show had several hundred tickets left morning of and it was a full house that night.  

They were sold out but the changing of dates led to a lot of people having to return their tickets. It’s not a case of Americans aren’t interested. They were. They sold out in days. But not everyone could make their new dates. 
The shows will be fine. Shows tend to sell out either as they go on sale or at the last minute. Promoters know how to fill those seats. Remember very few RHT shows were sold out until she hit the stage. My show had several hundred tickets left morning of and it was a full house that night.  

I don't even like Rain and I want it to stay in the setlist over Frozen. It's such a well done moment of the show, and vital to the core of the whole thing. 

I got the information of the desire to film in Columbia via some fans in attendance to various shows and their talks with Guy. The Paris shoot, as I'm sure you know, it fairly well known except for the reason why it was axed, so that I included was just a popular rumor. I don't quite remember the name of the director M really wanted to work with, but he said somewhere the reasoning behind moving to Miami. And the rest, as they say, is history  I have actually been working on this post for about a week and a half. I studied up a lot of information about the film and the process of making it. I wanted to present as many facts that were reliable as possible. If I discover something in there isn't accurate, then I will amend it. The things we do for M haha

It is now a wide shared opinion that the official MDNA Tour film is nothing more than wasted potential. Horribly edited, color saturation turned up the max, over edited vocals, added crowd reactions taking away from the performance. All things that are accurate. However, many fans only complain about the shortcomings of the film. In reality, we should feel lucky it turned out the way that it did. Join me on the long journey it took to get the MDNA Tour on film. 
 
 
Background
The MDNA Tour was the ninth concert tour undertaken by Madonna in support of her twelfth studio album, MDNA. The tour was one of Madonna's largest and most intricate performances to date. Played in predominately stadiums in Europe and South America, and mostly in arenas in North America, the tour was a critical and commercial success. The show did find some controversy for the usage of firearms in the performance, Madonna flashing her breasts, and accusations of lip syncing. Madonna did not let this deter her and she gave 110% each and every night.
 
 
The Initial Film Plan
It was decided early on that the team wanted to film at least part of the show during the July 14 stop of the tour in Paris at the Stade de France. Indeed, crane cameras and hand held cameras found their way inside the stadium. However, deciding to film the show here created a scenario rarely used in modern concert film production; it was one night only show. Usually, the selection of the venue to film a concert goes to venues that will be getting the show for multiple nights in order to make sure the show is completely captured and there is footage to fall back on should something in one show go wrong. So the filming here as you can see was strange. The show in Paris went off mostly without hitch (and even included the nipple flash from M) and the crowd was mostly into it. However, the footage that was captured didn't suit Madonna completely. Some rumors say that she felt the footage was shot from too far away and that not enough of the performance and energy on stage was captured in the footage. So, the choice was made to cut this footage and start from scratch. 
 
 
South America? Yes! No!
Madonna found incredible success with the filming of her Sticky & Sweet Tour in Argentina. It is a very well known fact that crowds in South America are some of the most energetic in the world. Madonna planned to film the first two shows of the South American leg and her first ever shows in Columbia. It was all perfect. Amazing crowd. Beautiful stadium. Incredible show. Except...the director that M so desperately wanted to film the show was unavailable to shoot in Columbia. So, instead of not using the team she wanted, she decided to axe the filming in Columbia and looked for another place to film. However, cranes were placed in the stadium in Buenos Aires for extra crowd shots. 
 
 
Miami Life Saver
Madonna decided to film the last two shows in the US at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on November 19th and 20th. The venue is a mid-size arena (not a small arena, but far the biggest arena she brought the show to) and the arena always looks great on film. So, all the equipment was loaded in. The shows were sold out and the crowds in Miami usually promised to be energetic. However, on the 19th, Madonna was much later arriving on stage than usual and by the time the show began, there were very noticeable empty patches in the venue. The same happened the following night. While the show footage that was captured was exactly what M wanted, the empty spaces and lack of energy by the third act of the show rendered much of the Miami footage unusable.
 
 
A Brilliant Solution
Faced with the issue of having two less than satisfactory shoots, less than a month left in the tour and no time to organize another shoot. It was time for M and her team to make a choice. Which footage was going to be used in the final film? After some deliberation...obviously it was decided that they would blend the footage of the two shoots and throw in some of the club show for good measure. That is what we ended up with.
 
 
So, my point? Maybe we should all spend less time picking out the faults of the DVD and just be grateful that we even got one.  

Considering English is not the official language of any city the tour has been to other than London and everyone has gotten on just fine I don’t see why she would do this for Latin America. 
That’s, frankly, a ridiculous request. 

Considering English is not the official language of any city the tour has been to other than London and everyone has gotten on just fine I don’t see why she would do this for Latin America. 
That’s, frankly, a ridiculous request. 

Whenever I see people on here waxing poetic about her vocals I sometimes have to wonder what vocal peak they're referring to when they talk about a decline. Love this woman to death but at no time have her vocals ever been her strongsuit. There have been periods and moments all throughout when she's sounded great but some of y'all act like she was once a Celine level vocalist who's collapsed down to barely being able to hold a note. 

Whenever I see people on here waxing poetic about her vocals I sometimes have to wonder what vocal peak they're referring to when they talk about a decline. Love this woman to death but at no time have her vocals ever been her strongsuit. There have been periods and moments all throughout when she's sounded great but some of y'all act like she was once a Celine level vocalist who's collapsed down to barely being able to hold a note.