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Uhh yes, Blond Ambition. This is definitely the best title

It's gonna be 20 years since Madonna sported that Kylie t-shirt at the EMA's. It's long overdue.

I've always thought 'Confide in Me' was the little sister of 'Justify My Love'. 

I had an idea of Madonna doing mini promotional tours with one of her singles and album. I created one for Ray of Light with her last is single Nothing Really Matters, and one for American Life with her second single Hollywood.
 
The Ray of Light promotional tour would take place after the 1999 Grammys. the tour would be exclusive to major cites (eg. New York City, London, Paris). it'll have 8-10 shows (2 per city).
 
NOTHING REALLY MATTERS: Promotional Tour
1999
Set List 
01. Drowned World / Substitute for Love
02. Ray of Light
03. Swim
04. Candy Perfume Girl
Skin (Performance Interlude)
05. Shanti / Ashtangi
06. Frozen (contains elements of William Orbit's Widescreen Mix)**
07. The Power of Good-Bye
08. Sky Fits Heaven
To Have and Not to Hold (Band Interlude) (contains elements of "La Isla Bonita")
09. Oh Father (Orchestral Version) 
10. Mer Girl
11. Little Star 
12. Bedtime Story (William Orbit Reworked Mix)
Encore: 
13. Nothing Really Matters (contains elements of "Kruder & Dorfmeister Mix")**
**: Performed as the Album Version on second dates
 
The American Life Promotional tour would start 2 days after the album release. This would be similar to the Tower Records performance and Live Television performances (Eg. MTV Studios, RTL, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, etc). I'll take place in major cities (New York City, Paris, London, etc). In addition, the tour will have a 2 different set lists.
 
AMERICAN LIFE: Promotional Mini Tour 
2003
Set List #1
01. American Life 
02. Don't Tell Me 
03. Nothing Fails 
04. Like a Prayer (Acoustic)
05. X-Static Process 
06. Mother and Father 
Like a Virgin [Band Interlude]
07. American Life [Spoken word]
08. Hollywood 
09. Music (contains elements of "Trans-Europe Express" and "Holiday")
 
Set List #2 
01. American Life (Acoustic) 
02. Mother Father 
03. X-Static Process 
04. Nothing Fails
05. Like a Prayer (Acoustic)
Like a Virgin [Band Interlude]
06. Don't Tell Me
07. American Life 
08. Hollywood
09. Music (contains samples and elements from "Die Another Day" along with elements of "Trans-Europe Express" by Kraftwork)
 

Can we only hope?✨??

I don't know why, but I just have a feeling (a wish, let's be honest!) that this could be an HBO live broadcast. Being a theatre show, and with multiple nights in the same venue, the camera placement, production editing, etc. could be worked out and easily executed for Ms Perfectionist's high production standards. ?
Broadcast and streaming rights are easy moneymakers, and with the limited locations, a broadcast from Miami, Lisbon, or Paris could be easily managed. 
At this point, watching the last couple of tours' "concert film" treatment has left me cold. I don't hate them, but capturing a live theatre experience with the frantic editing and canned audio/audience noise just seems wrong. 

I think Promise To Try should have been on the BAT. It really would have brought her to another emotional level, singing about her mother and in such a personal way. Maybe too personal? I don’t know. I know after all that singing and dancing, it would have sounded beautiful if she just stood there in darkness with candles all around. I would have switched out Live To Tell and done a Promise To Try/Oh Father 

Hey guys! Everybody listening to Medellín on a loop?  
So, last week I got an idea for the stage of the new tour, take a look below and tell me what do you think.
I really wish she goes on an awesome stadium tour!

From DrownedMadonna:
 
First of all, we want to say that we are quite sure that you will love it! Forget about the mess of the MDNA Tour…   The vocals sound amazing, especially in La Vie En Rose, HeartBreak City, Devil Pray and True Blue. The audio is clean. But sometimes the crowd noise is really too much and sounds fake. Like the close-up to the audience – often token around the world – are really too much. But, nothing really disturbing at the end. In True Blue you can spot also a gay couple kissing.   Some songs were shortened in the very end, such as Devil Pray and Messiah. While La Isla Bonita was shortened in its intro. Unlike those, Like a Virgin was extended in the “Heartbeat†break, to showcase more of Madonna’s movements. Also Unapologetic B*tch was extended at the end to show the banana moments with several celebrities and fans. Throughout the song you will recognise celebrities like Jean Paul Gualtier, Jon Kartajarena, Rita Ora, Amy Schumer, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, Derrick Barry, Maxi Shield and more. You can also see Madonna stripping by mistake a 17 year old fan in Brisbane, causing a lot of controversy.   Iconic stops before the second verse for 5 seconds before starting again. Fans screaming can be heard while Madonna is standing.   As we already reported, unfortunately Love Don’t Live Anymore was cut from the broadcast, and honestly is such a big pity! But its strings and viola can be heard for 20 seconds, so hopefully that suggests that the DVD/Blu-Ray release might contain the full performance.   You will notice some costume changes in Like a Virgin, La Isla Bonita and Rebel Heart. Also, in Holiday, you will see Madonna wearing flags of a lot of countries.   The colours are very bright and vivid throughout the whole film, nicely edited. Unfortunately, Music is in Black and White for most of the song, except the final chorus before Candy Shop.   Many songs use background screens overlay, mostly on Burning Up,  Deeper and Deeper (unecessary for the Japanese dancers choreography), B*tch I’m Madonna, Devil Pray, S.E.X., Music and Holiday.   During Burning Up you will notice that Monte Pittman had a GoPro camera placed on his guitar. Burning Up is edited in a way that it looks very dynamic, with various special fxs and fire sparkling background.   During the outro credits, the screen is divided in two parts. On the left side, it shows parts of the backstage (in a very Instagram vibe). While on the right black side you can read the credits. You can hear Madonna singing “If I Had A Hammerâ€, as well as her talking over it.

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So, in this thread, I want to do something fun. We all know that Madonna never toured for Bedtime Stories and Ray of Light, so I think that it would be cool to pick one of these or both and create what we thought would have been a great show for these albums! 
 
 
 
Ray of Light World Tour 
 
 
Set List:
 
 
Act 1: Vanity
 
The Beautiful People (Video Introduction)
1. Frozen
2. Vogue
3. Rain
4. Justify My Love
 
Act 2: Envy
 
The Mistress (Video Interlude)
5. Candy Perfume Girl
6. Bedtime Story
7. Sky Fits Heaven 
8. Little Star
9. Into the Groove/Dress You Up
 
Act 3; Tradition
 
Church Confessional (Video Interlude)
10. Like a Prayer 
11. Oh Father
12. Swim
13. Mer Girl
14. Live to Tell
 
Act 4: Millennium
 
New Years Resolution (Video Interlude)
15. Skin
16. The Power of Goodbye 
17. Human Nature 
18. Papa Don't Preach
19. Open Your Heart
 
Act 5: Faithfulness
 
Throne (Video Interlude)
20. Ray of Light
21. Drowned World/Substitute for Love
22. La Isla Bonita 
 
 
 
 
Stage:
 
The stage is in the shape of a circle and is in the center of the venue. A circular LED screen hangs above the stage. The screen can break apart and move up and down in individual pieces. A large platform can be lowered from inside the screen as well as a cage and a ladder.
 
 
 
Concert Synopsis
 
Act 1: Vanity
 
The show begins with a video introduction showing a mass of people on their knees apparently praying to a statue of a chiseled goddess. The statue cracks in half and red blood flows over the mass, leaving them all the same skin color and all with the same face. The dancers come on stage from the crowd as Madonna is lowered onto the stage from a circular platform. "Frozen" performed with Madonna on the platform hovering singing into a headset microphone above the dancers doing synchronized routines. At the end of the song, the platform reaches the stage floor and Madonna is encased by the dancers. They break apart and Madonna literally strikes a pose. "Vogue" is performed with Madonna and her dancers recreating the choreography from the video. The song ends with the stage being engulfed in light and then total darkness. In the darkness, thunder and falling rain is heard and lightning flashes on the screen. A hole opens in the middle of the stage and a wall of water falls from above into the hole in the stage as Madonna performs "Rain" while singing into a vintage microphone. The song ends with the water wall disappearing and Madonna standing alone in a column of light. The opening to "Justify My Love" begins and Madonna falls to the floor. She writhes around on the stage in the single column of light until the song ends. At the songs conclusion, Madonna is lowered beneath the stage and the stage again becomes dark. 
 
Act 2: Envy
 
The next section begins with a video interlude. The video shows a man leaving his bed with what appears to be his wife. He drives away and to another home where he meets and begins passionately kissing Madonna. The wife appears and shoots the man in the back and she and Madonna walk away holding hands. Madonna is raised on stage playing a guitar. She performs "Candy Perfume Girl" while dancers cover all sides of the stage in various routines. At the end of the song, Madonna speaks to the crowd before performing "Bedtime Story". During the performance, Madonna interacts with dancers dressed as various fairy tale characters such as Cinderella and the Big Bad Wolf. At the end of the performance, the stage becomes dark as the opening of "Sky Fits Heaven" plays. During the performance, the screen above splits apart and one section lowers down to stage level. The screen raises after a few seconds with various dancers dressed as angels hanging from the screen. At the end of the song, the dancers are lowered down into a large hole in the stage. Madonna is raised on the stage atop a grand piano being played by a man in solid black mask and only underwear. She performs "Little Star" with only piano accompaniment. At the end of song, Madonna kicks the piano player away from the piano as it is lowered down below the stage. She performs a medley of "Into the Groove/Dress You Up" while her and her dancers energetically romp around the stage. The performance ends with Madonna and the dancers jumping into the hole in the stage as sparks shoot from around the stage. 
 
Act 3: Tradition
 
A video interlude begins showing Madonna writhing in agony in a church confessional. The screen goes black as a church confessional missing a wall is raised on stage. Madonna performs "Like a Prayer" while inside the confessional. When the choir part begins, she leaves the confessional and performs with her dancers center stage. The stage goes dark at the end of the performance. The beginning to "Oh Father" plays and Madonna plays the song while a male dancer carries her around the stage. At the end of the song, he drops her and she lays on the stage floor. Madonna performs "Swim" while a video plays showing Madonna basking alone in the middle of a calm ocean. On the stage, she and two male dancers lay on each other through the song. Next, Madonna performs "Mer Girl". During the performance, empty gold portrait flames are lowered from the rafters with dancers in them. Madonna interacts with the dancers in the portraits. At the end of the song, all of the portraits besides one raise back up. One dips into the hole in the stage. Madonna gets inside of it and it begins to raise. "Live to Tell" is performed with Madonna in the frame and large white sheet hangs connected from the bottom showing the music video sing along with the live performance. At the end of the song, the frame is raised back into the screen with Madonna inside as the sheet falls from the frame. 
 
Act 4: Millennium
 
The next section begins with a video showing a New Years Eve countdown with a room full of people in solid white masks besides Madonna. The screen as a whole lowers down and covers the stage. "Skin" is performed with the screen becoming see through and showing Madonna and the dancers literally inside the screen. The screen raises a little over the stage and begins to slowly rotate clockwise until the song ends. The screen lowers down to stage level as "The Power of Goodbye" begins. The screen raises back to its place. Large pillars are lowered down and Madonna and her dancers "hide" from each other through the pillars. At the end of the song, a ladder is lowered down as the pillars are raised. "Human Nature" is performed with Madonna and the dancers climbing the ladder before jumping off. The song ends with Madonna holding her stomach as if she is entering labor. "Papa Don't Preach" is played with Madonna and her dancers energetically dancing around the stage. Madonna and the dancers lower below the stage. They are raised on stage again with Madonna in silver recreation of the cone bra ensemble. "Open Your Heart" is performed with cabaret style choreography. The performance ends with Madonna and the dancers "running away" as they did in the video. 
 
Act 5: Faithfulness
 
The final section begins with a video showing Madonna on a throne being surrounded by half naked sweaty men. A cage is lowered from above with several dancers hanging off of it. Madonna is raised on stage and "Ray of Light" is performed with Madonna and the dancers climbing all over the cage on stage level. The song ends with the cage raising back into the screen leaving Madonna and the dancers behind. Madonna performs "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" alone on the stage, roaming. At the end of the song, a spanish guitar intro is played and then an energetic latin samba version of "La Isla Bonita" is played. Madonna ends the performance by bowing and then being lowered below the stage. The screen lowers and encases the stage, reading the end on the screens in old time 1930's movie lettering.