IconicQueen

I absolutely loved the MDNA Tour – the choreography was fire, and her energy was off the charts. The visuals and stage setups were mind-blowing, making it a total spectacle. Plus, it was the last tour where she really got down on the dance floor.
What I didn't like about the MDNA Tour is the setlist. Sadly, the issue here lies with the MDNA album itself.
The only song I found cool was I'm Addicted, along with Masterpiece (although another ballad would have been nicer).
I dont like Gang Bang, even though the performance was fire!
The opening, while epic and impactful, felt a tad over the top.
Personally, I was more into the Rebel Heart Tour.
Less dancing but it had a more chill and spontaneous vibe that I really loved.
Yesterday, I wasn't in the front row, but I only had two people in front of me (end of the central catwalk). And I saw her up close in London too, from the PIT. She's absolutely stunning in person, truly. But you can tell she's a mature woman with some work done; this is much more noticeable than in videos where the lighting hides the texture of her skin.
I also agree that she doesn't look like she's 65; I'd say she looks more like 55/60. But beyond her age, she's a beautiful woman, and that's what matters. She has really gorgeous legs. It's incredible to see her strength considering that she was nearly dying 4 months ago!
 
I must say, though, in the Don't Tell Me section in London, she looked better with long wavy hair; the braids make her face look wider. But who cares, these are just minor details. During the Madame X tour, I saw her up close as well, and she looked much worse, bloated/swollen and with strange little eyes. She was probably on some medication that caused the puffiness. In this tour, she has a magnetic look; she's stunning.
 
What made me the happiest was hearing her sing Sodade. She absolutely nails it. While she might not sound great in Crazy For You, her voice is on point in Sodade and I Will Survive. I love Sodade; it's a wonderful song that she sings really well. 😊❤️ I was really disappointed that she didn't perform it during the Madame X tour at the London Palladium when I attended. 😔

I love this dress better than the sparklier one, I understand the other one is a more obvious nod to the original cone bustier and works better with the jacket. But this one is beautiful 

I see there's a discussion going on here about the opening and the stage entrance, so i feel like sharing my view on the matter cause i have a very precise one actually ;
When you are Madonna, with her unique charisma and stage presence, the most brilliant and efficient stage entrance you can make is the simpliest one. The DWT stage entrance has been my favorite one for year. Just a little smoke, and Madonna, just HER, walking slowly and appearing through the smoke, her voice. Nothing more, nothing more needed. Now my fav tour opener is the Celebration tour one. First the intro by BOB is absolutely genius, it's catchy, tongue in cheek, funny, modern and timeless. Then SHE appears, in that stunning circle of light, singing a timeless classic deep cut of her discography. This is brilliant. I hate those tacky entrance a la Rebel Heart tour or MDNA tour, ewwww, leave that to girls who have zero charisma to fill the lack of stage presence. Any tacky oversize accessories for her stage entrance is an insult to her stage presence. 

I'm dead
 

So I went to both Barcelona shows, first one with early entry and this is officially the best experience of my life. Everything was surreal, what a show, what a legend.
She vibed with us since the moment she entered the stage, she looked so happy to finally have a hyped, alive audience.
We were all jumping, clapping and waving our arms the entire time and at one point during Bad Girl she looked at me in the eyes, then down to my t-shirt with her face and smiled to herself tenderly. I am forever blessed.
So after 3 shows this is it for me with this tour, I hope I can see her again in a few years.
Btw, I queued for a day and a half (no camping at night tho, thankfully) and I must say what a wondeful community of stans Madonna has here in Spain. All lovely, nice, welcoming people.
Here are a couple pics I took on Wednesday

Today’s show was fire again! I had a blast! 
 
Some facts:
- She wore grillz. I saw them during the second and third act. 
- she wore Braids during the Cowboy section.
- the ballroom judge was Ursula Corbero from “La Casa de Papel”
- her speeches were really good, call of us fans her children ❤️ 

Yesterday’s show was amazing. She entered the stage like 21.46, yeah some people were booing before but the energy turned great when Bob started. 
 
she was very warm and in such a great mood, smiling a lot. 
 
During Burning Up; she explained the appearances of the other Madonnas during the show; that it’s her story and stories sometimes are messy. Haha. 
 
at the end of Don’t tell me she fucked up a little bit singing during the instrunental part of the dance, it was cute. 
 
in a will survive she also fucked up and said, hmm let me sing it again since i lost my cue. 
 
Yesterday I saw the show from the 115 section; today i am going to Pista A. Wish me luck!!!

She's unbelievable.
That's all I can say right now.

Last night show was AMAZING. No video can make justice of it. This show has to be seen live. It's breathtaking. And more tonight!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

She said some words in spanish as usual. The speech was about loving each other and loving ur neighbor, she talked about Jesus, about the LGBTQ+ community... She was beautiful, smiling and lovely. She loves Barcelona and Spain and is always happy to come back.

Last night show was AMAZING. No video can make justice of it. This show has to be seen live. It's breathtaking. And more tonight!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
She said some words in spanish as usual. The speech was about loving each other and loving ur neighbor, she talked about Jesus, about the LGBTQ+ community... She was beautiful, smiling and lovely. She loves Barcelona and Spain and is always happy to come back.

I am going to be honest about the vocal debate. The show is definitely not completely live and backing tracks are used throughout even on some ballads.
I caught her out lip syncing a few times, for eg, she was drinking water while she had started “singing” on one ballad in particular. I believe in some songs the backing track is louder for certain parts of the songs to give her support but she always sings along with it as far as I can tell.
However, the opposite is also true. There were times where the mic cut out and nothing could be heard at all. So it really varies from song to song. So for people to say it is all lip synced is simply not true. Stuart has done everything to make her sound good at all times which is a far cry from Kevin Atunes tbh. I much prefer that over blatantly bad sounding vocals (eg Sticky.)
In the end the show is absolutely amazing, perfect in fact and I don’t know why anyone would complain about that sort of thing.

Stop feeding that troll

She’s invencible at 64, 65 and will be at 89 that’s the point 

I saw Madonna for the first time in Stockholm and she sounded absolutely fine to me. I have been her fan since Confessions era. I was singing along and jumping all the time. I took my bestie to see her show who is a casual fan of Madonna, she said she sounded great live and she was singing live. My bestie was more impressed by her ability to dance and sing for 2 hours at age 65. She even bought her merch. Do I want to see celebration tour again? Hell yeah!

Stop feeding that troll

What a cool thread, thank you for these!

She lookin good honey! She woke up, ate a lil breakfast, bathe that hot pus and gave y’all a show! 

As it should be. Or do people think it's easy for her to sing Erotica or JML in that same sultry voice?

And to add, some of the whispering/speaking/sing parts would be hard to hear if she tried to duplicate them live.

As it should be. Or do people think it's easy for her to sing Erotica or JML in that same sultry voice?

It's been said already, the whole show is live with a backup track, except for Everybody's choruses, Erotica and JML. You can clearly tell from multiple videos of all the dates.