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Thanks Mark! I've never actually put anybody on ignore before but I can't be bothered with trolls.
 Thank you for the suggestion

It hasn't leaked at all, it's officially released as a clip from Madonna's social media.
There's absolutely nothing 'leaked' about it.
 
Her voice has changed quite a bit listening to the October 12th bootleg, in comparison to opening night. There's a sweetness missing, the same sweetness from the first night of RIT and CT that vanished thereafter.
 
I must admit, Like a Prayer sounds a LOT better than it did at Eurovision yet I still think it sounds as flat as a pancake and it's still quite out of tune, also there's absolutely no power to the her voice that she had when she performed it on the RIT. I think the song is crying out for a really stripped back, slow emotional acoustic version like on Hope For Haiti, which incidentally was the last time she sang Like a Prayer really, really well.
 
Still, very nice to hear a clear recording of the show finally, the audience seemed very quiet which is great for recording. It's obvious the speaking parts of the show are a little excessive, but the musical aspects of the show seem pretty decent.

Your response is ill thought out and contributes nothing to active discussion as usual... well done.
 
ive focused on positives and negatives, as usual. It’s called balance.

Sorry, but no. 
 
it’s obvious Like a Prayer isn’t sang well by comparison to yesteryear. Pitch isn’t affected by the recording, and she’s flat for the entire song, by around a quarter tone. Sorry that it doesn’t fit your agenda, but a crap recording is good enough to determine whether or not her voice is in decent shape. If anything, the nature of the recordings actually show her voice more clearly than backing track and the ‘band’/taped music. 
 
she sounds okay, but it’s obvious she’s declined further than tours previous. God Control is very flat also.  Why do you think she’s absolutely covered the show in vocal effects and in some of the Madame X Tour, studio lead backing vocals?
 
Sodade and Fado Club sound the best.
 

LVER on RHT was flat, and on some shows off key. Not a good example.
 
 

Stefo, you've just reinvigorated my desire to actually attend London. Thank you.

Stefo, you've just reinvigorated my desire to actually attend London. Thank you.

Don’t be fooled into thinking she is forced into any performances she doesn’t want to do. It’s her greed as well, and maybe this time it’s not paid off.
I feel the Madame X Tour would have been better arranged as a 20 date mini tour across three or four cities, ending before Xmas and ultimately leading the way for a 30 date stadium tour next year.

It can be very artistic, it’s simply how you approach them.
 
consider an act like Tori Amos. Total musical freedom to perform whatever she wants every night, change her setlist from 90% old to 90% new every night and anything in between. Then tell me she’s not producing great art. 
 
Art is subjective. She could approach her old songs in ways that would render her higher and greater than ever.

It can be very artistic, it’s simply how you approach them.
 
consider an act like Tori Amos. Total musical freedom to perform whatever she wants every night, change her setlist from 90% old to 90% new every night and anything in between. Then tell me she’s not producing great art. 
 
Art is subjective. She could approach her old songs in ways that would render her higher and greater than ever.

I certainly do. 

Don’t be fooled into thinking she is forced into any performances she doesn’t want to do. It’s her greed as well, and maybe this time it’s not paid off.
I feel the Madame X Tour would have been better arranged as a 20 date mini tour across three or four cities, ending before Xmas and ultimately leading the way for a 30 date stadium tour next year.

Confessions (a back to back Confessions song with Crave would have lifted the ending of the show)
MDNA (Love Spent or Masterpiece would have worked)
 
 

At the end of the day, if the rest of us turned up three hours late to work, what would the repercussion be?
 
If you worked in a job in which you provided a service, you’d certainly either instantly lose custom (like M has), or lose any chance of a recommendation. 

Your lack of maturity is absolutely outstanding. Enjoy the ignored list. I know you're still reading this though, you're too addicted to your contempt. 
Laters!..

Some of you get really defensive since. Madonna is a product, a brand. We are discussing a brand. 
 
if you don’t like discussion on the workings of said brand, don’t join a forum.
 
oh and believe me, me and digital freak aren’t the same person. Separate sides of the Atlantic I’m afraid.
nice guy, (guy?), intelligent, strong minded. Quite respect the chap for his persistence in speaking about what he believes, but we aren’t the same person. 
 
so yeah, theory dead. I was a member of Tribe since 2007 but requested my account disabling in July of this year due to growing tired of sycophants, and other members growing tired of my opinions, lmao.

Certainly some tickets will sell, but there's no way on God's green earth will they sell bucketloads, not without massive reductions... I mean, sense would surely be to cancel a few shows and move concert-goers into the empty seats on other shows?
It's quite telling just how much people (and not just the GP) are willing to pay looking at how the cheap seats have all gone.
 

I read an interesting comment once that apparently when you're wearing an eyepatch, you lose almost all of your depth perception. It's quite the act of bravery that she tackles those stairs night after night.

I read an interesting comment once that apparently when you're wearing an eyepatch, you lose almost all of your depth perception. It's quite the act of bravery that she tackles those stairs night after night.

Your lack of maturity is absolutely outstanding. Enjoy the ignored list. I know you're still reading this though, you're too addicted to your contempt. 
Laters!..

I read an interesting comment once that apparently when you're wearing an eyepatch, you lose almost all of your depth perception. It's quite the act of bravery that she tackles those stairs night after night.

Well considering she's cancelled show after show in New York City, it seems pretty fair to discuss it here.

Your lack of maturity is absolutely outstanding. Enjoy the ignored list. I know you're still reading this though, you're too addicted to your contempt. 
Laters!..

Yet you've said that other artist have done exactly that. What's the difference? Nobody has been posting empty seats on a daily basis, but you can almost guarantee there will be further cancellations this tour.

Well, the artist that essentially 'saved' my life through music and a very, very special concert is a rock artist and has never been a popstar, so 'shock horror', it's absolutely doesn't fit your sad conspiracy narrative.
It's so sad that you've made this very negative, jaded impression and assumption of somebody you don't know, because they're observationally expressive over a strange era in M's career.
 
You seem to be all-consumed by the desire to 'call out' fans that don't think M shits rainbows. 
You talk about hate, but you seem to be absolutely drowning in the stuff. Hate and contempt for people who don't agree with your views and your high praise of an idol. It's been seen before, with popstars fans becoming overly possessive, to blind leaders of politicians...
You're consumed by contempt. You're full of hate.
 
Channel that hate into something else.

I love her myself, I just don’t love as much of this era as I have done in the few years leading up to it.
ill probably love something you don’t love in the future...
she’s helped my life too. Probably to a lesser extent than another artist in a totally different genre, but yeah. 
 
im as interested in her career as I ever have been, but I’m balanced in my view. And I won’t change that.
 
love it or leave it mark!