NothingReallyMatters

The album Erotica was greatly represened with Erotica (You Thrill Me), Bad Girl, Fever, In This Life and Rain.

So if I saw Correctly, Bob was wearing the iconic (or a likeness) dress from the Vogue MTV AWARDS 90 performance.  I also thought I saw some other dancer wearing something similar later in the show as well?

Oh Father
Sorry
Ghosttown
Hold Tight
The Power Of Goodbye
Frozen
Papa Don't Preach
Candy Shop
4 Minutes

are among the songs that were rehearsed but haven’t appeared in the setlist so far.
Also, where is that little bitch who said she wasn’t gonna pay tribute to friends, collaborators and mentors? 😂🤭✌️

Maybe it was a lot of backing track, but she did sound good singing it.  I never am sure because when I hear the clips from Everybody, it just sounds like the studio vocals from the song.  I know she's always been singing to backing tracks and maybe the footage I've seen didn't pick. up her actual live vocals.  I just heard mostly the backing track on Everybody.  As for Bad Girl, it sounded like live vocals though.

I have now seen Bad Girl in full, I can die happy. The show was fabulous, so many surprises and the catsuit look during bedtime story. Amazing 

I hope not. It was great, and we need 00’s representation on the set list 

What a Setlist.
Something was defo cut tonight cause of the tech issues.
I'm thinking it was around the Human Nature / Crazy For You mark cause that was hacked to fuck messy.
There were no cannons at the end either and it ended abruptly. Lights up everyone out.
 
Thank fuck she had the sense to do Hung Up proper.
I did think a lot of the songs didn't have time to breathe and lost a little but if their oomph for it but its that type of show.
Virgin / Material / Music / Frozen / Papa / Express Yourself not being in the setlist / performed properly is kind of a major gag and I do think the casuals will be a bit iffy about that. They are six of her signature songs. Im howling she's ruthless.
Thank fuck no Hold Tight.
Live To Tell, Bad Girl, Everybody - Groove and Vogue were the highlights. Vogue was insane. 
The show needs some tweaks for sure ..I can't believe its not as polished yet tbh but that's why I avoid going to the opening night after Sticky & Sweet.
She seemed in great form and was serving body and vocals and it was so good to see her back.
The fine tuning will make all the difference.
Well done mom we love you x
 

No, I believe those weren't never intended. Once they worked out the technical issue, they continued on from the beginning of Open Your Heart again.  But I would expect Bad Girl could easily be switched out for Oh Father.
And speaking in general, I'm doubting the set-list will be changed from show to show.  But I do agree that there is room for a few changes, so we'll see what happens tomorrow. 

If the news has to do with more drag queens, I will be happy to miss it. I am no way interested in the drag aspect of the concert.

This is a show for people who GET HER and for herself, of course. She said fuck the locals who want Material Girl, I'm going to celebrate myself with people who love me.

I mean, her children being part of the show at key moments, the tributes to the people she lost to AIDS, her mother, her rebellious relationship with the church and figures of power. These are the main ingredients of what makes Madonna an artist and people who don't understand this will never understand her. Let them complain about not knowing many songs... It's 2023, Madonna is not going to kiss the ass of people who still don't understand her.

If you want the poppy, feel-good hits to go to Las Vegas, there are plenty of girls doing it there!

I think she will change the setlist depending on the country she is. Like for example Rain isn't really popular in Germany so maybe she would replace it with Frozen

Yes, EROTICA was EVERYTHING! Do you think HT, OF and Sorry were cut cause of the technical issues? 

So far the cuts have been Hold Tight, Oh Father and Sorry, weird those have been omitted but maybe we'll get some of them tomorrow?
I also knew about Frozen being replaced by Rain (hence the backdrop using Frozen video and also Drownedmadonna not hinting it) and it sounds phenomenal.
So much content from Erotica, I liveeee. Cannot wait for my show. 

WHAT. A. SETLIST. From the clips I have seen it looks amazing though I'm wondering if she'll change things up from night to night since some songs were left off (praying for "Frozen" to get added back in).

The best part for me is i thought i had bad tickets but i 'm gonna have a better view of the show than people in the pit and first row. 
I'm stuck on Bad Girl. 
It's silly to judge a show from a bad livestream from the nosebleeders...It reminded me a lot of that Gaultier autobiographical show he did.
She looked great and sounded great. 
I see her mixing Gmayl and BIM as her "I love you but fuck you'" moment (she should have added a line from Candy Shop though) to the fans.
Can't wait to experience it live in person. 

**Act I: Opening Celebration**
*(Spoken intro skit by Bob the Drag Queen)*
- "Nothing Really Matters" (First time since 1999)
- "Everybody" (First time since 2015; Contains elements of “Where’s The Party”)
- "Into The Hollywood Groove" (First time since 2004)
- "Burning Up" (First time since 2016)
- "Open Your Heart" (First time since 2017; Contains elements of “Live To Tell”; restarted due to sound issues)
- "Holiday" (First time since 2016; Contains elements of “I Want Your Love” by Chic)
- "The Storm" (Contains elements of “In This Life”)
- "Live to Tell" (First time since 2006; dedicated to all AIDS victims)
- "The Ritual" (Dancers Interlude; Contains elements of "Girl Gone Wild")
- "Like a Prayer" (Contains elements of “Girl Gone Wild,” "Act of Contrition," and “Unholy” by Sam Smith and Kim Petras)
**Act II: The Sacrifice / Erotic**
- (Contains elements of “Living For Love” & "Erotica" & “Justify My Love” & "Fever")
- "Erotica" (First time since 2016; contains elements of "Erotica (Final Demo 2)" and "Papa Don't Preach")
- "Justify My Love"
- "Hung Up" (Contains elements of "Hung Up on Tokischa," "Gangsta" by Kehlani, and “Fever”)
- "Bad Girl" (First time since 1993)
- "Ballroom" (Dancers Interlude; Contains elements of "Up Down Suite," "Vogue," and "BREAK MY SOUL (THE QUEENS MIX)")
- "Vogue"
- "Human Nature" (Shortened)
- "Crazy for You" (First time since 2016)
**Act III: The Beast Within**
- (Video Interlude)
- "Die Another Day" (First time since 2004)
- "Don't Tell Me" (First time since 2016)
- "Mother and Father" (First time since 2004)
- "Little Star" (Snippet, acapella)
- "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor cover) (Acoustic)
- "La isla bonita"
- "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover)
**Act IV: Madonna**
- (Video Interlude - Contains elements of "I Don't Search I Find")
- "Bedtime Story" (First time since 1995)
- "Ray of Light" (First time since 2017)
- "Rain" (First time since 1993)
**Act V: Encore Celebration**
- "Like a Virgin" (Contains elements of "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson)
- "Bitch I'm Madonna" (First time since 2016; Contains elements of "Give Me All Your Luvin" and "Unapologetic Bitch")
- "Celebration" (Contains elements of "Music")
 

SET LIST
Nothing Really Matters
Where's the Party? (Intro)/Everybody
Into the Hollywood Groove
Burning Up (Demo)
Open Your Heart
Holiday/I Want Your Love
In this Life/Live to Tell
Virgin Mary Intro
Like a Prayer
Act of Contrition/Unholy
Living for Love (Interlude)
Fever (Interlude)
Justify My Love (Intro)/Erotica (You Thrill Me)/Papa Don't Preach (Outro strings)
Justify My Love (Remix)/Fever (Outro)
Hung Up on Tokischa/Hung Up
Mercy James playing Piano
Bad Girl
Up Down Suite and Break My Soul elements into Vogue (Ballroom Scene)
Human Nature
Crazy for You
The Beast Within
Die Another Day
Don't Tell Me
Mother & Father
I Will Survive
La Isla Bonita
Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
I Don't Search I Find (Interlude)
Bedtime Story
Ray of Light (Sasha Ultra Violet Mix)
Justify My Love (Interlude)
Rain
Like a Virgin/Billie Jean
Bitch I'm Madonna/Give Me All Your Luvin' (Elements)
Celebration/Music and Bitch I'm Madonna elements

Lots of really great moments but the flow did seem off and the ending was abrupt. And she really should have included a few iconic ones like Material Girl, Lucky Star, Express Yourself and Music (even though we got a tiny bit at the end).  I'd much rather have those than I Will Survive. A good show overall and she is 65 after all. 

So she confirmed she was at death's door, that was emotional to hear. Made me glad for this show much more.
I do think she could scrap some of the mashups/medley's and replace with a few classics and this would be an even stronger show
Also first tour without new music/an album to support

Ok I really didn't care about this when she annonced it cause I was disappointed too many times in the recent years, but when I started to understand she really was going deep in the catalogue everything changed and I was so expecting it tonight. 
It was great for me. The major quality of this show is her changing for the first time the whole structure. It's like a continous flow through her career, of course some parts focus the attention on specific moods and aesthetics but I did not feel the usual rigid 4, 5 acts.
The major flaw is the reference to some tracks that just did not give justice to their value, I think of Human nature especially and Papa don't preach really deserved a better treatment, when it started the arena exploded and then nothing, it's Justify my love  At the same time I found interesting the way she hinted thinks and tracks, even major ones, without properly perform them. When she stopped on something she was great.
The picks for me have been Nothing really matters, Live to tell, the Erotica/Justify/Hung up/Bad girl part, Vogue, Die another day and surely Bedtime story and Rain, even just for their presence. The most scarificed track was Like a Prayer maybe, it really seemed to lack its power, the setting was strong but the track didn't come out. 
The impression is that the first and the closing parts, where she presented the dancy stuff, were not much of her interest and I understand it. Neither are mine and never did so I'm ok with it.
Costumes, special effects and stuff here are present but not the core of the show, she is all about going through the journey and I really felt like reliving it all.
Tonight I love her again, she made me meet again parts of her that kept me loyal for years and it feels like a crazy thing  

but look at all we got tonight

I am LIVING for this setlist. LOL
Mother knows the 90s is where it's at.

I loved most of it, there's A LOT to unpack on this show, but I do feel that most of the songs don't get a chance to fully go down, it felt very stop/start/stop but I think there's a way to get used to it.

The only part I couldn't care less is the MJ thing... Nobody needs it, Mother, let it go.

In all honesty, BAD GIRL... The rest could be a pile of crap, BAD GIRL alone would save the show. WHAT A PERFORMANCE.

I felt that in a way too.  It started off pretty great with her singing the songs in full, but then as the show went on, it seemed like things were more mashed together. 
The show was a grande mix bag for sure.  It was hard to see much with the streaming, so maybe seeing better footage where you see her more, I would be more enthused over this.  I also felt like there were times that the staged swallowed her up. So much space and there were times she just kinda walked about even on some songs you think she could have probably had dancers doing something.
Again, I have to see this again with better footage or see it live myself to really waiver either way on this.  It definitely was fun and most of the songs were very true to the originals.

Here 's the Rain snippet we missed
https://x.com/MadonnaUltimate/status/1713312282917113926?s=20

Her not performing Express Yourself, Material Girl, Frozen and Give it 2 me is a crime