Where's The Party?

I'm sure this probably isn't the case, but in my head, the projector screens are a cute throwback to the ones used on the VT and WGT tours.

This LEGEND.
When it comes to concerts, I feel like M is one of the few performers - perhaps the only performer - who gets it. And I mean really gets it. She understands what a concert should be, and is - a whole experience from beginning to end. And that's what this was. Every single part of the show was so well-thought-out, and you could tell she was living her absolute best life. The fact that she's achieved a career high in her 60s and coupled with the fact that we almost lost her a year ago, makes this achievement even more emotional. I'm very, very honoured to have seen this masterclass in how to put on a show back in October.
The perfect way to end the tour. Quite simply, the greatest performer of all time. There will literally never be another.

This LEGEND.
When it comes to concerts, I feel like M is one of the few performers - perhaps the only performer - who gets it. And I mean really gets it. She understands what a concert should be, and is - a whole experience from beginning to end. And that's what this was. Every single part of the show was so well-thought-out, and you could tell she was living her absolute best life. The fact that she's achieved a career high in her 60s and coupled with the fact that we almost lost her a year ago, makes this achievement even more emotional. I'm very, very honoured to have seen this masterclass in how to put on a show back in October.
The perfect way to end the tour. Quite simply, the greatest performer of all time. There will literally never be another.

This LEGEND.
When it comes to concerts, I feel like M is one of the few performers - perhaps the only performer - who gets it. And I mean really gets it. She understands what a concert should be, and is - a whole experience from beginning to end. And that's what this was. Every single part of the show was so well-thought-out, and you could tell she was living her absolute best life. The fact that she's achieved a career high in her 60s and coupled with the fact that we almost lost her a year ago, makes this achievement even more emotional. I'm very, very honoured to have seen this masterclass in how to put on a show back in October.
The perfect way to end the tour. Quite simply, the greatest performer of all time. There will literally never be another.

This LEGEND.
When it comes to concerts, I feel like M is one of the few performers - perhaps the only performer - who gets it. And I mean really gets it. She understands what a concert should be, and is - a whole experience from beginning to end. And that's what this was. Every single part of the show was so well-thought-out, and you could tell she was living her absolute best life. The fact that she's achieved a career high in her 60s and coupled with the fact that we almost lost her a year ago, makes this achievement even more emotional. I'm very, very honoured to have seen this masterclass in how to put on a show back in October.
The perfect way to end the tour. Quite simply, the greatest performer of all time. There will literally never be another.

This LEGEND.
When it comes to concerts, I feel like M is one of the few performers - perhaps the only performer - who gets it. And I mean really gets it. She understands what a concert should be, and is - a whole experience from beginning to end. And that's what this was. Every single part of the show was so well-thought-out, and you could tell she was living her absolute best life. The fact that she's achieved a career high in her 60s and coupled with the fact that we almost lost her a year ago, makes this achievement even more emotional. I'm very, very honoured to have seen this masterclass in how to put on a show back in October.
The perfect way to end the tour. Quite simply, the greatest performer of all time. There will literally never be another.

If you compare it to other tours of those years it’s quite extraordinary. MJ’s Bad for example is quite basic in comparison. She really brought in incredible theatrics.

The whole show. It's one of her most underrated tours, tbh.

If you can't see how truly shallow and inappropriate it is to spend this amount of time on a woman's behind then I can't help you, you do you, but don't run around crying when you get called out on it babes. 

I have never seen anything like it HD
 

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So, I attended this show, and it was amazing.
It's true Diplo was the support act, and he was shit. He did get the crowd going though, I'll give him that.
I was surprised by how diverse the audience was, if I'm honest. There were a lot of people my age (30) and younger, in addition to older people too. I saw a lot of M tributes from audience members too. Off the top of my head, I saw at least five in the "Italians Do It Better" shirt, two Super Bowl M's, two Vogue VMA Ms, one Hanky Panky BAT M, and one American Life RIT M.
Can confirm that she started the show on time (at 8:50pm), we got a full show, and the crowd were living. One of the most animated crowds I've been part of, given it was a midweek crowd. We had seats towards the back of the arena (Block 106), and everywhere you looked there were people getting their lives to pretty much every song. Seats were fantastic, but when M came to the very end of the centre catwalk, our vision of her was blocked due to the bunch of cable wires that were hanging directly in front of us (although this occurred maybe 2% of the show, so it's no big deal).
Into the Groove was a big crowd pleaser, as were Holiday, Like a Prayer, the Papa Don't Preach intro, Vogue, Don't Tell Me and the literal ten-second rendition of Music we got. The finale I found quite abrupt and confusing (and so did everyone in my section), but other than that, I can't fault it. The LAV/BJ tribute is gorgeous, by the way - another crowd pleaser. The setlist was exactly the same as opening night. I never heard any snippets of Candy Shop (although I hate that song and don't know why she loves it so much), or of Spotlight, tbh.
She also got quite emotional when she was discussing what was going on in Israel/Gaza, and mentioned a six-year-old boy who was murdered in Chicago on Monday. All in all, £200 very much well spent.

So, I attended this show, and it was amazing.
It's true Diplo was the support act, and he was shit. He did get the crowd going though, I'll give him that.
I was surprised by how diverse the audience was, if I'm honest. There were a lot of people my age (30) and younger, in addition to older people too. I saw a lot of M tributes from audience members too. Off the top of my head, I saw at least five in the "Italians Do It Better" shirt, two Super Bowl M's, two Vogue VMA Ms, one Hanky Panky BAT M, and one American Life RIT M.
Can confirm that she started the show on time (at 8:50pm), we got a full show, and the crowd were living. One of the most animated crowds I've been part of, given it was a midweek crowd. We had seats towards the back of the arena (Block 106), and everywhere you looked there were people getting their lives to pretty much every song. Seats were fantastic, but when M came to the very end of the centre catwalk, our vision of her was blocked due to the bunch of cable wires that were hanging directly in front of us (although this occurred maybe 2% of the show, so it's no big deal).
Into the Groove was a big crowd pleaser, as were Holiday, Like a Prayer, the Papa Don't Preach intro, Vogue, Don't Tell Me and the literal ten-second rendition of Music we got. The finale I found quite abrupt and confusing (and so did everyone in my section), but other than that, I can't fault it. The LAV/BJ tribute is gorgeous, by the way - another crowd pleaser. The setlist was exactly the same as opening night. I never heard any snippets of Candy Shop (although I hate that song and don't know why she loves it so much), or of Spotlight, tbh.
She also got quite emotional when she was discussing what was going on in Israel/Gaza, and mentioned a six-year-old boy who was murdered in Chicago on Monday. All in all, £200 very much well spent.

IVE CUM ALREADY SOZ

Inside the pop-up shop. Seems the BA bomber is for sale there.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyYCeEasxf8/?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ==

Inside the pop-up shop. Seems the BA bomber is for sale there.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyYCeEasxf8/?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ==

9pm start, apparently.
https://twitter.com/madonnatribe/status/1713147160269664275

The Celebration Tour by the numbers
https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/165230/Madonna-The-Celebration-Tour-by-the-numbers
4 decades of unstoppable hits – prepare to dance your ass off! 13th culture shaping tour 1 extraordinary drag queen 8th tour partnering with director Jamie King 24 onstage performers 1 Stuart Price reunion 4,400 square ft. of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour. Inspired by the grid of Manhattan with Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages. 8 humidifiers in Madonna’s dressing room 1 bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space 3 traveling mobile gyms 15 countries 78 shows 50 merch items including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours such as the Blond Ambition Bomber Jacket 45 wardrobe trunks 1 Queen sized Madonna flag outside the O2 (naturally) 6 sold out nights in London 3 layered circular stage where the traditional main stage would be, inspired by the wedding cake of Madonna’s original VMA performance 3 physical therapists 4 of Madonna’s children on stage 40 pairs of boxing gloves 230 ft. of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105 ft far into the venue 14 spotlights for Madonna and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8800 lighting cues 17 archived costumes recreated 4 rehearsal venues 80 tons of production equipment 330 million albums sold, still the best-selling female artist of all time 3600 square ft. of projection imagery to the show. The most amount of video ever used in a Madonna show. 200+ traveling crew – 25 in the costume department alone 30 ft. off the ground Madonna is transported around the arena in an illuminated portal frame that acts as a time machine allowing her to move at 1.5 ft per second, 80 ft across and 130 ft down the length of the arena designed to symbolize looking into the past, present and towards the future. 3700 amps of show power

The Celebration Tour by the numbers
https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/165230/Madonna-The-Celebration-Tour-by-the-numbers
4 decades of unstoppable hits – prepare to dance your ass off! 13th culture shaping tour 1 extraordinary drag queen 8th tour partnering with director Jamie King 24 onstage performers 1 Stuart Price reunion 4,400 square ft. of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour. Inspired by the grid of Manhattan with Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages. 8 humidifiers in Madonna’s dressing room 1 bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space 3 traveling mobile gyms 15 countries 78 shows 50 merch items including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours such as the Blond Ambition Bomber Jacket 45 wardrobe trunks 1 Queen sized Madonna flag outside the O2 (naturally) 6 sold out nights in London 3 layered circular stage where the traditional main stage would be, inspired by the wedding cake of Madonna’s original VMA performance 3 physical therapists 4 of Madonna’s children on stage 40 pairs of boxing gloves 230 ft. of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105 ft far into the venue 14 spotlights for Madonna and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8800 lighting cues 17 archived costumes recreated 4 rehearsal venues 80 tons of production equipment 330 million albums sold, still the best-selling female artist of all time 3600 square ft. of projection imagery to the show. The most amount of video ever used in a Madonna show. 200+ traveling crew – 25 in the costume department alone 30 ft. off the ground Madonna is transported around the arena in an illuminated portal frame that acts as a time machine allowing her to move at 1.5 ft per second, 80 ft across and 130 ft down the length of the arena designed to symbolize looking into the past, present and towards the future. 3700 amps of show power

The Celebration Tour by the numbers
https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/165230/Madonna-The-Celebration-Tour-by-the-numbers
4 decades of unstoppable hits – prepare to dance your ass off! 13th culture shaping tour 1 extraordinary drag queen 8th tour partnering with director Jamie King 24 onstage performers 1 Stuart Price reunion 4,400 square ft. of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour. Inspired by the grid of Manhattan with Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages. 8 humidifiers in Madonna’s dressing room 1 bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space 3 traveling mobile gyms 15 countries 78 shows 50 merch items including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours such as the Blond Ambition Bomber Jacket 45 wardrobe trunks 1 Queen sized Madonna flag outside the O2 (naturally) 6 sold out nights in London 3 layered circular stage where the traditional main stage would be, inspired by the wedding cake of Madonna’s original VMA performance 3 physical therapists 4 of Madonna’s children on stage 40 pairs of boxing gloves 230 ft. of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105 ft far into the venue 14 spotlights for Madonna and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8800 lighting cues 17 archived costumes recreated 4 rehearsal venues 80 tons of production equipment 330 million albums sold, still the best-selling female artist of all time 3600 square ft. of projection imagery to the show. The most amount of video ever used in a Madonna show. 200+ traveling crew – 25 in the costume department alone 30 ft. off the ground Madonna is transported around the arena in an illuminated portal frame that acts as a time machine allowing her to move at 1.5 ft per second, 80 ft across and 130 ft down the length of the arena designed to symbolize looking into the past, present and towards the future. 3700 amps of show power

The Celebration Tour by the numbers
https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/165230/Madonna-The-Celebration-Tour-by-the-numbers
4 decades of unstoppable hits – prepare to dance your ass off! 13th culture shaping tour 1 extraordinary drag queen 8th tour partnering with director Jamie King 24 onstage performers 1 Stuart Price reunion 4,400 square ft. of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour. Inspired by the grid of Manhattan with Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages. 8 humidifiers in Madonna’s dressing room 1 bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space 3 traveling mobile gyms 15 countries 78 shows 50 merch items including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours such as the Blond Ambition Bomber Jacket 45 wardrobe trunks 1 Queen sized Madonna flag outside the O2 (naturally) 6 sold out nights in London 3 layered circular stage where the traditional main stage would be, inspired by the wedding cake of Madonna’s original VMA performance 3 physical therapists 4 of Madonna’s children on stage 40 pairs of boxing gloves 230 ft. of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105 ft far into the venue 14 spotlights for Madonna and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8800 lighting cues 17 archived costumes recreated 4 rehearsal venues 80 tons of production equipment 330 million albums sold, still the best-selling female artist of all time 3600 square ft. of projection imagery to the show. The most amount of video ever used in a Madonna show. 200+ traveling crew – 25 in the costume department alone 30 ft. off the ground Madonna is transported around the arena in an illuminated portal frame that acts as a time machine allowing her to move at 1.5 ft per second, 80 ft across and 130 ft down the length of the arena designed to symbolize looking into the past, present and towards the future. 3700 amps of show power

The Celebration Tour by the numbers
https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/165230/Madonna-The-Celebration-Tour-by-the-numbers
4 decades of unstoppable hits – prepare to dance your ass off! 13th culture shaping tour 1 extraordinary drag queen 8th tour partnering with director Jamie King 24 onstage performers 1 Stuart Price reunion 4,400 square ft. of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour. Inspired by the grid of Manhattan with Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages. 8 humidifiers in Madonna’s dressing room 1 bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space 3 traveling mobile gyms 15 countries 78 shows 50 merch items including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours such as the Blond Ambition Bomber Jacket 45 wardrobe trunks 1 Queen sized Madonna flag outside the O2 (naturally) 6 sold out nights in London 3 layered circular stage where the traditional main stage would be, inspired by the wedding cake of Madonna’s original VMA performance 3 physical therapists 4 of Madonna’s children on stage 40 pairs of boxing gloves 230 ft. of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105 ft far into the venue 14 spotlights for Madonna and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8800 lighting cues 17 archived costumes recreated 4 rehearsal venues 80 tons of production equipment 330 million albums sold, still the best-selling female artist of all time 3600 square ft. of projection imagery to the show. The most amount of video ever used in a Madonna show. 200+ traveling crew – 25 in the costume department alone 30 ft. off the ground Madonna is transported around the arena in an illuminated portal frame that acts as a time machine allowing her to move at 1.5 ft per second, 80 ft across and 130 ft down the length of the arena designed to symbolize looking into the past, present and towards the future. 3700 amps of show power

The Celebration Tour by the numbers
https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/165230/Madonna-The-Celebration-Tour-by-the-numbers
4 decades of unstoppable hits – prepare to dance your ass off! 13th culture shaping tour 1 extraordinary drag queen 8th tour partnering with director Jamie King 24 onstage performers 1 Stuart Price reunion 4,400 square ft. of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour. Inspired by the grid of Manhattan with Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages. 8 humidifiers in Madonna’s dressing room 1 bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space 3 traveling mobile gyms 15 countries 78 shows 50 merch items including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours such as the Blond Ambition Bomber Jacket 45 wardrobe trunks 1 Queen sized Madonna flag outside the O2 (naturally) 6 sold out nights in London 3 layered circular stage where the traditional main stage would be, inspired by the wedding cake of Madonna’s original VMA performance 3 physical therapists 4 of Madonna’s children on stage 40 pairs of boxing gloves 230 ft. of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105 ft far into the venue 14 spotlights for Madonna and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8800 lighting cues 17 archived costumes recreated 4 rehearsal venues 80 tons of production equipment 330 million albums sold, still the best-selling female artist of all time 3600 square ft. of projection imagery to the show. The most amount of video ever used in a Madonna show. 200+ traveling crew – 25 in the costume department alone 30 ft. off the ground Madonna is transported around the arena in an illuminated portal frame that acts as a time machine allowing her to move at 1.5 ft per second, 80 ft across and 130 ft down the length of the arena designed to symbolize looking into the past, present and towards the future. 3700 amps of show power

The Celebration Tour by the numbers
https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/165230/Madonna-The-Celebration-Tour-by-the-numbers
4 decades of unstoppable hits – prepare to dance your ass off! 13th culture shaping tour 1 extraordinary drag queen 8th tour partnering with director Jamie King 24 onstage performers 1 Stuart Price reunion 4,400 square ft. of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour. Inspired by the grid of Manhattan with Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages. 8 humidifiers in Madonna’s dressing room 1 bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space 3 traveling mobile gyms 15 countries 78 shows 50 merch items including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours such as the Blond Ambition Bomber Jacket 45 wardrobe trunks 1 Queen sized Madonna flag outside the O2 (naturally) 6 sold out nights in London 3 layered circular stage where the traditional main stage would be, inspired by the wedding cake of Madonna’s original VMA performance 3 physical therapists 4 of Madonna’s children on stage 40 pairs of boxing gloves 230 ft. of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105 ft far into the venue 14 spotlights for Madonna and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8800 lighting cues 17 archived costumes recreated 4 rehearsal venues 80 tons of production equipment 330 million albums sold, still the best-selling female artist of all time 3600 square ft. of projection imagery to the show. The most amount of video ever used in a Madonna show. 200+ traveling crew – 25 in the costume department alone 30 ft. off the ground Madonna is transported around the arena in an illuminated portal frame that acts as a time machine allowing her to move at 1.5 ft per second, 80 ft across and 130 ft down the length of the arena designed to symbolize looking into the past, present and towards the future. 3700 amps of show power

The Celebration Tour by the numbers
https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/165230/Madonna-The-Celebration-Tour-by-the-numbers
4 decades of unstoppable hits – prepare to dance your ass off! 13th culture shaping tour 1 extraordinary drag queen 8th tour partnering with director Jamie King 24 onstage performers 1 Stuart Price reunion 4,400 square ft. of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour. Inspired by the grid of Manhattan with Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages. 8 humidifiers in Madonna’s dressing room 1 bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space 3 traveling mobile gyms 15 countries 78 shows 50 merch items including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours such as the Blond Ambition Bomber Jacket 45 wardrobe trunks 1 Queen sized Madonna flag outside the O2 (naturally) 6 sold out nights in London 3 layered circular stage where the traditional main stage would be, inspired by the wedding cake of Madonna’s original VMA performance 3 physical therapists 4 of Madonna’s children on stage 40 pairs of boxing gloves 230 ft. of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105 ft far into the venue 14 spotlights for Madonna and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8800 lighting cues 17 archived costumes recreated 4 rehearsal venues 80 tons of production equipment 330 million albums sold, still the best-selling female artist of all time 3600 square ft. of projection imagery to the show. The most amount of video ever used in a Madonna show. 200+ traveling crew – 25 in the costume department alone 30 ft. off the ground Madonna is transported around the arena in an illuminated portal frame that acts as a time machine allowing her to move at 1.5 ft per second, 80 ft across and 130 ft down the length of the arena designed to symbolize looking into the past, present and towards the future. 3700 amps of show power