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I'll write up a tour for what if she added a new installment of the RHT and toured the songs she didn't perform off the album and focus on American Life, Erotica, and Like A Prayer (the albums)My goal create a tour that touches nearly every album and really expresses the intent of rebel heart and how it correlates with her other works

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MADONNA AND MICHAEL JACKSON

ROYALTY TOUR

 

 

INTRO – THE KING AND THE QUEEN ON THE THRONE

ACT I

THRILLER

BEAT IT

 

ACT II

VOGUE

EXPRESS YOURSELF

 

ACT III

WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING

DON’T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH/CAUSING A COMMOTION

INTO THE GROOVE

 

ACT IV

BAD

SMOOTH CRIMINAL

 

ACT V

LIKE A PRAYER

LIKE A VIRGIN

 

ACT VI

JAM

THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL

SCREAM (FT MADONNA)

4 MINUTES (FT MJ)

 

ACT VII

FROZEN

DEEPER AND DEEPER

 

ACT VIII

P.Y.T.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

 

ACT IX

OPEN YOUR HEART

HUNG UP

 

ACT X

BILLIE JEAN

BLACK AND WHITE

MAN IN THE MIRROR

 

ACT XI

RAY OF LIGHT

LA ISLA BONITA

HOLIDAY

 

ENCORE:

MUSIC/BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE

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Let's imagine Madonna wants to dedicate to cinema and other ventures. Many years later, she's back to the stages but with no new studio album, so she will perform a greatest hits tour, something no one would have ever thought she would do in her entire career.

 

Every segment is decade-related, full of music samples of other artists successful in that particular decade (80's, Michael Jackson; 90's, Spice Girls; 2000's, Britney Spears; 2010's, Rihanna, for instance) and so on. The only disadvantage would be that the setlist would consist on many medleys.

 

ACT 1:

 

1. "Intro": Some clip of her early years with an audio of her young voice from the seventies.

2. "Everybody"

3. "Burning Up"

4. "Like a Virgin" / "Material Girl"

5. "Live to Tell" / "Open Your Heart"

6. "Like a Prayer"

7. "Vogue"

 

ACT 2:

 

6. "Interlude": A clip of pieces of news about the impact and controversies Madonna has had along the eighties (HIV, LGTB rights, etc.), introducing the nineties

7. "Erotica" / "Deeper and Deeper"

8. "Rain"

9. "Secret"

10. "Take a Bow"

11. "Frozen" / "The Power of Good-Bye"

12. "Ray of Light" / "Beautiful Stranger"

 

ACT 3:

 

13. "Interlude": A clip with controversies and reception of Madonna's nineties work, introducing the new millenium.

14. "Music"

15. "Don't Tell Me"

16. "Die Another Day" / "Hollywood"

17. "Nothing Fails"

18. "Hung Up" / "Sorry"

19. "Give It 2 Me" / "Celebration"

 

ACT 4:

 

20. "Interlude": A clip with Madonna's new ventures and how new pop artists have disappeared (would be epic lol) and media ageism against her.

21. "Girl Gone Wild"

22. "Masterpiece"

23. "Living for Love"

24. "Ghosttown"

25. "Song request": every time Madonna confirms a new date for her tour, she offers a poll on the Facebook wall of that event so fans can vote what song they want to be performed there. Obviously they can only choose from songs not included on the setlist.

26. "Interlude": A clip with Madonna's vision on how the world has changed and the incertainties of the future.

27. "Holiday": it features an incredible backdrop full of pics, videos, and art about artists (musicians, dancers, actors, actresses, writers, directors, etc.) from all around the world and eras.

 

This obviously will never happen, but dreams are free  :smile:

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The Ray of Light Tour.Drowned World/Substitute For LoveNothing Really Matters

Candy Perfume GirlFrozenSwimMer Girl (Interlude)Deeper and DeeperI'd Rather Be Your LoverHuman NatureSecretBedtime Story (Interlude)The Power of GoodbyeSky Fits HeavenRainTake a BowSkin (Interlude)Vogue

Ray of LightHoliday

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I thought i should create a tour that goes through the evolution of Madonna. Each section is one of the decades she has been in the music industry.

 

Madonna World Tour

 

 

Act 1: 1980s

 

1. Everybody (1982) - Madonna

2. Holiday (1983) - Madonna

3. Like A Virgin (1984) - Like A Virgin

4. Papa Don't Preach (1986) - True Blue

5. Like A Prayer (1989) - Like A Prayer

 

 

6. Express Yourself (Interlude) (1989) - Like A Prayer

 

 

Act 2: 1990s

 

7. Vogue (1990) - I'm Breathless

8. Deeper And Deeper (1992) - Erotica

9. Human Nature (1995) - Bedtime Stories

10. Frozen (1998) - Ray Of Light

11. Ray Of Light (1998) - Ray Of Light

 

 

12. Beautiful Stranger (Interlude) (1999) - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 

 

 

Act 3: 2000s

 

13. Music (2000) - Music

14. Die Another Day (2002) - Die Another Day

15. Hung Up (2005) - Confessions On A Dance Floor

16. 4 Minutes (2008) - Hard Candy

17. Celebration (2009) - Celebration

 

 

18. Sorry (Interlude) (2006) - Confessions On A Dance Floor (One of my favorites)

 

 

Act 4: 2010s

 

19. Give Me All Your Luvin' (2012) - MDNA

20. Girl Gone Wild (2012) - MDNA

21. Turn Up The Radio (2012) - MDNA

22. Living For Love (2014) - Rebel Heart

23. Ghosttown (2015) - Rebel Heart

24. Bitch I'm Madonna (2015) - Rebel Heart

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The Unconscious Body Tour (1995/1996) promotes Bedtime Stories and STR.

 

Act I - Inside

 

Instrumental Introduction with smoke and blue lighting

 

1. Bedtime Story

2. Inside Of Me

3. Rain

4. Forbidden Love

5. Rescue Me

 

Act II - Sexual Desire

 

Instrumental Introduction

 

6. Human Nature

7. Fever

8. Burning Up

9. I'd Rather Be Your Lover

10. Justify My Love (she dissappears while singing it a capella)

 

Act III - Something to Remember

 

Silence

 

11. One More Time

12. Love Don't Live Here Anymore

13. Secret/Love Tried to Welcome Me

14. Like A Prayer

 

Act IV - Sweet Trance

 

Instrumental Intro

 

15. Cherish/True Blue

16. Survival

17. Deeper and Deeper (with Erotica elements)

18. Everybody

 

ENCORE

 

19. Take a Bow

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Here would be my 1995/1996 set list for BS and STR

 

1. Bedtime Story

2. Survival

3. Like A Virgin

4. Bad Girl

5. Crazy for you

6. Justify My love/I want you (Interlude)

7. I'd rather be your lover

8. Human Nature

9. Don't stop/Vogue

10. Inside of me

11. Live to tell

12. You'll see

13. Secret

14. Sanctuary (Interlude)

15. La Isla Bonita

16. Who's that girl

17. Take a bow

18. Like a prayer

19. Holiday

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Here's my setlist of favorites in a world tour.

 

Hope u enjoy it...😀😀😀

 

 

Madonna - HER Story World Tour

 

Act 1: Life

 

01.: Intro: Sanctuary/Bedtime Story

02.: Nothing Really Matters

03.: Sky Fits Heaven

04.: Paradise (Not For Me)

05.: Frozen

 

Act 2: SEX

 

06.: Interlude: S.E.X.

07.: Justify My Love

08.: Erotica

09.: Holy Water

10.: Human Nature

 

Act 3: Dance

 

11.: Interlude: Best Night

12.: Candy Shop

13.: La Isla Bonita (Remix)

14.: Deeper And Deeper

15.: I Love New York

 

Act 4: Love

 

16.: Interlude: I Deserve It

17.: Secret

18.: HeartBreakCity

19.: Time Stood Still

20.: This Used To Be My Playground

 

Act 5/Encore: Bitch

 

21.: Interlude: Gang Bang

22.: I’m So Stupid

23.: I Don’t Give A

24.: Bitch I’m Madonna

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Okay...re-worked it, here's my update...😉ðŸ‘

 

 

 

Madonna - HER Story World Tour

 

 

Act 1: Life

 

 

01.: Intro: Sanctuary/Bedtime Story

 

02.: Nothing Really Matters

 

03.: Sky Fits Heaven

 

04.: Paradise (Not For Me)

 

05.: Frozen

 

 

Act 2: Erotic

 

 

06.: Interlude: S.E.X.

 

07.: Best Night

 

08.: Erotica

 

09.: Holy Water

 

10.: Justify My Love

 

 

Act 3: Dance

 

 

11.: Interlude: Vogue

 

12.: Candy Shop

 

13.: Human Nature

 

14.: Deeper And Deeper

 

15.: La Isla Bonita

 

 

Act 4: Love

 

 

16.: Interlude: Skin

 

17.: Secret

 

18.: HeartBreakCity

 

19.: Time Stood Still

 

20.: Live To Tell

 

 

Act 5/Encore: Bitch

 

 

21.: Interlude: Gang Bang

 

22.: I’m So Stupid

 

23.: I Don’t Give A

 

24.: Bitch I’m Madonna

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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.

 

 

This is freakin' awesome!!  But I am going to have some time to think about...deep, deep, deep meditation...   :cute:  :confused:  :cute:

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1997 Tour in support of "Bedtime Stories"-"Something to Remember"-"Evita"

 

Still didn't decide how to name it though. Any suggestions?  :Madonna025:

 
=Keep the Trance=
 
1. Bedtime Story
2. Survival (Remix)
3. Vogue
4. Sanctuary
5. Like a Prayer
 
=Bad Girl=
 
6. Justify My Love (Interlude)
7. Bad Girl
8. Forbidden Love
9. Don't Stop
10. I Want You
11. Rain
 
=Evita=
 
12. Don't Cry for Me Argentina
13. Buenos Aires
14. Another Suitcase in Another Hall
15. La Isla Bonita/Spanish Eyes
16. You Must Love Me
 
=Romantica=
 
17. This Used to Be My Playground (Instrumental-Interlude)
18. Inside of Me
19. Take a Bow
20. You'll See
21. I'll Remember
22. Secret
 
=Party=
 
23. Like a Virgin (Interlude)
24. Express Yourself
25. I'd Rather Be Your Lover
26. Holiday
27. Human Nature
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Royal Tour

 

Opening:
1. Express Yourself

2. Dress You Up

 

Act 1: Nomads

Combination of different cultures and lots of beige. Travellers travelling through deserts and mountains. 

3. Jump

4. Hold Tight

5. Ray Of Light

6. Justify My Love

7. Rain

8. Into The Groove

 

Act 2: East-Berlin

Eighties East-Berlin. Think espionage and shady shadows. 

9. Beautiful Stranger

10. I'm Addicted

11. Nobody Knows Me

12. Papa Don't Preach

13. Sorry

14. Waiting

15. Take a Bow

 

Act 3: Tropical Waters

Underwater segment. With a floating piano for Vogue and a treasure chest for Material Girl. 

16. Holiday

17. Material Girl

18. Vogue

19. Don't Tell Me

20. 4 Minutes

 

Act 4: Cosmos

The roof of the stage will be coverd with stars and all songs will be huge, epic and bombastic.

21. Open Your Heart

22. Crazy For You

23. Live To Tell

24. Power Of Goodbye

25. Like A Prayer

 

Encore:

26. Music

27. Hung Up 

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GREATEST HITS TOUR (and not the Re-Invention Tour)

 

EVERYBODY (INTRO)
01.HOLIDAY
02.LUCKY STAR
03
.LIKE A VIRGIN
04.MATERIAL GIRL (US)/INTO THE GROOVE (EUROPE)

CRAZY FOR YOU (INTERLUDE)
05.LIVE TO TELL
06.PAPA DON'T PREACH
07.OPEN YOUR HEART
08.LA ISLA BONITA

WHO'S THAT GIRL (INTERLUDE)
09.LIKE A PRAYER
10.EXPRESS YOURSELF
11.VOGUE
12.EROTICA
13.TAKE A BOW (US)/SECRET (EUROPE)

DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA (MIAMI MIX) [iNTERLUDE]
14.RAY OF LIGHT
15.MUSIC
16.DON'T TELL ME

HOLLYWOOD (INTERLUDE)
17.HUNG UP
18.4 MINUTES
19.GIRL GONE WILD
20.LIVING FOR LOVE

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MANTRA TOUR 1999

 

I. SUMMER - Hindu Punk

 

1. Shanti / Ashtangi

2. Beautiful Stranger

3. Skin

4. Candy Perfume Girl (with samples from "Whole Lotta Love", "Justify My Love" & "Erotica")

5. Human Nature

 

II. AUTUMN - Latin

 

6. To Have and Not to Hold - Interlude

 

7. I Want You / Love Don't Live Here Anymore

8. You'll See

9. Evita Medley: DCFMA / DCFMA (Remix) / Buenos Aires / You Must Love Me

10. Take a Bow / DCFMA (Reprise)

 

III. WINTER - Gothic

 

11. Has to Be - Interlude

 

12. Frozen (with samples from the Widescreen Mix)

13. The Power of Good-Bye

14. I'll Remember (William Orbit Remix)

15. Intro / Drowned World / Substitute for Love

16. Swim

17. Secret

 

IV. SPRING - Space Geisha

 

18. Sanctuary - Interlude

 

19. Mer Girl (shortened)

20. Bedtime Story (Orbital Remix)

21. Sky Fits Heaven

22. Nothing Really Matters (with samples from "Vikram Cybercut Remix")

 

V. ENCORE

23. Like a Prayer 

24. Ray of Light (with Sitar Solo and samples from "Cyber-raga" and "DW/SFL" reprise)

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Had the Ray of Light Tour happened...

 

BOOGIE WOOGIE TOUR 2001

 

I. SPACE GIRL

 

1. Impressive Instant

2. Lucky Star (Club Mix - with elements from "Music" & "Everybody")

3. Ray of Light (Sasha Strip Down Mix)

4. Runaway Lover 

5. Amazing

 

II. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA 

 

6. Paradise (Not for Me) - Interlude

 

7. Vogue (Remix with Asian Vibe)

8. Frozen (Stereo MC Mix)

9. Open Your Heart (Remix with Asian Vibe)

10. Nobody's Perfect

11. Take a Bow (Asian Vibe Remix)

 

III. COUNTRY GIRL

 

12. Material Girl (Wild West Mix) - Interlude

 

13. American Pie

14. What It Feels Like for a Girl

15. Express Yourself (Folkatronic Mix)

16. Don't Tell Me

17. True Blue OR Like a Virgin OR Cherish (Acoustic)

18. I Deserve It

 

IV. LATIN PIMP

 

19. Lo Que Siente La Mujer (Calderone Quayle Dark Side Mix) - Interlude

 

20. Who's That Girl

21. La Isla Bonita

22. Holiday

23. Music

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Rescue Me

Over And Over

Love Profusion

Time Stood Still

 

Some Girls

Living For Love

Back In Business

Push

 

Hold Tight

Devil Wouldn't Recognise You

Live To Tell

Physical Attraction

 

Fever

Across The Sky

Don't Stop

I'll Remember

 

Let It Will Be

Ghosttown

Beautiful Killer

The Look Of Love

 

Till Death Do Us Part

Nothing Fails

Get Together

Skin

Ray Of Light

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(clears throat) "DROWNED WORLD TOUR" ? Ahem...

Which only featured very few songs from Ray of Light and mostly songs from Music.

 

Drowned World/Substitute for Love

Candy Perfume Girl

Ray of Light

Frozen

Mer Girl (as part of a medley)

Sky Fits Heaven (as part of a medley)

 

...these have been performed on tour, whereas...

 

Skin

Swim

Shanti/Ashtangi

Nothing Really Matters

The Power of Good-Bye

Little Star

To Have and Not to Hold

 

... have never been done on tour EVER. That's more than 50% of Ray of Light (including two singles from it).

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Which only featured very few songs from Ray of Light and mostly songs from Music.

 

 

Yeah, you're right. This tour always felt like a ROL tour to me, though the best numbers were from Music LOL.

 

I don't really get the point of this game, albums are albums, tours are tours, I don't see anywhere a rule saying that an artist SHOULD tour for every album and that every album should be played on stage. These are very different approaches to performance and music.

Blond Ambition is her greatest tour ever and probably because it was a total spectacle more than a live version of LAP or IC. Girlie Show was a highly conceptual show inspired by Erotica which had very little in common with the album in the end.

This vision of album / tour / album / tour is somewhat "reductive" and artists are much more than just promotional machines. Sometimes they have a vision, that's when it becomes interesting.

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Yeah, you're right. This tour always felt like a ROL tour to me, though the best numbers were from Music LOL.

 

I don't really get the point of this game, albums are albums, tours are tours, I don't see anywhere a rule saying that an artist SHOULD tour for every album and that every album should be played on stage. These are very different approaches to performance and music.

Blond Ambition is her greatest tour ever and probably because it was a total spectacle more than a live version of LAP or IC. Girlie Show was a highly conceptual show inspired by Erotica which had very little in common with the album in the end.

This vision of album / tour / album / tour is somewhat "reductive" and artists are much more than just promotional machines. Sometimes they have a vision, that's when it becomes interesting.

Well, in Ray of Light's case it's simply a bit disappointing because it's her most widely acclaimed and arguably her best album to date. Yet, she's never done a good half of it on tour. Also, had she done the Ray of Light Tour, the music tour could have been WAY better cause it would have featured more classics and as a result of that, the American Life/Re-Invention Tour might have been less of a GH Tour.

 

With Erotica she basically ignored most of the talking songs which is understandable cause performing those live is rather a challenge. Still, I think she could have at least include Thief of Hearts and Bad Girl.

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MANTRA TOUR 1999

 

I. SUMMER - Hindu Punk

 

1. Shanti / Ashtangi

2. Beautiful Stranger

3. Skin

4. Candy Perfume Girl (with samples from "Whole Lotta Love", "Justify My Love" & "Erotica")

5. Human Nature

 

II. AUTUMN - Latin

 

6. To Have and Not to Hold - Interlude

 

7. I Want You / Love Don't Live Here Anymore

8. You'll See

9. Evita Medley: DCFMA / DCFMA (Remix) / Buenos Aires / You Must Love Me

10. Take a Bow / DCFMA (Reprise)

 

III. WINTER - Gothic

 

11. Has to Be - Interlude

 

12. Frozen (with samples from the Widescreen Mix)

13. The Power of Good-Bye

14. I'll Remember (William Orbit Remix)

15. Intro / Drowned World / Substitute for Love

16. Swim

17. Secret

 

IV. SPRING - Space Geisha

 

18. Sanctuary - Interlude

 

19. Mer Girl (shortened)

20. Bedtime Story (Orbital Remix)

21. Sky Fits Heaven

22. Nothing Really Matters (with samples from "Vikram Cybercut Remix")

 

V. ENCORE

23. Like a Prayer 

24. Ray of Light (with Sitar Solo and samples from "Cyber-raga" and "DW/SFL" reprise)

 

 

Had the Ray of Light Tour happened...

 

BOOGIE WOOGIE TOUR 2001

 

I. SPACE GIRL

 

1. Impressive Instant

2. Lucky Star (Club Mix - with elements from "Music" & "Everybody")

3. Ray of Light (Sasha Strip Down Mix)

4. Runaway Lover 

5. Amazing

 

II. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA 

 

6. Paradise (Not for Me) - Interlude

 

7. Vogue (Remix with Asian Vibe)

8. Frozen (Stereo MC Mix)

9. Open Your Heart (Remix with Asian Vibe)

10. Nobody's Perfect

11. Take a Bow (Asian Vibe Remix)

 

III. COUNTRY GIRL

 

12. Material Girl (Wild West Mix) - Interlude

 

13. American Pie

14. What It Feels Like for a Girl

15. Express Yourself (Folkatronic Mix)

16. Don't Tell Me

17. True Blue OR Like a Virgin OR Cherish (Acoustic)

18. I Deserve It

 

IV. LATIN PIMP

 

19. Lo Que Siente La Mujer (Calderone Quayle Dark Side Mix) - Interlude

 

20. Who's That Girl

21. La Isla Bonita

22. Holiday

23. Music

 

Imagining that these two happened and followed each other:

 

ACT I: The Whore of Babylon / Pestilence

 

The Beast Within

  1. Vogue

  2. Hollywood*

  3. Material Girl / Dress You Up

  4. Deeper and Deeper

  5. Lament

ACT II: War

  1. American Life*

  2. Human Nature

  3. What It Feels Like for a Girl

  4. I'm So Stupid*

  5. Love Profusion*

ACT III: Famine

  1. X-Static Process*

     

  2. Intervention*

  3. Nothing Fails*

  4. Like a Prayer

  5. Oh Father

  6. Mother and Father*

  7. Papa Don't Preach

ACT IV: Death

  1. Bedtime Story

     

  2. Nobody Knows Me*

  3. Easy Ride*

  4. Die Another Day*

  5. Crazy for You

  6. Music / Into the Groove

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Well, in Ray of Light's case it's simply a bit disappointing because it's her most widely acclaimed and arguably her best album to date. Yet, she's never done a good half of it on tour. Also, had she done the Ray of Light Tour, the music tour could have been WAY better cause it would have featured more classics and as a result of that, the American Life/Re-Invention Tour might have been less of a GH Tour.

 

With Erotica she basically ignored most of the talking songs which is understandable cause performing those live is rather a challenge. Still, I think she could have at least include Thief of Hearts and Bad Girl.

 

could have... would have... should have... My advice : take things for what they are and not what you wish they were. First step of embracing reality. That's why BAT / GS / DWT are my favorites, because she was doing unexpected things. Fan service is killing creativity and the entertainment industry.

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could have... would have... should have... My advice : take things for what they are and not what you wish they were. First step of embracing reality. That's why BAT / GS / DWT are my favorites, because she was doing unexpected things. Fan service is killing creativity and the entertainment industry.

Mehhhh nope. I'm not the type of fan who blindly takes up everything she serves.

DWT was the Music Tour and GS was....well...it was what it was.

BAT cold have also been much better than it was, although it was iconic.

 

I'm glad she's done more new material than classics in recent times. My biggest problem with BAT and GS is the lack of songs from the supporting album. It's not unexpected, it's just disappointing.

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BAT cold have also been much better than it was, although it was iconic.

 

 

There you go again. Could have, would have, should have. "Take it 'cos I'll never be as perfect as you want" a wise woman once wrote.

 

GS was....well...it was what it was.

BAT cold have also been much better than it was, although it was iconic.

 

 

Mmmh. I deeply disagree with you on that. I don't know how old you are, you probably haven't lived this era. BAT is not only an iconic tour and an essential part of her legacy, it was very edgy and innovative when it happened. BAT was a groundbreaking show on every level and a punch on MJ's face. As for the setlist, BAT was (almost) only hits, I don't see what you could expect.

Concerning GS, I'm aware it's not a fan favorite, but I love it because it's the last M tour on which the band plays EVERY song live. Erotica (the album) is lo-fi and beats, and it was not something artists would be comfortable with doing live. They did a great job adapting some remixes (Erotica, Deeper and Deeper, Bye Bye Baby and also Justify My Love), and it's also the best live versions ever of Express Yourself, La Isla Bonita and Holiday. And the Everybody finale is soooooooo funky, a quality she seems to have lost forever.

She started using prerecorded backing tracks with DWT and since then all her shows have lost the "real live" touch they had before. People complain a lot about backing tracks, I don't mind when they're good but nothing compares to a full live band performance. That's why True Blue and Body Shop are so much appreciated on RHT, because they feel live or very close to it (same goes with Open Your Heart on MDNAT and so on...)

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