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No more annoying than a britney loon in a madonna forum!!! :lmao::rotfl: :rotfl: :lmao:

you keep saying that and then posting a whole bunch of laughing smilies.

a) you shouldn't laugh at your own jokes.

b) you shouldn't laugh at your own jokes especially when they aren't funny...and they aren't

c) there are no britney loons here you fool. only people who can appreciate both of them and don't have to denigrate one to enjoy the other

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you keep saying that and then posting a whole bunch of laughing smilies.

a) you shouldn't laugh at your own jokes.

b) you shouldn't laugh at your own jokes especially when they aren't funny...and they aren't

c) there are no britney loons here you fool. only people who can appreciate both of them and don't have to denigrate one to enjoy the other

BAM.

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:horny: That happen when u r a perfectionist :queenbitch:

That happens when you are a perfectionist. Perfectionists don't type like 3 dollar transvestite hookers.

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why does everyone fight? its so stupid.

so far away - so far away - so far away - so far away!!!!

MADONNA - we all love her!!!!

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Pud you should come to the Houston show

oh PP, i would love to!!! i want to go to all of them!!!! im afraid my last show will be miami, my babes hometown!!!

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;) I know buddy, so much hatred 2 us madonna fans here by those :crazy: loons but dont worry pud, i dont hate them :angel: just pure love from me :brenspin: they r so much fun n hilarious :lmao: just having a blast wit them :horny: by the way pud, wish for 1 hear her sing ""who's that girl"" on the tour at least 1 time :inlove:

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Madonna

(Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles; 50,000 seats; $350 top)

By PHIL GALLO

Presented by Live Nation. Reviewed Oct. 4, 2008.

Band: Madonna, Kevin Antunes, Monte Pittman, Brian Fraser-Moore, Rickey Pageot, Eric Jao, Arkady Gips, Alexander Kolpakov, Vladim Kolpakov, Kiley Dean, Nicki Richards. Guests: Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake.

The concrete images Madonna proffered during her 24-song show on a balmy night at Dodger Stadium elicited critical responses that were equally compact and unwavering. Colorful. Athletic. Celebrational. Single words were doing the trick rather than sentences, and, when it was finished, there was only word remaining: Bravo.

An avid supporter of Barack Obama, Madonna was performing her first concert since the news of his presidential victory had settled in -- she performed in San Diego on election day -- and although she did not mention him until late in the set, the entire night played off the energy of victory.

Reports from earlier "Sweet and Sticky" shows, especially ones that predated the announcement of her divorce from Guy Ritchie, emphasized the physicality of the show, how the movement of Madge and her dancers was inspired more by the gym than her past inspirations -- the bedroom, the nightclub, the cathedral. That still holds true, but I'd be willing to speculate that the show has softened in spots as it has moved from European stadiums to a mix of arenas and ballparks in the U.S. and has become a much warmer whole as a result.

Consistent in tone and attack, this is Madonna the modernist keenly aware of her past images yet defiant in her refusal to be bound by them. The erotic and the exotic have been pushed aside in the name of determination and directness, seen in the visual metaphors of boxing and jumping rope, not to mention the non-nonsense attitude she brings to the perf.

It can be heard in the sound and seen in the routines: She toughens up beats and adds hard rock elements to early hits such as "Borderline" and "Like a Prayer"; during "She's Not Me," Madonna physically dispatches dancers costumed as Madge through the ages -- the Material Girl, the conical bra, the "Like a Virgin" wedding gown, the "Who's That Girl?" black corset. It's a declaration of sorts that this 50-year-old mom is scrapping her vestiges and charging hard into life of activism.

"Sweet and Sticky" is a return to impeccably executed choreography and costumes. Outfits are changed on nearly every song for dancers while Madonna spends most of the night in a take on a high school P.E. get-up. The hoofers open in various black-and-white garb for the first five songs and then make an eye-popping transition to color against video images from the library of Keith Haring; it's schoolyard fun to accentuate "Into the Groove" assimilated into a modern house beat. Video use is often stimulating artistically and used for spiritual, political and social observations.

Two-hour concert started absurdly late -- 9:50 p.m.-- after Paul Oakenfold's indifferent DJ set from 7:45-8:30, the action paced as if she had the car running backstage and wanted to get home by 1 a.m. Evening's fiery timbre and tempo -- set at the start by "Candy Shop," "Beat Goes On" and "Human Nature" and equally fervid in the final triptych of "Ray of Light," "Hung Up" and "Give It 2 Me" -- is broken only once, about two-thirds of the way through the show. A trio of Romanian gypsies add the acoustic Mediterranean touches to "La Isla Bonita" and ramp up the festive "Doli Doli" before Madonna and solo grand piano wrap studied emotional vulnerability around the "Evita" ballad "You Must Love Me." In a night of dance grooves and heavy-metal guitar chords, the softer seg was extremely blissful.

Guest appearances by Britney Spears (on "Human Nature") and Justin Timberlake ("4 Minutes") gave the night a uniqueness. Spears was all smiles, Timberlake danced with Madonna as if they do the routine nightly; both of them were careful to not upstage the star.

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Madonna

(Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles; 50,000 seats; $350 top)

By PHIL GALLO

Presented by Live Nation. Reviewed Oct. 4, 2008.

Band: Madonna, Kevin Antunes, Monte Pittman, Brian Fraser-Moore, Rickey Pageot, Eric Jao, Arkady Gips, Alexander Kolpakov, Vladim Kolpakov, Kiley Dean, Nicki Richards. Guests: Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake.

The concrete images Madonna proffered during her 24-song show on a balmy night at Dodger Stadium elicited critical responses that were equally compact and unwavering. Colorful. Athletic. Celebrational. Single words were doing the trick rather than sentences, and, when it was finished, there was only word remaining: Bravo.

An avid supporter of Barack Obama, Madonna was performing her first concert since the news of his presidential victory had settled in -- she performed in San Diego on election day -- and although she did not mention him until late in the set, the entire night played off the energy of victory.

Reports from earlier "Sweet and Sticky" shows, especially ones that predated the announcement of her divorce from Guy Ritchie, emphasized the physicality of the show, how the movement of Madge and her dancers was inspired more by the gym than her past inspirations -- the bedroom, the nightclub, the cathedral. That still holds true, but I'd be willing to speculate that the show has softened in spots as it has moved from European stadiums to a mix of arenas and ballparks in the U.S. and has become a much warmer whole as a result.

Consistent in tone and attack, this is Madonna the modernist keenly aware of her past images yet defiant in her refusal to be bound by them. The erotic and the exotic have been pushed aside in the name of determination and directness, seen in the visual metaphors of boxing and jumping rope, not to mention the non-nonsense attitude she brings to the perf.

It can be heard in the sound and seen in the routines: She toughens up beats and adds hard rock elements to early hits such as "Borderline" and "Like a Prayer"; during "She's Not Me," Madonna physically dispatches dancers costumed as Madge through the ages -- the Material Girl, the conical bra, the "Like a Virgin" wedding gown, the "Who's That Girl?" black corset. It's a declaration of sorts that this 50-year-old mom is scrapping her vestiges and charging hard into life of activism.

"Sweet and Sticky" is a return to impeccably executed choreography and costumes. Outfits are changed on nearly every song for dancers while Madonna spends most of the night in a take on a high school P.E. get-up. The hoofers open in various black-and-white garb for the first five songs and then make an eye-popping transition to color against video images from the library of Keith Haring; it's schoolyard fun to accentuate "Into the Groove" assimilated into a modern house beat. Video use is often stimulating artistically and used for spiritual, political and social observations.

Two-hour concert started absurdly late -- 9:50 p.m.-- after Paul Oakenfold's indifferent DJ set from 7:45-8:30, the action paced as if she had the car running backstage and wanted to get home by 1 a.m. Evening's fiery timbre and tempo -- set at the start by "Candy Shop," "Beat Goes On" and "Human Nature" and equally fervid in the final triptych of "Ray of Light," "Hung Up" and "Give It 2 Me" -- is broken only once, about two-thirds of the way through the show. A trio of Romanian gypsies add the acoustic Mediterranean touches to "La Isla Bonita" and ramp up the festive "Doli Doli" before Madonna and solo grand piano wrap studied emotional vulnerability around the "Evita" ballad "You Must Love Me." In a night of dance grooves and heavy-metal guitar chords, the softer seg was extremely blissful.

Guest appearances by Britney Spears (on "Human Nature") and Justin Timberlake ("4 Minutes") gave the night a uniqueness. Spears was all smiles, Timberlake danced with Madonna as if they do the routine nightly; both of them were careful to not upstage the star.

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http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/view/183002

Some great photos

http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/live-in-la/...opstars-come-1/

Great Review

Music Makes the Popstars Come Together: Britney, Justin (on stage) and a slew of celebs (in the audience) join Madonna at Dodger Stadium

by Lina Lecaro

Two hours inching along Sunset Blvd. to Dodger Stadium from our Silver Lake abode only blocks away, and another one waiting amid bright lights and rabid camera phone-clicking star-mongers who literally cheered like someone hit a home run every time a famous person stepped onto the field before the performance (which was every five minutes)… we should’ve known the LA date of Madonna’s Sticky Sweet Tour, which started over 2 hours late, would be an extraordinary experience.

First of all, forget about the mega-star being 50. Madonna is a super-human at any age. We were winded just watching her mid-way through the show as she writhed, humped, bumped, jumped (rope!), pole-danced, line-danced, booty-shaked, cabbage-patched, robot-ed, strummed guitar, and oh yeah, sang. Hell, the only thing this little lady – and we mean little, from behind she looked like a muscular child - didn’t do was a head spin.

Apparently the show was late due to set problems (part of her stage lighting was canned because of technical issues, which meant it was a lot darker than other tour stops, something she lamented during an acoustic portion of the show). We thought the visuals were amazing, and if the show was less than spectacular in comparison, we didn’t feel cheated.

How could we, when a glowing Britney Spears walked on stage during Madge’s “Human Nature,” almost demurely crooning the chorus along with the icon, “I’m not Your Bitch.” The tune, of course, called for Spears' own silly but now kinda triumphant-feeling B-word catch phrase, “It’s Britney, bitch” which she proclaimed before leaving the stage. And no, there were no smooches this time.

JT’s appearance much later in the set during the hit “4 Minutes” felt less momentous, but it was better staged and had much more sexual chemistry. Still, it was very MTV Awards-ish, with the popsters frolicking around spinning panels and lights, and robotically doin' that "tick-tock" shoulder move from the video one too many times. Also, M’s bedazzled football pads looked silly (as did-we’re shocked to report- a lot of her costumes, at least up close).

In all, the concert was the glitzy, genre-blending circus of movement and music, provocative imagery and political expression (pro-Obama visuals and a denouncement of Prop. 8's passing), and old and new hits, you’d expect. Rhythmic flamenco jams, hip-hop street beats and vibes, melodic spiritual interludes and an attempt at grrrl power rawk (“Borderline” makes a great Cheap Trick-like grind) were less artsy than past tours, but also more free-feeling. The lack of big lights and extra sets might have actually helped her during the more intimate moments too. She really seemed to be trying to connect with the crowd, and they with her. Of course, from our seats (good ones!) that made the extravaganza all the more surreal: Heidi Klum and Fergie sat behind us, Nicole Richie in front of us, and just to our left a party pit pounced and bounced with the likes of Drew Barrymore, Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Liu, Kate Moss and though we didn't see him ourselves, we hear Alex Rodriguez.

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