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sounds fun!

my friend is coming over from melbourne for work at the end of august and is going to take me to paris to see one of the shows there. how very generous! are there still tickets left? i'm not sure if he has bought them yet.

so was it noticably empty at the back of the stadium if it was 11,000 short of capacity? conflicting reports across the reviews.

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sounds fun!

my friend is coming over from melbourne for work at the end of august and is going to take me to paris to see one of the shows there. how very generous! are there still tickets left? i'm not sure if he has bought them yet.

so was it noticably empty at the back of the stadium if it was 11,000 short of capacity? conflicting reports across the reviews.

Fuck off and die.

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aaaah, charming as per usual.

so anyway, if paris is sold out, are there any other ticket agencies (not ebay) where my friend can get tickets?

cheers...

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What fantastic reviews!

And I'm fairly certain the Cardiff show will be counted as a sellout so all the naysayers can fuck right off.

Some people don't seem to realise that the 70,000 capacity only applies to matches as concerts are always less than that. When M played Wembley, it varied from 72,000 to 77,000 even though the capacity of the stadium was 80,000.

Your losing a god bit of the pitch and all the seating behind the stage. I'm sure it will be classed as a sellout!

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The Telegraph

Why Madge is the world's biggest show-off - and an icon for workaholics

(Filed: 01/08/2006)

Madonna may not be a raving beauty or a superb dancer, but she's living proof that nothing works like hard work, says Lesley Thomas

Only a week ago, we were all laughing at her because she was - reportedly - demanding a steady supply of white roses, unsalted endamame beans and brand new lavatory seats for the backstage area of her current world tour. Had Madonna finally lost the plot?

Well, look at us now, back staring up at her, marvelling open-mouthed and wondering once again how on earth she does it.

The reviews for the weekend kick-off to the European leg of her Confessions world tour are unanimously praiseworthy. Even the earlier criticisms of audacious ticket price (up to £150) have been reassessed and now they're deemed excellent value.

In recent years, Madonna has tried her hand at acting, writing and being an English country lady - and proved pretty terrible at them all. Until her appearance at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday night, we'd almost forgotten what it is that Madge does best. She is the world's biggest and best show-off and we love her for it.

Back in 1983, critics said the emerging superstar sounded like "Mini Mouse on helium". But singing is not what she is about. At 47, no one can deny she is, physically, in extraordinary shape, but she has never been more than a technically good dancer.

And you couldn't even argue that Madonna has used her looks to get ahead. She was pretty, with cute, gappy teeth and, I gather, a fairly hypnotic cleavage when she was younger, but she was never a raving beauty.

What Madonna has shown is that force of personality, an iron will, a huge appetite for hard work and rigorous self-discipline coupled with an overriding desire for fame, can overcome any lack of talent. Looking at her today, some £46 million better off so far from her tour, you have to wonder if raw talent is, in any case, a little overrated.

To be artistically gifted is, after all, a genetic accident. Aren't hard work and determination more laudable qualities? Madonna has proved that not only can they secure you the career of your dreams, but they may be a better guarantee of longevity.

This is not to say that any of her success is down to chance. Her genius is in knowing which trends, which stylists and which remixers to select. She also knows when to change tack. Just as we were tiring of her super-sexy conical bra persona, she appeared wholesome and natural for Ray of Light. Just as we thought she'd been damaged by her obsession with the New Age weirdness of the Kabballah, she appeared in a leotard with a Farrah Fawcett hairdo - straight back to her Seventies disco roots.

Madonna has been a feminist icon, a gay icon and a fashion icon, but for me she's an icon for workaholics. Contrast with poor old James Blunt, who burst on to the pop scene last year with his simple song You're Beautiful. Now a poll of 2,000 people rated him more irritating than traffic wardens and novelty ring tones.

Ditto Craig David, whose preternatural teenage musical abilities were widely applauded. He has also made the list of modern irritants, just below stomach ache and just above fake fingernails. Would either of these men consider producing a book of pornographic images of themselves or snog other men on stage at the next MTV awards ceremony to keep their careers going? No? Well, maybe they are not so dedicated to their careers.

As the 58,000 fans who witnessed her 30 costume and eyelash changes, flashing disco balls and 22 supporting dancers at Cardiff would agree, watching Madonna show off is pure joy and surely a darn site more uplifting than watching James Blunt drone on about missed opportunities for two hours.

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Mirror - 3AM Pigeons

1 August 2006

MAD ABOUT THE RIP-OFF

TOUT OF ORDER

Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley

IT'S the debate that's dominating the music world. Is a show by Madonna, or anyone else for that matter, really worth up to £150 a ticket?

The aptly named Material Girl was greeted with an embarrassing backlash from fans when she kicked off her UK tour in Cardiff on Sunday night - with more than 2,000 seats unsold.

And there are still plenty of tickets Ic for some of the London dates of her Confessions tour which start tonight at Wembley Arena. It's clear fans have balked at paying up to £150 a ticket for her two-hour show. They wish it was called the Concessions Tour. Yet ludicrously, one brown-nosing, out-of-touch, clearly overpaid pop columnist yesterday claimed tickets were "worth every penny" and a "bargain" at £7.14 a song. That certainly wasn't the view of hard-working fans we spoke to after the show. They thought it was brilliant, but the tickets were still a rip-off.

Mark Churchman, 30, from Darlington, said: "She was amazing, but she's not being fair to the people who have got her where she is today." Graham Lumley, 31, from Manchester, said: "I'm gutted as it's the first UK tour of hers I've missed."

Lindsay Platt, 26, and Steph Harris, 30, from Stockport, paid a whopping £500 each for tickets and accommodation - "way too expensive", according to Lindsay. But Steph insisted: "I've been a fan since I was 11 and would pay whatever it took to see her."

Do you agree? Are Madonna's tickets worth up to £150 a pop?

YES: 0901 3834421

NO: 0901 3834422

Calls cost 25p. Mobile charges may vary (NO profits go to Madonna).

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Yet ludicrously, one brown-nosing, out-of-touch, clearly overpaid pop columnist yesterday claimed tickets were "worth every penny" and a "bargain" at £7.14 a song.

3AM snapping at Victoria Newton @ The Sun :provoke:

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Mirror - 3AM Pigeons

1 August 2006

MAD ABOUT THE RIP-OFF

TOUT OF ORDER

Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley

IT'S the debate that's dominating the music world. Is a show by Madonna, or anyone else for that matter, really worth up to £150 a ticket?

The aptly named Material Girl was greeted with an embarrassing backlash from fans when she kicked off her UK tour in Cardiff on Sunday night - with more than 2,000 seats unsold.

And there are still plenty of tickets Ic for some of the London dates of her Confessions tour which start tonight at Wembley Arena. It's clear fans have balked at paying up to £150 a ticket for her two-hour show. They wish it was called the Concessions Tour. Yet ludicrously, one brown-nosing, out-of-touch, clearly overpaid pop columnist yesterday claimed tickets were "worth every penny" and a "bargain" at £7.14 a song. That certainly wasn't the view of hard-working fans we spoke to after the show. They thought it was brilliant, but the tickets were still a rip-off.

Mark Churchman, 30, from Darlington, said: "She was amazing, but she's not being fair to the people who have got her where she is today." Graham Lumley, 31, from Manchester, said: "I'm gutted as it's the first UK tour of hers I've missed."

Lindsay Platt, 26, and Steph Harris, 30, from Stockport, paid a whopping £500 each for tickets and accommodation - "way too expensive", according to Lindsay. But Steph insisted: "I've been a fan since I was 11 and would pay whatever it took to see her."

Do you agree? Are Madonna's tickets worth up to £150 a pop?

YES: 0901 3834421

NO: 0901 3834422

Calls cost 25p. Mobile charges may vary (NO profits go to Madonna).

still plenty of tickets ? I thought all but one were sold out? :vogue:

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I e mailed the Sun this morning and asked them if they had seen the article in The Mirror today. I also asked them if they had would print the Billboard Boxscore stats for the UK dates when they are available. This was the reply from Victoria Newton,

I know - they have a pop at me but this is the column that yesterday said the show was great, before making two huge mistakes - they said she played a Beatles classic Let It Be and that she was doing Earls Court. Neither of which was right.

Don't bother reading them!"

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I e mailed the Sun this morning and asked them if they had seen the article in The Mirror today. I also asked them if they had would print the Billboard Boxscore stats for the UK dates when they are available. This was the reply from Victoria Newton,

I know - they have a pop at me but this is the column that yesterday said the show was great, before making two huge mistakes - they said she played a Beatles classic Let It Be and that she was doing Earls Court. Neither of which was right.

Don't bother reading them!"

:lmao::clap:

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Your losing a god bit of the pitch and all the seating behind the stage. I'm sure it will be classed as a sellout!

I remember wondering why there was always space at the back of Wembley Stadium when the shows were sold out and one of the security guys told me they had to have a cut off point, lower than the maximum capacity of a venue due to health and safety regulations.

What a AWFUL time it must be for the the fans of Brave Kylie reading all these glowing reviews proclaiming that there's no one close to being in Madonna's league. :lmao:

I do like to say I TOLD YOU SO. :queenbitch:

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What a AWFUL time it must be for the the fans of Brave Kylie reading all these glowing reviews proclaiming that there's no one close to being in Madonna's league. :lmao:

swings and roundabouts isn't it.

when kylie does a tour they herald her as the best too :clap:

so aaaaaaaaaanyway, are there any tickets left for paris?

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When POOR BRAVE KYLIE does one of her local tours, not only is she not declared the "best" at anything, but Madonna is invariably mentioned in nearly every review. Thankfully Madonna is compared to NO-ONE except herself (past tours) in hers.

I mean do broadsheets like The Telegraph or Observer even BOTHER to review a kylie "concert"?

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Still trying to figure out what Madonna's performance in Cardiff and reviews of said show have anything remotely to do with Kylie Minogue. :wacko:

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Headline: Features: Leading Article: Kylie's troubles

Source: Daily Telegraph

Issue Date: Wednesday May 18, 2005

God, in His wisdom, bestowed few obvious gifts on Kylie Minogue. She is short and toothy, by no means a classic beauty. True, she has the ability to hold a tune (more or less), but nobody could seriously claim that she has a lovely singing voice. She is also hard-working and bright - as anybody who has seen one of her concerts or heard her interviewed on television will testify. But that, in itself, does not set her apart from millions of others. Indeed, it is hard to identify anything very special about her, apart from her sweet nature and the dazzling smile that goes with it.

What makes Kylie stand out from others, similarly endowed, is how very much she has made of the little with which she started out. It is no exaggeration to say that today she vies with Rupert Murdoch, Ned Kelly and Dame Edna Everage for the title of the most famous Australian of all time. She is loved because she is so patently loveable. That is why so many millions all over the world have been moved by the news of her breast cancer.

We have a strong feeling that she will make the best of it, as she has of everything else in her life. Her ordinariness has helped her cope with her fame. It should see her through her suffering, too.

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When POOR BRAVE KYLIE does one of her local tours, not only is she not declared the "best" at anything, but Madonna is invariably mentioned in nearly every review.

Well any review of a POOR BRAVE KYLIE show certainly wouldn't culminate with a statement like this:

I confess I was impressed. No sign that Queen Madonna will be abdicating from her throne just yet.

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