Msig
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can some kind soul tell me/us what the general consensus was from reviews, fans, etc? No need to go into any details, just whether the vibe is positive, negative, outraged, etc...
Thank you!
"a joyous, colorful and, of course, deeply #unapologetic celebration of Madonna’s best musical moments and concert feats"
- Popcrush
"I would be shocked if anyone professing to like Madonna would say to me they didn't love her new Rebel Heart Tour [...] the unpretentious tour trades in art and angst for pop transcendence"
- Boyculture
"Never a warm live performer, Madonna tends to grimace through her concerts, stressing athleticism and discipline over all. This time, she seemed to having a blast. It made for an infectious night that brought the Canadian crowd to a series of spontaneous, and escalating, standing ovations."
- New York Daily News
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Cuz I'm stuck working I'm Alabama and have to give up my tickets.I am 18 hrs away.
Sorry to hear that
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Looks amazing. I'm in tears that I have to give up my tickets.. :-(
Horrible!
Why do you have to do that, if you don't mind me asking?
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Daily
MailFail:Americana: Madonna came over all patriotic as she donned the US flag, probably to sing her hit song American Pie
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How can people judge before seeing the real, damn show?????? God, how a I hate Internet sometimes.
How was the distribution of live vs. pre-recorded vocals?
As far as I can tell based on what I've heard so far, all songs apart from Holy Water / Water are sung live, though parts of Bitch I'm Madonna and Unapologetic Bitch are sung over pre-recorded backing tracks.
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Is he gonna sue now?
Dens54? No, I don't think so
I think it feels a bit unreal to him that M is performing a reworked version of a remix he made.
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Btw, the RHT version of "Like a Virgin" is virtually identical to the fan-made Dens54 Ab Fab And Sweet Zack Remix, which was originally made back in 2008.
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I don't see the blue shirt with the faces from the BIM VIFEO ??? Anyone have any info
The blue BIM t-shirt isn't official Madonna merch.
However, it's available for purchasing at PatriciaField.com for $80 + shipping. Each one is made to order, hand painted by the designer, TomTom.
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What time was she on?
9.29!
She was early!
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Madonna seemed to be happy at last during upbeat 'Rebel Heart' tour opener: review
Thursday, September 10, 2015, 1:51 AMThe most shocking thing about Madonna's "Rebel Heart" tour, which opened at Montreal's Bell Centre Wednesday, had nothing to do with sex. (How could it at this late date?)
And it had nothing to do with religion (though she did offer such token Madonna-esque stunts as nuns on stripper poles and dancers gyrating on holy crosses).
Instead the surprise of the show came in smiles.
Throughout nearly the entire two hour event, Madonna could barely stop grinning. For anyone who has followed Madonna tours from the start, the sight of it couldn't help but startle. Never a warm live performer, Madonna tends to grimace through her concerts, stressing athleticism and discipline over all. This time, she seemed to having a blast. It made for an infectious night that brought the Canadian crowd to a series of spontaneous, and escalating, standing ovations. It didn't hurt that she sang "La Vie En Rose," both in French and in bold voice.
The bright tone of the show made for a striking contrast to the star's last tour, "MDNA," a dark and violent affair that often ended up puzzling to boot. "Rebel Heart" had no such pretense. In fact, it may be Madonna's lightest roadshow to date.
That's not at all to say it's unsubstantial. On the contrary, the triumph of the "Rebel Heart" tour is how it finds Madonna taking ownership of her legacy with an unprecedented maturity.
She began that approach on her like-named album, which found her in a newly self-referential mode.
Madonna mirrored that here by featuring no fewer than nine of its tracks, including the show's opener, "Iconic." For this initial section of the show, Madonna drew on her time-honored mingle of the erotic and the reverent. Her twenty dancers, dolled up as medieval warriors, bore cross-topped weapons. In a more slow and graceful take on "Vogue" Renaissance images of religious figures replaced movie stars while Madonna and her dancers posed at The Last Supper table.
While the star used to position such displays as pointed social commentary, here they seemed to have more to do with simply reasserting her own long history with them.
Madonna delved deeper into her personal story in the second act, which found her on the hood of a '60s Chevy in an auto repair shop, a clear reference to her Detroit roots. She emphasized a rare sincerity here by singing the unashamedly romantic "True Blue," while accompanying herself on, of all things, a ukulele.
Madonna came the closest she's ever going to get to a "greatest hits" display in the third act, where she offered touchstones from "Lucky Star" to "Everybody." The latter she hasn't performed live since the early '90s.
Even so, none of the older songs sounded anything like they had on album. To suit the matador-theme'd theatrical accompanyment, Madonna reimagined them as Spanish-tinged ballads.
Madonna included in her run of oldies "Who's That Girl," which she delivered as a solo acoustic ballad. After singing it, she admitted that it took her a hell of a long time to answer just who this particular girl may be. Then, she went into "Rebel Heart," a song about the joy of self-discovery. That theme allowed Madonna to run through a wide range of characters in the show - including a '20 French cabaret star - while maintaining a solid through-line.
It also helped her pull off what may have been the show's most stunning move. When performing "Like a Virgin," she appeared on the gaping stage entirely alone, dancing with a freedom and even an innocence, that made her, at 57, seem once again new.
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Without spoiling anything, I can say that the full setlist didn't leak until the opening show.
And you're in for a surprise or two.
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Was Moment Factory used in the show?
Yes, they did several backdrops: Iconic, Burning Up, Holy Water / Vogue, Messiah, Body Shop, True Blue, Music, Candy Shop, and Holiday.
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I just died tonight guys.
I take back what I said: I had the best seats in the house. I could almost touch her during Heartbreak City and then I started to cry and then I just couldn't stop (I looked so pathetic)... The last year I had was so tough and hard, and she saved my life once again.
I hear everyone talking, now... I don't hear a single bad comments about the show.
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That's it folks! The full setlist:
Iconic
Bitch I'm Madonna
Burning Up
Holy Water / Vogue
Devil Pray
Messiah (interlude)
Body Shop
True Blue
Deeper and Deeper
HeartBreakCity / Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Like a Virgin
S.E.X. (interlude)
Living for Love
La Isla Bonita
Dress You Up - with parts of Into the Groove, Everybody and Lucky Star
Who's That Girl
Rebel Heart
Illuminati (interlude)
Music
Candy Shop
Material Girl
La vie en rose
Unapologetic Bitch
Holiday
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Illuminati (interlude)
- the "political" interlude of the show
- dancers doing some aerial stunts above the runway
Music
- the first verse is in slow cabaret-style, the rest is similar to the album version, with extra sound effects
- ends with 'Get Stupid' sample fom "Give It 2 Me", which segues into...
Candy Shop
- new mix, but with several elements from the album version
Material Girl
- sounds slowed-down due to the beat, but the tempo is actually the same as the original
La vie en rose
- acoustic, M playing the ukulele, sitting on the edge of a raised platform at the cross-section of the runway
- a curtain seems to be covering the backdrop screens
Unapologetic Bitch
- M dancing on the raised platform at the cross-section of the runway
- a fan gets to dance with M on stage
- "Bye Bitches!" on backdrop as M exits the stage
Holiday
- lights go out before M re-enters the stage in a new outfit
- a 2015 take on the album version -
Holiday is a 2015 take on the album version.
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Bye Bitches! on the backdrop as M exits the stage after UB
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So far, it seems all songs apart from Holy Water (and the interlude, obviously) and parts of UB have been sung live.
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Song #23: Unapologetic Bitch
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Song #22: La vie en rose (M on ukulele)
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New beat for Candy Shop, but several elements from the album version.
Material Girl with a slow beat, sounds slower than the original version, though the tempo is the same.
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Song #21: Material Girl
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Song #20: Candy Shop
I only caught the ending of Music, sounded interesting.
Tour Remixes of Songs
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
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