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The show was absolutelyfuckingwonderful!!! The crowd at the 2nd show (June 29) was very good, but this crowd & show was even better! And Madonna was chatting more with the audience and doing some random things like the "New York New York" singing.
I was seated 2nd row in front of the catwalk. The view is very different from being against the catwalk or close to the mainstage, but still a great view!!! Just about any seat on the floor is very hot! I felt like I was really watching the whole "show" from there. And all those times she came down the catwalk/ministage had so much impact that it almost felt like he was there the whole night! Jesus!
Some nut on the left front floor threw some glitter in the air early on in the night (at first I thought it was a new addition to the show) and it pissed her off. She was telling us before JUMP not to throw crap in the air and on stage because it's dangerous. She was also saying before RAY OF LIGHT she has to watch her language because LOLA is in the audience but she was cursing throught the show anyway
Oh the audience did the bus stop chant at this show 
I love that shit! My mother (I took her to the show) never even heard that chant and was doing it too. My mother absolutely adored the show. The religious stuff didn't offend her at all and she "got it". She was quite moved by it actually.Lenny Kravitz, David Blaine, Lucy Liu were all seated in the row in front of me! Lenny Kravitz was directly in front of me the whole night. Now I can die and go to heaven saying that I spent the night up behind Lenny's ass for a sweaty couple of hours
It was so funny when he came into the pod section. Security enclosed our area with barricades ... my mother was asking why so many people were swarming around our area and pressing against the barricade taking pics. My mother didn't even know who Lenny is, but she was thrilled to know his mother was the late actress Roxie Roker who played "Helen" (Weezee's best friend) on "The Jeffersons" :lol: Lenny stood through the whole show. He wasn't jumping and waving his arms, but was bopping his head a lot. David Blaine stood most of the time but I wasn't paying much attention to him because I didn't realize it was him till the show was over. He had a cap on. Lucy Liu was dancing up a storm (with a boyfriend, dunno who he was) for the whole show. She was very, very into it! She was dancing like the 'Beautiful Stranger' video! She was so cute! 
I LOVE NEW YORK got a better reaction, but ROL afterwards still got a bigger, humongous reaction. I was really feeling the floor shake. She looks so hot during LET IT WILL BE when she kicks furiously, throws herself around and thrashes around on the stage! Hot hot hot!!! When the discoball opened up for FUTURE LOVERS she had this huge grin on her face. There was so much more to this show, I'll try to add more later.
Oh and here's one of my pics from the show. This is one of my favorite pics I've ever taken at a Madonna concert: -link to huge pic-
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She was so pleased with the crowd that she sang for us
These little town blues, are melting away
I'm gonna make a brand new start of it - in old New York
If I can make it there, I'm gonna make it anywhere
It's up to you - New York, New York
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Yeah I used flash especially when she was closeby (within 20 feet or less). When she was far away it didn't seem to make a difference. But I left the flash on even then because I didn't want to fuss around clicking the flash on and off.
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How strict are MSG with cameras? Did they search you on the way in?
They don't care at all. If you have a bag they take a quick peak inside, but don't say anything about cameras. Some people in the audience even went in there with bulky professional cameras. At one show there was 2 guards just a couple feet away from me right the whole night and they didn't say anything or react in any way as I (and a bunch of other people right near me) snapped many pics. But if you are in the loge right in front of she performs LIKE A VIRGIN they'd tell people in that area not to snap pics during that performance. But when that performance is over they let them snap pics for the rest of the show. I'm guessing because she's riding on that thing and doing those risky moves suspended in air, they don't want many flashes going off right there because it could be distracting and dangerous for her.
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All this fuss over "sold out"
As long as most of the seats sell and the show looks packed, she hauls in humongous grosses each night, I'm sure she's pleased and making her peers very envious. -
Madonna throws top secret NY party after concert
BY JPASC24
July 1, 2006 -- KEVIN Spacey, who plays evil Lex Luthor in "Superman Returns," showed off some truly sinister moves at a private party Madonna threw the other night at Morgans Bar after one of her sold-out Garden shows. "Kevin was dancing with his arms flailing in the air and kicking his legs around, kind of like a modified Irish jig," explains our agog eyewitness. Other guests at the Pravda vodka-sponsored sweatfest included Lenny Kravitz, Zac Posen and Diane von Furstenberg.
Local candle purveyor Harry Slatkin provided Madonna with dressing-room kabbala candles for her Confessions on a Dance Floor tour. Apparently her Madge-esty is fond of giving them out to backstage visitors, including Salma Hayek, Rosie O'Donnell and Harry Hamlin. …
(NY Post & Daily news)
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More details on Madonna's NY party
Madonna and pals Kevin Spacey, Lenny Kravitz and DJ AM decamped to an exclusive after-show party Thursday at Morgans Bar. How exclusive? She wore a sparkly T-shirt reading "You're Not On The Guest List." …
(NY DAILY NEWS)
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Did you stand close to Alex Rodriguez? Did it look like he enjoyed the show?
Thanks for the pics!! I especially love it when people post pics of the crowd alone...
He was like 4 or 5 rows behind me I think. He had a stoic expression most of the time. He wasn't jumping and waving his arms in the air, and he would sit during the slower parts of the show, but he would stand up often to get a closer look and looked at her with some fascination. Here's a pic of them (somebody else took this pic):
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wow, those are the best pics i've ever seen made by any fan at any show! what kind of camera do you have?
Thanks. It's a Panasonic TZ1. The camera came out only a few months ago and people were raving about it online. Seemed like a camera I'd like. It's strong for a camera that size and not heavy to carry around. You can read about it here: http://www.megapixel.net/reviews/panasonic-tz1/tz1-gen.php
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Come on Manhattan, show me what you got!
Posted: 29 June 2006
Madonna played her first night at Madison Square Garden yesterday. The show was late starting due to technical problems with the screens and Madonna had an announcer apologise on her behalf before the show began.
Below are highlights from the fan reports from the show - to read the full length versions visit the New York City - Fan Reviews section.
From albee:
Wow - what a big difference frome seeing her at Staples Center on 6/3. She was incredible. She did one helluva job with I Love New York. The difference was she extended with the guitar and afterwards said 'Come on Mother fuckers, I wrote this song thinking about you....I expect you to jump up and down for this next song.' Then Ray Of Light came on.
From Colin:
Jump is cool too, with the acrobatics - most of this you have heard before - the one thing that really stuck out is that she referenced New York City and it being her 'home' - she jokingly said that she did not have to 'impress nobody' - she also did say 'Come on Manhattan (I thought that was cool) - show me what you got!'
From Danialle:
She didnt start til after 9, I heard a security guard talking, saying she was pissed because the stage wasnt right. Then they made an announcement for Madonna apologizing that one of the screens (top center) was cut off....and said she hopes we enjoy the show despite that imperfection....WELL....WE DID!
Also I cant express how BEAUTIFUL Live To Tell was. All this drama in the media about Madonna crucifying herself....nobody took the time to just look at it and appreciate the artistic beauty. Seeing her up there, she looked like an angel....and singing those haunting words almost brought me to tears, it moved me. Thank you Madonna for that lovely moment in time.
From HeyMrJason:
'MUSIC' was DEFINITELY the BIG showstopper which made Madison Square Garden come ALIVE! It was spectacular, it could of went on forever as far as I'm concerned!
From John:
Madonna also fell during her performance of Ray Of Light. Given the size of the Garden the two side catwalks were on an incline heading up toward the loge seats. As Madonna was playing guitar heading back towards the main stage she fell on her knees but got right up and kept going. She made mention of it before she sang Drowned World. She said something along the lines of 'I keep fucking up the words and falling all over the place, I guess I just want to impress you guys.' I don't know where she fucked up the words but it was cool. She was pouring everything into this show and she delivered.
From Joni:
The combined humanitarian and artistic display leading into 'Live To Tell' was thought provoking and extremely well choreographed while her singing during the song moved the audience. It’s too bad some critics focused on the cross instead of the important message she was portraying.
From Robert L:
Anywho, AMAZING SHOW! She was on fire and very demanding, asking everyone to jump up and down. During Ray Of Light she scolded us, 'You're not jumping!' I love it when Madonna scolds her audience! The venue was hot and she was too!
From Scotty P:
At the end, she CONFESSED, 'I know it's an illusion, but it's a really nice one.' Also, I think it was Ray Of Light when she told us to, 'Jump up and down....whadda ya need an invitation, you're New Yorkers!' Hot. We ate it up. Half-way thru that song, we weren't jumping enough to her satisfaction. She says three words - 'You're not jumping.' Immediately, 16,000 people begin hopping up and down in unison. We were SO her bitches.
From Steve:
Madonna seemed in delicious spirits and was clearly enjoying her Dita routine in New York - which MUST be considered the leather and fetish capital of the world. I cannot say enough good things about her dancers - they are the best she has ever had. The entire first act was everything you pay to see Madonna for.
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madonnalicious
You're energy and enthusiasm is contagious!
Posted: 30 June 2006
The second show at Madison Square Garden took place last night - here are some fan reports from the show:
From Colin:
Tonight's show was great. She did the Like A Virgin horse ride a bit longer and the band played more music as she rode around. She also said she had 'three hours of sleep this morning' but, the energy of the crowd was keeping her going.
From Michael:
The show was amazing! She had great energy. She said in one of her speeches that she only had 3 hours of sleep the night before and that the energy we were giving to her was contagious!
From Scotty P:
She showed us some vulnerability when she said, 'Every time I do a show, I die a little bit, but no shit is worth doing unless you're willing to die for it. You guys can understand that - you're New Yorkers. You're willing to die for a taxi cab!'
Then she got very humble and told us, 'You're energy and enthusiasm is contagious!' and she earnestly thanked us for that.
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I was wondering who the hell Alex Rodriguez was...
He's just a "LOCAL STAR" :theboobie:
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Oh and here's Alex Rodriguez ... tall guy to the right in a black t-shirt that says "LORDS"
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Thanks guys!
yeah, your pics are nice and clear, slyguy. you must have a nice camera...Yeah it's pretty good for a pocket size camera. It's a Panasonic TZ-1. Strong zoom (10x optical zoom), the settings aren't super difficult to play around with, and it takes very large images in very good to excellent quality most of the time. It also has image stabiliztion -- blurry pictures happen less often because it prevents camera shake. I was reading camera reviews online, and this one seemed ideal for me and I liked the pics owners were getting with it. Not as strong as a professional camera (which I can use if I wanted to), but those are too damn huge & cumbersome for me to carry around anywhere -- especially to a show that I want to dance/jump a lot in, and more frustrating/maddening to use with their endless settings. You can read more about the camera here: -link-
This camera fits my needs (and then some) for all of the type of pics I take throughout the year. It's harder to take good pics in concert than a portrait of sombody in a room or simple landscape outside because in a concert there's so much fast pace, darkness, flashing lights, etc. Ugh, and there's sometimes audience members in the rows in front of you whose heads blocks your camera's view the moment you click the camera and you end up with a humongous pic of somebody's brillo hair!
I've taken pics at concerts many times over the years, so experience helps me as well.agclef, here's some more of my pics from the show
(warning: this page will load slow if you're on dial-up!)
What are you looking at?
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Yeah at 1st I was wondering there why he had a P.R. flag but it was the lady next to him holding it. 4 more shows to go for me!
:rockon: I love Esther so much Here's another 2 pics from the show (I have many more but I'm only have time to be online for a short bit today )
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I didn't see them, but Kevin Spacey, Julia Roberts and 50cent
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Oh, and Carta from here was seated right next to me! I hope you didn't get freaked out how we were ridiculously carrying on during the show! Me and the other guy next to me were so loud and crazy!
I wish I got his name down, he was so funny. But you were certainly having a good time there too! That's so fucking cool you made the long journey from Australia to NYC to see the show twice!!! Sooo worth it! 
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Find Lenny!
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fuck fuck fuck, my post was lost!!!
Anyway, I have no time and lucidity (I'm a bit 
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I snapped photos, but that will have to wait! I need sleep and have a lot of things to do tomorrow.
After all these years, it was awesome FINALLY hanging out with you Holidayguy, thebigham, Humble Neighborhood after the show
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God I loved this show so much! When I was trying to go to sleep I was having so many flashbacks from the show. And I woke up singing a lot of the songs from the show. Even during the slow acoustic parts of the show I stood there marvelling at her. Still no time to write anything indepth now, I have a million things to do today! Will write about the shows this weekend!
Yes Holidaguy your seat should be fine. When the show starts try to move closer to the catwalk.
People I'm meeting tonight, you have my number!
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Arts Extra | Madonna
Madonna Returns to the Dance Floor
Madonna on her "Confessions Tour" at Madison Square Garden.
Madonna begins her show by climbing out of a disco ball. It splits apart, like one of those chocolate oranges, and out she climbs: a star is hatched.
Wednesday night was the first time she did this at Madison Square Garden, although it's not scheduled to be the last: the concert marked the beginning of a four-night engagement (not counting two nights later in July). And for the next two hours, she put on a spectacular and mainly successful show, returning again and again to a place she knows well: the dance floor. Just about everything onstage is covered in mirror tiles, even the cross on which Madonna is briefly crucified. (It's a plea for AIDS relief, naturally.)
The show is largely given over to her 2005 album, "Confessions on a Dance Floor" (Warner Bros.), which is as exuberant as its predecessor, "American Life," was severe. Most of it was produced with Stuart Price (sometimes known as Jacques Lu Cont), who specializes in sleek and buzzy beats. The album has been praised as Madonna's nostalgic return to her nightclub roots, but Wednesday's concert suggested that something has changed. She's still in the club, but she has a slightly different idea about why.
One of the most dazzling sequences came near the beginning. Madonna rode a saddle that was mounted on a pole to sing "Like a Virgin." The saddle slowly rose and fell, as if it were on a merry-go-round. And as Madonna contorted, it was easy to miss the disturbing story that was unfolding on screens behind her: there was a video montage of racehorses stumbling, throwing their riders, crashing to earth. This vague sense of terror kept coming back all night, as if to remind the dancers -- including the ones in the bleachers -- that there's no such thing as innocent fun.
Like many recent Madonna tours, this one is a trade-off. Fans get fewer old warhorses than they want. (Near the end, she made more than a few nights by singing "Lucky Star.") In return, they get more outlandish sets, weird conceits and eye-popping dance routines (referencing everything from the Los Angeles krumping scene to the French sport of parkour) than they can digest in one night.
The most indigestible moments are still the ones in which Madonna is burdened with something more inhibiting than a saddle: a guitar. Madonna with a guitar is generally the concert equivalent of cholesterol: it clogs the aisles with otherwise faithful fans who suddenly remember they have to buy a T-shirt, or use the rest room, or track down one of those beer mugs with the pretzel rod in the handle.
No matter: by the time she sung "Hung Up," the ecstatic, Abba-sampling hit from "Confessions," the draggy middle was all but forgotten. When pop stars sing about clubs, they're often singing about leaving them: the whole reason you go is to find someone to leave with. But there's not much that's flirtatious or suggestive about "Hung Up." It sounds, on the contrary, like the work of someone who's realized that there is no after-party: the party is all there is, and what happens on the dance floor isn't a means to a end -- it's the end. You don't go there to leave, or to somehow transcend it; you go there to stay as long as you can. Maybe it takes a 47-year-old pop star to figure that out.
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MADONNA & MILD AT MSG
June 29, 2006 -- BRACE yourself. In between the sexual writhing onstage with buff dancers, a few half- boiled political statements projected on the video screens, and her constant attempt to prove she's still a babe at 47, Madonna actually sang last night at the opener of her five-night Madison Square Garden series.
And she sang pretty well.
Sure, there were half a dozen costume changes and a razzle-dazzle, three-ring stage show that was designed to distract anyone from noticing if she did miss a beat or note, but missteps were few at this show.
The very choreographed two-hour extravaganza, which is touring under the title "Confessions on a Dance Floor," ran like a well-oiled machine.
Still, by her own admission, she goofed up a few lyrics early in the set and stumbled to her knees as she went down a slick stage ramp while strumming a guitar. Not so graceful - but she recovered quickly.
A Madonna concert, even one where she trips, is partly a tribute to herself as well as a celebration of gay culture. At this performance, both elements melded with the concert's theme of '70s-style disco music.
The night's program focused on her latest album, which is dedicated to dance music, and was fattened up with tunes from her catalog that fit the "Saturday Night Fever" theme.
Madonna made her grand concert entrance inside a mirror ball that was lowered from the rafters. You can't get more disco than that.
When she emerged, Madonna was a kinky hatchling all dressed in the pleather and lace of a dominatrix ready for a ride with the horsy set.
She delivered giddy-up versions of "Future Lovers" and "I Feel Lucky" as she gripped a riding crop and mounted a dancer who was cinched into a saddle.
She then galloped into one of the show's few nods to her early songbook with "Like a Virgin." That tune's staging also referenced her riding ability, as she perched on a motorcycle seat attached to a stripper's pole.
Saying Madonna is entertaining to watch is an understatement. Everything about last night's concert was designed to please her devoted fans - and it worked.
Stage sights also included a Bob Fosse-like production number with dancers leaping about on aluminum scaffolding, a roller-rink routine late in the concert and, of course, the notorious Madonna-as-Jesus on a mirrored cross.
Not for nothing, but poking fun at Christians is easy. Crosses and crowns of thorns? Give me a break. If she really wanted to be daring, she'd have ripped a Koran in half.
Catholic-bashing and stage show glitz aside, Madonna made her best musical points late in the show, when she revved up songs like "Ray of Light" (the night's best song) followed by "Lucky Star" and the show's closer, her current hit single, "Hung Up."
It was as good and entertaining a show as you'd expect from this veteran showperson. But in comparison to past shows at the Garden, this one was more mild than wild.
dan.aquilante@nypost.com
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NYC Madison Square Garden - July 2nd fan stuff
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The show was absolutely great great great! I remember on the RIT the Sunday night show being better than the other NY shows and having a more exuberant crowd. I
Esther