Guest Not4Pussies Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 hahaha "i guess you're a bottom, right?" is there a video of what happens after that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeravA Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 (edited) The end of the video is hilarious the banter before masterpiece is priceless!! Edited September 21, 2012 by MeravA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Not4Pussies Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 share the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeravA Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 WTF happenned to my video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sloane Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 She sang Love Spent w/ LAV here right? Finally and LOVED IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafter69 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Madonna FB account said she would come on by 9:30 tonight yay! about to head out!! did this end up being true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR! Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 wow she was talking a LOT last night! wonder why she is sooo happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat.Guy Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 OMG! I'm containing myself to not watch! Hope she keeps on the setlist! Is becoming more perfect every night, I can't belive in this bitch! She's LIFE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOUR2008 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 http://chicagophoenix.com/2012/09/21/madonna-kills-it-at-united-center/ Madonna kills it at United Center Balancing newer hits with vintage pop killers must’ve been difficult for the people who put together Madonna’s setlist for her recent tour. And at Wednesday night’s show, fans heard most of MDNA and managed not to skip a single classic. No fan left dissatisfied. Cutting many songs to only two choruses made room for more performance, more magic and more impact. So the two-hour set was jam packed with power, never enduring a dull moment in the nearly sold-out venue at the United Center. With most of the crowd of fans from the Celebration generation, hits from Confessions on a Dancefloor and latest MDNA weren’t so enthralling. The stage was laced with black and white and red for “Vogue,” when the United Center finally filled with noise and motion. The show’s other peak happened as cheerleader Madonna stomped and twirled to “Express Yourself,” mashing partly with “Born This Way.” Whether in jest or in disdain, the moment wasn’t to be missed. Opener, DJ Paul Oakenfold didn’t have much capacity to rev up the crowd, house lights still lit and top-40 remixes uninspired, so it was up to the Queen of Pop to energize the audience and get them excited. “I haven’t had any Red Bull,” she said sarcastically, and paused. “This is all me and caffeine.” If this is Madonna high on caffeine, we never want to see her come down. She was revved up, and at age 54, showed no signs of slowing, even at the two-hours-long show’s finish. It was astonishing how she kicked just as high and never skipped a beat or paused to breathe. The diva went on stage after 10 p.m., but still livened the crowd, many of which had surpassed their bedtimes. For the most celebrated pop star of all time, this woman acted less like a superstar and more like a voice with a platform. She’s known for her snooty character and fame-induced antics, but on Wednesday we were lucky to see a looser and more talkative Madonna. Responding to fans in the front row, she joked “Hi, I love you too. Buy a T-shirt. I have four kids.” It’s rare for her to say much of anything to the crowd, and Wednesday’s attendees got to hear Madonna telling stories and empowering concertgoers with some words of advice: “Do me a favor and don’t vote for Mitt Romney.” She even said goodbye to the crowd after final song “Celebration” and a fiery dance break in high-tops. Madonna never says goodbye! Holy Hell, was the “MDNA Tour” a spectacle. No image fell short of mesmerizing, no move was less than passionate and no lyric sung without meaning. Madonna clearly hired the greatest dancers, the most talented designers, and the best-equipped production team to put together this tour. She had multiple costume changes and set changes, from church scenes (“Girl Gone Wild”) to motel shootouts (“Bang Bang”) to avant-garde cabaret shows (“Like A Virgin”). The concept was ambitious, and though somewhat disconnected, extremely entertaining. A Midwesterner herself, Madonna poked fun at our neck of the woods before slowing down to perform “Masterpiece,” another MDNA highlight. “I’ve always loved the way you people say words like ‘car,’ ‘shop,’ … “Madonna,” she embellished. At this point, the Queen had successfully engaged the crowd with her energy and amused folks with her sense of humor. Not halfway in, every fan’s dollar was well-spent. The rest was a shock-value show that couldn’t be priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOUR2008 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Madonna full of fresh pop at United Center Madonna performs at the United Center. (Nuccio DiNuzzo, Chicago Tribune) It was a concert that opened with an act of contrition and closed with a robed church choir paving the road to a celebration. In between there was fake blood, pretend guns, the return of the infamous conical bra, whiffs of sadomasochism and poison-tipped political commentary, as well as allusions to the pop art of Roy Lichtenstein, movies by Oliver Stone and Stanley Kubrick, Brecht-Weil cabaret, Asian mysticism, Cirque du Soleil-style tightrope acrobatics, and Basque folk music. Madonna was in town, and though she’s one of the most famous celebrities in the world – and also one of the priciest, as evidenced by those $355 seats – her first of two concerts Wednesday at the United Center had all the hallmarks of a cult artist indulging a serious art-pop fetish. The easy route would’ve been a greatest hits tour, but even at 54 – something of a godmother to two generations of pop singers from Britney Spears to Lady Gaga – Madonna appears to get bored much too easily to do something that rote. She’s almost perverse in the way she tries to upend and reconfigure her songs to fit a theme, and this was no exception – a self-described two-hour, four-part “journey of a soul from darkness to light.” Got that? Sometimes it wasn’t always easy to follow Madonna’s lead. Where’s this going, exactly? And how much of this was gratuitous shock theater rather than soul baring personal statement? But there was no denying the blend of art, artifice and sheer sensory overload. Besides the 16 dancers, four musicians and two backing singers, a stage that stretched into the middle of the arena and the sumptuous visuals made for something grandly watchable. It made every other recent arena tour that traffics in spectacle look rather puny in comparison. And somehow, a few emotional payoffs snuck through the dazzle, too. Once regarded as a chirpy ingénue destined to burn up her 15 minutes and fade, Madonna has turned reinvention into 300 million worldwide record sales and nearly 30 years of stardom. She has taken a few knocks this year as her latest album, “MDNA” has tumbled down the charts soon after a muddled halftime performance at the Super Bowl. Though the album was panned as a late, unsuccessful attempt to ride the coattails of the burgeoning electronic dance music movement, it was sold short. It was that rare recent Madonna album with an emotional center, with several songs zeroing in on the toll of her broken marriage, and that filtered into her performance Wednesday. Her concert tours use music as just one of many elements in a multimedia scramble of dance, performance art, theater and video, and “MDNA” was no exception. The visually spectacular first segment was set in a Gothic cathedral with shafts of light piercing through the “windows” and hooded monks ringing a bell and burning incense, suggesting some strange hybrid of Kubrick’s ritualistic sex scenes in “Eyes Wide Shut” and a foreboding Medieval ceremony. The set morphed into a tawdry hotel straight out of Stone’s “Natural Born Killers,” with Madonna gunning down masked assailants with disturbing glee, smearing the joint with blood and curse-splattered bravado. The music rumbled with menace, Madonna’s voice Auto-tuned almost beyond recognition, the once-bouncy “Papa Don’t Preach” and the exuberant “Hung Up” slowed and twisted to a crawl. A parade of drummers, some of them suspended from ceiling wires to make it seem as though they were floating above the stage, exuberantly flushed out the bad vibes on “Give Me All Your Luvin’.” Segment 2 was more organic, and exuded a highly unusual quality for a Madonna tour: something like warmth. She still uses her guitar, which was often barely audible, as more of a prop than an instrument, and her voice remains thin. But her dancing was energetic, and at times astonishingly athletic. “Open Your Heart” inspired an ensemble performance that suggested a mating of gypsy kicks and hip-hop break dancing. The next segment was all ice-queen Berlin cabaret, topped by an oddly moving, slowed-nearly-beyond-recognition “Like a Virgin.” Here was Madonna’s signature song (or at least one of them) sung from the perspective of a much older woman looking back on her life, trying to conjure up a feeling she could barely remember, let alone ever experience again. It concluded with a tortured, erotic ballet involving Madonna, another dancer and a corset. A vulnerable Madonna? You saw it here first. After that, the singer sent her fans home dancing with the sound of sitars on “I’m a Sinner,” a choir on “Like a Prayer,” and an aerobics class sponsored by Kraftwerk on “Celebration.” Amid a fleet of fluorescent modules, she was briefly the dance-pop icon of the ‘80s and ‘90s again. Some of her fans would surely be glad if she stayed there for an entire concert. But for Madonna that would mean turning into a nostalgia act, and she’s not having i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runaway Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 WOW!! How amazing this review is???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOUR2008 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2012/09/madonna_united_center_flash_an.html Madonna @ United Center: Flash and flattery By Thomas Conner on September 20, 2012 2:20 AM | (Tom Cruze/Sun-Times) Earlier this week, Madonna caused a minimal stir by sniping at Lady Gaga, referencing her during a concert and adding, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Wednesday night at Chicago's United Center, the first of two concerts there this week, Madonna again slipped the chorus of Gaga's "Born This Way" into the bridge of her own "Express Yourself" -- it's a seamless match, for sure -- but let it go without comment. Well, almost. She shouted a bit from "She's Not Me" at the end. It seems like pretty catty paranoia from the indisputable queen of pop, as if the Material Girl -- a 1 percenter if ever there were -- has adopted the Republicans' new slogan ("We built it!") and its false sense of rugged individualism. Madonna broke ground for women in pop during the '80s and easily can justify her worldwide love, but much of her success is a pastiche quilt, a smart synthesis of the best of the best. Wednesday's show only lengthened the long list of film and music artists she herself flatters by imitation. In fact, the opening of her two-hour concert -- full of the usual impressive showmanship, heavy hoofing, mish-mash religious symbolism and garish exhibitionism -- finds the Gen-X megastar, now 54, retooling gruesome scenes as if acting in a Quentin Tarantino film. (Or is it ex-husband Guy Ritchie's?) Kicking through a church window and brandishing a machine gun, Madonna and her legion of dancers careen through several violent set pieces, including pointing prop weapons into the crowd several times then blowing away various assailants -- their blood splattering across the three-story video screens -- while singing, "I wanna see him die / over and over and over and over ..." ("Gang Bang"). Her typical cheap shock tactics aside, it's not exactly a comfortable thing to watch at the end of this particular summer in Chicago. In a previous statement, Madge has described this "MDNA" tour, supporting her new album (widely lambasted, though I didn't hate it), as "the journey of a soul from darkness to light," as well as "part spectacle and sometimes intimate performance art." The Broadway-level production does eventually lighten up, though it's mostly artless and nearly all spectacle. Robed monks quickly turn into shirtless hotties ("Girl Gone Wild"), cheerleaders and little drummer boys prance about ("Give Me All Your Luvin'"), there's the requisite cross-dressing and hand jive ("Vogue"), and the whole thing ends in a "Tron"-meets-Tetris, feel-good dance party ("Celebration"). The finest moments, though, are in the middle -- without all the hoopla. She sings "Turn Up the Radio" alone at a mike on the catwalk strumming a guitar, nothing else. "Open Your Heart" becomes a rhythmic Basque arrangement, with the full ensemble of dancers casually hanging like real people instead of choreographed cogs. (Here she's also joined by her 11-year-old son, Rocco Ritchie, busting moves and grinning from ear to ear.) Next, "Holiday" actually feels like one, relaxed and spontaneous. It's a refreshing, natural few moments, and it gives Madonna a chance to squeeze in some yammering about Oprah (she was last in United Center early last year for the TV host's big farewell) and delivering an impromptu homily about self-empowerment and treating "one another with dignity and respect." Performer, heal thyself. Your legacy is secure, and it would be cemented for a whole new generation -- Wednesday's crowd was, well, my age -- if you took Gaga under your wing instead of clawing at her all the time. Go teach her a thing or two. Girl needs it. Note: Those with tickets for the Thursday night show (and babysitters at home) should be aware the posted show time is 8 p.m., but on Wednesday (and at most other shows on the tour) Madonna didn't start until 10:20 p.m. (DJ Paul Oakenfold fills an hour of this time spinning records. Zzzzzzz.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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xoxoboi24 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 did this end up being true? yup! she came on at 9:40ish... with holiday and Love spent, the show is just under two hours and so freaking awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat.Guy Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 If LS came to stay, the third section will no longer be the "only oldies" section! Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest astonishing! Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 This tour is absolute perfection. Love Spent is so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattress Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I love that she sings "I want you to take me like you took MY money". That's how I always imagine it when I listen to the studio cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 She was so into the Love Spent performance. Wow. Probably a really emotionally wrenching song for her to sing. I'm still in awe of this tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Not4Pussies Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Performer, heal thyself. Your legacy is secure, and it would be cemented for a whole new generation -- Wednesday's crowd was, well, my age -- if you took Gaga under your wing instead of clawing at her all the time. Go teach her a thing or two. Girl needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phineaspoe Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Can't get over this. I've watched it over and over again. This is the "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" satisfying surprise in the middle of Confessions. I almost fainted that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeMySoul Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 i can't stop watching the LA/LS performance either this has to be her most emotional performance ever hope LS stays and we get to see more performances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessie Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Holiday and Love Spent needs to stay!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessie Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 She seems a bit annoyed to have to sing Holiday but i don't mind! She may sing forced Holiday for the rest of her life! We do not mind bitch give us Holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Is it just me or does this tour seem to be getting better reviews in the U.S.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 ^ Absolutely. We can thank the Super Bowl for that, tbqh. I mean think about it. When was the last time 100 million Americans saw Madonna flaunt her most revered talent on TV? I can't think of a time. So many people had no idea of what a consumate performer she is.That moment completely sold her tour for her here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adreeyen Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 ^ Absolutely. We can thank the Super Bowl for that, tbqh. I mean think about it. When was the last time 100 million Americans saw Madonna flaunt her most revered talent on TV? I can't think of a time. So many people had no idea of what a consumate performer she is.That moment completely sold her tour for her here. 114 million, sweetheart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shaddy Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Love Spent was so good - hope she keeps it in the setlist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 We can thank the Super Bowl for that, tbqh. I mean think about it. When was the last time 100 million Americans saw Madonna flaunt her most revered talent on TV? I can't think of a time. So many people had no idea of what a consumate performer she is.That moment completely sold her tour for her here. Agreed. It was a pretty smart move to start ticket sales that week of that event. I feel like even the reviewers of this tour (in the U.S. anyway) are really singing her praises (aside from the odd Gaga loon). Europe seemed a little colder to this one which surprised me - it seems more "artistic" than S&S and usually Europe is the first to catch on to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW omg, Can you imagine if she did Falling Free-hee next????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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