tour Madonna - The Celebration Tour | More Than 1.5 Million People @ Mega-Concert in Rio

[lachiqui_klk]

hi everyone! just a quick question...

i went to the first barcelona show with my dad and had an absolute blast! loved it so much that i just bought a floor A ticket for amsterdam on a whim.

 

i just realised the floor layout is different: in barcelona, all of the stage fit in floor A but not for the rest of the dates. my main question is... how likely am I to get a place in front of the main stage (where she sings NRM, Holiday, LAP etc) if i queue from 1-2pm ish? that's the soonest i can go due to my flights but i don't want to spend the day queuing if that spot is already filled by early entry / VIP tickets etc and end up on the sides outside the catwalks anyways.

 

hope this made sense and thanks in advance!!

[thequeenofpopmadonna]

JEWELLERY

 

The Deeper Meaning Behind Madonna’s Celebration Tour Jewellery

 

BY MILENA LAZAZZERA

15 November 2023

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Kevin Mazur

As well as her back catalogue of monster hits, Madonna’s Celebration Tour honours the instantly recognisable accessories that defined her style and made waves in fashion and popular culture. In the early days of her career, the Material Girl famously wore religious symbols, turning their meanings upside down. Take the cross: usually associated with devout piety, it became a cry for sexual freedom as it dangled upon Madonna’s chest while she sang “Like A Virgin”.

The Halo headpiece by Malakai

As she emerges onto the barely-lit stage wearing an oversized, priest-like black kimono-robe, Madonna’s halo jewellery headpiece shines, setting the tone for more giant religious symbols to follow, and underlining the spiritual message of “Nothing Really Matters”, the first song she performs.

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A sketch of the halo headpiece by Malakai for Madonna.

 

“For the opening, we wanted to show her in all her glory, and together with jewellery designer Malakai, we immediately thought of a halo because it harks back to the iconography of the Madonna and Child and religious symbolism, which is a big part of Madonna’s style,” says Eyob Yohannes, Madonna’s stylist, who orchestrated all the looks for the tour.

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Berlin-based designer Malakai also worked on Madonna’s accessories for the 2018 Met Gala, when the theme of the Costume Institute exhibition was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and The Catholic Imagination”. The artist fashioned her halo in sterling silver, a light material that allows her to move freely on stage. It is adorned with 25 large Swarovski crystals and paved with micro-crystals. “It was made specifically for Madonna’s head,” says Malakai. “I knew all the necessary measurements of her head, I knew about how she was going to style her hair. So the piece considered all the tiny details to ensure it was light but still made an impact.”

It surely did, evoking a profoundly spiritual moment in the dim light of the show’s opening. “Knowing that ‘Nothing Really Matters’ was the song chosen to open the show. I thought about Madonna’s iconography and what she stands for. The halo became the obvious choice as the song carries a beautiful message of love. I thought it linked with the mother-bearing theme, as she released the song after the birth of her daughter,” says Malakai.

The Necklace Of Tears by Vetements and Swarovski

“Live to Tell”, the song of silent suffering released in 1986, is performed by Madonna against a backdrop of images of artists including the American painter Keith Haring, the photographer Herb Ritts and the singer Freddy Mercury, all of whom died of health complications related to AIDS. “It is a sombre moment in the show,” says Yohannes. “It is a time of mourning, but we also want to celebrate their creative talent and their contribution.”

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Vetements came up with the solution to convey these two contradictory sentiments: a necklace made of a multitude of tear-drop-shaped gems fashioned from dazzling Swarovski crystals that evoke the sparkle of the artists’ creativity.

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In an emotional post on Instagram, Giovanna Engelbert, global creative director at Swarovski, expressed her gratitude to Vetements creative director Demna Gvasalia for the commission, and to the members of her team across Paris, Stockholm, Switzerland and Austria. Madonna wears the piece to sing “Like a Prayer”, Engelbert’s favourite track by the artist. “You can imagine the emotion when I saw her singing wearing this necklace,” she said.

The Vogue Cross by Almarow

A “gothic cross” was the succinct brief Marta Oriani, a former gemologist at Sotheby’s and the founder of Almarow, was given when tasked with creating a piece for Madonna’s tour. “I thought of regal jewellery, which is part of Almarow’s aesthetic — particularly the elaborately adorned Victorian crosses that seemed perfect for Madonna,” says Oriani, who had just two weeks to produce it.

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A sketch of the Vogue Cross by Marta Oriani at Almarow for Madonna.

 

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“I literally sketched it on the back of one of my kid’s workbooks!” Oriani says. The Almarow atelier in Italy used a mix of crystal shapes – pear, marquise, round, and square – to accentuate the Victorian inspiration,and give it a contemporary touch. “I decided to name it the Vogue Cross,” Oriani says, “as ‘Vogue’ is one of my favourite songs.”

On stage, Madonna wears the piece with a petrol-blue bodysuit over black fishnet tights, a look which, in recent performances, was completed with a knee brace on the left leg. Combined with her choice to expose the knee brace and to include Gloria Gaynor’s classic “I Will Survive” in her set, the Vogue Cross now also conveys the 65-year-old singer’s formidable staying power.

Crystal rosaries by the House of Emmanuele

“Designing for Madonna’s latest Celebration Tour was a journey that whisked me back to my earliest Madonna memory – a moment when she perfectly embodied her namesake in the iconic ‘Like A Virgin’ music video,” says Emmanuel Tsakiris at the House of Emmanuele. In the video that accompanied her 1984 hit, Madonna provocatively prowls around Venice, adorned with a bewildering array of crucifixes and amulets.

The memory of this “legendary” look inspired the creation of the House of Emmanuele’s La Croix Dynasty collection, which includes crystal rosaries with a mix of crystal and coloured gemstones in various cuts, resulting in a modern reinterpretation of Madonna’s iconic ’80s aesthetic. “Seeing Madonna wear these crucifixes on stage is not just a career highlight but also a surreal manifestation of dreams that have been in the making since I was a wide-eyed six-year-old, buying my very first Madonna single and falling headlong into my obsession.”

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A sketch of the rosaries made by Emmanuel Tsakiris at the House of Emmanuele for Madonna.

 

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Two crystal rosary necklaces by the the House of Emmanuele for Madonna, with a sketch and Madonna's pictures in the background.

 

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/madonna-jewellery-celebration-tour

 

 

this is an interesting read. quite amazing that all the designers are her real fans !

 

LMAO

[thequeenofpopmadonna]

She just said she's going to Brazil last night.

Omg she's extending the tour.

All the rumors are Turning out to be true

Edited November 17, 2023 by thequeenofpopmadonna

[Raptus]

4 minutes ago, thequeenofpopmadonna said:

She just said she's going to Brazil last night.

 

For BBL

 

[Alongoria13]

She got a doll thrown at her and she threw it back lol, she's not ready for Mexico, she is so going to fume

Edited November 17, 2023 by Alongoria13

[Sergi91]

2 minutes ago, Alongoria13 said:

She got a dolls thrown at her and she threw it back lol, she's not ready for Mexico, she is so going to fume

I hope Adele lets her know what the Dr Simi doll means 

[Alongoria13]

Can you do that? Huh? I don't want your ******* t-shirt

[MJH]

not Hung Up on Tokischa growing on me after the show  been having it on repeat. The whole red dress segment is a total slay

[tiagol88]

6 minutes ago, MJH said:

not Hung Up on Tokischa growing on me after the show  been having it on repeat. The whole red dress segment is a total slay

The remix isn’t that nad. It’s tue video that ruins all of it tbh

[Oktober Knight]

3 hours ago, thequeenofpopmadonna said:

She just said she's going to Brazil last night.

Omg she's extending the tour.

All the rumors are Turning out to be true

What she really said... 

 

"I'll get there eventually." 

 

That's hardly a confirmation. 

[thequeenofpopmadonna]

1 hour ago, Oktober Knight said:

What she really said... 

 

"I'll get there eventually." 

 

That's hardly a confirmation. 

brazilians think otherwise

[tiagol88]

2 hours ago, Oktober Knight said:

What she really said... 

 

"I'll get there eventually." 

 

That's hardly a confirmation. 

She wouldn't say that if she wasn't touring the country, like... 

It's clear she's going to Brazil.

[campelo]

She actually clocked Brazilians. She said "I will get there eventually one day, but now let's enjoy Cologne, we are in Cologne after all"

 

she had no damn patient 

[LittleStarmen]

2 minutes ago, campelo said:

She actually clocked Brazilians. She said "I will get there eventually one day, but now let's enjoy Cologne, we are in Cologne after all"

 

she had no damn patient 

Also a Dancer posted see you in Asia and deleted it after

[thequeenofpopmadonna]

51 minutes ago, LittleStarmen said:

Also a Dancer posted see you in Asia and deleted it after

Omg coming to asia?? I faint 

[ArtForFreedom]

1 hour ago, LittleStarmen said:

Also a Dancer posted see you in Asia and deleted it after

[Hurem]

There are some €70 nosebleed tickets for both Amsterdam shows  Not sure if I should snatch or not

[Hurem]

omfg WAIT they released more tickets for the nosebleeds and they're only €45

 

[Hurem]

okay I got myself a ticket for the last show of the European leg  I'm seeing the queen again

 

[Chris]

8 minutes ago, Hurem said:

okay I got myself a ticket for the last show

As you should.

 

Put more money in her pockets.

[John Slayne]

3 hours ago, LittleStarmen said:

Also a Dancer posted see you in Asia and deleted it after

when she tours for 3 years and snatches back her touring records 

[Oktober Knight]

@Chris you're going to one of the Chicago shows right? I'm contemplating on going to one as well as Detroit 

[The7thStranger]

Okay, so here are my thoughts on the show after having seen it live.

 

A little context: I’ve been a fan since the early 1990s, I have a very large Madonna memorabilia collection, and I had seen her live three times before this (S&S, MDNA, and RH).

 

The fact that she was able to even stand on a stage at all, let alone perform choreography and sail over the audience multiple times, is truly impressive given the traumatic ordeal that she’s been through both mentally and physically. Honestly, it’s clear that she is not fully healed from it all, nor from the injuries she’s been nursing since the Madame X Tour. But she still gives 110% with each number, and it’s nice to see the committment and joy that I’ve come to expect from a Madonna performance. I can definitely say that The Celebration Tour holds its own against other tours in her history, bringing back some of the whimsy of WTG, Confessions, and BAT.

 

Positive

• The setlist is insanely good. She has so many great songs in there for casual fans and for hardcore stans.
• This show is fan service, and it’s the only time she’s ever truly done that. There are so many Easter eggs for stans to analyze, and finding them makes watching the show that much more fun and special.
• The performance of Live to Tell (and the way it come in after Holiday) on this tour is, as one other user said in their review, an absolute career highlight. I cried by the end of it. There’s something about seeing the faces endlessly multiply around her… you can’t see her well, and that’s powerful. You just hear her voice and see the faces… Bob (?) walking through the memorial… amazing.
  • Seeing Gabriel in the center spot, the same one later occupied by Freddie Mercury, feels like Madonna is trying to make amends after their falling out during the release of Truth or Dare.
  • The transition into Like a Prayer is phenomenal.
• The intricate way she arranged the setlist (with a few notable exceptions) shows that, despite her decades of refusing to look back, Madonna has been paying attention and not letting slip through the cracks. In particular, the first half of this show (Nothing Really Matters to Hung Up) is some of her most clever work.
  • The disturbing blend of Girlie Show/Hard Candy/Blond Ambition during Erotica with the masked Doppelgänger is an example of what makes Madonna so special.
• While she is riding the backing track pretty hard on some songs, there are others where she sounds fantastic, in particular Bad Girl, Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, La Isla Bonita, and Rain.
• The costuming is very fun, youthful, and accurately winks back at her past looks without being corny.
• The Prince and Michael Jackson tributes are beautiful in person, and people were eating them up. Same goes for the I Don’t Search I Find interlude.
• Songs that I wasn’t so sure about, such as Hung Up on Tokischa, Die Another Day, and Mother and Father are so much better in person that I had imagined.
• It’s great to see her kids exercise their talents on stage with her.
• She sang a few lines of Causing a Commotion, and I lost my mind.
• Without a doubt, people were loving Into the Groove, Open Your Heart, La Isla Bonita, Like a Prayer, Don’t Tell Me, and Hung Up the most.
• In terms of the setlist, this is the best Madonna show I’ve ever seen live.
• I need a studio version of the new mix of Everybody. The choreography with the laterns was very clever.
• The amount of time she spends on the Erotica era feels justified given how overlooked it was at the time.

 

Criticism

• I’m not entirely sure that the general public understands the story in certain places. For example, as far as I could tell, Madonna never addresses the Sex book in and of itself (certain photos appear in the interlude montages). She once said that she judges her career before and after that book, and I think that’s represented in the show by Bad Girl. Did the general audience pick up on that? I’m not convinced.
  • The narratives becomes less clear as the show progresses. (I love Rain, but what moment in her life does this represent?)
• The Human Nature/Crazy for You transition is as awkward as people say it is. I think the audience was baffled by it honestly.
• I thankfully sat stage right… I can imagine those sitting stage left were a bit annoyed by the first segment of the show playing out more on the right.
• There are moments where the screens obscure your vision, although I generally think they were used to solid effect.
• I hate to say this, but Bedtime Story is the pee-break song. Nobody who isn’t a die-hard fan knew it. And while I love that I got to hear it live and sing along (it’s one of my all-time favorite Madonna songs), I was very much alone in my section. I could tell many people were simply waiting for it to be over, and that kind of put a damper on my experience. Her laying on the ground instead of doing standard choreography or looking into the audience doesn’t help.
• Living for Love, Justify My Love, and The Beast Within are very similar moments, and the dark overtones wear out their welcome.
• I do think that there should have been explicit references to Christopher, Donna, and Niki. I mean, If you’re going to put in subtle references like the Keith Haring jacket, the Girlie Show outfits during Erotica and Hung Up and the Papa Don’t Preach choreography... Whether she wants to admit it, those three were just as responsible for her most iconic moments as she herself was. I’m still hoping Donna and Niki make an appearance when the show goes to the US. I think the ship has sailed with Christopher, unfortunately.
• The sound quality during Rain and Ray of Light was not amazing. I cannot tell if that’s a result of not having a live band or if it was just a problem with the acoustics in the arena. Also, there was at least one weird audio glitch, so I’m guessing her sound system is very complicated (lending credibility to the technical issues on opening night).
• It’s weird that there is no music from Hard Candy on the tour at all. There are only a few references to that era, and I have to wonder if part of that isn’t due to some insight into not drawing attention to her work with Justin Timberlake.

 

Where does it rank for me on the tour list?

 

A-Tier: Blond Ambition, Girlie Show, Confessions, Reinvention, Celebration

B-Tier: Who’s That Girl, Virgin, Sticky & Sweet, MDNA

C-Tier: Drowned World (don’t @ me), Rebel Heart

D-Tier: Madame X

 

I left fully reminded why Madonna is and forever will be the QUEEN.

 

[Chris]

7 minutes ago, Oktober Knight said:

you're going to one of the Chicago shows right?

Both.

 

 

 

[Chris]

It's going to be so cold in February.