celeb news Madonna Celebration Tour Close to 100M Gross

[poki]

2 hours ago, thequeenofpopmadonna said:

My sis.

No she never said that whenever she went on tour. 

She never said any tour would become the last. She ain't Cher.

 

Last year she said she missed being on stage because she's a showgirl.

Fans just say that the tour will be the last, though she didn't.

Not to mention, this tour as,well.

Some fans underestimate her and keep saying she will quit touring after this.

No surprise that they keep pushing her down.

 

 

1 hour ago, tiagol88 said:

Please show me a tour where Madonna promoted it as the last time she would be doing this lmao

From the Girlie Show wiki page:

 

The tour was then chronicled in a photo book of the same name, released in November 1994. This release included a CD with three live tracks: "Like a Virgin", "In This Life", and "Why's It So Hard". Madonna wrote in the book:

"When I finished the Blond Ambition tour, I swore on my life that I would never even think of going on tour again as long as I lived. I was spent. I was exhausted. I was sick of traveling. I wanted stability. So, I threw myself into making movies, recording a new album, and I also put out a book called Sex. So much for stability.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girlie_Show_(Madonna)

 

I meant to say Madonna was telling herself "this will be my last tour" but she keeps coming back and she jokes about that.

The infamous "the most controversial thing I ever did was sticking around" quote also plays into this 

[LOTF]

6 hours ago, Lana Banana said:

I can’t at people claiming she can’t do stadiums. Madonna herself said she hates doing stadiums because her production value is always above what an open air can provide and she is still probably petty and hates the S&S tour stadium experiences because there were so many wrong things happening stage wise. 
 

Of course she would sell out stadiums in a blink of an eye, like, who even doubts that? 
 

Her previous “tour” was just theaters being a proof of her hating larger audiences for a single show. 
 

She’s already a billionaire so why contradict what you want for yourself as an artist? Some of you acting here like she has something more to prove. 

Oop, scalp them haters!

[Jump]

2 hours ago, tiagol88 said:

Please show me a tour where Madonna promoted it as the last time she would be doing this lmao

She said that after the Blond Ambition tour. 

 

There's a Sticky and Sweet behind the scenes mini docu on YouTube where she says it again.

 

And during the MDNA Tour, Donatella said that Madonna was miserable back stage, so we can probably guess how she was feeling about touring there 

[Kern]

I also remember a quote from some Blond Ambition Tour video when she says something like 'the only thing keeping me from cutting my whrists was the thought that soon I'm going back to America'

[Elusive Chanteuse]

4 hours ago, Jjang said:

I know and I said her numbers are very healthy, but she still clearly declined from the top. Not a bad thing necessarily. Just an observation. 

She was easily the #1 touring female artist in the 80s, 90s, and 00s but she began declining after MDNA tour wrapped up. This tour is clearly gonna do better than RHT but that's mainly because of the touring industry bloom, inflation and the fact that its a greatest hits tour etc. 

 

I mean, she grossed $22m in London with even fewer tickets sold with Confession in 2006 (not adjusted for inflation).

Why do you need to spin this in a negative way? She's decades older than Beyonce and Taylor Swift who are in their touring prime. We already know. lol

 

[Jjang]

2 minutes ago, Elusive Chanteuse said:

Why do you need to spin this in a negative way? She's decades older than Beyonce and Taylor Swift who are in their touring prime. We already know. lol

 

let me rephrase it, then.

 

These boxscores are great and show that she's still a fierce touring act. But the fact that her arena shows from 2006/2004 have similar boxscores despite the recent touring industry boom is a testament to how truly impressive her touring prime was. No one but Barbra Streisand and Rolling Stones were grossing that much in arenas but nowadays even acts like Drake are averaging $4m a show. She's still in good company but she departed from the elite tier (who are now Taylor, Bey, etc). Just an observation, it doesn't have to be negative. 

[thequeenofpopmadonna]

2 hours ago, Hey Dude said:

 

From the Girlie Show wiki page:

 

The tour was then chronicled in a photo book of the same name, released in November 1994. This release included a CD with three live tracks: "Like a Virgin", "In This Life", and "Why's It So Hard". Madonna wrote in the book:

"When I finished the Blond Ambition tour, I swore on my life that I would never even think of going on tour again as long as I lived. I was spent. I was exhausted. I was sick of traveling. I wanted stability. So, I threw myself into making movies, recording a new album, and I also put out a book called Sex. So much for stability.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girlie_Show_(Madonna)

 

I meant to say Madonna was telling herself "this will be my last tour" but she keeps coming back and she jokes about that.

The infamous "the most controversial thing I ever did was sticking around" quote also plays into this 

That's hardly every tour like you said. 

She didn't say last in every tour.

That's a Cher thing.

[thequeenofpopmadonna]

2 hours ago, Jump said:

She said that after the Blond Ambition tour. 

 

There's a Sticky and Sweet behind the scenes mini docu on YouTube where she says it again.

 

And during the MDNA Tour, Donatella said that Madonna was miserable back stage, so we can probably guess how she was feeling about touring there 

Again that's hardly every tour.

She never promoted her new tour would be the last one.

Never. None.

[thequeenofpopmadonna]

2 hours ago, Jjang said:

let me rephrase it, then.

 

These boxscores are great and show that she's still a fierce touring act. But the fact that her arena shows from 2006/2004 have similar boxscores despite the recent touring industry boom is a testament to how truly impressive her touring prime was. No one but Barbra Streisand and Rolling Stones were grossing that much in arenas but nowadays even acts like Drake are averaging $4m a show. She's still in good company but she departed from the elite tier (who are now Taylor, Bey, etc). Just an observation, it doesn't have to be negative. 

Don't count her out yet. 

She's into 4th decade  now. The artists you mentioned are all much younger than her. 

She hasn't gone to the us shows yet.

After all is said and done with this tour ending, we will see

[Jay07]

Madonna has never promoted a tour as a farewell tour but she has said that she's so exhausted at the end of each tour, she says she will never tour again (only to reverse herself). She said ot on her Stern interview too.

 

Amazing numbers but of course she's slowing down. She's 65, she's been doing this for 40 years, she literally pioneered the pop megashow as we know it today and she's been touring extensively for 20 years after the break she took in the 90s. She's still doing great and most importantly, the show is an artistic triumph. She's still in a league of her own in that aspect (the most important one).

[tiagol88]

2 hours ago, Jjang said:

let me rephrase it, then.

 

These boxscores are great and show that she's still a fierce touring act. But the fact that her arena shows from 2006/2004 have similar boxscores despite the recent touring industry boom is a testament to how truly impressive her touring prime was. No one but Barbra Streisand and Rolling Stones were grossing that much in arenas but nowadays even acts like Drake are averaging $4m a show. She's still in good company but she departed from the elite tier (who are now Taylor, Bey, etc). Just an observation, it doesn't have to be negative. 

Stop comparing touring grosses from Europe with the usa. Makes no sense

[ricardoazevedo]

On 12/8/2023 at 9:40 PM, Jjang said:

So around ~ $3m average per arena show. Healthy numbers but clearly Taylor & Bey are the face of the female touring game nowadays. She had a great run on top though. 

What Bey and and Tay are doing now is what M  did 10 years ago.... so who´s late?

[ricardoazevedo]

19 hours ago, Prodigal Self said:

She simply chose arenas cause stadiums were BUSY and BOOKED tho!

She chose arenas because of the of the stage and performance of the show, she is M and can get any stadium she wants.

[ricardoazevedo]

7 hours ago, Jjang said:

I know and I said her numbers are very healthy, but she still clearly declined from the top. Not a bad thing necessarily. Just an observation. 

She was easily the #1 touring female artist in the 80s, 90s, and 00s but she began declining after MDNA tour wrapped up. This tour is clearly gonna do better than RHT but that's mainly because of the touring industry bloom, inflation and the fact that its a greatest hits tour etc. 

 

I mean, she grossed $22m in London with even fewer tickets sold with Confession in 2006 (not adjusted for inflation).

Where is the decline? The demand is higher than current pop girls, she simply wants to do a certain amount of shows. Its rumored she was paid 60 million reais, in euros 14 millions, for and ad. Who pays that amount of money to an artis in decline?

[Chris]

8 hours ago, Jjang said:

I know and I said her numbers are very healthy, but she still clearly declined from the top. Not a bad thing necessarily. Just an observation. 

She was easily the #1 touring female artist in the 80s, 90s, and 00s but she began declining after MDNA tour wrapped up. This tour is clearly gonna do better than RHT but that's mainly because of the touring industry bloom, inflation and the fact that its a greatest hits tour etc. 

 

I mean, she grossed $22m in London with even fewer tickets sold with Confession in 2006 (not adjusted for inflation).

Why is everyone thumbing you down?
 

[Alexz]

21 hours ago, Prodigal Self said:

She simply chose arenas cause stadiums were BUSY and BOOKED tho!

Any stadium would want Madonna there ok.

[Prodigal Self]

1 hour ago, Alexz said:

Any stadium would want Madonna there ok.

 

3 hours ago, ricardoazevedo said:

she is M and can get any stadium she wants.

Over Beyoncé or T**lor? Yeah right!

[Soda Pop Queen]

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[poki]

5 hours ago, Chris said:

Why is everyone thumbing you down?
 

This thread went way off-course from what I expected 

[thequeenofpopmadonna]

3 hours ago, Prodigal Self said:

 

Over Beyoncé or T**lor? Yeah right!

Beyoncé and taylor is following madonnas footsteps and they are not everything of the world. There are tons of artists already existing. So we never asked about your favorites

[Chris]

3 hours ago, Prodigal Self said:

 

Over Beyoncé or T**lor? Yeah right!

Stfu.

[Prodigal Self]

29 minutes ago, thequeenofpopmadonna said:

Beyoncé and taylor is following madonnas footsteps and they are not everything of the world. There are tons of artists already existing. So we never asked about your favorites

 

6 minutes ago, Chris said:

Stfu.

No one stopping y'all celebrating Madonna doing great (as you should) let's not be delusional is all

[Chris]

"nO oNe sToPpInG y'AlL"

[thequeenofpopmadonna]

8 minutes ago, Prodigal Self said:

 

No one stopping y'all celebrating Madonna doing great (as you should) let's not be delusional is all

Maybe being Delusional is you coming up here and saying beyonce and taylor blahblah.

To  bring a 4th decade artist with your favorites are just laughable when they were doing nothing but following and pasting what the legend already did in the past. 

Edited December 10, 2023 by thequeenofpopmadonna

[Mystic Boy]

8 hours ago, ricardoazevedo said:

She chose arenas because of the of the stage and performance of the show, she is M and can get any stadium she wants.

And thank god for that cause the experience is MILES above these shitty stadium tours.