9 hours ago, Keeandga said:

Yes people aren't saying that which why I don't get why people keep bringing this up, most performers do what she does on stage without all the extra stuff like dancing and ariel work. 
A tightly choreographed show is much more exhausting on the body than lightly dancing I don't think anyone can disagree with that. A Janet show is going to be more exhausting that a Taylor show. 

Very true!  But I do think the length of her show qualifies her in the discussion. Even if what she's doing isn't as physically demanding as someone like Janet, she's still on for twice as long.

 

1 hour ago, Yes, AND said:

I'm sure she has breaks. 

There are parts where she runs to change, but no actual break where she's actually resting.

1 hour ago, Yes, AND said:

She doesn't sing so no. 

 

OT Definity Katy - even her Witness tour was so intense - she works the stage and the mic is ON from start to finish. 

Yeah,unfortunately...

DominATE 

they put on a 2-3 hour show with no support acts  

 

 

7 minutes ago, Hyune said:

DominATE 

they put on a 2-3 hour show with no support acts  

 

 

who?

Janet's The Velvet Rope and All For You tours were physically draining. If you watched the concert videos, janet was out dancing her backup dancers so much so that after a few songs  she's already drenched with sweat

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On 5/17/2025 at 7:32 PM, Yes, AND said:

I'm sure she has breaks. 

No, all her interludes were barely a minute or so

On 5/18/2025 at 9:12 AM, robbyds said:

Janet's The Velvet Rope and All For You tours were physically draining. If you watched the concert videos, janet was out dancing her backup dancers so much so that after a few songs  she's already drenched with sweat

It always amazes me at the end of TVR Tour when she goes into Together Again with FULL choreography while she's completely drenched in sweat. She was a freight train and in top physical shape. 
 

Also the initial 1,2,3 punch of TVR, You and If was extremely physically demanding.

Most Madonna album prior to Rebel Heart tour tbh

Beyonce's Formation tour was insane. idk how she had that energy

also Gaga's Mayhem promo shows have been pretty intense imo

Sticky and Sweet Tour was absolutely insane queen of pop was in MEGA fit shape and thank god she needed to be. The "Into the Groove" segment alone with the jump ropes is a whole damn workout in the middle of the show

 

 

On 5/16/2025 at 11:06 PM, The7thStranger said:

MDNA pushed Madonna to her absolute limit and then some.

Did it? I feel like Sticky & Sweet was 3X more more exhausting?

 

OP: Madonna's Sticky & Sweet is imo the most taxing show a major popstar has put on. And she was 49/50.

My fave's tours are so physically exhausting she constantly needs to be carried 

 

BTW Ball and Sticky and Sweet come to mind. Also why is anyone saying The Eras tour when she just stomped around on stage?

Janet's janet. tour

Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour

Shania's Up! tour

Gaga's Born this Way Ball

The Eras? well there must be exhausting to serve anything. 

 

 

 

Most Beyonce tours would leave everyone in the industry either with a broken back or wrecked throat. 

 

I Am World Tour, Formation, MCWT and Beyonce Experience were something serious. 

On 5/17/2025 at 4:29 AM, Oktober Knight said:

People saying Taylor when she just poses and walks around 

I came here to post this. I saw that show live. Yes its impressive that she did a 3 hour show but lets not get brave. She struts, walks and lip syncs most of the tour lmao. Thats an insult to actual good performers like Madonna, bey, etc.

 

Sticky & Sweet alone is just a different beast. Madonna was 50/51 and for 2 hours she only sits for a 2 minute ballad. The rest of the show is heavy on choreo, the woman jumps rope, goes through god knows how many different types of dancing styles, etc…

 

trying to imagine taylor doing a madonna or beyonce tour and im just laughing 

 

People like P!nk, Shakira, Tina etc need to be mentioned too.

 

Taylor should be mentioned if walking on a stage is tough to you guys for sure. Some people can't do it.

 

Her eras tour was a good show but aint anyone leaving that show thinking "wow how did she move around like that" lmao

On 5/17/2025 at 6:02 AM, right where you left me said:

She may lack in dancing but it's still a physically demanding tour. Four hour shows three to four times a week for any artist would be physically demanding

Or maybe that's why she can allow herself to do 4 hours long shows, 'cause she barely doing anything demanding.

 

I think Madonnas tour in general were getting more and more physically demanding from Drowned World Tour up to MDNA Tour

8 hours ago, Snickers said:

Did it? I feel like Sticky & Sweet was 3X more more exhausting?

 

OP: Madonna's Sticky & Sweet is imo the most taxing show a major popstar has put on. And she was 49/50.

 I believe MDNA is where she first started having physical problems with touring. I'm not surprised she was icing herself by the Madame X Tour. She pushes herself way too hard.

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Bey being one of the only few artists who has to care about BOTH vocals and choreo will always have her up there.

 

It's easier to focus on just dancing when you're lipsyncing/vocally limited/no one is really checking on your vocals. 

beyoncé experience

born this way ball

funhouse tour

janet. tour

that one britney tour

 

i forgot the name but theres 2 madonna tours one in the 90s/00s and the other in the 2010s that was so intense. i was in pain watching it. 

At my age, any stadium show is physically demanding because you have to be in queue for 5-6 hours and my fave is famous for her lateness  

Janet's AFY Tour…

 

She was DRENCHED in sweat literally the whole duration. The HBO special even shows her in between numbers and she doesn't even get a sec to rest, it's just change and go go go:

 

Also Formation World Tour was definitely incredibly challenging. Her first all stadium tour and she did choreo almost every number. 
 

Actually pretty much any Beyonce show up until her injury when she had to slow it down a bit with choreo

 

 

On 5/20/2025 at 12:12 AM, Snickers said:

Did it? I feel like Sticky & Sweet was 3X more more exhausting?

 

OP: Madonna's Sticky & Sweet is imo the most taxing show a major popstar has put on. And she was 49/50.

That whole section from the GGW dance break, all of Revolver, the Gang Bang fight sequence, Hung Up with the slackline... and that's only the start