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PrintableBillboard Boxscore: MDNA Tour (North American Dates)
Madonna, Avicii Yankee Stadium 79,775 / 79,775 2 / 2 $355, $40 Live Nation Global Touring
Madonna, Paul Oakenfold Plains of Abraham Quebec City, Quebec Sept. 1, 2012 $8,098,292 70,569 / 70,569 1 / 1 $582.92, $64.12 Live Nation Global Touring/Quebecomm
Madonna, Paul Oakenfold Air Canada Centre Sept. 12-13, 2012 $7,458,188 32,557 / 32,557 2 / 2 $361.38, $46.46 Live Nation Global Touring
Madonna, Paul Oakenfold United Center Chicago, Ill. Sept. 19-20, 2012 $5,102,880 28,143 / 28,143 2 / 2 $355, $45 Live Nation Global Touring
Madonna, Benny Benassi Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Sept. 23-24, 2012 $4,860,428 27,944 / 27,944 2 / 2 $358, $48 Live Nation Global Touring
Madonna, Martin Solveig Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia Sept. 29-30, 2012 $4,758,994 28,500 / 28,500 2 / 2 $355.69, $45.73 Live Nation Global Touring
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Madonna, Paul Oakenfold Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, N.J. Sept. 15, 2012 $2,891,340 12,207 / 12,207 1 /1 $355, $80 Live Nation Global Touring
Madonna, Laidback Luke Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 28, 2012 $2,651,855 15,741 / 15,741 1 / 1 $355, $45 Live Nation Global Touring
Madonna 1 / 1 $355, $45 Live Nation Global Touring
Madonna, Paul Oakenfold Scotiabank Place Ottawa, Ontario Sept. 10, 2012 $2,371,994 14,422 / 14,422 1 / 1 $358.68, $46.21 Live Nation Global Touring
Total Gross so far: $172,403,622
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Madonna's MDNA tour has already grossed $172,403,622 from 49 shows but it's not over yet.These are the remaining shows.....
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so the only question is....will Madonna break her own record? The 2008/2009 Sticky and Sweet Tour was the most successful tour by a female artist,grossing over $400 million.There are 38 more shows to go on the MDNA tour (she may still add a few more),but let's see how it stacks up to the other tours (so far)......
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Wow, gotta love Madonna for her ambition! She still works hard for her money lol When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace -Jimi Hendrix | |
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with everything that she's accomplished,it would be easy for her to lay low and rest on her laurels for awhile,but that's not her style.She continues to be a hard worker.
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Concert time and a trip the day after tomorrow! Can't wait! At the last minute 
my son decided he wanted to see what Madonna was all about so I got him a good ticket at the last minute. Still sick but I got all my allergy meds and I'm ready to go. She ain't gonna play it...but still my favorite song by far on MDNA:
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I love this song | |
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I wouild have chosen this as one of the singles.We already know that Madonna can do excellent dance songs.She needs to remind the world that she can deliver an outstanding ballad every now and then.This should have been released with an amazing video.
Agreed! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Only if she double-dips the tour next year, like she did with Sticky and Sweet.....I really hope she does as I've got a feeling this might be the last tour she does with high energy dance tunes in the setlist.
If its four years before the next tour she'll be pushing 60, and she already has issues with her knees...I can't see her dancing with the same energy at that age (though I'd love her to prove me wrong). Plus, MDNA 2013 is a chance to improve the setlist. I thought the S&S tour was much better the second time round. www.filmsfilmsfilms.co.uk - The internet's best movie site! | |
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She really should play Australia.It's a shame the way she always ignores that area
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If she does a second leg of the tour in 2013,Australia should be at the top of the list.Considering how long it's been since she's toured there,she could easily sellout a week's worth of shows there.a pic from the Charles Ehrman stadium in Nice,where Madonna performed recently (29,000 fans in attendance).....
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your name's like a drug and I can't get enough....it fits like a glove,I'm addicted to your love....
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It's on!
Madonna Delivers A Highly-Concentrated Dose Of MDNA At KeyArena
Madonna Key Arena Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Describing Madonna's current tour in a set amount of words is a lot like being asked to explain your life story in detail to a total stranger in under a minute. There are so many moments of beautiful minutiae that are going to be glossed over in recapping it that it almost seems fruitless from the start. Madonna's 135 minute set was a master class in the art of professional presentation, and there wasn't a second of it that didn't feel packed to the edges with the sort of meticulous attention to detail that it feels tragic to overlook. Keeping that in mind, here I go, trying to explain what I saw in the 135 minutes I spent with Madonna at Key Arena on Tuesday night.
Madonna has always been an intense aggregator of pop culture. Some would call her a trendsetter or pioneer; others would liken her to wearing culture as a costume. Whatever side of that fence you sit on, it's impossible to deny the woman's broad grasp of influences, and seeing all of this in a concentrated, back-to-back experience was intensely inspiring and simultaneously jarring. Toss what you know/feel about organized religion, spirituality, sexuality, politics, fashion, love, fear and the general human condition into a blender with a well-stocked iPod and you've got a good idea of the chaotic story that Madonna is trying to navigate through in the MDNA tour.
This isn't to say that the chaos is unwelcome or unplanned. Approaching an arena show is a lot like going into Fourth of July festivities; if they're doing it right, it's going to be loud, bright, and you're going to find yourself processing it for a while. You're there for the spectacle, the bombast, the opportunity to see something larger than life, and everything about the MDNA tour is hellbent on filling up your peripheral to the point of your processor overloading/melting down. The show started out beautifully enough, with mohawked monks chanting a haunted melody (as rainbow-winged gargoyles took their positions on LED-wrapped cubes that rose above and sunk into the massive stage) and a giant smoking thurible swung from the rafters, spreading incense above the crowd. Were we being blessed or forgiven? Towering video screens flanked the background, showing a large ornate "MDNA" cross and an ancient cathedral backdrop whose dark, rich, jagged nature seemed like something out of an Alexander McQueen piece. Behind the screens, lights were staggered to appear like rays of daylight scurrying through the cracks. Madonna rolled into the arena, praying in a window before the stained glass on the screens around her shattered loudly and dramatically, raining to the ground and effectively starting the show. Never one to eschew controversial tactics, Madonna strode from the prayer room onto the stage in a burqa, toting a machine gun. Subtlety gets a night off when Madonna is in town.
Although the set was skewed a bit more toward newer material than some fans would probably like, it was hard to even worry about hearing favorite songs when every second of the set was as visually stunning as it was. During "Gang Bang", Madonna reminded us heartily of her continuing penchant to shock. Appearing in a seedy motel room set, various intruders (creepily choreographed dancers) crawled into her room to meet their grisly demise at the end of Madonna's pistol, Madonna gleefully cackling while the giant LED screens making up the stage backdrop were strewn with bright red blood sprayed onto a while background. It was a pretty healthy tip of the cap toward Quentin Tarantino, as well as a gripping reminder that this wasn't going to be a quick, baggage-free bounce through Candy Land.
That said, Madonna wasn't all gloom and doom the entire time, either. During "Express Yourself", Madonna went into full blown eye candy mode. Entering with a troupe of majorettes and some absolutely amazing Roy Lichtenstein-inspired pop art graphics blasting and spinning the entire time, Madonna seemed to be throwing down the gauntlet for any current and future pop singers to just TRY to outdo her. A marching band entered midway through the song, with an army of drummers suspended from wires above the stage floating above the crowd, drumming as if it was just a normal thing to be hanging 100 feet above the ground. No big deal, right? Subtlety be damned, Madonna wove Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" into "Express Yourself" (they're basically the same song), which seemed like a bit of a friendly nod toward Gaga until Madonna ended the song defiantly saying "She's not me."
The show's narrative was loose and scattershot, with Madonna going from hell-to-heaven ascents to raining bullet casings, from ancient jigs ("Open Your Heart", with Basque trioKalakan on vocals and percussion and spotlighting her own 12 year old son Rocco Ritchie as a featured dancer) and the slow, moving love song "Masterpiece" before jettisoning to the art-deco runway show of "Vogue" and the writhing orgy of androgyny that was "Candy Shop". Even some of the classic Madonna material was redone, with "Like A Virgin" becoming a sparse, creeping piano-accompanied piece, turning the song on its head from the sugar-rush celebration of a relationship into a desperate, mournful ballad of unbreakable codependence. Along with some of the darker moments, the airtight and creative dance segues (obviously somewhat inspired by the Jabbawockeez) were less drill team pump-it-up and more focused on maudlin elements; "Erotica" had a troupe of creepy clown intruders surrounding Madonna's film noir penthouse, and the pop-art graphics of "Nobody Knows Me" addressed the trappings of fame, as well as making a touching tribute to kids who had (presumably) passed away due to bullying.
The back-to-back of "I'm A Sinner" and "Like A Prayer" showcased classic Madonna at her poking-the-bear best; giving nods to the Beatles' Eastern mysticisms while embracing the wild life, then inviting a 35 member choir up on stage for a massive and heavenly rendition of "Prayer". It was a hilarious (if not slightly expected) move on her part, showing her 2012 take on being comfortable in her own skin versus her 80's struggle with Catholic guilt. Rather than some literal ascent to heaven, Madonna ascended to a Tron-inspired dance club for the set closer "Celebration", bringing out a troupe of dayglo-clad, DJ-inspired dancers and turning Key Arena into a throbbing, pulsing spaceship preparing to jettison the arena into orbit. I hope they have ATM's in space, because something tells me that riding with Madonna ain't gonna be cheap.
Notebook Dump: If her genuinely sweet interactions with the audience are any indication, the faux-British accent period has seemingly come to a halt. Thankfully. She also sang (live) most of the show. She apologized for a scratchy throat (blaming Vancouver for the giant cloud of marijuana smoke the night before), and did an admirable job of being a ringleader and a singer. Sure, there were a few flat notes here and there, but I feel better knowing a person (not a backing track) is manning the microphone at Madonna's shows.
Notebook Dump #2: For as many "scary arms" jokes as I wanted to make, I got nothing. The woman looked absolutely incredible.
Madonna Setlist Gregorian Chant Intro
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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the incredible performance of "Give Me All Your Luvin" (MDNA Tour) HD VERSION | |
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I'm that much of a fan I'd give my left nut for Madge to tour again next year in the UK....but despite that I would still be happier if she when to Australia next year instead. Its so unfair that the Oz fans haven't been able to see her since 1993...I really do feel for them, and I'd be more than happy if she went there next year instead. www.filmsfilmsfilms.co.uk - The internet's best movie site! | |
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Madonna performed "Everybody" last night in San Jose!! | |
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This is pretty tight
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Wasn't it great? "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Just saw the Sunday night show in San Jose. It was great!!! She didnt do " Everybody" though. Lucky fans on Saturday got that. |
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I just got back from the second San Jose show.This show is AWESOME!!
It was such a treat to hear "Love Spent",which she apparently doesn't perform at every show.The biggest disappointment was "Like A Virgin"....I didn't really like the new,slowed down version.I was never a huge fan of "Celebration",but the performance of it was GREAT! A perfect way to end the show (although "Holiday" would have worked a little better).So glad that "Papa Don't Preach" was performed,but it would have been nice to have heard the entire song.She ended it too abruptly.
This show is much more satisfying than Sticky And Sweet (which,although it had some cool moments,felt cluttered and unfocused).Can't wait for the inevitable DVD/CD package. | |
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I have always said that the 2006 Confessions Tour is Madonna's greatest tour,but now I'm gonna have to reconsider.I had so much fun tonight!! The stage and the visuals are very impressive.When I first saw the setlist,I wasn't too thrilled,but after seeing the actual show,I can now see why certain songs were included.It all makes sense.This show works on so many levels.For me,the highlights are: "I'm Addicted","Gang Bang" (a truly outrageous,over-the-top performance!),"Give Me All Your Luvin","Candy Shop" and "Like A Prayer".wow Felix,we went to the same show | |
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some more observations/opinions about the show.....
***What do you guys think of the video interludes? It would have been really cool if she had used "Some Girls" as an interlude.That song is too good to be neglected in this show.
***Martin Solveig was the opening act and he did a decent job,although his set went on a little too long,imo.It was cool hearing him spin classics like Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough",which really warmed up the crowd.And when he played "Beautiful Killer" (a song that he produced for MDNA),I nearly lost my mind,lol.
***As she has done on previous tours,Madonna played guitar on several numbers.But this time,the songs weren't transformed into "rock songs",like on the Sticky and Sweet tour.For example,"I Don't Give A... featured her guitar,but the song kept its funky sound and vibe.That's how it should be.
***"Revolver" worked really well in the first segment,which focused on guns and violence (hey,this is Madonna we're talking about....she's not known for subtlety,lol).
***At 54,Madonna remains one of the hardest working women in show business.She dances up a storm in this show! This is a very exhausting,high energy show and she's playing a whopping 89 shows.How does she do it? This is a very physically demanding show.
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I think we r twins!!! I agree on all your points but like U said, the show was awesome!!! I been to every Madonna tour since 1985. This was one of her best!!! |
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High praise, indeed, from someone who has been to every tour! I went both nights and each night was great for different reasons. My son decided he wanted to go at the last minute and he said the show on Sat. was better than he ever expected (and he's picky LOL). [Edited 10/8/12 15:51pm] "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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