SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said:

^^at one point,Madonna joked that her stage is "shaped like a penis" Her humor was on full display...she was so funny and sillly at times,lol

She commented that "happiness" has a "penis" in it...

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I was one row from the tip of the heart stage last time I went and I was very happy. I felt like I got to see the whole production head-on, and when she makes her way to the heart stage, you kinda lose your shit. Well, I did. Anything along the stage will be great.

On StubHub, for the Las Vegas show, someone has floor section D, Row B, seats 23 and 24 for sale. Judging by the seating chart on TM.com, those seats should be right about where you describe!

But of course, they want an arm and a leg for the pair: $2900 each! I'm not spending that kind of money, plus I only want one ticket.

Unfortunately, StubHub doesn't provide a way to communicate with the seller. Otherwise I would let them know that if there are no other buyers, I will take one of the tickets at face price.

EDIT: Those tickets are now gone from Stubhub. Wow, someone actually paid nearly $6000 for two Madonna tickets?! Prob some high-roller in town, lol

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Madonna performing one of her early hits,"Burning Up"

SoulAlive said:

Madonna performing one of her early hits,"Burning Up"

I freaking loved this. The arrangement was pretty true to the original, but rocked harder.

Madonna and Nelly Furtado!

^^wow,haven't seen Nelly in awhile....what's she up to? Does she still release music?

She's working on new material, seriously this time.

She blames herself for her last album not doing well.

Something about driving her manager crazy because she treats her career more as a hobby than an actual career.

But to me her last album is her best. Or at least up there with her best.

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Nelly Furtado reckons her last album flopped because she treats music as a “hobby”

filed on January 14 2013 by Brad O'Mance

Madonna takes control in San Jose

Madonna’s “Rebel Heart” tour begins with a big number featuring warrior-like dancers. (Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

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I'm gonna stand by what I stated months ago--the leaked version of Rebel Heart the album sounds way better on an Ipod than the official CD, which sounds too compressed, loud, and distorted, especially on the the non-ballads... At least to these ears.

one observation about the show.....

I think,instead of "Unapologetic Bitch",Madonna should have performed "Beautiful Scars" instead.

That would have been a better second-to-last song,imo.Plus,it's just such a superb song

SoulAlive said:

one observation about the show.....

I think,instead of "Unapologetic Bitch",Madonna should have performed "Beautiful Scars" instead.

That would have been a better second-to-last song,imo.Plus,it's just such a superb song

I loved the fact that she performed Unapologetic Bitch...but it would have been nice to have as a second encore performance "Beautiful Scars" as an unacknowledged apology for starting so late... just like she did last time.

It's just such a superb song.I hate that it's not a part of the setlist.

SoulAlive said:

It's just such a superb song.I hate that it's not a part of the setlist.

It really is a wonderful song. It still remains my original favorite from Rebel Heart. But then, I wanted her to perform Falling Free on the last tour... But this tour was great--warmer, good voice from Madonna on the live singing, a more cohesive show, tight performances from Madonna and her dancers, and with more connection to the audience IMO (although you can't beat Like A Prayer as a finale!). Nuns on stripper poles...and still humping the floor. Hello, Prince! And she put on her low heels and danced like I wanted her to.

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purplethunder3121 said:

I'm gonna stand by what I stated months ago--the leaked version of Rebel Heart the album sounds way better on an Ipod than the official CD, which sounds too compressed, loud, and distorted, especially on the the non-ballads... At least to these ears.

I also think it sounds distorted, at least on some songs. (I bought the deluxe version as a download, which I've also listened to burned on a CD.)

I listened to the Rebel Heart demos a few times. I accept that the finished product is the album she wanted us fans to hear. I'm really sorry all those leaks happened to begin with and somewhat ruined what should have been a greater comeback for her.

She worked and poured her heart out into this project. The album really deserved greater recognition.

Grafitti Heart has become one of my favourites from this collection.

SoulAlive said:

one observation about the show.....

I think,instead of "Unapologetic Bitch",Madonna should have performed "Beautiful Scars" instead.

That would have been a better second-to-last song,imo.Plus,it's just such a superb song

Yes, she should sing this and release it as the next single, there would be a new single already.

After her Vegas show,Madonna went to the Marquee Nightclub to party...sporting a Tupac shirt

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jayaredee said:

I listened to the Rebel Heart demos a few times. I accept that the finished product is the album she wanted us fans to hear. I'm really sorry all those leaks happened to begin with and somewhat ruined what should have been a greater comeback for her.

She worked and poured her heart out into this project. The album really deserved greater recognition.

Grafitti Heart has become one of my favourites from this collection.

My current favorite is Rebel Heart and I was very pleased when she performed it in concert.

She looks great

SoulAlive said:

God, she's BEAUTIFUL!

Does she think to release a new single? it's been almost 5 months since her last

214 said:

Does she think to release a new single? it's been almost 5 months since her last

There's really no point in releasing any more singles.Rebel heart already had three singles.Now that the tour has started,that seems to be where her focus is.

SoulAlive said:

214 said:

Does she think to release a new single? it's been almost 5 months since her last

There's really no point in releasing any more singles.Rebel heart already had three singles.Now that the tour has started,that seems to be where her focus is.

It's a shame, there are a couple of great songs she could release,but yes i thinks her priority is just the tour

Interview at the end is interesting. "It's the beginning of a long career."

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Last night in LA she did Secret, Like A Prayer, but no Who's That Girl. The Unapologetic Bitch was Katy Perry.

Beyonce was also there.

LA Times review:

Madonna feels her 'Rebel Heart' beat at the Forum

As watchful a superstar as pop has ever known, Madonna paused not long into her concert at the Forum to appraise the recent renovation of the venerable Inglewood arena, which has housed so many of her performances over the decades that I feel like this is one of my homes, she said.

I see the ceiling is getting lower and lower, she went on. Or is that my ego getting bigger and bigger?

Surely, one neednt eliminate the possibility of the other.

Part of her world tour behind this years Rebel Heart album, Tuesdays show spared no opportunity to remind the capacity crowd of the singers incalculable influence on modern music. (The evenings second song was the 2015 single Bitch Im Madonna.)

But if her legacy is secure, Madonna at 57 no longer holds down pops center. Taylor Swift sells more records and concert tickets. Beyoncé is a more coveted interview. Katy Perry, who turned up onstage at the Forum on Tuesday night to pay her respects with a slyly backhanded compliment, has more followers on social media.

So, as much as she was celebrating her own importance, Madonna seemed to be looking for ways to demonstrate that she still mattered. What was remarkable was that she succeeded by taking advantage of her experience, not by running from it.

The shows most immediate thrills came in an old form: the mingling of religious and sexual iconography that has been Madonna's specialty since the late 1980s. Here, though, she went further than ever and almost certainly further than her young successors are willing to -- singing her song Holy Water as several women dressed in nuns wimples pole-danced on a number of metal crosses.

For her next song, Devil Pray, the singer simulated oral sex atop a long table decorated to evoke the Last Supper. Was there a clear message in the scene? Nah. But in this age of careful corporate branding, as Madonnas voice-over described it in one video sequence, pop needs committed taboo-busters even more than it did in the Like a Prayer days.

There were other provocations, including the sight of a proudly topless backup dancer in Candy Shop, Madonnas own writhing with various muscled men in the new albums Body Shop and her typically blithe appropriation of musical and cultural traditions from Japan, Spain and elsewhere.

For a veteran entertainer with dozens of beloved hits, her decision to spend a good half of her 2½-hour set on material from Rebel Heart felt like a challenge as well. Ditto her radical reworkings of the old songs: Dress You Up rode a fluttering flamenco groove; Music started out as a sultry supper-club ballad; Material Girl had staticky dubstep squelches. She was insisting on evolution, refusing to be boxed in by any earlier version of herself.

Yet Tuesdays concert also showcased how charmingly relaxed Madonna can be onstage how all those years of performing have given her a confidence thats a real pleasure to behold.

During Like a Virgin, she practically skipped down a long runway that jutted out onto the venues floor, her body language as free as it was all night. True Blue had a cozy campfire-sing-along vibe, as did Like a Prayer, which she claimed she threw into the show without rehearsal.

She even offered a bit of stand-up comedy after Material Girl, asking a fan in the front row if he knew about the three rings of marriage: the engagement ring, the wedding ring and the suffering.

I havent been successful at that marriage thing yet, she added, and that was the lead-in to her appealingly daffy rendition of the French standard La Vie en Rose, for which she accompanied herself on ukulele. (Ask yourself how many other entertainers in Madonnas class will have that sentence written about them this year.)

After La Vie en Rose, she brought Perry out for a duet and a bit of light spanking -- in Unapologetic Bitch.

I love you, Mom! Perry crowed when the song was over, and it wasnt hard to imagine her holding a sign reading young and current! over her head.

But heres the thing about youth and currency: They always wither. And that no longer seems to frighten Madonna.