Madonna: The MDNA 2012 World Tour

by **Danzo** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:48 am

In Scotland "Like a Virgin" was cut from the setlist...

BTW, I'm reading terribles reviews from this show... :oops:

by **atbw13** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:00 am

From Madonnarama:

Madonnarama reader Stephen shares:
- Madonna was in great form and the show did not start until 9pm15.

- Madonna mentioned the time restrictions again at the Edinburgh show, but was less chatty than usual. Since they couldn´t start the show earlier due to technical difficulties(again) they had to cut 2 songs in order to finish it in time !

- The hotel scene was back during “Gang Bang”.

- Madonna didn’t sing “Like a Virgin” and “I’m Addicted” at tonight’s @MDNA concert in Edinburgh. I’m presuming rain. It could have been the curfew, but when Madonna started to strip it was raining then next song was “I’m a Sinner”.

- There was also no slacklining during the “Nobody Knows me” interlude.

by **atbw13** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:07 am

From MadonnaTribe Facebook page :

Edinburgh Is No Madonna Virgin

Oh what a night! Madonna's concert in Edinburgh was certainly a night to remember, for a whole bunch of reasons. Here's a short recap of what happened tonight at Murrayfield.

- Early Entry fans were treated with an extremely long sound-check. Even fans with general admission tickets had a chance to enjoy part of it.

- During the sound check Madonna mentioned that they were having problems with local authorities who were imposing a curfew for the show. Madonna said that if they were going to pull the plug, that would not be their's fault. Madonna also joked saying that they were doing an special extra long sound-check just in case the show was going to cut short.

- And that's exactly what happened! At the end of "Human Nature" no piano raised from the stage and instead the "Nobody Knows Me" interlude started. "Like A Virgin" was not performed and also the dancers' and slackliners' performance during the interlude was missing. At the same time it started raining and that left fans confused about the reason for this change in the setlist. Then, the interlude ended and the Kalakan trio appeared on stage. "I'm A Sinner" started and we realized that also "I'm Addicted" was going to miss from tonight's show.

- The show ended 2 minutes before 11 PM. There was no mention of the shorter setlist nor an official explanation yet. While rain wasn't helping, Madonna performed both "Like A Prayer" and "Celebration" on the main stage as well as on the catwalk exposed to the elements, so it seems that a 11 PM curfew is the reason for tonight's change in plans.

- The show started in twilight with the sky still completely lit - and we think this is worth reporting as the initial comments about what happened tonight at Murrayfield will certainly take into consideration the chance to start the show earlier as it happened in London. Actually everything was ready and we don't see Madonna being "lazy" and coming on stage at 9.30 instead of 9.10, so the amount of daylight in the Scottish skies tonight could have played its part.

- The Madonna speech was also pretty short and there wasn't any "Sagarra Jo" moment with the fans at the end of the Kalakan performance.

- Madonna wore a leather jacket to keep herself warm during "Turn Up The Radio" and later took it off "because you know how to make a girl sweat".

by **denise** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:55 am

^ I wonder about the attendance, before the show they said more than 40.000 tickets were sold, can't wait to know the next boxscore.

Btw despite some bla bla bla, it must be remarked that she is likely to end to sell more tickets with this tour in UK now than she did last time for the Sticky :lol:

by **JasonJ** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:15 am

denise wrote:^ I wonder about the attendance, before the show they said more than 40.000 tickets were sold, can't wait to know the next boxscore.

Btw despite some bla bla bla, it must be remarked that she is likely to end to sell more tickets with this tour in UK now than she did last time for the Sticky

Yup...she will outsell her S&S numbers with MDNA in UK! :wink:

by **adriano** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:29 am

Pic taken yesterday by Kalakan

by **atbw13** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:14 pm

This pic is so cool :

Taken last night in Edinburgh

by **GoodBoyGoneBad** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:17 pm

Is The Confessions Tour her highest grossing tour in the UK?

by **adriano** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:53 pm

GoodBoyGoneBad wrote:Is The Confessions Tour her highest grossing tour in the UK?

Yes

DW: London Earls Court 107,415 / 107,415 (100%) $8,734,149

RIT: M.E.N Arena Manchester 27,320 / 27,320 (100%) $5,136,114
Earls Court London 34,087 / 34,087 (100%) $6,356,207
Wembley Arena London 45,267 / 45,267 (100%) $9,809,717
Slane Castle Slane 62,275 / 70,000 (90%) $6,575,339

CT: Millennium Stadium Cardiff 55,795 / 55,795 (100%) $7,788,845
Wembley Arena London 86,061 / 86,061 (100%) $22,090,582

SS: Millennium Stadium Cardiff 33,460 / 33,460 (100%) $5,279,107
Wembley Stadium London 73,349 / 73,349 (100%) $11,796,540
The O2 London 27,464 / 27,464 (100%) $5,873,149
Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester 13,457 / 13,457 (100%) $2,827,517

by **adriano** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:49 pm

D u know if the Olympia concert will be broadcast on tv? I read somewhere that nrj will do it

by **spiritboy** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:23 pm

That was really unprofessional and disrespectful of Madonna. She knew about the curfew, so she could've gone on stage earlier instead of cutting 2 songs. Very unfair to Scottish fans.

by **atbw13** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:35 pm

One thing that can´t be said about Madonna is that she is unprofessional . She rehearsed/soundchecked for 45 minutes, and according to some fans attending this show, apologized in advance for the possible curfew.
They had technical difficulties (again) and couldn´t go on with the show earlier, that´s why 2 songs ended up being cut.

by **denise** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:02 pm

Lol...saying M is not professional...it's like saying she is Like A Virgin :-?

by **denise** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:23 pm

Here's an interesting fan review posted on MN

Ok lets take stock of last night. To begin the stadium was about 90% full, a couple of empty sections but a huge amount of people at the gig. Personally I was surprised how many people were at the show. She came one just after nine, by which time the crowd was in a state of frenzy. One of the best crowds I have ever had at a Madonna show and they went insane when she came on. The show was amazing, she was in a brilliant mood and the stage is just stunning. Everyone around me was on their feet singing and dancing all through, we never sat down once. A huge amount of love for her.

All the songs were well received, particularly the old ones, and yes I was disappointed she cut a couple of songs but most people would be unaware of this as they are not Madonna geeks like us. Its her perogative to change her show, most artists do it, she has not signed a legally binding contract with us to perform a specific set list, so get over it. For me the only song that did not work was Revolver.

I was sitting with two women who had never seen her before and they said they did not know her new stuff, but they sang and danced all the way through and after the show vocalised how she had completely blown them away and it was much better than they expected. Like watching a movie, the said.

My friends on the other side complained of sound problems, but I believe this was the acoustics of the venue.

Overall a brilliant well received show. How this can be reviewed badly, I have no idea, but hey this is Madonna and people hate her for the fact of who she is.

by **denise** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:29 pm

And they say that the crowd start to run away after the middle of the show....but we all know from what group these comments (at every date) comes from.....lol

Here's Like A Prayer live from Edinburgh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVMRNgDP ... _embedded#!

by **adriano** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:32 pm

Rumor : Love Spent will be 5th and the last single from MDNA album!
http://twitter.com/#!/MDNATourTweets/st ... 4392472576

by **denise** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:35 pm

adriano wrote:Rumor : Love Spent will be 5th and the last single from MDNA album!
http://twitter.com/#!/MDNATourTweets/st ... 4392472576
Visualizza traduzione

I'm totally unawrae of Twitter stuff.
Is that source attendable in a way?
Tell me Adriano you....BITCH.

by **adriano** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:37 pm

denise wrote:
adriano wrote:Rumor : Love Spent will be 5th and the last single from MDNA album!
http://twitter.com/#!/MDNATourTweets/st ... 4392472576
Visualizza traduzione
I'm totally unawrae of Twitter stuff.
Is that source attendable in a way?
Tell me Adriano you....BITCH.

Actually not 100% but I want to believe it

by **Mainshow** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:50 pm

No way!

Although I totally adore "Love Spent", there's no other way than releasing "Gang Bang" as a single.

by **DaBoi** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:00 pm

If they release Gang Bang they'll face a huge backlash! Just look around, everywhere you turn is heartache

by **denise** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:04 pm

Whatever she'll release as next single....just realize this is the TOUR thread 8-)

by **Mainshow** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:05 pm

denise wrote:Whatever she'll release as next single....just realize this is the TOUR thread

Since we're gonna get a live music video anyway, we aren't that mistaken by using this thread

by **AndiIversen** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:19 pm

DaBoi wrote:If they release Gang Bang they'll face a huge backlash! Just look around, everywhere you turn is heartache

+1
she would be grilled alive if she were to release something like GB right now in the States

by **TiagoRodrigues** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:19 pm

I hope Gang Bang is released as a single!

by **denise** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:21 pm

Mainshow wrote:
denise wrote:Whatever she'll release as next single....just realize this is the TOUR thread
Since we're gonna get a live music video anyway, we aren't that mistaken by using this thread

Yeah you're partially right but so we should discuss the whole album here as the MDNA tour is mainly about....but fortunatly we have the album thread as well in the Pop section......and btw we don't know if the supposed next singles will be live or not....just bitches speculation :wink: