First pictures from Madonna's MDNA Tour and audio — Page 2

Because she knows what a wannabe Tarantino Mr. Richie wannedtobe.

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She sounds in good voice. This tour is going to be epic. She's pulling out all the stops and I believe she's about the rake in the dough.

I understand she's filming a video for "Turn Up the Radio" in June and "Gang Bang" is expected to be released later this summer. Don't think anyone should count the lady out.




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This of course will be the "controversy of the show... If there were any doubts that Lady Gaga's Born This Way fits nicely inside Madonna's EXPRESS YOURSELF, M is putting the matter to bed... CHECK IT OUT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ToQnu34QygU


TURN UP THE RADIO / OPEN YOUR HEART

Updated On: 5/28/12 at 03:23 PM

Ditching Jamie King seemed to be a good idea--while I kinda agree that the gun theme seems tired, the photos at least look far more interesting than her tacky Sticky and Sweet tour did.

From Wiki: It was reported that talk-show host Conan O'Brien would be shooting a documentary special of the first concert in Tel Aviv. The special will feature backstage interviews along with four performances from the show. Joining O'Brien are Natalie Portman and Sacha Baron Cohen. There is no date as to when the special will air

Random--if true.

Photos look great but the reported set list kind of sucks.

The set list

Am I counting 8 tracks from the most recent flop album? From what standpoint does that make sense? I think it was a mistake to drop "Ray of Light" since we now know it was her final moment of greatness. It makes sense she dropped "Holiday." You could tell she resented how much her fans loved it more than any of her new material at least through the Confessions tour.

It must be awful to be locked into essentially an iron-clad setlist. My favorite post-punk band has never played the same set twice. It must be really satisfying for musicians to have breathing room.

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I can't believe she's ending with Celebration. One of her most forgettable songs. I really like MOST of the songs she chose from the new album. But I'm surprised she left off Love Spent. It's become one of my favorites.

I like "Til Death Do Us Part" and "Thief of Hearts."

"Dear Jessie" amirite?

Namo are you kidding? i hate when you as a smart person says the most STUPID things. Why is she doing so many songs from MDNA? Erm because it's the MDNA Tour that is promoting the album. And AGAIN, if 1 and a half million copies in 8 weeks is a flop then 90 percent of the other artists in the world must be crying in to their corn flakes. Yes the album under performed in the states (though it is coming close to 500 thousand copies in 8 weeks) but this may shock you Namo, their is a whole other world out there where the album has done great. Only the US and the UK (where anyone who lives here in the UK will tell you the release of the album/singles here has been nothing but a mess)the album has underperformed to a degree yet everywhere else its done fine, most places more than fine (multi platinum from Brazil to Russia etc)

I know you like having your digs (because you are borderline stalker obsessed with her) but it's like you read a headline in forbes and take it as fact or a comment on the world sales/reception etc. The US is ONE COUNTRY out of 44 it went to number 1 in.

Plus the promo for this album (as your fave Forbes writer himself even says) has been pretty weak at best, but with a new single due and the tour the album will continue to sell as all of hers do, even albums like American Life, something most albums don't do.

Oh and Namo i remember you trashing Celebration the song when it came out so how have you not heard it?

'I think it was a mistake to drop "Ray of Light" since we now know it was her final moment of greatness'

No Namo, no 'we', you think that, critics adored the Music album and the Confessions album, and as much as it pains you most critics liked MDNA. Again these things are your 'opinions' not everybody's. This is what p****s me off about you, you think YOUR opinion is true and correct for everyone, it's not, and thank god.


Pushdabutton, ever since Blonde Ambition fans have always been saying 'i want more of this' or 'why did she not do this?' but that's the problem when you have an artist who has 100s of songs to pick from. Unlike Namo i think it's great to see the same old songs like Ray of Light, Frozen, Music etc gone. With Papa Don't Preach, Open Your Heart etc then im happy. Why would you want to see someone perform the same songs over and over when they have so many to choose from?

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Again Namo, congrats on another stupid comment. The chances are the people going to watch her in the states probably have the album. And i would not write the album off at all yet chart wise in the states. And even if it continued to fall it will easily go past 500 thousand copies, that is nothing to scoff at. Everyone knows Madonna's albums sell for a couple of weeks then fall, it has been like that for decades, she has a loyal fan base and they buy the album straight away.

Namo is this strange stalker you?
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/05/robert-linhart-madonna-stalker-to-be-charged-again/

Honestly i have seen some strange fans in my time, but you take the cake as strangest non fan ever....honestly, i think it's really strange

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Namo her career is not on the slide at all, she is a simply a 53 year old woman who's career is changing. She still has millions of fans but she is a touring act. However unlike other touring acts she can still hit number 1 in 44 countries and by years end will have sold 2 million copies of a barely promoted album.

Look at Lionel Ritchie, he promoted his new album on every show known to man kind and every network ever and made more appearances than the queen and he is on 700k in the US and that is one of the most successful albums in the US this year after Adele. She is heading to 500K and is in the top ten selling albums of the year. Albums don't sell in the units you seem to think anymore unless you are that rare act like Adele. Most of the top ten selling albums of the year so far have averaged around 1.6 million, she is around 1.4 million. Now if thats a flop in your eyes so be it. I say it again, her albums ALWAYS sell in the first few weeks then drop fast. That's why her albums are never in the record books for lasting the longest on the charts. Her kind are all about first impact, the sales are normally high everywhere in the first week (as they were with MDNA around the world) and then start to fall of fast after, that has always been the case with her, even for albums she bent over backwards to promote. The recording industry is dead, 10 years ago it was common for an album to average 8 million worldwide, 5 years ago is it was 4 million, now its between 2 and 3 million. I have no doubt MDNA will hit over 2 million easy. To me that is fine, not mind blowing but fine for a singer in her later years.

You also spent your last post talking about figures and what makes a hit album (over a million in the states apparently) then started talking about Scissor Sisters who cant sell close to 100k in the states and has seen all their albums since their debut one under perform. Where the debut album hit 3 million worldwide many years ago their other albums don't come close to that.

And AGAIN, it's your opinion that Scissor Sisters make music for people who like listening to music, judging by their album sales i guess there aint many of them out there.

Oh and before you start, i love the Scissor Sisters, the UK embraced them in a big way (whilst it took far longer for the US to catch on), however i am not a fan of their new album at all, i also was not a fan of the last album.

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I agree songanddanceman2. Of course she is going to perform most of the songs from MDNA because she is out promoting the new cd. I apologize if you took my comment as criticizing her for not performing her old hits. That was not my intention. I was simply speaking as a long time fan since 1983 and still love all her music. I've have been fortunate enough to attend every one of her tours and even waited first in line in 1985 for 25 hours for tickets to The Virgin Tour. Luckily I was able to buy 10th row seats. Madonna could go on tour and sing anything and I would be there! To this day she still remains my favorite artist and I love reading your posts about her on this message board. I can sense you share the same passion for her talent as I do!