Madonna at BAM — Page 3

I won the honor to purchase tickets. Disappointed. 4 tickets for Tuesday, Sept 24, Row V (last row of right orchestra) They're the last seats I would have wanted. I would have preferred less expensive tickets in the mezz or balcony. I'll be selling mine. I wouldn't enjoy the show from those seats.

Jordan Catalano said: "If the album is as bad as “Future”, I’ll be sitting at home counting the money I made from selling my ticket. (Half joking)"

That may be a more realistic approach than you think. At least it drops in a couple of weeks and you can judge the entirety yourself. I had posted an assumption earlier that the concert would be mostly the new album. Nothing worse than STANDING at a concert listening to songs you hate.

How much luggage do you bring that you can't take the subway? A cab is more expensive than Super Shuttle.

Bettyboy72 said: "I was so happy to get a fifth row center ticket for Sunday the 22nd of September. Even if the album is a travesty, I am not missing Madonna in a 2000 seat jewel box theatre. NEVER! Even on her worst day Madonna gives 120% to her live performances. She puts a lot of thought in. I sense this will be more theatrical and dramatic. I have a feeling she will use all stage craft available to her to present her art.

I am over the moon!

This is a happening. I'd never sell my ticket."

Indeed!

To quote Madge:

Not everyone is coming to the future
Not everyone is learning from the past
Not everyone can come into the future
Not everyone that's here is gonna last

I’m 16 rows from the stage in left orchestra. After being so close to her (two rows from the heart at end of runway) at times when I saw her the last time on the Rebel Heart, I’d love to be closer, but like you said, I’m not missing this!

Javi said: "I'm going Sept 22, which was originally the last date until she added more shows. Hadestown matinee and Madonna at night. What a combo! Ha ha!"

Javi - I sent you a PM.

Bettyboy72 said: "Luscious, I completely understand. I am a seat snob too. Sometimes I would rather not go to things that go with the seats offered. I actually don'tthink it makes us a snob, but rather someone is who truly appreciative and knows ourselves well."

Thanks Bettyboy for getting me. As I said, it's not in a braggadocios way, it's just that I'm more than a little nearsighted and I need to be close enough to enjoy the show. To all those who won the lottery and are going, enjoy the show! Unless the overly harsh reviews deter her (doubt it), I think her Eurovision performance may be a preview of things to come. I enjoyed it! Don't know what all the fuss is about.

OMG...Like a Prayer at Eurovision was a TRAIN WRECK. By the end of the song, she was in another key. If there was something more interesting happening on stage, I might have stayed to watch the second song, but it was just stupid. It's not a new "persona". It's an eye patch. And it's dumb.

Jordan Catalano said: "When I was 15, I would have defended her performance last night (or any night) to the death, the same way Gaga fans freak out over any slight criticism. But a couple decades later, I recognize how silly that was/is. So I get the fans defending it. It doesn’t make it any less worse, though. What I’m just hardcore praying for is that this tour is her on a stool with a microphone just singing. I know the odds of that happening are slim to none, but with her limited ability to move and sing (properly) at the same time now, that would suit her best."

Jordan, I second this. I wish Cher would do this too. I want Madonna to dig deep into the catalog and pull rare tracks and ballads and just sing them. I do sense she is getting too tired to do the big choreo and such. I'm cool with her letting go of that. The Madame X seems very contrived. She doesn't need a gimmick at this point in her career. Since this act of her life seems to be focused on her past (the GLAAD award, etc.) I feel all she needed to do was tell the Martha Graham story (Martha called her Madame X) and that would suffice for setting the tone for the album. No costumes and eye patches. The eye patch is the silliest thing.

I also hate that she tries to collaborate with anyone who might remotely raise her profile with the young ones. She needs to let that desire go. The young people I know who are into her came into her by discovering her catalog organically and appreciate her career. They don't need appearances with Taylor Swift and twerking. She's a legend.

Plus her hardcore fans (those of us, like me, who bought her first single on vinyl 45) are getting old and can't stand in arenas for hours squinting at screens. I am glad she is going smaller and more intimate.

Jordan Catalano said: "I just feel like the most radical reinvention she could do is to just be “a singer” and just come out and sing. No choreography, no Niki’s, no Donna’s, no half naked boys or strobe lights. Just a microphone, a band and the music."

I concur.