The Celebration Tour

The Celebration Tour
Tour by Madonna
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
Associated albumVarious
Start dateOctober 14, 2023 (2023-10-14)
End dateMay 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
Legs2
No. of shows81
Attendance429,094[a]
Box office$77.4 million[a]
Websitemadonna.com/tour
Madonna concert chronology

The Celebration Tour[1][2] is the ongoing twelfth concert tour by American singer Madonna,[3] visiting cities in North America, Europe and South America and anticipating 81 shows.[4][5] The tour started on October 14, 2023, at The O2 Arena in London, England, and it is set to conclude on May 4, 2024, with a free concert at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[b] As Madonna's first retrospective tour, it highlights her more than four decade-long recording career.[7]

The tour was announced on social media on January 17, 2023,[8] after major speculation.[9][10] To accompany its announcement, Madonna shared a truth or dare inspired, star-studded promo video featuring industry colleagues Diplo, Judd Apatow, Jack Black, Lil Wayne, Bob the Drag Queen, Kate Berlant, Larry Owens, Megan Stalter, Eric André, and Amy Schumer. A Live Nation pre-sale took place on January 19 at 10:00 a.m. local, prior to the public on-sale beginning January 20 via Ticketmaster.[3]

After Madonna developed a "serious bacterial infection" in late June, leading to a multiple-day stay in the intensive care unit, she announced the postponement of the initial North American leg via an Instagram post. The rescheduled dates were announced on August 15, 2023.[11]

Background

Early speculations of a Madonna tour for 2022-2023 were swirling after the release of her remix album Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones; in October 2022, outlets in Latin America began reporting that the singer had booked a reservation at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay, for early October 2023.[12] In a YouTube video promoting Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, Madonna is asked about a potential greatest hits tour. She sarcastically responds "Do you want me to go on tour?"[13]

On January 4, 2023, British tabloid The Sun, among other media outlets, were reporting about a rumored tour celebrating Madonna's recording career of over 40 years (her debut record was released in 1983).[9][10] Rumors were fueled after Madonna wiped or hid her Instagram posts on January 16.[14] The tour was formally announced on January 17 on Madonna's official website and social media channels.[15] In her statement, Madonna said: "I am excited to explore as many songs as possible, in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for".[16] On January 24, Variety reported that as a result of the development and production of the show, Madonna's biopic, which she was directing and co-writing, had been temporarily postponed.[17]

The Celebration Tour marks two unprecedented facts in Madonna's career: the first is that this is her first time touring without promoting a specific studio album; the second is that the tour set list will exclusively focus on her greatest hits.[16] BBC music correspondent Mark Savage suggested that her Re-Invention World Tour was her closest or first formal greatest hits tour, claiming that the set list largely ignored her then-current album, American Life[16] —although six of the album's 11 tracks were performed nightly.

Development

As people enter the venue, a distorted picture of Madonna is shown on a scrim.

Building off the excitement of week's announcement, Madonna turned directly to her fanbase as she built out her Celebration Tour setlist, asking her fans "What song would you like to dance to at my show?" on her social platforms.[18] California-born artist Jess Cuevas was in charge of tour's promotional poster,[19] and Ricardo Gomes was commissioned as tour's footage creative director.[20]

British electronic musician Stuart Price, who previously worked with the singer on her tours and produced her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor, told the BBC that "a greatest hit doesn't have to be a song [...] It can be a wardrobe, it can be a video, or a statement." He went on further to state "many hits will be played in full, some will be interpolated into other songs, and still more will be used as 'bridges' between acts." When asked by journalist Mark Savage if there were comparisons to other tours that utilize different track rotations, Price stated "Madonna's reputation is for being highly precise and highly rehearsed across all departments. When you look at a tour of this scale, it has so many moving parts, so many elements, that everything has to be highly fixed [...] but there's one thing that's always dynamic, and that's Madonna herself. Her personality is so strong, her interaction with the audience is so strong, that it creates opportunities for variation from night to night."[21]

Postponement

After Madonna developed a "serious bacterial infection" in late June, which led her to a several day stay in intensive care unit (ICU),[22] she announced the postponement of the initial North American leg via an Instagram post.[23][24] The rescheduled dates were announced on August 15, 2023.[11]

Speaking about her health struggles in the first show on October 14 in London, she reflected: "I forgot five days of my life, or my death [...] If you want to know my secret, and you want to know how I pull through and how I survive, I thought, 'I've got to be there for my children. I have to survive for them'".[25]

Rehearsals

Rehearsals first began in New York City in April.[26] In early June, work moved to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale but were temporarily stopped during Madonna's stay at the ICU at the end of the month and during her recovery.[27] Rehearsals then restarted in mid August at the same venue.[28] In early October, the team moved to Manchester to rehearse at the AO Arena.[29] She made a total six weeks of rehearsals after her return from hospital.[30] Stage director and architech Ric Lipson from Stufish, commented: "Madonna rehearses unlike most artists [...] Other artists, their dancers go and build the show somewhere and they come in a few weeks later".[30]

Madonna enlisted French collective performing artists (La)Horde to manage the artistic direction of the tour's choreography, alongside other artists, including Americans Travis Payne and Megan Lawson, and Belgians Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet, headed by Nicolas Huchard.[20]

Production

The singer's accompanied by onstage performers, including her children David Banda playing the guitar and Mercy James in the piano.

Madonna enlisted Lewis James as the creative director and Jamie King.[31][32] She collaborated closely with them, with James saying she "is extremely involved in the process [...] she has a lot of conviction in her ideas, and she knows what she wants".[31] The Celebration Tour boasts a crew of 24 onstage performers, including some Madonna's children, and additional 175 crew members accompanied her.[33][34]

London-based entertainment architecture company Stufish, designed the stage headed by Ric Lipson.[35][30] Madonna also closely collaborated with the company.[36] Lipson stated the stage was designed to create a vast network of "on-stage runways that allowed her to get up close and personal with nearly every section of the arena",[35] and unlike her previous tours, it focused more on staging, lighting and photography.[30] The arena production received a positive comment by UK Rolling Stone,[35] and achieved a nomination at the 2024 TPI Awards.[37] The Arts Desk describes the show as a "biographical concept album as dance theatre".[38]

Stage and lighting

The production featured various stage elements, including a circular lighting rig, a spinning chapel, a giant cube and several hanging retractable screens.

The design of the stage evokes her historical wedding cake setup from the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards and Manhattan neighborhoods (where Madonna kickstarted her career in the early 1980s).[30] It is a three-layered circular stage combined with a 230 m (750 ft) length of catwalk,[32][25][39] as well as the shape of a clock, nodding to the element of time.[36] With 4,400 square feet on stage, it is the largest square footage of any Madonna tour.[32] The production equipment has 80 tons, and consists of 3700 amps of show power, 600 intelligent lights to illuminate the stage and 14 spotlights for the singer, as well 3600 square feet of LEDs to give a complete imagery to the show.[39][33]

The stage have also a circular lighting rig,[40] and an illuminated portal frame, designed to act like a time machine looking into the past, present and future where Madonna is lifted 9 m (30 ft) off the ground, and move at 4.5 m (15 ft) per second.[39] It is also used by some of her children, including David Banda.[38]

Other stage elements include a giant disco ball, a giant cube and a spinning carousel-like glass-window with large crucifixes depicting a chapel.[41][42][43][38] For the cube design, Madonna collaborated with game designer and artist Gabriel Massan inspired by her video "Bedtime Story" and Massan's dreamy landscapes. The cube is raised and projectors cover each side of the cube, with her movements recorded in real time.[44] Described as a "city of portraits",[36] the show have also several hanging retractable screens, and used the most amount of video in her touring career.[39][25] Speaking about the screens that came out constantly with projections on, according to Lipson, it allows singer's image and "key motifs" of her career to be "displayed to the entire crowd throughout the show".[35]

Music

Price became assigned as musical director for the tour following a call with Madonna congratulating her on the announcement of the tour.[21] Although some of her children play instruments,[45] for the first time in her touring career, there was no a live band, which according to Price, the reason is "to let the original recordings shine".[46] He also stated "There's a couple of spoken word sections in the show where we just use track. But it's all live vocals".[47]

The Celebration Tour is designed as a retrospective across Madonna's recording career of over 40 years. It featured numerous of her songs that had not been performed live in decades, including "Justify My Love", "Bad Girl", "Erotica" (with original song lyrics and production), and "Rain", since 1993, "Bedtime Story" since 1995,[34] as well "Nothing Really Matters" since 1999, "Die Another Day, "Mother and Father" and "Live to Tell" since mid 2000s.[48]

Upon the announcement, various publications elaborated their dream set list, including Rolling Stone, Consequence and Variety.[49][50][51] On January 18, 2023, Billboard dedicated a list of potential songs across the four decades they would like to hear, as well as creating a poll for fans to comment on what song they would like to see be performed.[52] On January 20, 2023, the poll showed the 1987 single "Causing a Commotion" as the leading contender.[53]

Fashion

Fashion designs included Versace's catsuit and a black cone mini dress by Jean Paul Gaultier.

Initially, media reported costume designer Guram Gvasalia from Vetements was enlisted to be the costume director.[54] In early April 2023, Madonna showcased her costume archives on Instagram ahead of the tour.[55] She enlisted creative duo designers Yohannes and Rita Melssen.[56] The costume duo created and designed almost all outfits paying tribute to her four decades of fashion; they began their research by looking at Madonna's polaroids and performances from her beginnings, commenting "we wanted to reference everything that she's done, and make something new out of that".[56] According to Yohannes and Melssen: "She is involved in every single process of the costume design. She looks at all the fabrics, sketches, and buttons. She cares about who the characters are, and the clothes telling that story".[56] The new costumes received positive commentaries by publications such as The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.[25][57][56] The Celebration Tour was nominated at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards in the category Favorite Tour Style.[58]

The tour also included designs and clothing of various brands, including Dilara Fındıkoğlu and Miu Miu, as well a catsuit by Donatella Versace and Jean Paul Gaultier whom created a modern new version of her cone bra made famous during the Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990, a black cone mini dress encrusted with black crystals.[56][59][57][60][42] She also wore a halo-style headpiece by House of Malakai with a kimono by Eyob Yohannes.[57] Having 45 wardrobe trunks,[32] tour's wardrobe included hats and 45 pairs of boxing gloves.[32]

Concert synopsis

The Celebration Tour is a two-hour-plus set with multiple-costume-change and more than 30 songs.[61][62] The show was separated into five different sections: Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West "grids".[33] According to tour creative director Lewis James, the stage and show also serves as an archive of her life, celebrating with her fans, and is a "continuation of her legacy" more than just a biography.[31][36] Madonna's six children also joined on stage during multiple moments of the show, including Lourdes Leon in London,[63] and Rocco Ritchie (her son with Guy Ritchie) in Sweden,[64] which represents her present as a mother and celebrating family.[36]

Throughout the concert, Bob the Drag Queen serves as an emcee, appearing during different moments of the show interacting with the singer,[65] often dressed as Marie Antoinette (resembling Madonna's "Vogue" 1990 MTV Video Music Awards performance).[56][31] During segments of the show, dancers appear wearing recreations of 17 outfits originally worn by Madonna, representing many of her reinventions.[32] The show includes more past references, including the bed from her Blond Ambition World Tour with a lookalike donning a latex mask.[31]

During the performance of "Vogue", Madonna invited various celebrities in each stop of the tour to join her on stage to judge the voguing performed by her backing dancers, including FKA Twigs, Diplo, Arca, Jean Paul Gaultier, Donatella Versace, Stella McCartney, and Julia Garner.[66]

Commercial performance

Madonna performing "Holiday" surrounded by her dancers at Antwerps Sportpaleis in Belgium, one of her two sold-out concerts in the venue.[67]

Originally a 35-date tour following the initial announcement,[68] several new dates were added due to overwhelming demand on January 19, with second shows in Seattle, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas along with a third show in New York City.[69] A second date was also added in London.[70]

On the day of the general sale, January 20, additional second dates were added in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona and Milan, along with a third date in Paris and two extra dates in London due to popular demand.[71] Over 200,000 fans queued to buy tickets for the London shows,[72] and nearly 30,000 in Netherlands according to Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP).[73] Ticketmaster's website in Spain crashed for moments.[74] Despite numerous reports that tickets for the tour were some of the most expensive ever for any artist, shows across North America and Europe experienced "extraordinary demand" and sold out in record time, prompting Madonna's team to add several new dates in both continents.[75][76][77][78][79][80][81] On that date, the first three New York City shows sold-out in under 15 minutes, the first two London dates within 20 minutes, the Paris shows under seven minutes, and her Amsterdam date sold out in 10 minutes.[82]

On January 23, second dates in Copenhagen, Cologne, Berlin and Lisbon were announced.[83][84][75] On January 23, Madonna herself posted a short video on her official platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, thanking her fans for their "love and support".[85] On January 26, after the four shows in London had sold out, a fifth concert, to be held at the O2 Arena in December 2023, was announced due to "sensational demand" for tickets by British fans.[86] Later that day, due to continued demand, new dates were also added in Brooklyn and Inglewood, bringing the total number of shows in both New York City and Los Angeles to six.[87] On the following day, a fourth and final concert in Paris was announced, as well.[88] On January 30, due to continued "extraordinary demand", a sixth show at the O2 Arena in London, to be held on 6 December 2023, was announced.[89] On March 27, 2023, due to continued "overwhelming demand", eight additional shows were added in the United States (billed as the last ones to be held in the country for the tour),[90] including second dates in Phoenix and Washington, D.C., and third shows in San Francisco and Las Vegas. The first shows in Nashville, Palm Springs, Sacramento, and Philadelphia were announced as well.[90]

After anticipation in the Mexican press,[91] the first show in Mexico City was officially announced on April 17, 2023, to be held at the Palacio de los Deportes.[92][93][94] On April 21, 2023, a second concert was added after the first show sold out in minutes.[95][96] After it also sold out within minutes of going on general sale,[96][97] a third date at the venue was added the following week.[98][97] Due to "overwhelming demand", a fourth show was announced on May 4, 2023,[99] while a fifth and final date was added on December 1, 2023.[100]

Boxscore

The European leg, consisting of 27 shows, grossed $77.5 million and sold 429,000 tickets, according to Billboard.[101] At the O2 Arena, Madonna was the third highest grossing act after the COVID-19 pandemic era up to that point, behind Elton John and Queen + Adam Lambert.[101] According to Attitude, shortly after its opening, the tour became one of the highest-selling shows in the UK during 2023.[102]

Philanthropy and activism

Madonna wore a Ukrainian flag to show her solidarity during the ongoing Russian invasion of the land

The addition of the show in Nashville was in reaction to Tennessee Senate Bill 3 and to "over 100 anti-LGBTQ+ bills currently before state legislatures" in the United States.[90][103] Calling the oppression of LGBTQ+ people "unacceptable and inhumane", the artist vowed to donate portion of the proceeds from the Nashville show to trans rights organizations.[90] After the North American leg was rescheduled, the concert in Nashville was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.[104]

In early October 2023, it was announced Madonna teamed up with Ministry of Tomorrow, to launch a limited edition line of exclusive merchandise available both online and at handful of venues along the tour's route. The 100% of proceeds are reportedly going to Madonna's Raising Malawi charity organization and Chema Vision Children's Center in Kenya. She also encouraged her fans to make donations to these organizations.[105][106]

During the opening show in London on October 14, Madonna nods to her activism addressing about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas-controlled Palestine, saying "It's so painful to witness [...] It breaks my heart watching what's happening in Israel and Palestine",[40][107] and in a long statement during her third London show, she addressed "we cannot lose our humanity".[108] Madonna was among the first celebrities to condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine back in 2022, and during the Celebration Tour she conveyed her solidarity with Ukraine wearing their flag at some point of the show.[109]

Madonna paid tribute to LGBT community wrapped with a Pride flag, accompanied with shirtless back-up dancers with the word "no fear" written on their backs and shown signs with the message "Transgender rights are human rights".[102][110] Attitude's Dale Fox felt "throughout practically every number, she honours the LGBTQ+ culture that's been a part of her career from the very beginning – and beyond".[102] Human Rights Campaign press secretary, Cullen N. Peele and author Mary Gabriel also remarked her advocacy.[111]

Tributes

During the performance of "Mother and Father", a picture of Madonna Fortin, the singer's mother, is shown on the screens.

Throughout visuals or songs, Madonna paid homage to artists who influenced her, including Billie Holiday and David Bowie.[45] She also paid tribute to deceased musicians, including Michael Jackson, Prince and Sinéad O'Connor.[112][61] Madonna also paid homage to victims of November 2015 Paris attacks, saying "what little I could do to acknowledge this tragedy".[113]

Madonna paid homage to AIDS victims, including Keith Haring, Herb Ritts, and Freddie Mercury, during her segment of "Live to Tell". Ukrainian-born director Sasha Kasiuha was commissioned by Madonna to orchestrate the video effects, and also worked together with Stuart from Instagram account The AIDS Memorial.[114] Described as an "emotional moment",[115] after the completition of her first London shows, Vogue's Liam Hess, commented: "Madonna herself seemed visibly pained as she gazed out across the faces of the friends and fans who were lost to the disease".[59] British singer Elton John to AIDS Memorial thanked and praised her tribute to AIDS victims.[116][115] In February 2024, Madonna removed a photograph of Luther Vandross from this section, after the latter's estate publicly reminded Madonna that Vandross did not have, and did not die from, HIV or AIDS.[117][118]

Madonna also paid homage to her family, including her mother and son David Banda's mother with a redemption of "Mother and Father", while she is accompanied of Banda playing guitar.[59] During her first show in Portugal, on November 6, 2023, Madonna thanked Lisbon, the city where she lived for three years (2017–2020) while Banda was training football soccer; she sung a brief version of "Sodade" by Cesária Évora.[119][120] She paid tribute to her daughter Lourdes Leon singing "Little Star" celebrating her 27th birthday (October 14), during the opening show in London.[65]

Reception

Critical response

The Celebration Tour debuted with mostly rave reviews in London.[121][122] Paul Sandle from Reuters stated that her performance proved her energy and charisma.[123] Variety's Mark Sutherland said that Madonna proved she was still the "Reigning Queen of Pop Music", "Still dancing [and] still singing".[61] Various publications including The Times, The Guardian and UK Rolling Stone gave her four out five stars, describing it as "totally captivating" and "a celebration, well and truly delivered".[124][125][126] Her other European shows also attracted generally positive reviews by local publications, including in Sweden,[127] Belgium,[128] Denmark,[129] Spain,[130][45] Portugal,[131] and France.[132]

Although general responses from critics has largely been positive, they have honed on some weakness points, including her tardiness along with some brief technical issues including shows in Antwerp, Barcelona and London, as well her usage of pre-recorded vocals in some tracks and omitted songs of her catalog.[130][126][38][45] Giving five out five stars, Nick Levine from NME complimented the tour but was critical towards the tribute she made to Michael Jackson describing it as a "dud visual" and saying it looks "a bit cheap".[133] The Arts Desk's Thomas H Green described the show as "spectacular, ambitious and occasionally bemusing".[38] In a less positive review, Shaad D'Souza from Pitchfork commented the tour feel "unusually scrappy" compared to her "meticulous" and "highly conceptual" past shows.[112]

Tardiness lawsuit

Following a reported tardiness during its opening day in the North American leg, on December 13, Madonna and Live Nation faced a lawsuit in early January 2024, by two concertgoers.[134] They criticized Madonna, Live Nation and the arena venue of "unconscionable, unfair, and/or deceptive trade practices", with Live Nation responding, a technical issue caused the delay.[134]

Impact

Madonna with the portal frame, designed to act like a "time machine".[39][35] Some critics have highlighted her career and legacy through the retrospective tour.[41]

With over 600,000 tickets sold in a single day,[135][136] The Celebration Tour became one of the world's fastest-selling concert tours with The New York Times describing it as "one of the year's big-ticket events".[25] On June 30, Billboard reported approximately 1.2 million tickets have been sold.[137] However, some media reports stated there were available tickets remaining, mainly after she postponed the tour due to illness and by resellers.[138][25][139] Regarded as one of the most anticipated tours of 2023 by publications like Pitchfork,[140] the then upcoming tour was called by Eric Frankenberg from Billboard as a "global victory lap". He also said it "further cementing her legacy as the Queen of Pop".[136] On October 24, 2023, Rolling Stone's John Lonsdale commented the tour is "already proving to become one of the most popular shows of both this and next year".[139]

On October 11, 2023, a Royal Standard flag for Madonna's honor was created in O2 Arena to mark the arrival and duration of her accompanying shows. The giant flag made by royal family's flag-makers, Flying Colours Flagmakers, features an image of Madonna's 1986 album True Blue, with its creators saying "She is true pop royalty [...] We've been manufacturing flags for the Royal Family for over 20 years, but we've never made a flag quite like this".[141] Steve Sayer, Vice Presedent at O2 Arena, stated: "The arrival of Madonna and The Celebration Tour in London is arguably the biggest UK event in pop music this year. Madonna has been at the forefront of the genre and part of pop culture for four decades [...] This Royal Standard flag feels like a fitting tribute to pop royalty".[141]

According to Another Magazine, the tour dominated UK headlines "for a good few days" and the show is a "staggering feat that contextualised the performer's ascent to global stardom".[31] The Daily Telegraph's Stephen Doig, labeled as "a glorious testament not just to her longevity but her enduring status as an icon who's pushed the boundaries of music and fashion".[142] Similarly, Laura Snapes from The Guardian notes how some "critics praised its canny assessment of her musical, cultural and societal impact",[41] while she adds, the tour could be divide in two parts: How history shaped Madonna, and how Madonna shaped history.[143] Abel Olivares from Spanish music magazine Mondo Sonoro complimented the singer leading her own retrospective tour spotlighting the "good, bad, ugly and beautiful" moments of her career.[144]

Tourism

On January 19, 2023 during tour presales date, more than 90% of hotels around London's O2 Arena were booked up for Madonna's concert.[145] According to Viagogo, fans from 71 countries attended to her London shows,[59] which represented a 130% spike in sales compared to average.[102] She was the second best-selling female performer of 2023.[102]

Madonna is set to perform on May 4, 2024, a free concert at Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[146] The event that routinely attracts crowds of over 1 million,[147][148] is expected by its organizers to draw between one and two million people,[149][150] and might be the biggest attendance of her career,[151] as well as one of the largest attends in music history.[152]

Prior to her show's confirmation and participation, discussions about her impact on the local economy had already been addressed, notably by Rio de Janeiro's Municipal Secretary of Tourism.[153][146][154] According to a survey by the city's prefecture which was based on an estimated one million attendees, the single event would yield an estimated R$293.4 million; 30 times more than the R$10 million invested, and a 20% rise in taxes over the same period last year.[149] Agência O Globo referred as the "Madonna effect" to the tourism boost closely associated with the singer, which include an increase of hotel bookings and airline flights.[155][156]

According to Decolar, searches for flight tickets surged by 82% compared to the weekend before her show's announcement,[157] while searches for accommodations increased by 1000% on Airbnb's platform.[152] Furthermore, the Union of Hotels and Accommodation of Rio de Janeiro (HotéisRio), reported a 30% increase in demand for accommodation in just one day within various establishments,[158] with full occupancy in the area expected near the event's date, what would represent a 20% increase over the previous year.[159][160][156] On April 1, 2024, the Brazilian Tourist Board, Embratur, confirmed almost 7,500 airline tickets via Forward Keys, representing a nearly fourfold increase in the average number of international tourist arrivals at all Brazilian airports, and an overall increase to 27.3% of international flights compared to the same period in 2023.[160]

Set list

The following set list was obtained from the concert held on October 14, 2023, at the O2 Arena in London, England.[40][65][161] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

Act I
  1. "It's a Celebration" (Bob the Drag Queen introduction; includes elements of "Lucky Star", "Material Girl", "Vogue", "Express Yourself" and "Bitch I'm Madonna")
  2. "Nothing Really Matters"
  3. "Everybody" (with elements of "Where’s the Party")
  4. "Into the Hollywood Groove"
  5. "Burning Up"
  6. "Open Your Heart"
  7. "Holiday" (with elements of "I Want Your Love")
  8. "In This Life" (intermission)
  9. "Live to Tell"
  10. "Like a Prayer" (includes elements of "Girl Gone Wild", "Act of Contrition", "Unholy" and "Let's Go Crazy")
Act II
  2. "Blond Ambition" (interlude; includes elements of "Living for Love", "Fever", "Erotica" and "Justify My Love")
  3. "Erotica" (with elements of "Final Demo 2" and "Papa Don't Preach")
  4. "Justify My Love"
  5. "Fever"
  6. "Hung Up" (includes elements of "Hung Up on Tokischa" and "Gangsta")
  7. "Bad Girl"
  8. "Ballroom" (interlude; includes elements of "Up Down Suite", "Break My Soul (The Queens remix)" and "Vogue")
  9. "Vogue"
  10. "Human Nature"
  11. "Crazy for You"
Act III
  2. "The Beast Within"
  3. "Die Another Day"
  4. "Don't Tell Me"
  5. "Mother and Father"
  6. "I Will Survive"
  7. "La Isla Bonita"
  8. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
  9. "I Don't Search I Find" (intermission)
Act IV
  2. "Bedtime Story"
  3. "Ray of Light" (Sasha Ultra Violet mix)
  4. "Rain"
  5. "Like a Virgin" (interlude; includes elements of "Billie Jean", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Angel" and "She's Not Me")
Act V
  2. "Bitch I'm Madonna" (with elements of "Give Me All Your Luvin'")
  3. "Celebration" / "Music"

Notes

  • During selected concerts, Madonna performs an a cappella excerpt of "Causing a Commotion".[162][163]
  • During the concert in London, on October 14, 2023, Madonna performed "Little Star" a cappella as a tribute to her daughter, Lourdes Leon, in celebration of her 27th birthday.[65]
  • The concert in London on October 15, 2023, ended immediately following the performance of "Rain", due to venue curfew restrictions and Madonna being late to start.[164]
  • During both concerts in Lisbon, on November 6 and 7, 2023, Madonna sang "Sodade" by Cesária Évora.[120]
  • During the concerts in New York City on December 13, 2023, and on January 23, 2024, Madonna sang "I Love New York" during the performance of "Burning Up".[165][166]
  • Starting from the concert in Boston on January 8, 2024, "I Will Survive" was replaced by "Express Yourself".[167][163] During that concert, and in the concert in Boston on January 8, 2024, and in Vancouver on February 21, 2024, Madonna performed "This Little Light of Mine" acapella prior to the song.[168]
  • During the concerts in Toronto on January 11 and 12, 2024, and the concert in Detroit on January 15, 2024, "Rain" was replaced by "Frozen",[163][169] while starting from the concert in Saint Paul on February 13, 2024, it was replaced by "Take a Bow".[170][171]
  • During the concert in New York City on January 29, 2024, Tokischa joined Madonna on stage to perform "Hung Up".[172]
  • During the concert in Chicago, on February 2, 2024, Madonna performed an acapella excerpt of "This Used to Be My Playground".[173]
  • During the concert in Inglewood, on March 7, 2024, Madonna was joined on stage by Kylie Minogue to perform "I Will Survive" and "Can't Get You Out of My Head".[174]

Tour dates

List of 2023 concerts[11][101]
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
October 14 London England The O2 Arena Honey Dijon 60,000 / 60,000 $14,700,000
October 15
October 17 Diplo
October 18 Honey Dijon
October 21 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis — [c] [c]
October 22
October 25 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
October 26
October 28 Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena
November 1 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi Arca
November 2
November 6 Lisbon Portugal Altice Arena KURA
November 7 Barata
November 12 Paris France Accor Arena Stuart Price [d] [d]
November 13
November 15 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena — [c] [c]
November 16
November 19 Paris France Accor Arena Kiddy Smile 62,000 / 62,000[d] $10,700,000[d]
November 20 Fecal Matter
November 23 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum Stuart Price [c] [c]
November 25
November 28 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena
November 29
December 1 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome Sevdaliza
December 2
December 5 London England The O2 Arena Stuart Price 31,000 / 31,000 $7,500,000
December 6
December 13 New York City United States Barclays Center Honey Dijon — —
December 14 DJ Swisha & Sammy
December 16[e] Mary Mac
December 18 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena — —
December 19
List of 2024 concerts[11][f]
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
January 8 Boston United States TD Garden Stuart Price — —
January 9
January 11 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena Frank Walker — —
January 12
January 15 Detroit United States Little Caesars Arena Omar-S — —
January 18 Montreal Canada Bell Centre Mary Mac — —
January 20
January 22 New York City United States Madison Square Garden Stuart Price — —
January 23
January 25 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center Sammy — —
January 29 New York City Madison Square Garden Bearcat — —
February 1 Chicago United Center Honey Dijon — —
February 2
February 5 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena Mary Mac — —
February 8 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse — —
February 13 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center — —
February 17 Seattle Climate Pledge Arena — —
February 18
February 21 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena — —
February 24 Sacramento United States Golden 1 Center — —
February 27 San Francisco Chase Center Stuart Price — —
February 28
March 1 Paradise[g] T-Mobile Arena Bearcat — —
March 2
March 4[h] Inglewood[i] Kia Forum Stuart Price — —
March 5[h]
March 7[h] Bearcat
March 9[h]
March 11
March 13 Thousand Palms[j] Acrisure Arena — —
March 16 Phoenix Footprint Center — —
March 19 Denver Ball Arena Mary Mac — —
March 24 Dallas American Airlines Center — —
March 25
March 28 Houston Toyota Center — —
March 29
April 1 Atlanta State Farm Arena — —
April 4 Tampa Amalie Arena — —
April 6 Miami Kaseya Center Stuart Price — —
April 7
April 9
April 14 Austin Moody Center Honey Dijon — —
April 15
April 20 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes — — —
April 21 —
April 23 —
April 24 —
April 26 —
May 4[k] Rio de Janeiro Brazil Copacabana Beach — —
Total 429,000 / 429,000 (100%) $77,500,000

Cancelled dates

List of cancelled concerts
Date City Country Venue Reason
July 27, 2023 Tulsa United States BOK Center Scheduling conflicts[11]
December 22, 2023[l] Nashville Bridgestone Arena
January 15, 2024 San Francisco Chase Center
January 18, 2024 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
January 20, 2024 Phoenix Footprint Center

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Based on the 27 reported dates.
  2. ^ The tour was scheduled to begin on July 15, 2023, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, but due to Madonna's bacterial infection, the start of the tour was delayed.[6]
  3. ^ a b c d e f Except London and Paris, rest of the European dates' earnings are combined as total gross in Billboard[101]
  4. ^ a b c d Combined totals for all Paris shows as per Billboard[101]
  5. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on August 27, 2023, at Madison Square Garden. For this show, tickets were completely refunded and attendees were required to buy new tickets.
  6. ^ Most dates were originally scheduled from July 15 to October 7, 2023, but were rescheduled due to illness.
  7. ^ Billed as Las Vegas.
  8. ^ a b c d Originally scheduled to place on September 27, 28 & 30, and October 1, 2023, at the Crypto.com Arena, respectively. For these shows, tickets were completely refunded and attendees were required to buy new tickets.
  9. ^ Billed as Los Angeles.
  10. ^ Billed as Palm Springs.
  11. ^ The concert in Rio de Janeiro on May 4, 2024 will be a free access show.[175]
  12. ^ The concert in Nashville on December 22, 2023, was to be a benefit concert for Trans Rights.[90][103][104]

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