Tuesday 9 September 2008

My 'Sticky and Sweet' tour: part 3

The stage is dark.

the video screens light up with images on planet destructions. Smoke, fire, animals in traps, pollution, collapsing ice caps, the fur trade, the sun. All edited to a remixed, and re-edited together version of 'Rescue Me'.

Madonna appears with her hair back. She is wearing simple black trousers and a black vest. The stand at a microphone and sings an almost acapella version of 'What it Feels Like for a Girl'. On the screens you see a time line of the various first's for women. From voting to the olympics and so on. The song slowly picks up the beat with the aid of drums and guitar.
Dancers come on and join in with Madonna for a exotic tango version of 'The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You'. The dancers are in couples with Madonna in the lead.
the screens show images of distance. From the streets of New York, to the ocean, across England to London in one long CG shot all the while Madonna and guitar sing an up tempo version of 'Miles Away'.
At the end the lights go down dramatically. You hear the opening few notes of the instantly recognizable 'Open your Heart'.

Madonna, now with a sheer black top over her vest comes out with her dancers. They perform a sexy Spanish version of the song before launching into a flamenco heavy remix of 'Keep it Together' complete with hand claps and percussion. Madonna and the dancers perform complex choreography whilst constantly holding hands up and down the catwalk and stage.

The music stop and Madonna takes a moment to address the audience again. This time letting them all know that they are the one who keep her going and keep her performing. She gives a heart felt thank you before the screens light up with various images of her fans at various shows and public appearances. The opening guitar riff from 'Like a Prayer' fill the stadium and she launches into the original version of the song but with added beats and base. She and the dancers dance about almost freely whilst Madonna dances down the catwalk, looking at fans in the eyes and singing to them before getting the auditorium singing the mid break "Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone...."
This time Madonna
with no music, just hand claps before ending in an energetic finale.

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