Last night's Madonna show report: I'd give it a B. Was less of a concert and more of a "spectacle," which I guess is to be expected, Madonna being Madonna and all. And it WAS a spectacle. Hell, my wife and I agreed that about 40% of the entertainment value was the crowd itself. Tons of women dressed up in Madonna-inspired outfits, from fun to sexy to crazy. Loved the gal in front of us with daisy dukes and a bustier she kept trying to bounce out of. And ALL tha gayz....leathers, chain mail tops, multiple fabulous drag queens. It was an awesome sight.
As for the show itself, it was indeed a spectacle. Incredible staging, and her dancers clearly have to be some of the best modern dancers in the biz these days. The music was secondary, which was my biggest source of disappointment (but again, accepting that Madonna is Madonna....it makes some sense). Didn't play a good number of songs we'd like to hear, and most other songs were different mixes or portions of a song. Like a Prayer (my favorite song) was staged incredibly, but it was only about a 40% version, albeit a creative and good mix of it overlaid with some other tunes.
Yeah, the 10:30 start was BS. Show ended a bit after 1:00, I think, I didn't crawl into bed until nearly 2:00. I get the "I'm reminiscing back to my start in the crazy club days where everyone parties till 4:00 am," but her audience ain't in their crazy club days anymore. The temp wasn't terrible inside. Warm, but tolerable. We dressed for it, having been advised to do so.
Glad we went, saw the spectacle, can check Madonna off the list (well, my wife saw her back in 89 too). No need to go see this show again, though.