CONFESSIONS TOUR - DETAILS

The cities
- The songs - The performers - Numbers & figures - Tour grosses

The cities: Back to top
This is the official tour schedule. Madonna has performed a total of 60 shows in 11 countries.

US

May 21
May 23
May 24

Great Western Forum Englewood, Los Angeles, CA

The Confessions Tour DVD - click to enlarge
The Confessions Tour poster - click to enlarge
The Confessions Tour poster - click to enlarge
  May 27
May 28

MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV

  May 30
May 31

HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA

  June 03

Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

  June 05
June 06

Save Mart Center, Fresno, CA

  June 08
June 10

Glendale Arena, Phoenix, AZ

  June 14
June 15
June 18
June 19

United Center, Chicago, IL

Canada

June 21
June 22

Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada

US

June 25
June 26

Civic Centre, Hartford, CT

  June 28
June 29
July 02
July 03

Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

  July 06
July 09
July 10

TD Bank Garden, Boston, MA

  July 12
July 13

Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA

  July 16

Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ

  July 18
July 19

Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

  July 22
July 23

American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

UK

July 30

Millenium Stadium, Cardiff, UK

  August 01
August 03

Wembley Arena, London, UK

Italy

August 06

Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy

UK

August 09
August 10
August 12
August 13
August 15
August 16

Wembley Arena, London, UK

Germany

August 20

LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany

  August 22

Niedersachsen, Hannover, Germany

Denmark

August 24

Forum Horsens, Horsens, Denmark

France

August 27
August 28
August 30
August 31

Palais Omnisports de Bercy, Paris, France

The Netherlands

September 03
September 04

ArenA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Czech Republic

September 06
September 07

Sazka Arena, Prague, Czech Republic

Russia

September 12

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia

Japan

September 16
September 17

Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan

September 20
September 21

Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan

     
Remarks:
The crucifixion scene caused a lot of controversy, especially in Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Czech Republic and Russia, where religious conservativists tried to ban the show. When the concert was broadcast on NBC in November, Madonna was not shown during the performance until she came down from the cross. In addition, the concert special featured several other editing, including the omission of Drowned World, Paradise & Lucky Star.
The concert in Moscow was originally planned at the Moscow University on September 11th. Because this venue raised some security issues, the show was moved to the Luzhniki Stadium on September 12th.
Months before the tour, Madonna had promised that if she'd tour Japan, she'd also tour Australia. As the tour got planned, Japan was included, but Australia wasn't. For this, Madonna posted an official apology on her website.
The August 13th, 15th & 16th shows in London were recorded for the tv special (directed by Jonas Akerlund), which is set to be released on DVD at the end of January, 2007. A live CD accompanies the release with 13 tracks.

The songs: Back to top
 
Future Lovers (with some lines of 'I Feel Love') *
Get Together **
Like A Virgin *
Jump *
Live To Tell (with dancer confessions intro *)
Forbidden Love
Isaac *
Sorry *
Like It Or Not
Sorry (Remix Video Interlude) *
I Love New York *
Ray Of Light **
Let It Will Be (Paper Faces Mix) *
Drowned World/Substitute For Love
Paradise (Not For Me)
Music (Disco Inferno Mix) *
Erotica / You Thrill Me *
La Isla Bonita
Lucky Star *
Hung Up *

* Available as audio on The Confessions Tour live CD+DVD set.
** Available as a digital download exclusive.

Remarks:
Everybody and Deeper And Deeper were rehearsed but later they got replaced by La Isla Bonita and Erotica / You Thrill Me. Madonna sang a few lines of Nothing Fails at the end of Drowned World during rehearsals.

Paul Oakenfold opened with a DJ set in the stadiums (Cardiff, Rome, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Horsens, Amsterdam). In Paris, a different French DJ opened each of the four gigs in Bercy (Bob Sinclar, David Guetta, Jean French, DJ Dimitri).

The setlist was the same on every single show. Only some minor details were changed: the dancers during Forbidden Love got the Jewish and Muslim symbols after the first date in London; Madonna started wearing a cowboy hat for Let It Will Be and the Hung Up leotard became glittery from late US shows; in Japan she wore a "Japanese Do It Better" T-shirt and in Tokyo, she wore a platinum blonde bob wig during the second half of the show. In Moscow, Russia, Madonna performed the John Lennon classic 'Give Peace A Chance' during her usual speech halfway through the show.

Future Lovers - click to enlarge Live To Tell- click to enlarge Music Inferno - click to enlarge Hung Up - click to enlarge
The performers: Back to top
Madonna
Donna DeLory
Nicki Richards
Yitzhak Sinwani

Vocals & Guitar
Background vocals
Background vocals
Additional vocals

Stuart Price
Steve Sidelnyk
Monte Pittman
Marcus Brown

Musical Director, Keyboards & Programmer
Drums
Guitar
Keyboards

Addie Yungmee Schilling George
Jason Young
Charmaine "Charm" Jordan
Daniel "Cloud" Campos
Leroy "Hypnosis " Barnes
Levi Meeuwemberg
Mihran Kirakosian
Reshma Gajjar
Sebastien Foucan
Sofia Boutella
Steve Nester
Tamara Levinson
Victor Lopez
Williams "Norman" Charlemoine

Dance Captain
Dance Captain
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Parkour
Dancer
Dancer
Parkour
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Parkour
Dancer

Angela Becker
Guy Oseary
Arthur Fogel
Liz Rosenberg
Jamie King
Chris Lamb

Manager
Manager
Tour Producer
Publicist
Creative Director
Tour Production Director

Giovanni Bianco
Steven Klein
Annika Aschberg
Johann Renck
Jamie King
Christian Lamb
Dustin Robertson

Art Direction & Graphic Design
Photography tourbook and video projection
Photography
Director 'Hung Up', Video Stills
Director 'Sorry', Video Stills
Video Projection Director
Video Projection Director

Jean-Paul Gaultier
Arianne Phillips
Gina Brooke
Andy Lecompte

Costume designer
Costume designer/Tour Stylist
Make Up Artist
Hair Stylist

Numbers and figures: Back to top
 
1 1/2 Tons weight of Madonna's disco ball rocket ship at start of show
2 weeks to use up wand of YSL #5 mascara
2 Million dollars worth of Swarovski crystals embellishes above disco ball
5000 Square Feet Size of Madonna's four stages (standard is 2600 square feet)
1000 Hours rehearsal over 12 weeks
27 Number of Performers including Madonna, Band, and 22 Dancers
253 Massages provided to dancers
0 foundation used on Madonna's skin
1 bottle of balancing cleansing oil (Shu Uemura Green Tea) every week
1 bottle of Yonka moisturizer used up every three weeks
106 Crew members in Madonna touring party
40 Foot turntable in center of main stage
16 Miles per hour when turntable revolves
1 "Discofied"Crucifix rises nightly from stage floor with surprise visitor attached
4 Feet away from the audience is distance between Madonna and fans on satellite stages
70 Tons of equipment on top of main stage
24 Semi Trucks used to move equipment from city to city
2 Private Planes to transport
18 Vans and Cars to transport
5 Buses to transport
280 Yards of Ace bandages used for dancers and Madonna
543 and counting heat wraps for dancers
200 Tons in weight of entire show (equivalent to a battle ship)
400,000 Watts of power used for run of show nightly
8 Broken bones of Madonna's displayed on video screens during "Like a Virgin" via x-rays and MRI's (she's all better now)
7 Costume changes for Madonna
30 Outfits were designed by Jean Paul Gaultier for Madonna and dancers
8 Pairs of shoes and boots used by Madonna each night (mostly Yves St. Laurent)
1 Piece of jewelry (only) worn by Madonna (diamond and amethyst necklace designed by Chopard)
600 Outfits in total for the entire show
25 Rack required to move wardrobe
1 Crown of thorns -50 thorns - from Cotters Church Supply in LA)
1 Bottle of vodka backstage to use for perspiration stains
24 Inch waist (Madonna)
4 People change Madonna's costumes during the show
1 Pair of Capezio professional fish net stockings used each night
10 Pounds is weight of Michael Schmidt designed belt Madonna wears during a segment in show
4000 Swarovski crystals imbedded in said belt
34 Clips used to set Madonna's hair
2 Smoothie brand hair elastics used during show (one blonde, one white)
4 Large hairpins used to secure chignon in opening sequence
3 Hairstyles revealed during the show (chignon, crown of thorns with baby Jesus curls and weeny/disco roll coiff)
2 Products used for hair (Kerestase oleo relax and Evian water mister to prevent electricity)
2 Changes of eyelashes (one mink, one mink with diamonds for disco section)

Tour grosses: Back to top
 
NORTH AMERICA
1. Inglewood, Calif.: $7,686,380 - 3 shows - 40,044 attendance
2. Las Vegas, Nev.: $7,257,750 - 2 shows - 27,528 attendance
3. San Jose, Calif.: $4,761,555 - 2 shows - 27,024 attendance
4. Los Angeles, Calif.: $2,804,583 - 1 show - 14,183 attendance
5. Fresno, Calif.: $3,749,800 - 2 shows - 20,154 attendance
6. Glendale, Arizona: $4,890,090 - 2 shows - 28,820 attendance
7. Chicago, Ill.: $9,271,790 - 4 shows - 52,000 attendance
8. Montreal: $5,670,150 - 2 shows - 34,940 attendance
9. Hartford, Connec.: $3,451,235 - 2 shows - 21,558 attendance
10. New York, New York.: $16,507,855 - 6 shows - 91,841 attendance
11. Boston, Mass.: $6,337,115 - 3 shows - 36,741 attendance
12. Philadelphia, Penns.: $4,639,775 - 2 shows - 29,749 attendance
13. Atlantic City, New Jersey.: $3,246,100 - 1 show - 12,322 attendance
14. Miami, Fla.: $5,568,485 - 2 shows - 30,410 attendance
Totals for North American leg: 34 shows reported to Billboard - $85,842,663 - 467,314 tickets

EUROPE
1. Cardiff, UK: $7,788,845 - 1 show - 55,795 attendance
2. London, UK: $22,090,582 - 8 shows - 86,061 attendance
3. Rome, Italy: $5,268,886 - 1 show - 63,054 attendance
4. Düsseldorf, Germany: $5,926,105 - 1 show - 44,744 attendance
5. Hannover, Germany: $5,218,985 - 1 show - 39,871 attendance
6. Horsens, Denmark: $11,435,199 - 1 show - 85,232 attendance
7. Paris, France: $9,145,832 - 4 shows - 67,758 attendance
8. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: $11,783,254 - 2 shows - 102,330 attendance
9. Prague, Czech Republic: $5,861,668 - 2 shows - 37,666 attendance (2 non-sellout dates)
10. Moscow, Russia: $5,548,998 - 1 show - 37,939 attendance
Totaly for European leg: 22 shows reported to Billboard - $90,068,354 - 620,450 tickets

ASIA
1. Osaka, Japan: $7,379,553 - 2 shows - 50,623 attendance
2. Tokyo, Japan: $11,463,877 - 2 shows - 71,231 attendance
Totals for Asian leg: 2 shows reported to Billboard - $18,843,430 - 121,854 tickets

WORLDWIDE TOTAL: $194,754,447 - 60 dates - 1,208,957 tickets

   
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