London - 16 August - The Birthday show
Hi, to every die-hard Madonna fan just like myself! Just like you guys, I'm following the tour too. I watch the show in three cities. I arrived at London at 16 August at Madonna's birthday. While we were there, we went to Wembley and quickly found ourselves good seats. The security was awful and not at all friendly. Me and my sister (whom I took and during my Re-Invention experience) were spotting many stars although I could not hold my breath. Although I had watched Madonna three more times it was like my first time. The show started with an echoing and I held my breath; another Madonna experience will begin
Future Lovers/I Feel Love: It was simply great! Madonna's come out from the disco ball surprise my sister but not me; It was a great start of a great show although I missed Nikki and Donna:)
Get Together: This was the song that shook the building; I started screaming as this was the moment I was waiting for;how lucky where the fans near the catwalk? I didn't find any tickets there:(
Like A Virgin: Madonna justiffied this classic although far away from us; enjoyed it though as it was the first time I heard it live and in such a great version!
Jump: Simply Amazing! I was jumping all the time, while the parkoor dancers and Cloud made a great job! We didn't stop screaming when Madonna left; I knew it was time for controversy
Confessions: Although realy good, our waiting for the cross made us not giving it too much attention
Live To Tell: The whole Wembley screamed, while the classic was performed . Great ending!
Forbidden Love: Second weak moment for Confessions. I realy hate this song because I thought it did NOT belong to COADF
Isaac: The COADF song was realy interesting to watch and of course hear
Sorry: This was my sister's favorite; that's why I came she told me and sang the whole song. I enjoyed it too especialy the breakdown where Madonna shows impressive moves
Like It Or Not: My turn, I said to my sister! That was surely the show's highlight for me! Give Madonna a chair and this perfect song and you'll get an unforgetable performance:)
Sorry (Remix): I love when Madonna talks about politicians so I loved this remix! Bus down!
I Love New York: Suck George Bush's dick. I always like Madonna playing guitar and of course I liked this performance! So energetic but you can't compare it to
Ray Of Light: Madonna continues playing her guitar while she asks sorry about ILNY and asks us to show our fucking attitude! We jumped, we sweated in this high-energetic performance; I loved the robotic choreography; simply great
Let It Will Be: My sister called it a flop; I called it energetic, great and simply... Madonna! She will get down on her knees, she takes a cowboy hat and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Drowned World/Substitute For Love: Happy Birthday sing Nicki and Donna with our acompany. Madonna truly moved sings this moving song! I bursted to tears; the dream of my life to hear this song, to see this woman became truth. She is the greatest star of the world hitting 48 looking 18
Paradise (Not for Me): Madonna and Isaac justiffy this song but i'm still crying; everybody sings along
Music: Well, forget the tears and the pain it's time to dance! We jumped and sang and Madonna did too! The dancers were simply great!
Erotica: Although I waited for the original song the version may be disappointed me a little but I liked the performance! It's amzing what Madonna can do, but tango?
La Isla Bonita: Amazing! Swating! Rushed! Exhausting! Highlight! etc
Lucky Star: Nikki and Donna! Well i waited for them for ages and now just couldn't get enough of them! They were great! I saw Donna ! God, I love her! Oh the song was good too!
Hung Up: The grand finale is here! We hold our breath and listen to this great megahit! I loved the breakdown and of course the singalong! My throat hurted after this! And then it ended!
The great show ended with me and my sister crashing to the hotel talking about the show. We'll see it again she said but for me each time is like the first time. Every experience is unique. Madonna is unique! Great show!
Note: In the DVD I spotted myself once! I'm a superstar!
~ John


Cardiff - 30 July - Spectacular but not more than Re-Invention
I heard Madonna's soundcheck the day before the kick-off in Cardiff, and she didn't disappoint me the next day. Madonna was at her best on her opening night of her European tour. The crowd was warmed up by Paul Oakenfold who remixed The World Is Mine, Push Me and Maneater to a level where the fans could enjoy it.
I was in the golden circle row 2 so I could nearly touched the stage, it was hard to hear how the crowd was screaming.
Half an hour later, the show started with 7 minutes delay and Future Lovers was launched. The disco ball did its work, and Madonna appeared onstage as you've never seen her before. The good thing of Future Lovers is she didn't avoid the I Feel Love sample, in fact she emphasized on it by singing also this track.
Get Together was a good single promotion and Like A Virgin is the first highlight of the show. I'm very happy she put it in her show. Jump is really spectacular, and I hope the video becomes a mix from the show.
The absolute highlight of the show is Live To Tell, but also the prelude to Live To Tell, very well done Madonna ! Forbidden Love is one of my favourite tracks of the Confessions album so that was no problem. Isaac was just an in-between to prepare the crowd for another highlight: Sorry. Like It Or Not, I Love New York all good tracks to promote the record during the tour.
A fourth highlight of the show : Ray Of Light. The crowd sang along like you've never heard it before. Let It Will Be, and than another sing-along-song Drowed World, very nice she put it on her setlist. Paradise is well done, Music with Inferno the same. La Isla Bonita, I've heard this remix before ? Erotica was mediocre.
The fifth and final highlight of the show was Lucky Star and of course the finale Hung Up. Putting the Gimme sample in Lucky Star was a very good idea.
Okay, the show was absolutely spectacular, but I would not say it was more spectacular than the Re-Invention Show. Let's say I give this show the same rating I gave to re-Invention, viz. 9 / 10.
Hope you all enjoy the Madonna show!
~ Dirk


Cardiff - 30 July - Amazing ambiance
I arrived in Cardiff on 29th July after 6pm. It was already raining and quite cold. I started queuing with some other people at my gate – n°6.
The conditions were rather extreme – we practically had no shelter from the rain and very strong cold wind. You wouldn't believe that it was the end of July!
Later on we were told by the security that the Golden Circle will be filled by 2 gates: 1 & 2 so with some other people I moved to gate 1 and stayed there till the end.
The night was a nightmare and as you can imagine I couldn't sleep at all. To protect ourselves we were wearing bin bags...
We had a nice treat while queuing: Madonna rehearsed the whole concert the night before and as we were just next to the entrance, we could hear it perfectly and very clearly! Well, on the other hand it spoiled my surprise a bit! ;)
After over 24h of queuing in the pouring rain and freezing cold I managed to get my best spot at the top of the catwalk, just in front of the barrier. However the stage was so high that I couldn't see the rest of the stage...I actually couldn't see much to be honest. So I moved backwards as we could easily circulate in the golden circle, although there were 3000 people in this area, there still was quite a lot of free space to walk around. We received green bracelets to leave and come back to the circle.
Paul Oakenfold started playing to some videos of his around 7pm. Good fun. Madonna finally appeared around 8.45pm. The stadium was already full with something like 59,000 people!

The show had started! She was so beautiful and looked fantastic in Gaultier's costumes. With some other people I met in the queue we were standing on the left hand side of the catwalk so we had a perfect view of the whole stage. Madonna herself complained during the concert that we were so far away from her and that she couldn't reach us.
The show was amazing with some strong anti-Bush messages and some other supporting charity work for Malawi orphans.
I had tears in my eyes when she performed Forbidden Love and cried from happiness during Lucky Star!
The disco outfit with the electric lights on her cape was just fantastic!
We danced a lot but not everyone did, I guess English and British are rather reserved in showing their emotions.
During the show Madonna said that it was a very special one for her as it was her first time in Wales and her first show in Europe on this tour.
Once the show was over, people singing Madonna songs drowned the streets of Cardiff. Amazing ambiance!
~ Marcin