“Madonna rocked the Air Canada Centre tonight, her final night in Toronto!!!

It was finally my chance to see her Re-Invention Tour, and she delivered! Thank you Madonna!

Madonna was in great spirits tonight, and she played with the audience throughout the show. She even had a fit of giggles, stopping the show and
making the musical director (Stuart Price) mad! She seemed really relax – almost too relax, because she had a few bumbles.

Details:
– She coughed during Frozen and missed a line, but quickly recovered.
– She playfully mouthed some of the words to Material Girl, because she
loved how the audience sang with her, even when she wasn’t singing.
– During Nothing Fails, she flipped the lines “Just take it from me” and
“Anyone can see” by accident.
– She completely screwed up the lines to the American Life reprise after
Papa Don’t Preach! It was hilarious. She couldn’t stop laughing at
something (Stuart Price was making faces at her), and she was being really, really playful with the audience!

It went something like this (and she’s laughing the entire time): “STOP
CALLING ME ESTHER!! Now let me continue. [Singing:] DO I HAVE TO CHANGE MY
NAME? Whoops, already did that! AM I GONNA BE A STAR? Been there, done
that! SHOULD I LOSE SOME WEIGHT? [pinching her stomach a bit, the audience
screaming ‘No!’] AM I GONNA…..Shit! Hahahaha, this is very unprofessional behaviour! Now let me see, now I remember…” [proceeds to
sing the verse correctly again.]

She definitely warmed to the audience as the show progressed. I think she really, really enjoyed her time in Toronto, because right after Papa Don’t
Preach (and before the got the giggles, as described above), she yelled, “If
I knew Toronto was like this, I would have stayed for months!” HUGE
applause there. She then talked at LENGTH about how we should all stay the night there at the stadium, and how she could perform all her songs! And how we should stage “a protest,” so we could all stay in the stadium – but then the police would arrest us! (Making reference to the 1990 Blond
Ambition incident). So as I said, she was EXTREMELY interactive and playful
with the audience tonight!

In all, what an awe-inspiring concert! It was the best concert I’ve ever been to. I went to the Drowned World Tour and loved it, but thematically, the Re-Invention Tour is much stronger. There was a consistency to the show this time, as well as a clear message of love, peace, and the ability to change oneself. It was much warmer and joyful than the dark and cold DWT.

Plus, while in the Drowned World Tour Madonna was like an iron goddess –
strong, amazing but distant – here on the Re-Invention Tour she really
opened up, and I saw her as a human being. Especially because she
interacted so much with the audience, and because she used that fantastic
catwalk to get closer to the audience!
I had floor seats (27th row), so
when she used that catwalk I was only a few feet from her! Madonna, my
goddess, only a few feet from me!

Vocally, Madonna was flawless. Her voice has never been better! This woman
continues to wow me. I thought her voice was amazing on the DWT, but that’s
nothing compared to how full, clear and confident her voice was tonight! It
was really impressive – she was belting some of the numbers, yet her voice
was perfect the entire night!

Favourites of the evening:
Vogue – what an opening! Blew me away completely.

Burning Up – I love this song, and I never thought I’d see the day Madonna
would perform it. She was really belting this number, and rocking the
house.

Hollywood – I know Madonna isn’t onstage for this, but I love the character
dancers who keep popping up!

Deeper And Deeper – What a brilliant vocal performance. So sultry and sexy, a
new rethinking of the song.

like A Prayer – My favourite song (and for many others), this was a
spiritual experience. To hear Madonna sing it live was a dream come true
for me.

Into The Groove – Wow, I screamed the most for this! Pure, ecstatic joy to
hear this classic performed so well.

Holiday – Madonna’s staple tour song. Always a delight, and an
inspirational way to end the evening.

So I want to again say thank you to Madonna. Three years ago, I went to her
to see her in concert in NYC; this time, she came to me – and gave me and my hometown of Toronto a spectacular event. Brava!”

Soloman Lam

Thanks a lot Soloman for sharing your experience with the Tribe.