“I just got in from Madonna‘s first show at the Worcester Centrum in Massachusetts, so forgive me if my thoughts are jumbled. I am still reeling from excitement and satisfaction after experiencing a spectacular show.

Our seats were 20 rows from the stage on the right side of the floor. Not bad seats but Madonna spends much of the night on the opposite end of the stage and there was a fat guy blocking my view. But, the seats became much better when the catwalk dropped during “American Life” and “Holiday“. When we arrived at our seats and I looked up, I couldn’t believe where the catwalk was going to fall. And once it did, Madonna was less than 10 feet from us and I lost it each time they used it.

The show is much less theatrical than previous tours, as others have said, but I believe it is heavier on choreography than the last show. As far as production numbers go, “Vogue“, “Hanky Panky“, “Die Another Day & Lament“, “Into the Groove“, “Music” and “Holiday” had much more intriquite choreography and much more energy than the numbers on the last tour.

There were several different styles of dance used and I was impressed to see her keep up with the dancers. She looked like Usher up there during “Music“, that was a little odd to me. The song selection is much more crowd friendly this time around, so that alone made the bigger numbers much more fun.

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Vocally, this is by far the best Madonna has ever sounded live. She did lip-sync “Vogue“, but everything else is live. The vocal arrangement on “Frozen” is slighty altered from the DWT, and the slowed down-jazzed up version of “Deeper And Deeper” probably showcased the most vocal creativity. She displayed unusual range on “Lament” and “Mother And Father” (of all songs) which made me applaud more because I was so proud of her for nailing them so well.

She did slip up twice. During “Don’t Tell Me” someone in one of the pits distracted her and made her laugh so she didn’t sing an entire verse, and during “Nobody Knows Me” her heel got caught in the floor and she slightly tripped, stopped and looked at the floor, and moved on. It reminded me of the moment during the Arista 25 special when Whitney tripped, looked at the floor, shrugged, and moved on.

The ultimate moment for me was “Crazy For You“. I was anticipating this song all month long and when we got to it I started bawling. I don’t know why, I couldn’t stop, but the waterworks were flowing.

Of the 5 segments of the show, I could have done without the military section. I understand what she’s trying to say, but her message is a little clouded and most people are forgetting about it before the show is even over with. Perhaps if she closed with John Lennon’s “Imagine“, she could drive her messages home a little better, but as-is I think her points are lost. Also, some of the video imagery during “The Beast Within” and “Frozen” is very disturbing, I overheard some folks around us complaining about the images.

Everyone asked me after the show, did I like it better than the DWT, and I have to say yes. This show is very different, less theatrical but the music is more the focus this time around. And that has become more important to me as a fan than whether or not Madonna is flying around on wires in ninja fight sequences. “Vogue“, I must admit, is fierce.

Now I must wait 30 days to see the show again in Ft Lauderdale from the 3rd row. And those 30 days won’t go by quick enough.”

Thanks for reading,
Doug

Special thanks to Doug for sharing his experience with The Tribe