The production of the show was amazing - Unfortunately, we forgot our camera so I've only got this crappy photo taken with my Blackberry from our seats about a half a mile from the stage. The stage seemed to be constantly moving and changing - an effect achieved largely through moving video screens of various shapes and sizes, platforms that moved and also changed shape, and an extremely talenteed troupe of dancers with intricate costumes.
The show lasted 2 hours, and was non-stop. However, the sound sucked and we had to sit quietly to just be able to hear what was being played - hardly conducive to the Madonna dance-party I was planning on having! I don't think I would be eager to see another show in the Stadium, especially if the roof was open. My theory is that, since the roof was open, a lot of the sound was escaping.
Given the Stadium location, I was surprised that tickets were such a hot item; my boss was visiting from the US and expressed interest in going to the show. I did a bit of research on the day of the event, and many brokers had no tickets available - those that did have tickets were selling them for up to £650 each (more than 10 times what we paid for our seats)!!!
All in all, I was glad we went, but I don't think I would run back to see another Madonna show.
Songs played:
- Candy Shop: with a video version of Pharrel from the Neptunes
- On the Beat Goes: during the song, Madonna and her dancers drive out onto the stage in a white Rolls Royce, video version of Kanye accompanies her
- Human Nature: Madonna plays the guitar... badly
- 4 Minutes tease to Vogue: with super-hot girls in bondage outfits
- Die Another Day: featuring a boxer theme, Madonna changed from her bondage-style outfit into short shorts and boxing boots
- Get Into the Groove: with Madonna doing double dutch - and kicking ass! - and dancing on a DJ booth that had a stripper pole! This was my favorite number... :)
- Feel it in my Heartbeat: Madonna and crew dancing on a Jamiroquai-style moving track
- Borderline: with more crappy guitar from Madonna
- She's Not Me: with a montage of stills from her videos, also several of her dancers were costumed to look like her from the videos... and then Madonna beats them up
- Last Night a DJ Saved my Life tease to Music
- Devil Wouldn't Recognize You: Madonna performs from behind a video screen with rain projected on it
- Spanish Lesson: with dancers dressed in latin-style ninja costumes that become more traditional flamenco outfits
- Miles Away: more flamenco dancing
- La Isla Bonita: backing band is a mariachi band, who performs a song without Madonna after the conclusion of "La Isla Bonita"
- You Must Love Me: from "Evita", performed with the mariachi band
- Get Up: played over the PA system while Madonna had a costume change, featured a video with a montage of terrible images of starvation, genocide, and leaders that history has not looked kindly up including Hitler, Lenin, John McCain, etc.); the second half of the song featured "good" images: Desmond Tutu, Ghandi, Bono, Oprah, Barack Obama, etc.
- 4 Minutes: Madonna's new costume featured her wearing American football shoulder pads decorated with sparkles and other flair, Justin Timberlake "performed" on small video screens that moved around the stage as Madonna "danced" with him
- Like a Prayer : sung in tandem with a video featuring lots of Kabbalah images and Hebrew and English text
- Ray of Light: featuring more crappy guitar from Madonna and dancers in Daft Punk-style helmets
- Express Yourself: sung a cappella with the crowd
- Hung Up: with LOTS of crap guitar from Madonna, complete with Pete Townshend-style shredding and amp humping, played in tandem with a strange video featuring chess pieces
- Give It 2 Me: Madonna's new single, performed by herself on stage, featuring a crazy-good solo dance party from Madonna
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