by the way
THIS: 20 feet from the stage was unimaginably cool.
We waited for ten hours (not an exaggeration) from 3 AM until 1 PM in a line of literally thousands of people (we were about numbers 30 and 31, because Sherri and I are dedicated and we rock). It was hyper secure, and we got holographic purple wristbands with "Confessions on a G-A-Y Dancefloor" printed on them guaranteeing entrance, as well as a strict admonishment to not tamper with them or we'd be turned away that night. After crashing for about five hours and eating dinner, we rushed to the club and arrived about 20 minutes before she started. I got the whole concert on digicam video and I'll post it here, but I have to wait for Sherri to upload it.
The show:
I was really impressed with Madonna's voice...apparently she can actually sing live. She was also totally hilarious and bitchy with the audience. She told us her last performance at a club the week before sucked compared to this one, and that "this show is gonna kick that show's ASS!" And she also stopped the show in the middle and demanded that "all the sexy boys in the front row take off your shirts. I'm not going to continue until you show me some skin!"
She sang:
Hung Up
Sorry
Get Together
I Love New York
an awesome synthy/bassy/2006y remake of Everybody
Let It Will Be
and part of Jump
Article in The Sun here:
"Madonna music is pants"
By DANIELLE LAWLER
Showbiz Reporter
The Queen of Pop - in fantastic shape at the age of 47 - whipped the crowd into a frenzy by ripping off her top during the five-song gig and popping the mic into her hotpants.
Thousands had screamed her name as Madge emerged from a huge glitter ball and then launched into Hung Up - the first track on her new album Confessions On A Dance Floor.
After pausing for breath the singer then dedicated the album to her huge gay faithful.
Some had waited for days outside just to catch a glimpse of their goddess.
To roars of appreciation she yelled: “I made this for you guys, just breathe in my air.”
Teetering on black knee-high boots she performed other tracks from her new album, including Get Together and Let It Will Be, at the Astoria nightclub.
The sexy singer then dropped to her knees and writhed her body around the stage to another new track, I Love New York.
She told her pink posse of fans before the song: “I know London is my home but New York is where I grew up.”
This spectacular came days after another Madonna “warm up” gig at Camden’s Koko club - and it shows she still has more energy than any of her younger pretenders.
Hundreds of pink balloons dropped on to the sweaty, beaming crowd to end the show on Saturday - and to celebrate the return of her Madgesty.
Blurb on msnbc.com:
Madonna’s devotion to Kabbalah apparently hasn’t done anything to clean up her potty mouth.
Performing at the London nightclub G-A-Y, Madonna asked the crowd if they liked her new record, "Confessions on a Dance Floor." When the crowd responded with a “Yes,” she said, “Good, I made that record for you fuckers.”
Madonna did a bump and grind, at one point reaching inside the bottoms of her skimpy outfit. “Aren’t you guys hot?” she called out to the crowd. “I should have worn my bathing suit. Oh wait. I did!”
We waited for ten hours (not an exaggeration) from 3 AM until 1 PM in a line of literally thousands of people (we were about numbers 30 and 31, because Sherri and I are dedicated and we rock). It was hyper secure, and we got holographic purple wristbands with "Confessions on a G-A-Y Dancefloor" printed on them guaranteeing entrance, as well as a strict admonishment to not tamper with them or we'd be turned away that night. After crashing for about five hours and eating dinner, we rushed to the club and arrived about 20 minutes before she started. I got the whole concert on digicam video and I'll post it here, but I have to wait for Sherri to upload it.
The show:
I was really impressed with Madonna's voice...apparently she can actually sing live. She was also totally hilarious and bitchy with the audience. She told us her last performance at a club the week before sucked compared to this one, and that "this show is gonna kick that show's ASS!" And she also stopped the show in the middle and demanded that "all the sexy boys in the front row take off your shirts. I'm not going to continue until you show me some skin!"
She sang:
Hung Up
Sorry
Get Together
I Love New York
an awesome synthy/bassy/2006y remake of Everybody
Let It Will Be
and part of Jump
Article in The Sun here:
"Madonna music is pants"
By DANIELLE LAWLER
Showbiz Reporter
The Queen of Pop - in fantastic shape at the age of 47 - whipped the crowd into a frenzy by ripping off her top during the five-song gig and popping the mic into her hotpants.
Thousands had screamed her name as Madge emerged from a huge glitter ball and then launched into Hung Up - the first track on her new album Confessions On A Dance Floor.
After pausing for breath the singer then dedicated the album to her huge gay faithful.
Some had waited for days outside just to catch a glimpse of their goddess.
To roars of appreciation she yelled: “I made this for you guys, just breathe in my air.”
Teetering on black knee-high boots she performed other tracks from her new album, including Get Together and Let It Will Be, at the Astoria nightclub.
The sexy singer then dropped to her knees and writhed her body around the stage to another new track, I Love New York.
She told her pink posse of fans before the song: “I know London is my home but New York is where I grew up.”
This spectacular came days after another Madonna “warm up” gig at Camden’s Koko club - and it shows she still has more energy than any of her younger pretenders.
Hundreds of pink balloons dropped on to the sweaty, beaming crowd to end the show on Saturday - and to celebrate the return of her Madgesty.
Blurb on msnbc.com:
Madonna’s devotion to Kabbalah apparently hasn’t done anything to clean up her potty mouth.
Performing at the London nightclub G-A-Y, Madonna asked the crowd if they liked her new record, "Confessions on a Dance Floor." When the crowd responded with a “Yes,” she said, “Good, I made that record for you fuckers.”
Madonna did a bump and grind, at one point reaching inside the bottoms of her skimpy outfit. “Aren’t you guys hot?” she called out to the crowd. “I should have worn my bathing suit. Oh wait. I did!”