43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Madonna Confessions Tour 2006 is one of her best tours!, December 10, 2006
This review is from: Madonna - The Confessions Tour (DVD)
Madonna described the tour as "turning the world into a giant dance floor". The show is divided into four separate acts with different themes: Equestrian, Urban Bedouin, Glam Punk and Disco Fever. Madonna's Confessions Tour was a concert tour organized to support the album Confessions on a Dance Floor and set the record for the top-grossing tour ever by a female artist. The tour grossed more than $194.8 million with a total of 60 shows and 1.2 million people in paid attendance through North America, Europe, and Japan. Despite the U.S. lack of good taste in music and by refusing to give her radio play for her Confessions CD, she still managed to gross more than $80 million for the U.S. shows alone throughout the summer. In The U.S. her confessions tour instantly became the highest grossing summer tour of the year 2006. The tour has generated international controversy due to its use of Christian religious symbols. While singing "Live to Tell", Madonna hangs from a mirrored cross wearing a crown of thorns around her head. Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups in North America and Europe came together to criticize what they saw as Madonna's exploitation of "sacred" Christian symbols and labeled the show as blasphemous even though they never saw the show. Madonna brought more than just the Devil out in some of these Christians and other religious groups. A 63-year-old Dutch priest was even arrested when he decided to make a confession of his own when he confessed to making a hoax bomb threat in an attempt to stop her concert. In response to the criticism, Madonna personally and publicly invited Pope Benedict XVI to see the show while she was in Rome - insisting that she was doing the controversial act to raise awareness and money for orphans abandoned in Africa (particularly Malawi) due to HIV/AIDS and that "Jesus wouldn't mind." (While she sings "Live To Tell," in the background run haunting images of the devastation in Africa right now. On the top of the screen, a count begins from 0 until it reaches 12 million - the number of orphans created by HIV/AIDS in Africa alone. The tour features songs mainly from her Confessions on a Dance Floor CD which is considered Madonna's comeback album from her previous lowest selling effort American Life. Confessions on a Dance Floor's sales are near 10 million worldwide. It also holds the record for topping the most charts in the world. The single "Hung Up" also holds the record for topping the most charts in the world. With Confessions on a Dance Floor Madonna refused to follow any U.S. chart trends. She decided to release a collection of dance/electronic songs, which did not receive significant airplay in the U.S. but received massive airplay on all other parts of the world, including Europe and Asia. Nevertheless, despite lack of U.S. radio support (boycott because she spoke out against the war and that idiot president bush) all of the singles had a great performance on iTunes and on MTV's TRL Video Music Countdown. Madonna kept her goals of doing what she wanted and establishing trends instead of following them. Even lack of support in her home country didn't stop the album from selling over 1,600,000 units in the U.S. alone. This is one amazing show and one of her best tours. Madonna is still The Most Successful Female Recording Artist in the history of the world and this DVD proves she is far from singing her last song.
Below is the Set List
Equestrian Act
1. "Future Lovers/I Feel Love"
2. "Get Together"
3. "Like A Virgin"
4. "Jump"
Urban Bedouin Act
5. "Interlude: Dancers' Confessions"
6. "Live to Tell"
7. "Forbidden Love"
8. "Isaac"
9. "Sorry"
10. "Like It Or Not"
Glam Punk Act
11. "Interlude: Sorry (Remix)"
12. "I Love New York"
13. "Ray of Light"
14. "Let It Will Be"
15. "Give Peace a Chance" (performed only in Moscow)
16. "Drowned World/Substitute For Love"
17. "Paradise (Not For Me)"
Disco Fever Act
18. "Interlude: Roller Dance: Disco Inferno"
19. "Music" (With Where's The Party mid-section)
20. "Erotica"
21. "La Isla Bonita"
22. "Lucky Star"
23. "Hung Up"
Madonna will also be releasing a live cd to go along with this Confessions Tour DVD. Below is the CD track listing:
1. Future Lovers / I Feel Love
2. Like A Virgin
3. Jump
4. Confessions
5. Isaac
6. Sorry
7. Sorry (Remix)
8. I Love New York
9. Let It Will Be
10. Music Inferno
11. Erotica
12. Lucky Star
13. Hung Up
Special thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some of the information!
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST EVER !!!!!!, December 23, 2006
This review is from: Madonna - The Confessions Tour (DVD)
I HAD THE OPORTUNITY OF WATCHING THE CONCERT LIVE FROM LONDON. I WAS
AMAZED BY THE MUSIC; STAGE; DRESSES (OR CUSTOMES); THE LIGHTS AND THE
FABULOUS DANCERS. THEY CAN FLY !!!!!. I ALWAYS LIKED MADONNA'S LIVE CONCERTS; BUT THIS ONE IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN.I RECORDED IT FROM
TV ON DVD; BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO PUT MY HANDS ON A REAL DVD WITH SURROUND
SOUND. THE COLORS ARE ALMOST UNREAL LIKE NOTHING I HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
FORGET ABOUT HER "PERSONAL LIFE" AND "POLITICAL VIEWS" AND SEE HER
FOR WHAT SHE IS: AN AMAZING ENTERTAINER WHO STILL LOOKS GREAT FOR HER
AGE.
FASV FROM MIAMI
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love Madonna for her Music, December 17, 2006
This review is from: Madonna - The Confessions Tour (DVD)
I think some people in the media are really going overboard with their comments about Madonna,as she has always been a person to go beyond the limits,and she is outspoken in her beliefs,and I see nothing wrong with that.I have never seen her in concert before,but have many of her concerts on DVD or VHS tape,and can attest to the fact that she is a great singer and stage performer.I can't wait to get her latest concert release as I saw the TV special of her concert in London,and it was by far her Best.I know that Madonna sets the record for highest grossing tour by a female,so I wonder who comes in second to her on that.I also know that my other favorite artist,Tina Turner,sets the record for the most tickets sold,20 million tickets for 6 tours,and I would have to believe that Madonna is second to that record.Whether you like what the artist believes in or not,you have to agree that Madonna is ageless and her "live" concerts are something to remember and watch over and over simply for the electrifying dance moves and her talented dancers.I see Madonna singing and dancing into her 60's just like TINA......
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No