Madonna Tour

[attilasumer]

Hey all - just wondered if anyone on here got tickets or knows anyone that got tickets to the new tour?? At £80 for the cheapest ticket I decided against it despite being a massive fan and been to the last 2 tours.....can't quite see how you can charge that much for a 2hr show...so I'm gonna try and get tickets for the show in Amsterdam when they go on sale tomorrow, where the cheapest tickets are a more reasonable £40 Anyone been to the Amsterdam Arena at all? What did you think??

[Max Kane]

Will probably be slated for this but hey who cares...

In my humble opinion Madonna is the most over-rated performer out there, the very fact that she gets so much praise for her 'reinvention' is nothing but more proof at how superficial the pop industry is, she is far from a trailblazer as she is portrayed, simply cottoning on to the latest uber fad and capitalising.

Take her work with William Orbit, she didn't head hunt him or set out to get him, she simply saw that he was the 'in' producer and got him. Same with Mirwais and now she's decided that dance is the genre to cash in on, so has recruited Stuart Price.

Not to mention she wrote the worst ever Bond theme. Oh yeh and then there's her lyrical genius with such gems as 'ring ring ring goes my telephone' and 'i'm drivin a mini cooper and i'm feelin super-duper'

Sorry to rant but i cannot stand the woman, feel free to shoot down my musical tastes aswell people. :wink:

[bigsteve]

Good music though (but I take your point!)

[attilasumer]

hehe - yeh, the mrs has more or less the same view point, while she likes the majority of the tunes she agrees with the genre-hopping, wonder if Orbit would have said no to producing would she be as popular these days....still as a fan I'm just amazed that one performer could charge £160 for the best seats at a gig :shock: When one gig is more than a 3-day festival something is pretty wrong - having said that all sold out in about an hour!! Wish I was loaded, hehe!

[KR Tech]

I've been a Madonna fan for many years, though I've never been on a tour, which is something I've always regretted.

KR

[Max Kane]

£160 is ridiculous really, verging on extortion, i'm only payin a tenner to see The Subways tonight in a small venue in Birmingham.

[HIGGZY]

Sorry to rant but i cannot stand the woman, feel free to shoot down my musical tastes aswell people.

I agree with you Bom, I read an artical once that she supposidly writes her music the arranges for a group of people to come and listen to her work then vote on what tunes she should realses! This could therefore be classed as source of market research as she lacks confidence in choosing the right music to cash in on.

If this is true, then in my opion if she is going to charge that amount then she should be able to make produce without testing it first if that makes scense?

[Aza]

early madonna was stuff was good , today however, she is an old horse...

[Chrissie Brown]

l must admit l like most of her stuff especially "What it Feels Like For a Girl" and "Hung Up" (SDP's Extended Dub) but can't bear watching her perform as to me she now looks too masculine.

[Max Kane]

Above & Beyond remix of 'What it Feels Like...' was excellent the original wasn't the greatest though.

Another gripe i have is that really if we're honest 'Hung Up' should have been titled...

Stuart Price vs. Abba feat, Madonna - Hung Up.

Stuart arranged it and mixed an old Abba sample and Madonna just tagged on some ropey lyrics and pranced about in the video like a tart :!:

[Wakey]

Above & Beyond remix of 'What it Feels Like...' was excellent the original wasn't the greatest though.

Forgotten about that tune, which I have at home, it's going on the decks when I get back to Derby later!

[Chrissie Brown]

It's the Above and Beyond mix l was referring to-think its great and is the one Jules played on his show about 5 years ago.

[Max Kane]

Agree with you on that one then, top tune

[JasonB]

Sashas Twilo Mix of Ray Of Light is much better!

[bigsteve]

Stuart Price vs. Abba feat, Madonna - Hung Up.

Spot on mate. I wonder how she got clearance on the Abba sample without them getting the credit for it in the title. Must have been a huge pay off

[JasonB]

50/50 split on profits.

[Chrissie Brown]

Apparantly it turned out to be a good bit of publicity for Abba as l read somewhere that sales of Abba "Gold" shot up.

[Max Kane]

Apparantly it turned out to be a good bit of publicity for Abba as l read somewhere that sales of Abba "Gold" shot up.

So it's a double dose of bad news then

[Simcut]

My sister adores Madonna but I f***ing h8 her tbh :|

[attilasumer]

well I decided to go to one of the shows in Amsterdam as the cheapest tickets over there are £40, tho with flight it may work out about £80 in total at least I 'll get a decent view and more of an atmos than rubbish Wembley Arena, 7 nights now there.....I'd like to meet her accountant, haha!! Interesting to see peeps opinions tho, thanks for your comments.

[Chrissie Brown]

Apparantly it turned out to be a good bit of publicity for Abba as l read somewhere that sales of Abba "Gold" shot up.

So it's a double dose of bad news then

I guess so. :wink:

[JasonB]

She was good yus remixes ive always liked most anyhows.

[Max Kane]

Apart from the Above & Beyond remix i don't think i've ever liked a Madonna song.

[JasonB]

Been loadsa good mixes over tha years.

[thirddrive]

I think the A&B remix is one of the poorest efforts ever to remix Madge! Although I guess it was still when they were starting out and knocking out "Razorfish" style remixes that sounded knowhere near as good!