UNBELIZEABLE VACATION DAY 3 :: MIAMI, FL :: A couple years ago, we happened to catch the NBC broadcast of Madonna's Confessions tour at Wembley Stadium and thought it was a pretty awesome show. We told ourselves the next time she's in town, we gotta get tickets.
Well, here's some trivia: Madonna kicked off her Virgin tour in 1985 in Seattle's Paramount Theater. She returned to the Kingdome in 1987, but hasn't been back since. And chances are, she won't ever be back. Key Arena is too small and Qwest Field is too rainy. Perhaps Safeco might someday fit the bill.
But we were in luck. It just so happened that while we were planning our trip to Belize, we noticed Madonna was performing the night we were scheduled to arrive in
Miami. I scored a couple floor tickets and we were set to join 50,000 other fans in Dolphin Stadium.
The concert was great and Madonna was keeping up with dancers half her age, I really didn't care for the "Sticky & Sweet" theme of this tour. The staging and costuming for the Confessions tour was more appropriate for her age, allowing her to show off her talent with style and grace.
There were some very cool moments, including one during a trancy remix of Eurythmics' "Here Comes The Rain Again" and Madonna's "Rain". During this segment, a pair of kimono-garbed Japanese poppers moved in stroboscopic effect across the stage. There was also a segment with dancing ninjas and another with space robots. Both of those always score high marks in my book. Timbaland and Pharrell also made surprise appearances during the show, her last in the US for the tour.
This was the set list: Candy Shop, Beat Goes On, Human Nature, Vogue, Die Another Day, Into The Groove, Heartbeat, Borderline, She's Not Me, Music, Rain/Here Comes The Rain Again, Devil Wouldn't Recognize You, Spanish Lesson, Miles Away, La Isla Bonita/Lela Pala Tute, Doli Doli, You Must Love Me, Get Stupid, 4 Minutes, Like A Prayer, Ray Of Light, Hung Up, Give It To Me
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