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Madonna Confessions Tour 2006 is one of her best tours!,

Porfie Medina | Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | 01/30/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Despite all the haters out there this was one of the best Madonna tours ever. 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



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Madonna Re-Defines Queen of the Dance Floor

Anthony Morelli | Montreal, Canada | 02/03/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Because I only have 'Drowned World Tour' on DVD and nothing else (concert-wise), I wanted to have `TCT' to see for myself, what it was all about. My best friend attended the Montreal show and loved it. I never attended a Madonna concert and am very happy to own this item. Won't go into great detail regarding what should've been on it and what not. What I will say is that Madonna looks and sounds just as good as she did back in the beginning. She moves far better than anyone half her age, and her voice is fresh and vibrant as ever. I always admired Madonna for her "bad girl" image, but have a whole new appreciation for her since buying the "I'm Going to tell you a secret" and `TCT' CD & DVDs. Only negative comment I have is this: Perhaps yes, the CD should've had more material on it? Perhaps an unreleased bonus track or two?



Madonna's personality on and offstage is remarkable and her costumes this time around are fab and the dancers and choreography are incredible. This truly is a 'Show' and not a concert. I did want to mention something: The voice in the intro of "Sorry" does sound a lot like Neil Tennant from `Pet Shop Boys', yet he's not credited anywhere in the booklet. As for the DTS 5.1 sound, I don't care, as long as I can see/hear the show, since I watch all my concert DVDs from my computer anyway. Picture/Sound quality is great. Having the DVD is all that should really matter, no? At least we got something at all, considering there wasn't an official release of `Reinvention Tour' on DVD.



Let me talk about the packaging. DVD and CD are housed inside a matte double digipack with attached booklet. The booklet (19 pages) feature lots of footage from the show, song & concert production credits and other stuff. Inner right flap features silhouette of a horse on a creamy pinkish-white background. Meanwhile, the DVD is black with the silhouette of a running horse in white. The CD features Madonna's white silhouette on a black background. The backside of the digipack features DVD tracks first, then CD tracks, bonus material and information pertaining to the product & formatting.



Other Info:

- Picture Format: 16X9

- Multiple Viewing Angles: 1

- Color Mode: Color

- Region Code: 1

- Disc Format: DVD-9

- Duration: 121 Min, Plus Bonus Material

- Language And Audio Content: English, PCM Stereo & DTS 5.1

- Subtitles: None



DVD Tracklisting:

01- Future Lovers / I Feel Love

02- Get Together

03- Like a Virgin

04- Jump

05- Confessions

06- Live To Tell

07- Forbidden Love

08- Isaac

09- Sorry

10- Like it or Not

11- Sorry (Remix)

12- I Love New York

13- Ray of Light

14- Let it Will Be

15- Drowned World / Substitute For Love

16- Paradise (Not For Me)

17- Music Inferno

18- Erotica

19- La Isla Bonita

20- Lucky Star

21- Hung Up

Plus Bonus Behind-The-Scenes Footage and Photo Gallery



CD Tracklisting:

01- Future Lovers / I Feel Love

02- Like a Virgin

03- Jump

04- Confessions

05- Isaac

06- Sorry

07- Sorry (Remix)

08- I Love New York

09- Let It Will Be

10- Music Inferno

11- Erotica

12- Lucky Star

13- Hung Up"

I'm totally "Hung Up" on this CD/DVD set!

Melissa Niksic | Chicago, IL United States | 02/02/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album makes me so happy! Why on earth did it take Madonna so long to start releasing live albums?! "I'm Going to Tell You a Secret" came out a couple of years ago, and it was absolutely fabulous. I'm guessing that's why "The Confessions Tour" was released, and I am so glad that it was! The CD features 13 songs from the "Confessions" tour that were recorded during a performance in London. The quality of this album is fantastic! Every time I listen to it, I feel like I'm in the audience watching Madonna performing. Yes, these tracks are mostly all songs from the "Confessions on a Dance Floor" CD, but they're live and remixed and different and wonderful! In addition to new favorites like "Hung Up," "Jump," "Future Lovers," and "I Love New York," the album also includes some classic old-school Madonna songs, such as "Lucky Star," "Erotica," and "Like a Virgin."



Picking a favorite track on this CD is almost impossible, but I think I have to go with "Music Inferno." It's such a fun new take on a fabulous Madonna song, and it was also one of my favorite parts of the "Confessions" tour. (Those white John Travolta suits were fantastic!)



I really wish the song "Get Together" was on the CD, but at least it's on the DVD. And speaking of the DVD...WOW! It's absolutely fantastic. The DVD features many more songs than the CD and also includes several behind-the-scenes bonus features.



"The Confessions Tour" is a dazzling musical experience that's a must-have for all Madonna fans!"