Girlie Show

Entry posted by dancetonight August 3, 2009

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This is the official tour schedule. Madonna performed a total of 39 shows in 12 countries.
Europe
	September 25 September 26	Wembley Stadium, London, UK
	September 28 September 29 October 1	Palais Omnisports de Bercy, Paris, France
	October 2 *	Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
	October 4	Park, Tel Aviv, Israel
	October 7	Inonu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
North America
	October 11 October 12	Toronto SkyDome, Toronto, Canada
	October 14 October 15 October 17	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
	October 19	The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
	October 21	The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
	October 23	Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada
Latin America
	October 26	Juan Ramon Lubriel Stadium, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
	October 30 October 31	River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina
	November 3	Estadio De Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
November 6	Estadio De Maracana, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
	November 10 November 12 November 13	Foro Sol - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Australia
	November 19 November 20 *	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
	November 24	Brisbane Anz Stadium, Brisbane, Australia
	November 26 November 27 November 29	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
	December 1	Adelaid Oval, Adelaide, Australia
	December 3 December 4	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
Japan
	December 7 December 8 December 9	Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
	December 13 December 14 December 16 December 17 December 19	Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
Remarks: A tour stop in Frankfurt, Germany was cancelled. A film crew was hired to film the November shows in Sydney, Australia. As the second show had to be rescheduled because of a storm, only the November 19th show was filmed and used for HBO broadcast and video release.

The songs:

Dominatrix Segment

Erotica

Fever

Vogue

Rain (with 'Just My Imagination' interlude)

To start off her most sexual show ever, Madonna emerges at a dancing pole in a circle of light, dressed in a black Dolce & Gabbana S&M outfit: knee-high boots, hotpants, bra, gloves, mask & a whip. Unlike on other tours, her hair is short & straight platinum blond. Cheered on by the crowd, her top and mask come off as she kicks off Fever. She quickly changes into a jewel-encrusted bra and a matching tiara to perform Vogue. For the less sexual Rain, she covers up with a long black robe. The pierrot and the dancers re-enact Singing In The Rain during the outro of the song.

Studio 54 Segment

The Beast Within (interlude)

The party has started as Madonna descends on a giant disco ball, wearing a blond afro wig, colourful disco rags and matching platform shoes. As the tour moved to the southern hemisphere, she changed the trunks for purple hotpants. Madonna and her dancers turn up the disco feel of Deeper And Deeper with fluo boa's. Wig, rags and morals come off for the orgy that leads to Why's It So Hard. Madonna disappears offstage as the crowd is treated to some dancer eye candy during The Beast Within interlude.

Weimar Cabaret Segment

The time machine spins further, from 70s disco to 30s cabaret, as Madonna pays homage to Marlène Dietrich in the film Morocco, complete with tuxedo, cane and top hat, with a bandana underneath. The gender bending is even more present in Bye Bye Baby, where Madonna plays the Master of Ceremonies, from Bob Fosse's Cabaret. As the lady boys go bananas, they strip off to reveal a striped navy shirt that reminds of Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh, who further inspires Madonna's moves for La Isla. Adding a long navy coat, Madonna drills her dancers in a military version of Holiday.

Encore

Justify My Love

Everybody (with 'Everybody Is A Star' intro)

In an anachronistic encore performance, the sensual and erotic insinuations of Justify My Love are delivered by Madonna and her dancers in Edwardian era outfits, inspired by My Fair Lady. An androgynous Madonna stands out, mixing both male and female fashion elements.

A lot less fashion glamourous is the final encore Everybody, where she appears in simple denim shorts and a shirt of the national soccer team of the country she's visiting. As the curtains have gone down, the pierrot appears one last time to say good-bye to the crowd. That crowd goes wild when he takes off his mask to reveal nobody else than our girl herself.

Opening Acts:

US: UNV

Turkey: Yonca Evcimik and Kenan Dogulu

Australia: Peter Andre

The performers & collaborators:

Jai Winding

Michael Bearden

Paul Pesco

Victor Bailey

Omar Hakim

Luis Conte

Mike McKnight

Donna DeLory

Niki Haris

Keyboards

Guitar

Bass

Drums

Percussion

Additional Keyboards

Background Vocals

Ungela Brockman

Christopher Childers

Michael Gregory

Carrie Ann Inaba

Jill Nicklaus

Ruth Inchaustegui

Luca Tommassini

Carlton Wilborn

Dancer

Christopher Ciccone

Peter Morse

Set designer

Lighting director

Dolce & Gabbana

Costume designers

John Coulter & Margo Chase created a nice tour book with pictures of Wayne Maser, Melodie McDaniel, Steven Meisel, Herb Ritts, Alan Silfen, Ellen von Unwerth & Siung Fat Tjia.