Madonna has followed the trend set by Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers this year and embarked on her own career-spanning tour. Will anyone tour a single album again? We’re not sure, but we won’t complain about getting to see Madonna dust off hits from the breadth of her career.
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The long-awaited Celebration Tour kicked off in London on October 14 after initially being postponed due to Madonna suffering from a bacterial infection. The setback makes the tour’s arrival that much sweeter–though with this setlist in mind, she didn’t need to drum up any more anticipation.
The setlist is chock-full of highlights. It’s hard to pick a standout among the pack, but if we had to shine a light on a few, we’d pick “Holiday,” “Like a Prayer,” “Vogue,” and “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina.” Many of those songs are mashed up with other songs from Madonna’s golden catalog. It’s enticing to see which songs the era-defining artist thinks are important to include in her definitive career retrospective.
“That was the big challenge,” the show’s Producer, Stuart Price, explained. “In two hours, can you get all of it in? That’s hard. But every great moment she’s had, we took a bit of it.
“The person that is going to take the stage looks incredible, sounds incredible, performs incredible,” he added.
You can find the full list of dates for Madonna’s tour, HERE. Judging by the setlist below, the Celebration Tour is primed to be a can’t-miss opportunity.
Madonna’s Celebration Tour Setlist (per MadonnaTribe)
- It’s a Celebration (video intro)
- Nothing Really Matters
- Everybody
- Into the (Hollywood) Groove
- Burning Up
- Open Your Heart
- Holiday (includes elements of I Want Your Love)
- In This Life (intermission)
- Live to Tell
- Like a Prayer (including elements of Girl Gone Wild, Act of Contrition, Unholy and Let’s Go Crazy)
- Blond Ambition interlude (including elements of Living for Love, Fever, Erotica and Justify My Love)
- Erotica/You Thrill Me
- Justify My Love
- Fever
- Hung Up (including elements of Fever, Hung Up on Tokischa and Gangsta)
- Bad Girl
- Ballroom interlude (includes elements of Up Down Suite, Break My Soul (Queens Remix), Walk 4 Me and Vogue)
- Vogue
- Human Nature
- Crazy for You
- The Beast Within
- Die Another Day
- Don’t Tell Me
- Mother and Father
- Little Star (a capella)
- I Will Survive
- La Isla Bonita
- Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
- I Don’t Search I Find (intermission)
- Bedtime Story
- Ray of Light
- Rain
- Like a Virgin (includes elements of Billie Jean, The Way You Make Me Feel and Angel)
- Gimme All Your Luvin’/Bitch I’m Madonna
- Celebration / Music
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