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Post by carmella1 on May 12, 2019 4:18:34 GMT
How can the Palladium be intimate?
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2019 8:10:17 GMT
How can the Palladium be intimate? When it's compared to the O2 or Madison Square Gardens one would guess?
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Post by danb on May 12, 2019 12:55:42 GMT
How can the Palladium be intimate? If you’re sat in the side stalls you get more intimate with the person next to you the further towards the edge you get. I’m sure whatever vaudevillian strip show she has planned will be excellent but the new music so far is unexciting so I’m out.
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Post by johartuk on May 12, 2019 14:59:54 GMT
Oh my, I didn't see that one. That sounds tres hilair! She should definitely do that. It'll be 'Knights of the Rose' all over again! oh, it happened. It's like she got drunk then wandered onto the stage! Weird!
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Post by johartuk on May 12, 2019 16:12:25 GMT
Just watched the You Tube clip. Words really do fail me here after watching. I wonder if Stephen Sondheim has seen it? it's maybe the worst concert I've ever seen, it's so weird and almost out of her mind, if anyone wants to see the full thing: Just watching it now...bizarre!
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 7:06:18 GMT
26, 27, 29, 30 Jan and 1 and 2 Feb 2020. £10 - £481. Got to sign up via ticket-master, hope you get a code and then it’s fastest finger on the on-sale date.
So not a lottery like in the US where you request tickets and wait to find out if you’re successful a few weeks later.
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Post by ptwest on May 13, 2019 11:13:40 GMT
Would have preferred the lottery to be honest! 9:00am on Monday is not good, especially if going for the cheaper tickets!
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Post by n1david on May 13, 2019 11:32:41 GMT
This sounds like there is a lottery element:
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Post by horton on May 13, 2019 12:20:58 GMT
Anybody saving up for Madonna's Palladium show?
I expect it will be a hell of a show!
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Post by alece10 on May 13, 2019 14:39:40 GMT
When I first read about her residency I presumed she was doing 2 or 3 months at the Palladium. Didn't realize that 6 shows is classed as a residency. What's the minimum number if shows for something to be classed as such?
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Post by Backdrifter on May 13, 2019 14:39:55 GMT
Coming off various of the above comments:
What I've wanted for years is for her to do some shows in small venues where she is just the frontwoman of a band. But I doubt she has the inclination to do that and I very much doubt these new dates will be that. It'll be the usual big production, just scaled down to fit in theatres. That she seems to be adopting this 'Madame X' persona makes my heart sink. Is it 1992 already?
Regarding her miming most of her shows: I've seen a few of her shows but haven't been since the Confessions tour, that being in my view her last album that was any good. She didn't seem to be miming at any of those shows, as the vocals simply weren't all that good or polished. They weren't bad, they were just what you'd expect from Madonna live, ie not brilliant. There's a certain kind of acoustic you get with mimed vocals, which definitely wasn't there at the shows I saw. But I've seen televised ones in recent years and some of the vocals on those did look and sound mimed.
I've registered for the Palladium just for the experience should I get lucky. In all honesty though, as someone said earlier I'm not enthused by the new tracks released so far. She has a record of very weak lead singles and this was the worst yet, with the follow-ups not much better. But I usually find there are some much better non-singles tracks on all her albums. I do respect her policy of new stuff dominating the shows, as it should be but it does mean excellent older songs are left out.
Interesting reading the earlier comments on how relaxed she was at Murrayfield - I've always thought she is one of the absolute worst audience communicators, all very hectoring, stilted and shouty. Someone mentioned Kylie M - I think the very opposite, warm chatty and relaxed. Madonna by comparison makes me cringe when she goes into I'm Going To Shout At The Audience For A Few Minutes mode.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 20:05:21 GMT
When I first read about her residency I presumed she was doing 2 or 3 months at the Palladium. Didn't realize that 6 shows is classed as a residency. What's the minimum number if shows for something to be classed as such? Those are the announced dates - if the demand is there, she’ll add more.
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Post by ptwest on May 14, 2019 5:24:18 GMT
Part of the small print said that if you get a code and don’t get tickets you can use it for additional dates, so more are definitely planned.
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Post by horton on May 16, 2019 8:14:34 GMT
Surely she has to announce a residency on Broadway too? I can't imagine her not wanting to own legit New York theatreworld too.
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Post by bengal73 on May 18, 2019 21:59:49 GMT
Hope she doesn't sound as awful as she does on eurovision
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Post by johartuk on May 18, 2019 22:34:49 GMT
Hope she doesn't sound as awful as she does on eurovision That was dreadful. Off key with a ridiculous amount of vibrato. Then there was the weird thing with the people in gas masks, followed by something that was autotuned to within an inch of its life. No wonder the response in the arena was so muted!
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Post by theatreian on May 18, 2019 23:21:32 GMT
Yes have to agree, a dreadful performance. Not sure why she had all the steps after the Brits incident!
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2019 15:33:47 GMT
Yeah, I'm guessing some people who wanted tickets will now reconsider, hahah.
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Post by danb on May 19, 2019 16:25:54 GMT
I consider myself a lapsed fan, and haven’t bought tickets on day of release since ‘the play that must not be named’. But I often relent at the last minute in case I’m missing something and find something on a secondary site or from a grubby tout outside the millennium stadium ...”I’ve got fifty quid, what have you got” (turns out a VIP section seated ticket worth over £100...leave it til 7pm or til you see them panicking 😂). Admittedly she always puts on a ‘show’, and was really the first to do so, but she is repeating herself now and she’s done monks and crucifixes etc to death. Given the state of her voice last night and the pretty dreadful music I can’t see it being that massive. Her last few tours have always had availability up to the last minute. Surely she’ll get the message soon?
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 7:43:20 GMT
6 new London shows announced and on sale Friday.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 7:52:12 GMT
I consider myself a lapsed fan, and haven’t bought tickets on day of release since ‘the play that must not be named’. But I often relent at the last minute in case I’m missing something and find something on a secondary site or from a grubby tout outside the millennium stadium ...”I’ve got fifty quid, what have you got” (turns out a VIP section seated ticket worth over £100...leave it til 7pm or til you see them panicking 😂). Admittedly she always puts on a ‘show’, and was really the first to do so, but she is repeating herself now and she’s done monks and crucifixes etc to death. Given the state of her voice last night and the pretty dreadful music I can’t see it being that massive. Her last few tours have always had availability up to the last minute. Surely she’ll get the message soon? What message exactly? She sold 180,000 tickets in London alone on her last three tours (across 6 shows). Anyway, demand must have been high for the Palladium for them to announce another 6 shows at those prices.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 7:52:53 GMT
Yes have to agree, a dreadful performance. Not sure why she had all the steps after the Brits incident! Because no one was able to pull her off stage by her cape lol.
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Post by longinthetooth on May 20, 2019 10:03:42 GMT
6 new London shows announced and on sale Friday. Blimey! After that display at Eurovision I thought they'd have been cancelling!
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Post by vabbian on May 20, 2019 12:38:12 GMT
What message exactly? She sold 180,000 tickets in London alone on her last three tours (across 6 shows). Anyway, demand must have been high for the Palladium for them to announce another 6 shows at those prices. Yes capacity of the Palladium is only around 2000, so even if Madonna did 10 shows there it would only equate to around one show at the O2. She was bound to add more shows. Plus I doubt she will play anywhere else in the UK, so even more demand. People will justify paying higher prices to be in an intimate venue
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Post by danb on May 20, 2019 13:39:34 GMT
I consider myself a lapsed fan, and haven’t bought tickets on day of release since ‘the play that must not be named’. But I often relent at the last minute in case I’m missing something and find something on a secondary site or from a grubby tout outside the millennium stadium ...”I’ve got fifty quid, what have you got” (turns out a VIP section seated ticket worth over £100...leave it til 7pm or til you see them panicking 😂). Admittedly she always puts on a ‘show’, and was really the first to do so, but she is repeating herself now and she’s done monks and crucifixes etc to death. Given the state of her voice last night and the pretty dreadful music I can’t see it being that massive. Her last few tours have always had availability up to the last minute. Surely she’ll get the message soon? What message exactly? She sold 180,000 tickets in London alone on her last three tours (across 6 shows). Anyway, demand must have been high for the Palladium for them to announce another 6 shows at those prices. Including Hyde Park, that premium ‘I really care about my fans’ 65,000 capacity venue. 🙄 The message being that people are ready for something different rather than re-hashing the past over and over, especially when you have a reputation for constant reinvention. Same sh*t, smaller venue doesn’t really count. I’m not saying that she isn’t popular; I’m saying that she needs a bit of self awareness if she’s going to try and peddle the same old same old as something new.
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Post by poster J on May 20, 2019 15:13:40 GMT
I really don't understand why anyone would want to pay £438 for an uncomfortable, tight seat at the Palladium in any circumstances, let alone when there is a substantial risk of a performance as dreadful as she gave on Saturday...!
Not to mention this can't be on the same grand scale as an arena tour as there just isn't the space for it.
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Post by ptwest on May 21, 2019 5:46:45 GMT
I don’t mind admitting that I have booked to go to the palladium for this. There is no way that the tickets can be classed as value for money,(although value is a very personal thing whatever the event) and there is no denying that the Eurovision performance was a colossal misfire. Also the Madam X persona is the hardest Madonna incarnation to love since the days of Sex / Body of Evidence etc. But out of that era she created The Girlie Show which is still high on the list of my favourite concerts ever. I am hoping (with slight trepidation) that a similar thing happens here. I’ve not missed a tour since then and for me, each one has been great fun. So really, I admit it’s a huge contradiction : I can agree with all the criticisms written on here, and certainly won’t try to defend Saturday night. But Madonna in the Palladium? Bring it on!
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 15:05:40 GMT
What message exactly? She sold 180,000 tickets in London alone on her last three tours (across 6 shows). Anyway, demand must have been high for the Palladium for them to announce another 6 shows at those prices. Including Hyde Park, that premium ‘I really care about my fans’ 65,000 capacity venue. 🙄 The message being that people are ready for something different rather than re-hashing the past over and over, especially when you have a reputation for constant reinvention. Same sh*t, smaller venue doesn’t really count. I’m not saying that she isn’t popular; I’m saying that she needs a bit of self awareness if she’s going to try and peddle the same old same old as something new. Hyde Park is still a legislate concert that sold very well at a handsome price too for a field. Now, if people are ready for something new, then perhaps they need to go see this new show? Because Madonna has never done a theatre show and no one know what this will be like. Including you.
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Post by danb on May 21, 2019 15:39:55 GMT
Ok great...not sure what you said but 👍. You enjoy yourself. 🎶🥳
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Post by poster J on May 21, 2019 16:45:57 GMT
no one know what this will be like. Including you. That's not entirely true - we all know what state her voice is in thanks to Saturday night. And the fact that this is otherwise a bit of an unknown quantity is another reason why the ticket prices are obscene - it can't be an arena style spectacle as there just isn't space!
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