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Post by floridagrl on Sept 30, 2015 5:08:22 GMT -5
Second shows added to Taipei and Hong Kong! Tuesday, 29 September 2015Madonna.com are thrilled to see fans in Southeast Asia showing their support for Madonna! Due to unprecedented demand, The Rebel Heart Tour has added shows in Taipei on February 6 and in Hong Kong on February 18! Lifetime Legacy members will receive first access to tickets starting Thursday, October 1 at 10am local times. For more details visit www.madonna.com
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Sept 30, 2015 6:01:04 GMT -5
A very touching and beautiful review. http://www.chicagono...inates-chicago/ www.chicagonow.com/zen-living-by ... s-chicago/ Madonna Rebel Heart Illuminates Chicago By MaryEllen Malinowski, today at 7:22 pm Madonna. Chicago. One Night. United Center. Sold Out. What more do you need to know or even imagine with the energy, love and passion that fans of Madonna have waited for, and bowed in honor at the muse of a collective enigma of love and light. The woman and the music that is an icon in history that has inspired and breathed a strength into all of us. A lifetime fan, as a photographer I collected thirty years of magazine covers that once adored my studio. Books, albums, and even a 45 record with her release of Borderline, I was hesitant to the point of only purchasing my ticket five hours before the concert. Yet, Madonna saved me. It was time to honor the woman who saved my youth. Pregnant and having to get married at seventeen, Madonna was there. Divorced with two kids at 19, Madonna was there. At 21 years old, walking into my first disco as a single mom of two, I went there for one purpose... to dance to Madonna's voice, Love Don't Live Here Anymore. Through pain and through celebrations, it was Madonna who got me through the most difficult times in my life. She saved me. No drugs, no alcohol, and from an abusive situation, Madonna through her music taught me to rise above. I went last night to thank and support her with her latest collection, Rebel Heart. Iconic, Heartbreak City... captivated me when she climbed the stairs, pushed her dancer off the edge and sang Love Don't Live here Anymore. Madonna knew my story. The music had me in tears. Madonna connected the present with the past, yet focused on the importance of change and letting the past be exactly that. Her single Ghostown, brought me back to the innocence of the Madonna I knew and treasured. Madonna came full circle playing everything that we loved. Last night's concert changed everyone. Don't you dare tell me she is too old. I dare you to attend one of her concerts. Every word, every breathe, every pulsating sound of light and energy that was experienced last night vibrates within everyone who was in the United Center and was privileged to experience the power of Madonna. "I'm still trying to figure who I am" Madonna shared with the Chicago crowd. Ongoing cheers and applauds came from the crowd from the highest point of the United Center to the lower level for one reason and one reason only. Madonna connects with each and everyone in her presence. Every single one. What I thought was people coming to a "Madonna Concert" ... I quickly realized that they came to honor her for the inspiration she has given to the world. We are all Madonna, with no limitation, no crosses to bear. Bitch, I'm Madonna. Madonna is the ethereal light that lives within us all. Madonna and her dancers gave a theatrical performance that told stories and lifted our understanding of her lyrics and music to a higher vibration... electrifying and magnetic. Although I went with my friend Porzia, I had to sit on the side by the stage... and for the first time it didn't matter I was alone or with strangers.. because we all became one. The man next to me became Joe, a friend that too, high fived me when Madonna began singing Like a Virgin, or when Sean from Brazil said M I want to take a selfie with you to remember this night. Are you kidding me? Who has the power to unite strangers into becoming new friends. Ms. Madonna my friends, that's who. This blog is not about a review of her voice. It was impeccable. It is not a blog to critique or write about the postives or the negatives as it was pure perfection. It was not about judgement, it was a concert with a united voice. "In order to have a Revolution, you need to have a Rebel Heart, Madonna told us. Stir up some s**t and do it with heart and love. I want to thank you for supporting me all these years." This is being the difference and this is what we all inspire to be. Through her music, we will not forget that we can too. This is Zen Living. Living a life of integrity and having a voice. Madonna shared a visual presentation of hundreds of pieces of artwork that through the years, people had drawn, sketched, painted and interpreted of Madonna and her artistry. Madonna said this was the favorite part of the show... and as I watched I thought to myself... I should have not stopped myself when I wanted to inquire about photographing her in infrared light. I should have played a Madonna song to give me the courage to contact her manager. It would have added another element to the mosaic she is. Yet, I smiled, watched her sing, play the guitar and dance knowing that I know her light and I am forever blessed for the grace she shares with all of us. Madonna, our Illuminati. Madonna Rebel Heart Illuminates Chicago ChicagoNow (blog)-10 hours ago
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Post by floridagrl on Sept 30, 2015 6:15:54 GMT -5
^ Wow, what a powerful article. It actually made me cry. This woman is a total humanitarian who has helped so many people overcome so many obstacles in their lives. She really is The Holy Queen! Can't wait to share this with my mom. xoxo
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Post by bat1990 on Sept 30, 2015 14:57:09 GMT -5
is that Mercy in the pic? She is looking right at her Mom and you can see the admiration and love for her. :) My, she looks like Kylie in this pic
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Post by floridagrl on Sept 30, 2015 17:21:04 GMT -5
Break a leg, Holy Queen!
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Post by floridagrl on Sept 30, 2015 17:33:35 GMT -5
The unapologetic bitch is killing it!!
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Post by floridagrl on Sept 30, 2015 18:03:09 GMT -5
Look what just came. So excited!
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Post by Dreams on Oct 1, 2015 5:13:46 GMT -5
This was a great performance. In terms of theatrics and (especially) vocals.
This tour is so much better than the MDNA tour! I love how relaxed and friendly Madge comes across, she really looks like she's having a ball on this tour.
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 1, 2015 8:05:23 GMT -5
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 1, 2015 12:25:13 GMT -5
I remember it, but didn't watch it from start to finish. It wasn't all that wonderful, from what I recall.
florida- you will enjoy the RS issue. It's fitting that she is the first female to get the Collectors Edition treatment. The intro is very spot-on, as well.
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Post by Dreams on Oct 1, 2015 12:30:29 GMT -5
I watched it a few years ago. I thought it was decent (for a TV movie) and was, too, stunned at how much the actress looked like Madonna facially, especially sideways. I remember being mad the movie finished just around the moment Madonna blew up with the "Like A Virgin" VMA performance. lol
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Post by Ling-Ling on Oct 1, 2015 13:25:32 GMT -5
What's really funny, is that same actress played Madonna AGAIN in the Dennis Rodman made-for-TV movie.
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Post by August on Oct 1, 2015 15:56:02 GMT -5
I saw that movie a few times. It was entertaining merely because I love Madonna. however, the movie itself was really awful...couple of things:
-they seemed to get the years off by quite a bit in terms of her look / style -the dialogue was just sound bytes lifted verbatim out of interviews she gave where she would purposefully say something provocative for the press...but not really natural dialogue someone would use in everyday conversation -they didn't have clearance to use any of her music, so they used some generic really bad music. Though they re-created (rather poorly) her Like a Virgin performance from the VMAs. But if 99% of the music in a movie about Madonna is not her songs, why even bother??
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Post by August on Oct 1, 2015 16:49:14 GMT -5
On another note, I am predicting that The Saturday night show in Atlantic City will be canceled or postponed depending on what happens with Hurricane Joaquin. Atlantic City is right in the path of one of the models should the hurricane make landfall. Pray for good results.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 17:56:45 GMT -5
What's really funny, is that same actress played Madonna AGAIN in the Dennis Rodman made-for-TV movie. Wow that's a piece of M trivia I was unaware of! I will have to check it out on YouTube
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 1, 2015 22:02:10 GMT -5
florida- you will enjoy the RS issue. It's fitting that she is the first female to get the Collectors Edition treatment. The intro is very spot-on, as well. Yes, it's quite the honor for The Queen. Enjoying it immensely!
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Post by Chelsea Press 2 on Oct 2, 2015 2:27:25 GMT -5
She performed "Frozen" during tonight's show in Detroit!
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 2, 2015 6:37:41 GMT -5
She performed "Frozen" during tonight's show in Detroit! She sure did!
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http://www.freep.com...eview/73186940/ After three decades of this, you thought Madonna might start taking it easy? Certainly not this Madonna, the one who brought ageless energy, flamboyance and flash Thursday night to a packed Joe Louis Arena, homecoming stop on the pop queen's Rebel Heart Tour. These days, the 57-year-old star seems eager to drive home a point: In a world brimming with pop contenders, there's still only one of her. With her father and daughter looking on, Madonna also served up the most Detroit-centric show we've ever seen from an artist who for years has been accused of spurning her roots. There were pep talks about the city's resilience, celebrations of the city's comeback ("Watch out!"), even a shout-out to developer and "incredible guy" Dan Gilbert. The spectacle had started with a big helping of new "Rebel Heart" fare to go with Madonna's latest foray into erotic religious imagery, her male dancers costumed as cross-bearing knights and their female counterparts as pole-dancing nuns. From there on through the euphoric "Holiday" encore, the two-hour-plus show kept up the brisk pace — a whirl of set changes, outfits that quickly went from lavish to skimpy, and tight, intricate dance numbers that often found their way down the lengthy catwalk. In a defiant assertion of her relevance, Madonna has long used her tours to emphasize her latest music, and Thursday was no different: The set was loaded with "Rebel Heart" material, and when she did tap the older stuff, it got unapologetically reinvented. She strapped on a guitar to dial up the riff wattage of 1983's "Burning Up," and turned "Dress You Up" into a colorful, festive number complete with some rumba and a conga line. She and guitarist Monte Pittman doubled on ukuleles for "True Blue," and teamed up again with acoustic guitars on "Who's That Girl." "Like a Virgin" was stripped into a spare, throbbing number in a rare scene that saw Madonna alone on the stage, a shared moment of intimate nostalgia between artist and audience. Elsewhere, the classics got nipped and tucked inside other numbers, leaving fans with brief tastes of songs like "Vogue," "Into the Groove" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore." Thursday brought a lean-and-lithe Madonna who balanced seriously intense performances with a lighthearted, sometimes mischievous spirit. For all the sizzle — the dazzling set pieces, the splashy visuals, the eye-popping interludes by her supremely skilled dance crew — it was a show that planted some genuine heart in the proceedings. That was certainly the mood as she deposited ample Detroit devotion throughout. More than a year after providing financial support to several community organizations, Madonna name-checked two of them (the Empowerment Plan and Downtown Boxing Gym) from the Joe Louis stage, and spoke enthusiastically about her working relationship with Gilbert, the Quicken Loans magnate and downtown developer. "Detroit made me who I am today, so I want to say thank you with these next few songs," she said while easing into a stretch that included "Rebel Heart," dedicated to her dad somewhere out in the crowd, 84-year-old Silvio Ciccone. She also veered from her tour's stock set list to present a Detroit exclusive: a gentle version of 1998's "Frozen." The Motor City is "the heart of America," she explained, thus transforming the song's open-your-heart lyrics into a plea to the country to unlock Detroit's potential. Still, it's hard to suss out precisely where Madonna stands on the topic her roots, given her recent dismissive remarks about Rochester Hills, the town where she actually grew up. A cynic might say she's out to have it both ways: scorning her native suburban culture while embracing the concept of "Detroit" now that it's finally cool. But it's hard to look a gift horse in the mouth, and if Madonna wants to dive into the comeback of Detroit — a place she continually referenced as "we" — she'll be met with open arms, and should be. A city that has taken a fall "can only go up," she said Thursday night, "and I'm very proud to be part of that going-up process." Daughter Lourdes Leon, in her second year at the University of Michigan, got her own personal tribute from Mom onstage. Addressing the 18-year-old by her nickname Lola, Madonna gushed as she sat down with a ukulele for a winsome performance of Edith Piaf's French pop classic "La Vie en Rose." Lola, she said, was "the first person to teach me about love," and to top it off, was better at singing and speaking French. "Thank you, Lola," she said. "You are my princess."
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http://www.macombdai...joe-louis-arena Motor City -- the home town girl is back!” Madonna declared near the start of her Rebel Heart Tour stop Thursday night, Oct. 1, at Joe Louis Arena. And it was a proud home town girl at that. The Bay City-born pop icon, who graduated from Rochester Adams High School, may have ruffled feathers earlier this year when she referred to the area as “provincial” on Howard Stern’s satellite radio show, but she was in Detroit booster overdrive during her action-packed two-hour and 10-minute spectacle. Acknowledging the city’s financial problems and bankruptcy she told the exuberant (though not sold out) Joe Louis crowd that, “You’ve got a lot of great things going on in Detroit right now,” noting her own involvement with entrepreneur and philanthropist Dan Gilbert in women’s empowerment and youth boxing programs as well as “some new schools we’re building.” “Detroit is making a comeback people, so watch out,” Madonna said. “We got heart, baby. We’re in the heart of America. With all of its heart and all of this love we are gonna build this city back up. Believe that!” She also noted that “Detroit made me who I am today” -- and so did her father, Silvio “Tony” Ciccone, now a winemaker in Traverse City -- who was in the crowd on Thursday. Madonna thanked him “for making me so strong and instilling this drive in me to survive,” dedicating her performance of “Rebel Heart” to him. She also gave a shout-out to her daughter Lourdes -- referring to her as Lola -- who’s in her second year at the University of Michigan and was also at Thursday’s show. “She’s the first person to teach me how to love,” Madonna told the crowd, and also credited her for inspiring Madonna to play the ukulele -- which she did on “True Blue” and Edith Piaf’s “La vie en rose,” which Madonna also sang in French. So it was a happy homecoming, and Madonna certainly pleased her fans with her usual dazzling blend of intricate group dance routines, cutting edge fashions (six costume changes and about a dozen different looks), unrepentant bad-girl attitude and provocative physical and video imagery -- from scantily clad nuns and a carnal Last Supper scene during a medley of “Holy Water” and “Vogue” to plenty of sexually suggestive choreography and motifs set in an auto repair garage, a 1920s-style jazz cabaret, a bullfight and carnivale, and a Geisha-flavored routine during “Bitch I’m Madonna.” During “Heartbreak City,” which included a bit of Rose Royce’s “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” she and one of her dancers created an arresting physical dialogue on a spiral staircase at the end of the ramp that stretched deep into the arena floor, while “Material Girl” was performed with a line of tuxedoed suitors who Madonna summarily dismissed, pushing them one down a sloped platform. You’d hardly call anything Madonna does modest, but the Rebel Heart Tour show was certainly one of her most relaxed productions, less focused on an overarching theme or story arc and more about delivering a bunch of intriguing and, often, boundary-pushing performances. The night’s energy was front-loaded, with the latter third of the show more chatty and ebb-and-flow -- and, at times, dragging -- but thumping versions of “Music,” “Candy Shop” and the buoyant encore “Holiday” came along in time to regain any momentum that was lost. And while recent Madonna tours have gone relatively light on familiar material in favor of the then-new albums, Thursday’s show had a more fan-pleasing balance. A generous 10-song sampling from this year’s “Rebel Heart” certainly provided the framework, but Madonna nodded frequently to the past, albeit with new, often spare arrangements of favorites such as “Like a Virgin,” “Deeper and Deeper,” a medley of “Dress You Up,” “Into the Groove” and “Lucky Star,” and a hard-rocking treatment of “Burning Up” that featured Madonna on electric guitar. She performed “Who’s That Girl” acoustically and tossed in an unplugged version of “Frozen” especially for Thursday’s show. After waving the Detroit flag for much of the night Madonna finished with an American flag as she was hoisted into the rafters at the end of “Holiday.” “My home town,” she said, “It’s so good to be home.” And you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone at Joe Louis whose feelings weren’t mutual.
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 2, 2015 7:05:23 GMT -5
On another note, I am predicting that The Saturday night show in Atlantic City will be canceled or postponed depending on what happens with Hurricane Joaquin. Atlantic City is right in the path of one of the models should the hurricane make landfall. Pray for good results. Looks like Joaquin will miss the States afterall. Yes!
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Oct 2, 2015 7:19:30 GMT -5
this review is remarkable. A very interesting read. Thanks floridagrl for sharing. :)
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 2, 2015 7:44:48 GMT -5
#OnthisDay October 02, 1995 madonna's "I Want You" was released as Promotional Single from "Something to Remember"
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 2, 2015 10:24:05 GMT -5
The Queen continuing to rack up the praise- and give us surprises. :) Still glad I saw "Ghosttown" live, though. www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/10/02/hometown-girl-back-madonna-tells-joe/73190370/‘Hometown girl is back,’ Madonna tells The JoeAdam Graham, The Detroit News Michigan's own Madonna performs during her "Rebel Heart" tour stop at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Daniel Mears, Detroit News Madonna returned home to Detroit on Thursday, bringing with her a joyous celebration of love, her hometown and her very favorite subject, herself. The Material Girl’s Rebel Heart tour stop at Joe Louis Arena was a pure wowser of a show, an extravagant pop showcase only Madonna can pull off. While drawing heavily from this year’s “Rebel Heart” album, it pulled liberally from all corners of her career, and found Madonna dusting off hits and second-tier gems from her more than 30-year catalog. There’s a reason legacy artists such as U2 and Madonna are still must-see concert acts, and part of it is the vast catalogs they have in their back pockets. They’ve put in decades of work and have a deep well of material, made up not only of those career-making global smashes everyone knows but those lesser known hits that are ripe for revisiting. One of the great pleasures of U2’s 360 Tour was when the band pulled out the “Achtung Baby” album track “Ultraviolet (Light My Way)” during the encore, and Madonna had several of those moments Thursday. Some of her biggest hits were ignored – no “Like a Prayer,” no “Express Yourself,” no “Ray of Light” – while underappreciated fan favorites such as “True Blue” (reinvented as a campfire-style singalong), “Burning Up,” “Deeper and Deeper,” “Who’s That Girl,” “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” “Candy Shop” and “Frozen” were all given center stage. It was a night designed for and tailored to superfans, but it played to the masses. No one was left out of this dance party, and Madonna was a gracious host. She shouted out Detroit early and often, announcing, “Motor City, are you ready to party? The hometown girl is back!” after opening the show with the highly-charged “Iconic.” Her father and daughter were in the audience and both got name checked, as did Dan Gilbert, whom she said she’s been proud to partner with in Detroit’s revitalization efforts. (Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym and the Empowerment Plan were also given props.) “Detroit is making a comeback, so watch out!” she said late in the show, rousing the crowd. “I said watch out, get excited! Come on!” There was plenty to get excited about. Madonna’s team of dancers – the best in the business, hands down – were never less than thrilling, especially in one sequence where they bobbed up and down on flexible stilts like the swinging polecats in “Mad Max: Fury Road.” As always, Madonna toyed with and tweaked themes of sexuality and religion, combining them in ways designed to provoke and push buttons. During “Holy Water,” dancers dressed in modified religious habits danced on stripper poles that doubled as crosses, and the performance built to a recreation of the Last Supper with Madonna sprawled out on the table as the main course. (A bit of “Vogue” was mixed into the song, with religious iconography flashing on the video screens during the song’s roll call of Old Hollywood stars.) That led to “Devil Pray,” where Madonna’s arms were bound in red rope as she begged for forgiveness from a priest-type figure. As if sensing things were getting a bit heavy, next up was “Body Shop,” which unfolded in a playful recreation of a mechanic’s garage. “If anyone can understand the trials and tribulations of working at a body shop, it’s the Motor City,” Madonna said. Where Madonna’s last tour, the MDNA outing, was a heavy and often violent affair, there was a lighthearted tone in the air on Thursday. And Madonna seemed as loose and freewheeling as ever, cracking jokes with the crowd and going off script several times. Meanwhile, the 130-minute show was a pure delight to watch unfold. It was a masterful production, tightly choreographed and precise, a study in exactitude. Anytime your eyes fixed on one thing on stage, something else was happening or getting ready to happen at the other end. A long catwalk stretched nearly the length of the arena and lit up the venue, bathing it in pink while Madonna sang “La Vie En Rose” (in French! While playing the ukulele!) late in the night. (She dedicated the song to her daughter.) “Like a Virgin,” which has been given numerous stylistic overhauls over the years, was reinvented Thursday as a mid-00s hip-hop jam -- think Ciara’s “1, 2 Step” – and it worked amazingly well. The show’s undisputed highlight was the gypsy-style, Cuban flavored “Dress You Up,” which segued into “Into the Groove” and “Lucky Star.” “Pretty good for a small town girl from Detroit,” Madonna said, boasting the city “made me what I am today.” (She worked overtime to distance herself from the negative comments she made about her Michigan upbringing earlier this year, at one point even calling Michigan the “heart of America.”) It was another heart on display the rest of the night. During the intro to “Rebel Heart,” Madonna proudly categorized herself as one, saying rebel hearts are “not always popular, but we will survive.” Madonna’s been a survivor her entire career, and Thursday’s concert showed her rebel heart is still tick, tick, ticking away.
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Post by norbpeti on Oct 2, 2015 11:05:19 GMT -5
I truly hope Atlantic City will go on nicely as of I won tickets to see it ;)
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Oct 2, 2015 14:22:25 GMT -5
I truly hope Atlantic City will go on nicely as of I won tickets to see it ;) congratulations. :)
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Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour Hits Motor City: 'Detroit Is Making a Comeback, People' www.billboard.com/articles/colum ... ce=twitter By Gary Graff Billboard Madonna may have ruffled some hometown feathers when she called the Detroit area "provincial" earlier this year on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show, but she made it clear she was happy to be back on Thursday night, when her Rebel Heart Tour stopped at the city's Joe Louis Arena. "Motor City -- the hometown girl is back!" she declared towards the start of the two-hour and 10-minute show, and later she told the crowd that, "Detroit made me who I am today" before talking about her involvement with entrepreneur and philanthropist Dan Gilbert -- owner of Rock Financial, Quicken Loans and the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers -- in women's empowerment and youth boxing programs as well as "some new schools we're building." Though she acknowledged the city's recent financial problems and bankruptcy, Madonna announced that "Detroit is making a comeback people, so watch out. We got heart, baby. We're in the heart of America. With all of its heart and all of this love we are gonna build this city back up. Believe that!" Madonna -- who was born in Bay City, Mich., and raised in the Detroit suburbs of Pontiac and Rochester -- also gave shout-outs to her father Silvio "Tony" Ciccone, and to daughter Lourdes, who both attended Thursday's show. She dedicated "Rebel Heart" to her dad, thanking him "for making me so strong and instilling this drive in me to survive." And before her version of Edith Piaf's "La vie en rose," Madonna credited Lourdes -- a second-year student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor -- with inspiring her to pick up the ukulele, which Madonna played on the song, and also noted that Lourdes both plays the ukulele and speaks French better than her mom. Madonna also used her hometown connection for some light-hearted references during the concert. After "Body Shop," a sequence set in an auto repair garage, she noted that, "If anybody can understand the trials and tribulations of working in the body shop, it's the Motor City. If it's got tits or tires, it's gonna give you trouble." At another juncture she told the crowd, "There's a lot going on up here -- not bad for a small-town girl from Detroit." And complaining about a non-existent time limit for the show -- "They said I have two hours -- get in, do you stuff, get out" -- Madonna grumbled, "Yeah, bitch, I'm from Detroit, so I should get some extra time up here on stage, right? Yeah!" She also added an acoustic version of her 1998 single "Frozen" to the setlist especially for Thursday's show. Prior to the tour launch, Madonna refined what she meant about the area being "provincial" -- a remark which drew an open letter from Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett defending the area. "I appreciate my provincial upbringing," she told the suburban newspaper the Oakland Press. "To me it's really important that I came from the Midwest, with my father and people that I was surrounded with, very strong work ethic and my practical approach to work, and not a lot of frills. I don't think I would be as creative as I am if I'd grown up surrounded by everything at my fingertips. The fact that I came from a small town in the Midwest has a lot to do with the kind of open notebook that I had to start my journey of creativity."
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