Madonna!
I could go on about what we did that day, but who cares? Bottom line was Day 3 was the Madonna concert. The early part of the day was a blur of more, eating at Fuddruckers (yes a little slice of heaven for those of us who don't get to dine on good burgers for long lengths of time) and getting ready for the big concert.
Six o'clock pm found me grabbing all my make up, accessories and my "madonna outfit" and claiming one half of the room as my "getting ready for Madonna area". John, the most awesome husband in the world, surprised me by packing my Immaculate collection CD of Madonna hits and the DVD portable player and turned on the music while I got ready with my favorite Madonna tunes blasting in the background. He also fixed me captain and cokes and kept Bruce out of my hair so I could jam, dance and make ready for the special evening. Getting ready was so much fun with such a playful understanding hubby. Have I mentioned how much I love him lately?
I could go on about what we did that day, but who cares? Bottom line was Day 3 was the Madonna concert. The early part of the day was a blur of more, eating at Fuddruckers (yes a little slice of heaven for those of us who don't get to dine on good burgers for long lengths of time) and getting ready for the big concert.
Six o'clock pm found me grabbing all my make up, accessories and my "madonna outfit" and claiming one half of the room as my "getting ready for Madonna area". John, the most awesome husband in the world, surprised me by packing my Immaculate collection CD of Madonna hits and the DVD portable player and turned on the music while I got ready with my favorite Madonna tunes blasting in the background. He also fixed me captain and cokes and kept Bruce out of my hair so I could jam, dance and make ready for the special evening. Getting ready was so much fun with such a playful understanding hubby. Have I mentioned how much I love him lately?
I was in my element. Dancing, singing, swaying to the tunes, drinking my drinks and putting on way too much makeup, way too many accessories, wearing the most ridiculous sized heels and the cutest black dress to get me into the groove and ready for the concert. My heels were too high, I didn't care. I looked like a throwback from the 80's! And I was happy about it, I loved feeling the music and feeling sexy and sassy and knowing that it didn't matter what I wore or what I looked like, tonight it was about the music and the enjoyment I got out of it. Tonight was Madonna and when has she ever given a rats ass about what anyone thinks of her? Tonight I didn't care either. Haha I love you Madonna! Finally, the baby sitter arrived, my drinks were gone, and we were as ready as we were going to be. We said our goodbyes to Bruce and headed to meet our friends Jennifer and Britten at the restaurant in our hotel. We met with them and had a little dinner and the guys proceeded to have many drinks as they claimed that they would need them to be able to attend a "Madonna" concert. Yeah whatever, they would go onto enjoy and respect the show she put on as much as the Madonna lovers in the house.
It was getting close to 9pm now, (her show was due to start at that time) and I was getting antsy that we needed to be on our way. When we got outside we saw that the que for a taxi was rather long. Our guys being the problem solvers that they are decided to meet the taxi's way before they hit the que area and secured a quick ride for us to the venue. Within five minutes we were there, we had arrived!!!!!!!!
It was getting close to 9pm now, (her show was due to start at that time) and I was getting antsy that we needed to be on our way. When we got outside we saw that the que for a taxi was rather long. Our guys being the problem solvers that they are decided to meet the taxi's way before they hit the que area and secured a quick ride for us to the venue. Within five minutes we were there, we had arrived!!!!!!!!
As we bought Gold Circle tickets, we had a separate entrance and were right up front to the stage. We were on the left side of it and though we didn't have actual seats, we found it to be a pretty good place to see the show. It would have been easy to move closer to the center but the night was hot and none of us could imagine being stuck between tons of sweaty, smelly, people so we made do with where we were at and waited for Madonna to come on. And waited, and waited and waited. As I'm sure most of you have heard by now the show was around 90 minutes late.....I think every song by Michael Jackson was played but honestly and truly I don't remember caring that much. You know why? Cuz my husband and my friends are awesome! Yes, we booed along with everyone else when the show was late getting started but mostly we just hung out, laughed and did what you do when it's hot out and you're waiting for a show to start. That's right, more beer!
Finally, 90 minutes late, the Material girl came out and all was immediately forgiven of her late start. Madonna was on fire and came out with full energy, full costumes and and a show that killed! Literally. It was as all Madonna shows are, controversial, sexy, violent full of energy, amazing stage scenes, the most entertaining dancers and so on. After all these years Madonna still knows how to rock the house and bring everyone to their feet and enjoy a good freaking show. If you want a play by play review, google it. All I know is I danced, I sang, I think I even cried when just like prayer came on and the whole audience was singing along, swaying, hands in the air once again like all those years ago....
The night was so hot and yet she and her dancers came out in full costumes, did every single song with full energy and passion and gave all of their selves to the show. No one seemed to be slacking or being beat down by the heat. You saw the sweat pouring off all of them and yet they continued dancing to all their songs and moving and grooving to the beats and giving us hard core Madonna fans everything we hoped for and more in this concert. Everything.
I loved every single freaking minute of this concert and was sad when it ended. This concert did not disappoint and I hope you will enjoy my favorite pics of the night below. Madonna at 53 years old still had boys mooning over her, and still has women wanting to look like her. She made me forget that I am 45 years old and no longer the spring chicken that I was when I first fell in love with her and her music. She also made me realize once again that it doesn't matter how old you are, that you are in charge of what you look like, and how you want to present yourself to the world. Yes, we are getting old but we can go down fighting, and we can be hot and sexy and limber...no matter what age. Thank you for reminding me of that, I love you Madonna. I love that I loved you at 18 and love that all these years later I still love and sing and dance to your music. I love even more that at your age you have the grace, confidence and the children (her kids were dancers in the show too!) to help you celebrate your longevity in the music industry.
It was a wonderful concert, a wonderful weekend and I will hold it dear to my heart just as I did the blonde ambition tour all those years ago. Peace out Madonna, see you in another twenty years!
And now, what you all have been waiting for.....Madonna! Well pictures of her show anyway, not in any order and some blurry, but here are they are, enjoy! I know we did!
(And by the way, song playing in my head right now is "don't go for second best baby put yourself to the test you know you know you've got to make him express how you feel and maybe then you'll know his love is real....express yourself! )
The night was so hot and yet she and her dancers came out in full costumes, did every single song with full energy and passion and gave all of their selves to the show. No one seemed to be slacking or being beat down by the heat. You saw the sweat pouring off all of them and yet they continued dancing to all their songs and moving and grooving to the beats and giving us hard core Madonna fans everything we hoped for and more in this concert. Everything.
I loved every single freaking minute of this concert and was sad when it ended. This concert did not disappoint and I hope you will enjoy my favorite pics of the night below. Madonna at 53 years old still had boys mooning over her, and still has women wanting to look like her. She made me forget that I am 45 years old and no longer the spring chicken that I was when I first fell in love with her and her music. She also made me realize once again that it doesn't matter how old you are, that you are in charge of what you look like, and how you want to present yourself to the world. Yes, we are getting old but we can go down fighting, and we can be hot and sexy and limber...no matter what age. Thank you for reminding me of that, I love you Madonna. I love that I loved you at 18 and love that all these years later I still love and sing and dance to your music. I love even more that at your age you have the grace, confidence and the children (her kids were dancers in the show too!) to help you celebrate your longevity in the music industry.
It was a wonderful concert, a wonderful weekend and I will hold it dear to my heart just as I did the blonde ambition tour all those years ago. Peace out Madonna, see you in another twenty years!
And now, what you all have been waiting for.....Madonna! Well pictures of her show anyway, not in any order and some blurry, but here are they are, enjoy! I know we did!
(And by the way, song playing in my head right now is "don't go for second best baby put yourself to the test you know you know you've got to make him express how you feel and maybe then you'll know his love is real....express yourself! )
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