Madonna - The Celebration Tour (Rio)

Rio de Janeiro, 2024-05-04

The Celebration Tour is a two-hour-plus set with multiple-costume-change and more than 30 songs. The show was separated into five different sections: Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West "grids". According to tour creative director Lewis James, the stage and show also serves as an archive of her life, celebrating with her fans, and is a "continuation of her legacy" more than just a biography. Madonna's six children also joined on stage during multiple moments of the show, including Lourdes Leon in London, and Rocco Ritchie (her son with Guy Ritchie) in Sweden, which represents her present as a mother and celebrating family.

Throughout the concert, Bob the Drag Queen serves as an emcee, appearing during different moments of the show interacting with the singer, often dressed as Marie Antoinette (resembling Madonna's "Vogue" 1990 MTV Video Music Awards performance). During segments of the show, dancers appear wearing recreations of 17 outfits originally worn by Madonna, representing many of her reinventions. The show includes more past references, including the bed from her Blond Ambition World Tour with a lookalike donning a latex mask.

During the performance of "Vogue", Madonna invited various celebrities in each stop of the tour to join her on stage to judge the voguing performed by her backing dancers, including FKA Twigs, Diplo, Arca, Jean Paul Gaultier, Donatella Versace, Stella McCartney, and Julia Garner.

Act 1

  • 01 - It's a Celebration
    Bob the Drag Queen introduction
    Includes elements of "Lucky Star", "Material Girl", "Vogue", "Express Yourself" and "Bitch I'm Madonna
  • 02 - Nothing Really Matters
  • 03 - Everybody (with elements of "Where’s the Party")
  • 04 - Into the Hollywood Groove"
  • 05 - Burning Up
  • 06 - Open Your Heart
  • 07 - Holiday
    With elements of "I Want Your Love"
  • 08 - In This Life (Intermission)
  • 09 - Live to Tell
  • 10 - Like a Prayer
    Includes elements of "Girl Gone Wild", "Act of Contrition", "Unholy" and "Let's Go Crazy"

Act 2

  • 11 - Blond Ambition
    Includes elements of "Living for Love", "Fever", "Erotica" and "Justify My Love"
  • 12 - Erotica
    With elements of "Final Demo 2" and "Papa Don't Preach"
  • 13 - Justify My Love
  • 14 - Fever
  • 15 - Hung Up
    Includes elements of "Hung Up on Tokischa" and "Gangsta"
  • 16 - Bad Girl
  • 17 - Ballroom
    Interlude; includes elements of "Up Down Suite", "Break My Soul (The Queens remix)" and "Vogue"
  • 18 - Vogue
  • 19 - Human Nature
  • 20 - Crazy for You

Act 3

  • 21 - The Beast Within
  • 22 - Die Another Day
  • 23 - Don't Tell Me
  • 24 - Mother and Father
  • 25 - I Will Survive
  • 26 - La Isla Bonita
  • 27 - Don't Cry for Me Argentina
  • 28 - I Don't Search I Find
  • 29 - (Intermission)

Act 4

  • 30 - Bedtime Story
  • 31 - Ray of Light (Sasha Ultra Violet mix)
  • 32 - Rain
  • 33 - Like a Virgin
    Interlude; includes elements of "Billie Jean", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Angel" and "She's Not Me"

Act 5

  • 34 - Bitch I'm Madonna
    With elements of "Give Me All Your Luvin'"
  • 35 - Celebration / Music

Credits

  • Creative Director: Lewis James, Jamie King
  • Stage Designe: Ric Lipson