Madonna tour in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did you get home last night? Metro closed? parking garages closed early too? That is my problem if she goes on so late and performs for 2 hours and everything is shut down.

I did spot hero at the gallery place garage and reserved it until 2am as a just in case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The start of that show last not was totally unacceptable and disrespectful to her fans. Let's be honest, she is not that relevant anymore. I don't care about costume changes, themes whatever...she'd better make that her last show because I know a lot of people, myself included that would not even go to one of her shows again...not even for free! So glad I only spent $120 on that ticket!

It's pretty clear Madonna only cares about Madonna. She really should show her fans more respect though. I would agree--I kind of thought maybe she was drunk or something when she showed up and was like yeah, I'm late so what? Go F yourselves kind of mentality, but realized nope, that's just Madonna. I think if you're expecting an artist to show up who really cares about her fans, you're at the wrong show. but if you can get past that, then just go and enjoy the performance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How was the getting home after? All those Metro stations were closed.

We drove and parked at City Center for $10. It's a 5 min walk from the arena. Thousands of people streaming out and doing the same thing at 12:45 so it didn't feel sketchy.

Frankly, they've cleaned up downtown a lot. It was also bitterly cold last night, so no one was really out except people leaving the arena and local hospitality workers going home for the night.

There was a police involved shooting 2 blocks away around 8:30, when the show was supposed to start. Also very close to the holiday market. The man shot had a gun and fled from police. So, not that cleaned up.

Glad you had a nice time. Her shows are not selling out so anyone interested can score last minute. Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How was the getting home after? All those Metro stations were closed.

We drove and parked at City Center for $10. It's a 5 min walk from the arena. Thousands of people streaming out and doing the same thing at 12:45 so it didn't feel sketchy.

Frankly, they've cleaned up downtown a lot. It was also bitterly cold last night, so no one was really out except people leaving the arena and local hospitality workers going home for the night.

There was a police involved shooting 2 blocks away around 8:30, when the show was supposed to start. Also very close to the holiday market. The man shot had a gun and fled from police. So, not that cleaned up.

Glad you had a nice time. Her shows are not selling out so anyone interested can score last minute. Enjoy!

We walked from Zatenya to the arena at 930pm. Didn't see anything, it was very calm.

Literally saw two homeless people in our entire time downtown. It's a lot less than a year ago.

Unclench. It was fine. There will be crime in cities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The start of that show last not was totally unacceptable and disrespectful to her fans. Let's be honest, she is not that relevant anymore. I don't care about costume changes, themes whatever...she'd better make that her last show because I know a lot of people, myself included that would not even go to one of her shows again...not even for free! So glad I only spent $120 on that ticket!

It's pretty clear Madonna only cares about Madonna. She really should show her fans more respect though. I would agree--I kind of thought maybe she was drunk or something when she showed up and was like yeah, I'm late so what? Go F yourselves kind of mentality, but realized nope, that's just Madonna. I think if you're expecting an artist to show up who really cares about her fans, you're at the wrong show. but if you can get past that, then just go and enjoy the performance.

Yeah, she's a narc but a charismatic and entertaining one. You just need to decide if you're okay with buying what she's selling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here--she did keep complaining that the audience seemed tired and well, we were! It was super late! if she wants a more energetic concert, she should start earlier!!

It’s like when Jaime Lee Curtis begged Springsteen to start his shows at like 5 pm so we could all get to bed at a decent hour.

[Anonymous]

Glad to hear it was a good show. I went to one about 10 years ago - she showed up two hours late and only played 'like a virgin'. Everything else was from whatever her new album was at the time. The WORST show ever.
Glad she recognizes her fans want to hear her old stuff. I don't think I could trust she'd do right by us

[Anonymous]

I’m going tonight: can’t wait! I’ll be taking a nap from 5-7pm and took tomorrow off because I’m old LOL

[Anonymous]

I went last night - was prepared for the late start (and not thrilled about it honestly) but SO glad I went - one of the best concerts/shows I have ever seen. Love her or hate her this woman is a visionary and artist - I loved every second. It was everything I had hoped for and more - in addition to the music, dancing and pushing the envelope, she is a great storyteller too - who knew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad to hear it was a good show. I went to one about 10 years ago - she showed up two hours late and only played 'like a virgin'. Everything else was from whatever her new album was at the time. The WORST show ever.
Glad she recognizes her fans want to hear her old stuff. I don't think I could trust she'd do right by us

I think what makes the wait worth it on this one is that she really does do a good retrospective of her music including some songs she does not normally perform like Rain and Die Another Day, plus many of her hits across the years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10:40pm? Wow, for a show that's supposed to start at 8:30pm. I'm not sure what time to even show up for tonight's show.

It was the same thing in Brooklyn last week. You can see showtimes and set lists here:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/madonna-bd6bdbe.html

She's basically playing the same set list every night without deviation due to the very complicated costume changes and stage production.

There is no set list here!

[Anonymous]

I've seen her twice she was very late both times. Great show but I'm old and need to get home earlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10:40pm? Wow, for a show that's supposed to start at 8:30pm. I'm not sure what time to even show up for tonight's show.

It was the same thing in Brooklyn last week. You can see showtimes and set lists here:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/madonna-bd6bdbe.html

She's basically playing the same set list every night without deviation due to the very complicated costume changes and stage production.

There is no set list here!

The set list in DC last night is basically exactly the same as the Brooklyn shows. Go see the Brooklyn setlists from last week.

[Anonymous]

The starting 2 hours late seems to be a theme and is ridiculous. She just started her US tour and the earliest she's gone on stage has been 10:20pm. For someone whose audience is all OLD AF she is pretty tone deaf.

Her tickets would sell out if she could function on time.

We're going tonight, but out of our group of 7, 3 have dropped out already because they don't want to be out until 1am. This was also rescheduled from a Saturday night to a Tuesday night. Yeah the crowd will suck when you do that!!!

We're all already annoyed, but buckling up to try to have a great time.

[Anonymous]

Not worth it. Maybe if she started at 8 pm.