Madonna

The Celebration Tour 2023
Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
November 15, 2023

Taper: stl


Lineage: DPA4061 Core Omnis w/Softboost Grid -> DPA D:VICE MMA-A (low cut filter -80hz) -> iPhone 5s (96/24) -> iZotope RX10 (Declick/Azimuth/Music Rebalance to reduce audience noise - Ozone 11 Clarity/Music Rebalance/Tonal Balance Control 2/Maximizer - Resample 44/16) -> FLAC -> xACT (FFP/SBE/Tags)

Position: Block 204, in line with massive speaker stacks right side of the stage

Tracks:

01 - Intro (It's A Celebration) 5:43
02 - Nothing Really Matters 3:01
03 - Everybody 2:53
04 - Into The Groove 3:12
05 - Causing A Commotion 0:19
06 - Madonna Talking 3:30
07 - Burning Up 3:55
08 - Open Your Heart 3:44
09 - Holiday (Intro) 1:34
10 - Holiday 3:59
11 - Interlude (The Storm) 1:06
12 - Live To Tell 4:59
13 - Interlude (The Ritual) 2:54
14 - Like A Prayer 2:56
15 - Interlude (Living For Love) 3:57
16 - Erotica 6:11
17 - Justify my Love 3:50
18 - Hung Up 4:43
19 - Bad Girl 6:09
20 - Interlude (Ballroom) 2:38
21 - Vogue 6:31
22 - Human Nature 1:21
23 - Crazy For You 1:34
24 - Interlude (The Beast Within) 4:45
25 - Die Another Day 3:54
26 - Don't Tell Me 3:44
27 - Mother And Father 3:44
28 - Madonna Talking 4:14
29 - I Will Survive 2:21
30 - La Isla Bonita 1:57
31 - Don't Cry For Me Argentina 1:40
32 - Interlude (Madonna) 4:26
33 - Bedtime Story 3:25
34 - Ray Of Light 5:00
35 - Rain 3:15
36 - Interlude (Like A Virgin vs. Billie Jean) 3:53
37 - Bitch I'm Madonna 3:57
38 - Celebration 1:57


Total 02:13:10

Comments:

Madonna arrived - as usual - 95 minutes late. Most of the people in our block were already drunk, which explains the odd "woohoo" or "yeaaaaaah".

The show itself was impressive in terms of lighting, stage design and dancing. The sound was miserable as hell, very bass-heavy and reverberant, even though I was sitting directly in line with the speakers to the right of the stage, a maximum of 25 metres away.

By the way: If you subtract Madonna's talks about herself and the interludes, you're left with maybe 90 minutes of songs whose selection doesn't always seem coherent. Of the 90 minutes, even a few minutes were live, otherwise the playback was all too obvious.

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