HBO to screen rare Madonna TV concert

HBO to screen rare Madonna TV concert

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HBO will premier Madonna's first TV concert in eight years on 6 December at 9:30 pm.

The eye-popping extravaganza that was performed at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan, features numerous set changes, red-hot musicians and dancers, and Madonna's longtime backup duo Nikki Harris and Donna DeLory. The channel will have a repeat telecast of the concert on 31 December at 9:30 pm. 

The concert is part of her latest "Drowned" world tour that kicked off in Barcelona, and will feature materials from her multi-platinum albums Music and Ray of Light, as well as other signature hits from her career. Her two previous concerts were "The Girlie Show" in 1993 and "Madonna - Live! Blond Ambition World Tour 90" in 1990. 

The Drowned World Tour is said to be one of the most elaborate tours ever. Celebrities wanting to see the concert had to pay for their tickets. The tour requires more than 200 people who travel from city to city and 100 additional local production people. The show is a kaleidoscope of sound, lights, technology and video images, colours, pyrotechnics, mechanical bulls and the Material Girl's choreographed dance routines with her back-up dancers.

The Concert showcases four of Madonna's many personas: she kicks off the show dressed in rock 'n roll punk - in black bondage-style pants, a tartan top and a rhinestone-studded kilt. Songs here include Ray of Light and Candy Perfume Girl. Next is a geisha act where Madonna wears an exquisite kimono, designed by Arianne Phillips and Jean-Paul Gaultier. When the kimono comes off, she takes to the heavens in a major Ang Lee way Then it is time for the Wild Wild West where she sings in suede chaps, a leather shirt and a cowboy hat for Human Nature. She also shoots a cowhand on stage and rides a mechanical bull. After performing a Spanish version of What It Feels Like For A Girl and tango-ing with a female dancer in La Isla Bonita, Madonna wraps things up with one of her first hits, Holiday.