The Girlie Show World Tour

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The Girlie Show World Tour
Tour by Madonna
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Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Erotica
Start date September 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)
End date December 19, 1993 (1993-12-19)
Legs 6
Number of shows <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • 6 in Europe
  • 12 in North America
  • 4 in South America
  • 9 in Asia
  • 8 in Australia
  • 39 Total
Box office US$70 million ($114.67 million in 2024 dollars)[1]
Madonna concert chronology

The Girlie Show World Tour (also referred to as simply The Girlie Show) was the fourth concert tour by American singer and songwriter Madonna, in support of her fifth studio album, Erotica. The tour visited the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia for the first time, selling 360 000 tickets in this leg only.[2] Madonna's inspiration for the name of the tour was a painting called "Girlie Show" by Edward Hopper. The tour is estimated to have grossed over US$70 million.[2][3] Two separate television specials were broadcast during the tour, one made during the Japanese leg of the tour and shown only on Japanese television; Madonna Live in Japan 1993 – The Girlie Show and an HBO special Madonna Live Down Under – The Girlie Show which was later released in 1994 by Warner Music Vision on home video.[4]

Background

Proclaiming after her 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour that she would "never go on tour again", it only took her three years until she hit the road again. After that, she said that if "you ever hear me say again 'I'm never going on tour again', don't believe me."[5]

The Girlie Show was launched in support of Madonna's 1992 album, Erotica. The show had the central visual theme of a "sex circus". Described as "a mixture of a rock concert, a fashion show, a carnival performance, a cabaret act and a burlesque show", the show had a more complex stage than those from Madonna's previous tours: it had a runway that led from the center of the main stage to a minor stage, a revolving elevated platform in the middle of the main stage, balconies in the rear of the stage, and a giant illuminated "Girlie Show" sign above stage, among other features. The tour was directed by Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone; costumes for the tour were designed by Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana.

Madonna played an unusually few five dates in the U.S. It was speculated that this was related to the Erotica album's particularly low sales in that country and the extreme negative backlash surrounding Madonna's book Sex and film Body of Evidence. The tour was chronicled by the photo book The Girlie Show, which included a CD with three live tracks: "Like a Virgin", "In This Life", and "Why's It So Hard."

Photography for promotional material, posters and publicity for the show was by Herb Ritts. The same imagery was used on the "Bye Bye Baby" single cover, which was released during the Australian leg of the tour and also on a Brazilian promotional EP, The Girlie Show which included the tracks "Erotica", "Deeper and Deeper", "Bad Girl", "Fever", "Rain" and "Bye Bye Baby".[6] Other images from the same shoot were also included in The Girlie Show book released in 1994 and also on the 1993 single release, "Rain".

Some venues forbade nudity, so dancer Carrie Ann Inaba wore a halter top at those shows. Uproar developed in Puerto Rico after Madonna rubbed the Puerto Rican flag between her legs on stage.[7] In São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Madonna performed the Brazilian song "The Girl from Ipanema".[8] During her second show in Buenos Aires, Madonna performed a snippet of the song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the musical Evita. Two years later she would end up playing the titular role in the film adaptation by Alan Parker. Trouble in Israel occurred when Orthodox Jews staged protests to force the cancellation of the singer's first-ever show in that country. The rallies were unsuccessful as the show was sold out and went on as scheduled.[7]

Concert synopsis

For the performance of "Vogue", Madonna wore a bead incrusted outfit designed by Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana.

The show was divided into four sections: Dominatrix, Studio 54, Weimar Cabaret, and Encore. It began with calliope fanfare as a pierrot - who makes several cameos later - appears from the red curtain near a tall go-go pole on which a topless dancer Carrie Ann Inaba performed. Madonna then makes her entrance striking poses and swinging her whip in dominatrix gear from a spotlit platform to sing "Erotica". Next came "Fever" where she takes her jacket, mask and glove off and dances suggestively with two shirtless male dancers before disappearing among flames. "Vogue" is performed in a beaded headdress with a Hindu flavor; she serenaded the audience with a Motown-influenced "Rain", complete with a "Singin' in the Rain" dance interlude which features the pierrot. Afterwards, she descends from the ceiling on a giant glitter ball, wearing a blond afro wig (inspired by the 1932 film Blonde Venus which stars Marlene Dietrich) to perform a disco-styled "Express Yourself" and "Deeper and Deeper". Following a simulated orgy, she sings "Why's It So Hard" and "In This Life"; the pierrot watches Madonna during the latter song.

Another interlude, "The Beast Within", features an apocalyptic dance with sexual overtones. This leads to "Like a Virgin", where Madonna performed in a classic tuxedo with a Marlene Dietrich vocal accent; while doing a comedic act with the pierrot. She then acts as a sideshow barker, singing "Bye Bye Baby" during a chair routine with her dancing girls; this was done in the same manner as her performance at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards. After the Hispanic "I'm Going Bananas", she staged a rendition of "La Isla Bonita" before donning military trench coats for a marching, funked-up version of "Holiday"; the circus theme is heard before and after this song. For encores, she appeared in Victorian-themed costumes for "Justify My Love", and finally brought the house down with a minimal "Everybody". As the red curtain fell and carnival music played, the pierrot emerged yet again, only to reveal its identity as Madonna herself: she closed the show by singing the phrase "Everybody is a Star" as the curtain falls.

Broadcasts and recordings

Madonna and her back up singers and dancers Donna De Lory and Niki Haris wore disco-inspired clothing for the performance of "Deeper and Deeper".

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Main article: The Girlie Show: Live Down Under

The broadcast was produced in association with HBO and was titled Madonna Live Down Under: The Girlie Show. Initially, the November 20 show, the second of two dates at the Sydney Cricket Ground, was to be filmed and aired. However, a massive storm forced the cancellation of the show, so the November 19 show, which had been filmed as a "safety show", was aired instead in USA (HBO) and Germany (Premiere). A month later an edited version of this original broadcast was shown on UK TV (Sky). A re-edited version of this concert was released worldwide on VHS and Laserdisc on April 26, 1994 as The Girlie Show: Live Down Under. It was nominated for the Grammy Award of Best Long Form Music Video in 1995.

Additional video recordings were made during the Japanese leg of the tour and shown only on Japanese television, Madonna Live in Japan 1993 – The Girlie Show and the October 7 show at the Inonu Stadium in Istanbul was aired on ATV in Turkey. UK radio station, BBC Radio 1, broadcast the entire second show at Wembley Stadium on December 26 and Brazilian radio broadcast the show at Maracanã stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with live commentary.

Set list

Madonna and her dancers wearing military trench coats during the performance of "Holiday".
  1. "The Girlie Show Theme" (Fanfare Introduction)
  2. "Erotica"
  3. "Fever" (Edit One mix)
  4. "Vogue"
  5. "Rain" (contains excerpts from "Just My Imagination" along with elements of "Singin' in the Rain")
  6. "Express Yourself"
  7. "Deeper and Deeper" (contains excerpts from "It Takes Two" and "Love to Love You Baby")
  8. "Why's It So Hard"
  9. "In This Life"
  10. "The Beast Within" (Dancer Interlude)
  11. "Like a Virgin" (contains excerpts from "Falling In Love Again")
  12. "Bye Bye Baby"
  13. "I'm Going Bananas"
  14. "La Isla Bonita"
  15. "Holiday" (contains excerpts from "Holiday for Calliope")
  16. "Justify My Love"
  17. "Everybody Is a Star" / "Everybody" (contains elements of "Dance to the Music", and "After the Dance")

Set list per official DVD Tracklisting.[9][10][11]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
Europe[11]
September 25, 1993 London England Wembley Stadium 144,000 N/A
September 26, 1993
September 28, 1993 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy N/A N/A
September 29, 1993
October 1, 1993
Asia[11]
October 4, 1993 Tel Aviv Israel Hayarkon Park 80,000 N/A
Europe[11]
October 7, 1993 Istanbul Turkey İnönü Stadium 54,000 N/A
North America[11]
October 11, 1993 Toronto Canada SkyDome 50,880 $1,495,000
October 12, 1993
October 14, 1993 New York City United States Madison Square Garden 43,353 $2,020,000
October 15, 1993
October 17, 1993
October 19, 1993 Philadelphia The Spectrum 13,810 $500,280
October 21, 1993 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,705 $600,355
October 23, 1993 Montreal Canada Olympic Stadium 53,000[12] N/A
October 26, 1993 Bayamón Puerto Rico Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium N/A N/A
South America[11][13][14][15]
October 30, 1993 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium 120,000 N/A
October 31, 1993
November 3, 1993 São Paulo Brazil Estádio do Morumbi 86,000 N/A
November 6, 1993 Rio de Janeiro Estádio do Maracanã 120,000 N/A
North America[11]
November 10, 1993 Mexico City Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 137,234 $8,927,703
November 12, 1993
November 13, 1993
Australia[11][16]
November 19, 1993 Sydney Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 45,000[17] N/A
November 24, 1993 Brisbane ANZ Stadium N/A N/A
November 26, 1993 Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground 147,241[18] N/A
November 27, 1993
November 29, 1993
December 1, 1993 Adelaide Adelaide Oval 40,000 N/A
December 3, 1993 Sydney Sydney Cricket Ground 90,000 N/A
December 4, 1993
Asia[11]
December 7, 1993 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Dome N/A N/A
December 8, 1993
December 9, 1993
December 13, 1993 Tokyo Tokyo Dome N/A N/A
December 14, 1993
December 16, 1993
December 17, 1993
December 19, 1993
Total 1,240,223 $13,543,338

Opening act

Source:[19]

Canceled shows

List of canceled concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue
Date City Country Venue
October 2, 1993[20] Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt

Personnel

Main

  • Production Designer - Christopher Ciccone
  • Musical Director - Jai Winding
  • Stage Direction - Jeffrey Hornaday
  • Lighting Designer - Peter Morse
  • Costume Design - Dolce & Gabbana and Rob Saduski
  • Choreographers - Alex Magno, Keith Young, Michelle Johnston and Niki Haris
  • Dancers - Ungela Brockman, Christopher Childers, Michael Gregory, Carrie Ann Inaba, Jill Nicklaus, Ruth Inchaustegui, Luca Tommassini, and Carlton Wilborn

Band

  • Madonna - Lead vocals
  • Victor Baley - Bass
  • Michael Bearden - Keyboards
  • Luis Conte - Percussion
  • Donna DeLory - Backing vocals
  • Niki Haris - Backing vocals
  • Omar Hakim - Drums
  • Mike McKnight - Keyboards
  • Paul Pesco - Guitar
  • Jai Winding - Keyboards

References

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