CityLife

Just to give alittle truth and fact as to the situation of the MEN Arenas air con. Myself and my partner also went to the concert and on entering the main doors to the Foyer, it was hot.My partner took unwell shortly on being in this crowded area and had to be escorted outside by medics for fresh air and water. The medics were good and on US asking what the conditions would be like in the Arena, we were told that " The air conditioning will not be on tonight, as MADONNA likes it hot" We then decided that it wasnt worth the risk and went home. I am adamant that i will never attend another Madonna concert ever again as she doesnt care about her fans and 'only cares about what she wants' (but i think we all kinda knew about that anyway, just not to this extent) I have been to concerts before at the MEN Arena and the air conditioning was fine.<br /> <br /> Since writing this review on another site, i have seen that Madonna does not like air con on beccause it may damage her vocal chords. I think that if she is prepared to put the health and safety of people (who buy her mercandise and concerts tickets) at risk, then she doesnt deserve my money. i read on another site that the air con was only on for 1 minute every hour that night, surely this is contravening health and safety regulations, or is it that the 1 minute an hour was just about staying within with H&S regulations. In Wembley on the last tour Wembley went over her decision about the air con and insisted it was put back on after fans were fainting.<br /> <br /> I am glad for all the people who went to the concert and enjoyed it, however i wasnt prepared to put my partners health at risk, it wasnt worth it just to see her prancing around on stage.<br />

The lady never failed to let me down following the first show I saw of her live at the Re-Invention gig back in August 2004 - not as extravagent as that show but extravagent in other ways for this one. Very high energy, more impressive dance routines (she did more stuff on her own) and had less dancers around her at this gig. I did feel the Show lacked a little something this time around - I wasn't quite sure what the theme was supposed to be either - it seemed very 'street' but a mixture of other stuff also whereby the last gig had the obvious theme of extravagent period costumes and everything that went with it - still, a very good show was put on. She did some subtle tributes to the King of Pop that evening - very touching - her dancer was excellent who impersonated him. The Arena itself, well, what can I say - it was sweltering before anything even started - friend & I ended up in section 210 on the top row of the top tier - the air con vents didn't seem to be working or even on (I dread to think what it would've been like last week when we were in the middle of a heatwave?!). Didn't feel comfortable during the Paul Oakenfold warm up set because it was so darn hot & you weren't allowed to have a boogey!! I thought Paul was a let-down - was due on at 7.30pm, didn't start til 7.45pm and only lasted 45 mins - what was that all about?! I was expecting more & knowing what the guy is normally like from my old raving days, think it could've been set up better. As soon as he finished, the atmosphere starting gearing up for her Madgesty's appearance.... to be waiting for another hour - the audience was getting a little cranky to say the least!! Not quite sure why she was so late and there was no explanation as to why when she did appear - maybe it had something to do with the MJ Memorial thing going on at the time?! This bit spoiled it a bit for me - the excitement had gone a little by the time the stage lit up.... However, when a Arena steward appears offering to swap your ticket for a better seated one, nearer the stage AND for

What a show!!!! This was def her best concert to date, the energy that she has is electrifying. We was in block 114 so we had fantastic views and its clear that everyone around us was having a truly amazing time.<br /> <br /> The downside was that we was waiting for an hour for Madonna to appear but it was definatly well worth the wait. Maybe she was watching Michael Jacksons funeral seeing as he was a friend of hers. It was also nice to see her do her tribute for him.<br /> <br /> 10/10 :)<br />

You know when you go to the toilet during a concert and you can still hear the dull thud of the music? That's what this sounded like to me, all the way through. I WAS one of those souls in Block 201, but that's my fault for leaving it till the last minute (I'm not a huge fan, but my wife suddenly decided she was). I don't know what the sound was like elswhere, but all I could hear was a murky, pulsing beat with some reedy vocals over the top. After sitting through the last fifteen minutes of the "support act" (and I use the term loosely) playing his records to us, then a full HOUR watching Madonna's lackeys scurrying about backstage (the one advantage of where we were located) - one of them even came out with a brush to sweep the very floor where her Madgesty would walk - the lights went down and the spectacle (or the cross section of it that we could see) began.<br /> <br /> Having said all that, give Madonna credit - a long, high-energy show, not reliant on Greatest Hits (I'd say I recognised only a quarter of the songs, having last listened to her properly around Ray of Light), fabulous choreography and great songs. But for the overall experience, topped off by a long sit in traffic at twenty to midnight - two stars.<br />

To be honest, yes it was an ok show, I took my Wife, and I forked out