“Why does the rhetoric of fiaso and decline hover over the production like a vulture? Forget the naysayers – the wise thing to do is try to get tickets. Madonna may have failed at other things, but her stage performance – her fluent and daring dancers imagination, her genius for iconographic playfulness, her libertine expansiveness – is a wonder of our times.” – The New Yorker.
Songs Performed:
Erotica
Fever
Vogue
Just My Imagination/Rain
Express Yourself
Deeper and Deeper
Why’s It So Hard
In This Life
The Beast Within (interlude)
Like A Virgin
Bye Bye Baby
I’m Going Bananas
La Isla Bonita
Holiday
Justify My love
Everybody Is A Star/Everybody
Box Office Ticket Sales: $70,000,000
Girlie Show Tour Book
Tour Schedule
25/9/93 – Wembley Stadium, London, UK
26/9/93 – Wembley Stadium, London, UK
28/9/93 – Palais Omnisports, Paris, France
29/9/93 – Palais Omnisports, Paris, France
1/10/93 – Palais Omnisports, Paris, France
2/10/93 – Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany (cancelled)
4/10/93 – Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel
7/10/93 – Inonu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
11/10/93 – Toronto SkyDome, Toronto, Canada
12/10/93 – Toronto SkyDome, Toronto, Canada
14/10/93 – Madison Square Garden, New York
15/10/93 – Madison Square Garden, New York
17/10/93 – Madison Square Garden, New York
19/10/93 – The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
21/10/93 – The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan
23/10/93 – Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada
26/10/93 – Juan Ramon Lubriel Stadium, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
30/10/93 – River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina
31/10/93 – River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3/11/93 – Estadio Do Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6/11/93 – Estadio Do Maracana, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
10/11/93 – Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico
12/11/93 – Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico
13/11/93 – Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez, Mexico City, Mexico
19/11/93 – Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
20/11/93 – Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia (resch. 12/4)
24/11/93 – Brisbane Anz Stadium, Brisbane, Australia
26/11/93 – Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
27/11/93 – Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
29/11/93 – Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
1/12/93 – Adelaid Oval, Adelaide, Australia
3/12/93 – Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
4/12/93 – Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
7/12/93 – Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
8/12/93 – Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
9/12/93 – Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
13/12/93 – Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
14/12/93 – Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
16/12/93 – Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
17/12/93 – Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
19/12/93 – Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
Box Office Ticket Sales Total: $70,000,000
The Band:
Jai Winding, Michael Bearden – Keyboards
Paul Pesco – Guitar
Victor Bailey – Bass
Omar Hakim – Drums
Luis Conte – Percussion
Mike McKnight – Additional Keyboards
Niki Haris, Donna De Lory – Background Vocals
Dancers: Ungela Brockman, Christopher Childers, Michael Gregory, Carrie Ann Inaba, Jill Nicklaus, Ruth Inchaustegui, Luca Tommassini, Carlton, Wilborn
Opening Acts: UNV (some USA venues), Yonca Evcimik and Kenan Dogulu (Istanbul), and Peter Andre (Australia)
Tour Started: September 25, 1993 – Wembley Stadium, London
Tour Ended: December 19, 1993 – Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
Costumes by: Dolce and Gabbana
Interesting Facts:
- Some venues forbade toplessness, so Carrie Inaba had to wear a halter top to conceal her assets.
- In Toronto Madonna held up traffic when she jogged through the streets.
- Orthodox Jews staged protests to cancel Madonna’s first-ever show in Israel.In Puerto Rico, an uproar was caused when Madonna rubbed the Puerto Rican flag between her legs on stage.
- Caught by reporters at the birthplace of Christ in Jerusalem, Madonna called them “sons of whores” and hurled other vicious slurs in Hebrew and Arabic, then dodged a meeting with Mayor Teddy Koleck.
- The Girlie Show required 1500 costumes for the cast, and a 24-hour set up time for the enormous stage.