{"id":20650,"date":"2020-02-01T19:25:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T18:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/?p=20650"},"modified":"2020-02-04T19:29:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:29:42","slug":"the-queen-of-pop-lets-her-guard-down-and-its-incredible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/2020\/the-queen-of-pop-lets-her-guard-down-and-its-incredible\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queen of Pop lets her guard down and it\u2019s incredible"},"content":{"rendered":"

As disorientating as it feels, the tension of seeing an untouchable legend letting her guard down makes this show incredibly special, NME<\/strong><\/a> writes about the Madame X<\/strong> theatre show in London<\/strong>. It also feels like a brave move from an artist who could do just about anything. Then again, risk-taking and reinvention is what makes Madonna an icon.<\/p>\n

After cancelling a handful of shows \u2013 including two London dates \u2013 due to injury, Madonna has finally arrived at London\u2019s Palladium for opening night. By her standards, it\u2019s a ludicrously small venue. This lofty, gilded space has hosted a few other musical legends in its time \u2013 Frank Sinatra and The Beatles to name a couple \u2013 but in bringing her latest record \u2018Madame X\u2019 to life, Madonna takes the dramatic brief from a venue as well known for theatre as for music, and runs away with it.<\/p>\n

Much like a theatre production, the gig is split into a number of different segments, and the ever adaptable Madame X \u2013 with her enterprising approach to the current jobs market \u2013 is the versatile thread running through. During opener \u2018God Control\u2019 she\u2019s a fighter, dodging gunfire, and fighting off police officers with riot shields: \u201cDeath to the patriarchy,\u201d she yells as they bundle off her into one of the set\u2019s moving compartments.<\/p>\n

In a surreal interlude she turns comedian and addresses the room from behind a doctor\u2019s screen, cracking jokes about small penises, and pretending to give birth: \u201cLadies and gentlemen, this is what it\u2019s like to have Mozart coming out of your pussy!\u201d In the disco banger \u2018I Don\u2019t Search I Find\u2019 she\u2019s a spy under interrogation. And later on, she\u2019s a cheerleader for Lisbon: kicking back in a blue-tiled fado bar for a reworking of \u2018La Isla Bonita\u2019, inviting all manner of new friends \u2013 including Cape Verde group Orquestra Batukadeiras \u2013 to join her on stage. During this last segment, Madonna is wide-eyed and awestruck; it\u2019s clear that collaborating with these musicians is what really makes her tick.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full story on\u00a0NME.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As disorientating as it feels, the tension of seeing an untouchable legend letting her guard down makes this show incredibly special, NME<\/strong><\/a> writes about the Madame X<\/strong> theatre show in London<\/strong>. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[719],"tags":[374,720,326,731],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/palladium_008.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5eFGP-5n4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20651,"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20650\/revisions\/20651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.madonnatribe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}