Madonna exclaims ‘B!#%$ I’m from Detroit’ at ‘Rebel Heart’ hometown show
Madonna performs at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit during her Rebel Heart Tour, which stopped in her home state Thursday evening, Oct. 1, 2015. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit) Tanya Moutzalias | tmoutzal@mlive.com DETROIT, MI – “Motor City, your hometown girl is back.” Madonna made sure she let fans in Detroit know she’s from the…
Madonna brings spectacle — and new affection — to Detroit
After three decades of this, you thought Madonna might start taking it easy? Certainly not this Madonna, the one who brought ageless energy, flamboyance and flash Thursday night to a packed Joe Louis Arena, homecoming stop on the pop queen’s Rebel Heart Tour. These days, the 57-year-old star seems eager to drive home a point: In…
‘Hometown girl is back’ Madonna tells The Joe
Madonna returned home to Detroit on Thursday, bringing with her a joyous celebration of love, her hometown and her very favorite subject, herself. The Material Girl’s Rebel Heart tour stop at Joe Louis Arena was a pure wowser of a show, an extravagant pop showcase only Madonna can pull off. While drawing heavily from this…
Review: Madonna shows plenty of home town heart at Joe Louis Arena
By Gary Graff, ggraff@digitalfirstmedia.com,, @GraffonMusic on Twitter for MACOMB DAILY DETROIT — “Motor City — the home town girl is back!” Madonna declared near the start of her Rebel Heart Tour stop Thursday night, Oct. 1, at Joe Louis Arena. And it was a proud home town girl at that. The Bay City-born pop icon,…
LIVE REVIEW: AT THE ALTAR OF POP WORSHIP WITH MADONNA AND THE PHANTOM DEITY
It’s a generally understood notion that songs are meaningless and trite, and that if one wants to be a productive member of society, avoiding music is a prudent choice. Songs are traps, or so goes this common wisdom, filled with, at best, fantasy notions and, at worst, dangerous and destructive ideas; even worse are artists,…
Madonna teases, wows, and stuns Chicago during ‘Rebel Heart’ tour stop
Madonna has been around for three decades, but this doesn’t mean her live shows are predictable (unless you’ve been reading the latest raving reviews). Her latest outing with “Rebel Heart” is a two hour party with lots of stunning choreography, shimmering costumes, a Britney Spears lookalike, and flashy set pieces. Leaning heavily on material from…
Ever Rebellious – Where other stars have faded, the ever-unpredictable Madonna remains atop the pop music world
By ROBERT DiGIACOMO, Atlantic City Weekly Madonna gets right to the point during the opening of her “Rebel Heart Tour,” which makes an A.C. stop 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Boardwalk Hall. The Material Girl starts with two tracks from her new “Rebel Heart” album — “Iconic” and “Bitch I’m Madonna” — and follows…
Madonna still pulling out all the stops as tour heads to Detroit
She may not stir quite as much instant outrage anymore. The Top 10 hits may not come as consistently as they used to. There’s a new generation of pop starlets grabbing the headlines and social-media oxygen. But don’t go betting against Madonna. Having kicked off her Rebel Heart Tour earlier this month in Montreal —…