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{{short description|1987 concert tour by Madonna}} |
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*''[[True Blue (Madonna album)|True Blue]]'' |
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The '''Who's That Girl World Tour''' (billed as '''Who's That Girl World Tour 1987''') was the second [[concert tour]] by American singer and songwriter [[Madonna]]. The tour supported her 1986 third [[studio album]] ''[[True Blue (Madonna album)|True Blue]]'', as well as the 1987 soundtrack ''[[Who's That Girl (soundtrack)|Who's That Girl]]''. It was Madonna's first world tour and marked her first visits to [[Japan]] and [[Europe]]. Musically and technically superior to her previous [[The Virgin Tour|Virgin Tour]], Who's That Girl incorporated multimedia components to make the show more appealing. |
The '''Who's That Girl World Tour''' (billed as '''Who's That Girl World Tour 1987''') was the second [[concert tour]] by American singer and songwriter [[Madonna]]. The tour supported her 1986 third [[studio album]] ''[[True Blue (Madonna album)|True Blue]]'', as well as the 1987 soundtrack ''[[Who's That Girl (soundtrack)|Who's That Girl]]''. It started on June 14, 1987, at the [[Osaka Stadium]] in [[Osaka]], Japan, and ended on September 6 of the same year at the [[Stadio Artemio Franchi]] in [[Florence]], Italy. It was Madonna's first world tour and marked her first visits to [[Japan]] and [[Europe]]. Musically and technically superior to her previous [[The Virgin Tour|Virgin Tour]], Who's That Girl incorporated multimedia components to make the show more appealing. |
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Madonna trained physically doing aerobics, jogging and weight-lifting, to cope with the choreography and the dance routines. For the costumes, she collaborated with designer Marlene Stewart, expanding on the idea of bringing her popular video characters to life onstage, reworking scenes from her music videos. The stage had four video screens, multimedia projectors and a flight of stairs in the middle. [[Patrick Leonard]], who was the |
Madonna trained physically doing aerobics, jogging and weight-lifting, to cope with the choreography and the dance routines. For the costumes, she collaborated with designer Marlene Stewart, expanding on the idea of bringing her popular video characters to life onstage, reworking scenes from her music videos. The stage had four video screens, multimedia projectors and a flight of stairs in the middle. [[Patrick Leonard]], who was the musical director, encouraged Madonna to go with the idea of remixing and presenting her older songs for the show. |
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The show consisted of seven costume changes, with song-and-dance routines, theatrics and addressing social causes. The tour was critically appreciated, with reviewers commending the extravagant nature of the concert and Madonna as a performer. It was a commercial success, grossing in total of US$25 million{{efn|name="2019Gross"}} by playing in front of 1.5 million audience. According to [[Pollstar]], it was the second highest-grossing female concert tour of 1987, behind [[Tina Turner]]'s [[Break Every Rule Tour]]. |
The show consisted of seven costume changes, with song-and-dance routines, theatrics and addressing social causes. The tour was critically appreciated, with reviewers commending the extravagant nature of the concert and Madonna as a performer. It was a commercial success, grossing in total of US$25 million{{efn|name="2019Gross"}} by playing in front of 1.5 million audience. According to [[Pollstar]], it was the second highest-grossing female concert tour of 1987, behind [[Tina Turner]]'s [[Break Every Rule Tour]]. |
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The Who's That Girl World Tour was musically and technically superior to Madonna's [[The Virgin Tour|Virgin Tour]], because she incorporated multimedia components to make the show more compelling.<ref name="tara1"/> As the tour was confirmed, Madonna and her team started planning for it. Madonna wanted a show which consisted of theatrics, drama, dance and choreography in "full-force".<ref>{{harvnb|Morton|2002|p=98}}</ref> Her publicist Liz Rosenberg commented, "She wants a visual impact that would knock people out. She was very determined about this. And she's the type that makes decisions quickly; If something doesn't work, she starts over. You'll see a different look this year, but it's still Madonna, still bigger than life."<ref name="metz"/> In order to engage herself completely and handle the grueling dance routines, she started attending aerobics classes at Hollywood health centre The Sports Connection.<ref name="clerk">{{harvnb|Clerk|2002|p=66}}</ref> By the time the tour drew nearer, she hired a personal trainer, and her daily routine involved jogging, weight-lifting, dancing, gymnastics, trampoline, swimming and cycling. She started eating vegetarian food with plenty of protein and carbohydrate and avoided the sun.<ref name="clerk"/> British funk band [[Level 42]] was the supporting act of the tour.<ref name="clerk"/> Madonna's image was that of a blond girl with soft curls, making a striking contrast with the firm, almost hard lines of her eye make-up and lipstick; the idea of her friend actress [[Debi Mazar]].<ref name="clerk"/> |
The Who's That Girl World Tour was musically and technically superior to Madonna's [[The Virgin Tour|Virgin Tour]], because she incorporated multimedia components to make the show more compelling.<ref name="tara1"/> As the tour was confirmed, Madonna and her team started planning for it. Madonna wanted a show which consisted of theatrics, drama, dance and choreography in "full-force".<ref>{{harvnb|Morton|2002|p=98}}</ref> Her publicist Liz Rosenberg commented, "She wants a visual impact that would knock people out. She was very determined about this. And she's the type that makes decisions quickly; If something doesn't work, she starts over. You'll see a different look this year, but it's still Madonna, still bigger than life."<ref name="metz"/> In order to engage herself completely and handle the grueling dance routines, she started attending aerobics classes at Hollywood health centre The Sports Connection.<ref name="clerk">{{harvnb|Clerk|2002|p=66}}</ref> By the time the tour drew nearer, she hired a personal trainer, and her daily routine involved jogging, weight-lifting, dancing, gymnastics, trampoline, swimming and cycling. She started eating vegetarian food with plenty of protein and carbohydrate and avoided the sun.<ref name="clerk"/> British funk band [[Level 42]] was the supporting act of the tour.<ref name="clerk"/> Madonna's image was that of a blond girl with soft curls, making a striking contrast with the firm, almost hard lines of her eye make-up and lipstick; the idea of her friend actress [[Debi Mazar]].<ref name="clerk"/> |
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For the costumes, Madonna collaborated with |
For the costumes, Madonna collaborated with designers Marlene Stewart and Leslie Hamel. She expanded on the idea of bringing her popular video characters to life onstage, reworking scenes from "[[True Blue (Madonna song)|True Blue]]", "[[Open Your Heart (Madonna song)|Open Your Heart]]", "[[Papa Don't Preach]]" and "[[La Isla Bonita]]". For "Open Your Heart", Madonna reused the Stewart designed with Trashy Lingerie black bustier worn by her in the video, complete with tassels, golden tips and ribbing with fishnets on leg.<ref name="clerk"/> Leslie Hamel's designs included the [[Flamenco]] style dress for "La Isla Bonita" and Spanish inspired pants for Holiday and a gold [[Lamé (fabric)|lamé]] jacket and pants for the "White Heat" sequence. The True Blue performance dress and the male dancers outfits.For the medley sequence, Madonna used a dress that was visually amusing and, according to Madonna, was for "anyone that takes me too seriously, or imagined and ''I'' take ''myself'' too seriously."<ref name="clerk"/> Inspired by [[Dame Edna Everage]], the Leslie Hamel designed dress consisted of a hat strewn with fake fruits, flowers and feathers, jeweled batwing spectacles with heavy, black frames, a ruffled skirt and a bodice covered with objects such as watches and dolls and fishnets. The knickers were inscribed with the word "Kiss". Continuing her tradition of message clothes, she spelt out the phrase "You Can Dance" on her Leslie Hamel jacket, using the letter U, a can of soup and the word "dance" at the back. |
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Calling the show a "theatrical multimedia spectacular", Madonna wanted a huge stage with a central platform from which a flight of stairs descended.<ref name="morton"/> The central platform was flanked by two lower platforms, which housed the band and the musicians. A large video screen was suspended above the stairs, which descended during the show.<ref name="morton">{{harvnb|Morton|2002|p=199}}</ref> Two projectors were situated at the front of the stage, which projected images of [[Holy See|The Pope]] and President [[Ronald Reagan]] during the show.<ref>{{harvnb|Voller|1999|p=89}}</ref> [[Patrick Leonard]], who had produced ''True Blue'', joined as the musical director for the shows.<ref name="metz">{{harvnb|Metz|Benson|1999|pp=9–12}}</ref> Instead of following every note on the records, Leonard encouraged the musicians to come up with new ideas for the songs. Hence a number of the old songs were rearranged, including introducing a [[Mashup (music)|medley]] of "[[Dress You Up]]", "[[Material Girl]]" and "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]"—which contained a sample from the [[Four Tops]] song "[[I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)]]".<ref name="metz"/> American choreographer [[Shabba Doo]] was signed to choreograph the show.<ref>{{cite news|last=Farley|first=Chris|title=Madonna's Moves Are The Stuff Of Shabba-Doo|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24653254.html?dids=24653254:24653254&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+05%2C+1987&author=Chris+Farley&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MADONNA |
Calling the show a "theatrical multimedia spectacular", Madonna wanted a huge stage with a central platform from which a flight of stairs descended.<ref name="morton"/> The central platform was flanked by two lower platforms, which housed the band and the musicians. A large video screen was suspended above the stairs, which descended during the show.<ref name="morton">{{harvnb|Morton|2002|p=199}}</ref> Two projectors were situated at the front of the stage, which projected images of [[Holy See|The Pope]] and President [[Ronald Reagan]] during the show.<ref>{{harvnb|Voller|1999|p=89}}</ref> [[Patrick Leonard]], who had produced ''True Blue'', joined as the musical director for the shows.<ref name="metz">{{harvnb|Metz|Benson|1999|pp=9–12}}</ref> Instead of following every note on the records, Leonard encouraged the musicians to come up with new ideas for the songs. Hence a number of the old songs were rearranged, including introducing a [[Mashup (music)|medley]] of "[[Dress You Up]]", "[[Material Girl]]" and "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]"—which contained a sample from the [[Four Tops]] song "[[I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)]]".<ref name="metz"/> American choreographer [[Shabba Doo]] was signed to choreograph the show.<ref>{{cite news|last=Farley|first=Chris|title=Madonna's Moves Are The Stuff Of Shabba-Doo|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24653254.html?dids=24653254:24653254&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+05%2C+1987&author=Chris+Farley&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MADONNA%27S+MOVES+ARE+THE+STUFF+OF+SHABBA-DOO&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619074239/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24653254.html?dids=24653254:24653254&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+05%2C+1987&author=Chris+Farley&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MADONNA%27S+MOVES+ARE+THE+STUFF+OF+SHABBA-DOO&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012|access-date=July 8, 2010|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=August 5, 1987}}</ref> 13-year-old Christopher Finch was signed to play the part of the small boy from the "Open Your Heart" video, since Felix Howard, who played the original part, did not get a working license, and hence could not join the tour.<ref>{{cite news|last=Britt|first=Bruce|title=Madonna's dance partner hits head, gets stitches|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IRATAAAAIBAJ&pg=4019,1546666&dq=madonna+chris+finch&hl=en|access-date=July 8, 2010|newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|date=September 8, 1987}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Clerk|2002|p=45}}</ref> Madonna wanted three backup singers, a team of male dancers and a succession of costume changes.<ref name="clerk"/> She took inputs from her then husband, actor [[Sean Penn]] saying, "I really respect Sean's opinion. He has great taste and is a very brilliant man. When I was putting my tour together, it was always in the back of my mind: 'I wonder what Sean will think of this?' He's extremely opinionated and has really high standards, and that sometimes pushed me into making decisions I wouldn't have otherwise made."<ref name="norma"/> Madonna explained that the title of the tour came from her playing many characters, commenting: |
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"That's why I call the tour 'Who's That Girl?'; because I play a lot of characters, and every time I do a video or a song, people go, 'Oh, that's what she's like.' And I'm not like any of them. I'm all of them. I'm none of them. You know what I mean.?"<ref>{{harvnb|Layton|2004|p=110}}</ref> |
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| footer = Madonna opening the concert with a performance of "[[Open Your Heart (Madonna song)|Open Your Heart]]" wearing a black [[Trashy Lingerie]] bustier (''left''). For "[[Papa Don't Preach]]", she wore a leather jacket over a silk blue dress (''right''). |
| footer = Madonna opening the concert with a performance of "[[Open Your Heart (Madonna song)|Open Your Heart]]" wearing a black [[Trashy Lingerie]] bustier (''left''). For "[[Papa Don't Preach]]", she wore a leather jacket over a silk blue dress (''right''). |
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The show started with a performance by [[Level 42]]. As their performance ended, the lights started blinking all around the stadium and Finch appears on stage, looking for Madonna.<ref name="voller1"/> He is followed by two other dancers, who jump around the stage and disappear. Then Madonna's silhouette is visible behind a screen which has paintings by [[Tamara de Lempicka]] on it.<ref name="voller1">{{harvnb|Voller|1999|p=29}}</ref> She performs dance moves behind the screen, which starts going up slowly. She wore a custom-made black pointy corset by [[Trashy Lingerie]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-26 |title=Madonna's Iconic Sale |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/madonna-iconic-bustier-sold |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}</ref> and fishnets like the costume in the music video of "[[Open Your Heart (Madonna song)|Open Your Heart]]".<ref name="voller1"/> After dancing on the stairs, using a chair as a prop, Madonna descends and starts singing the song. Later Finch joins her again and they dance together till the song ends.<ref name="voller1"/> This was followed by the performance of "[[Lucky Star (Madonna song)|Lucky Star]]" during which a disco ball spun above the stage; as Madonna and her dancers moved around it, the light from the ball flickered on them like a star.<ref>{{harvnb|Taraborrelli|2002|p=272}}</ref> For "[[True Blue (Madonna song)|True Blue]]", Madonna came up on the stage wearing a blue, silk [[taffeta]] dress over her corset and a blue scarf hidden in her bosom.<ref name="washing"/> The stage had a similar blue setting like the original music video. Madonna is backed up by her singers who play her girlfriends. At the end of the song Madonna is asked to dance again by the dancer playing her man in the performance.<ref>{{harvnb|Parish|Pitts|2003|p=529}}</ref> During "[[Papa Don't Preach]]" Madonna wore a black [[leather]] jacket over her dress and walked around the stage while singing.<ref name="clerk"/> The screen in the background showed portraits of [[Pope John Paul II]] and then-President of the U.S. [[Ronald Reagan]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Kogan|first=Rick|author-link=Rick Kogan|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24651867.html?dids=24651867 |
The show started with a performance by [[Level 42]]. As their performance ended, the lights started blinking all around the stadium and Finch appears on stage, looking for Madonna.<ref name="voller1"/> He is followed by two other dancers, who jump around the stage and disappear. Then Madonna's silhouette is visible behind a screen which has paintings by [[Tamara de Lempicka]] on it.<ref name="voller1">{{harvnb|Voller|1999|p=29}}</ref> She performs dance moves behind the screen, which starts going up slowly. She wore a custom-made black pointy corset by [[Trashy Lingerie]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-26 |title=Madonna's Iconic Sale |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/madonna-iconic-bustier-sold |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}</ref> and fishnets like the costume in the music video of "[[Open Your Heart (Madonna song)|Open Your Heart]]".<ref name="voller1"/> After dancing on the stairs, using a chair as a prop, Madonna descends and starts singing the song. Later Finch joins her again and they dance together till the song ends.<ref name="voller1"/> This was followed by the performance of "[[Lucky Star (Madonna song)|Lucky Star]]" during which a disco ball spun above the stage; as Madonna and her dancers moved around it, the light from the ball flickered on them like a star.<ref>{{harvnb|Taraborrelli|2002|p=272}}</ref> For "[[True Blue (Madonna song)|True Blue]]", Madonna came up on the stage wearing a blue, silk [[taffeta]] dress over her corset and a blue scarf hidden in her bosom.<ref name="washing"/> The stage had a similar blue setting like the original music video. Madonna is backed up by her singers who play her girlfriends. At the end of the song Madonna is asked to dance again by the dancer playing her man in the performance.<ref>{{harvnb|Parish|Pitts|2003|p=529}}</ref> During "[[Papa Don't Preach]]" Madonna wore a black [[leather]] jacket over her dress and walked around the stage while singing.<ref name="clerk"/> The screen in the background showed portraits of [[Pope John Paul II]] and then-President of the U.S. [[Ronald Reagan]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Kogan|first=Rick|author-link=Rick Kogan|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24651867.html?dids=24651867%3A24651867&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&date=Aug+02%2C+1987&author=Rick+Kogan&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=BOMBSHELL+MADONNA+CERTAINLY+CAN+WOW+%27EM&pqatl=google|title=Bombshell Madonna Certainly Can Wow 'Em|date=August 2, 1987|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=March 3, 2009|archive-date=March 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317043307/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24651867.html?dids=24651867%3A24651867&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&date=Aug+02%2C+1987&author=Rick+Kogan&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=BOMBSHELL+MADONNA+CERTAINLY+CAN+WOW+%27EM&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> along with scenes of John Perry III's short film, ''The Nightmare'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Patrick|author-link=Patrick Goldstein|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58418158.html?dids=58418158:58418158&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+26%2C+1987&author=PATRICK+GOLDSTEIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=POP+EYE&pqatl=google|title=Pop Eye on Madonna|date=July 26, 1987|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=March 3, 2009|archive-date=March 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317040050/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58418158.html?dids=58418158:58418158&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+26%2C+1987&author=PATRICK+GOLDSTEIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=POP+EYE&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> ending with the words "Safe Sex", as Madonna finished the song.<ref>{{harvnb|Kellner|1995|p=276}}</ref> She dedicated the song to the Pope, marking her first conflict with the [[Holy See|Vatican]], as Pope John Paul II urged Italian fans to boycott her concerts.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Farber|first=Jim|title=When it comes to controversy on tour, Madonna's been down this road|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2008/10/22/2008-10-22_when_it_comes_to_controversy_on_tour_mad.html|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|date=October 22, 2008|access-date=March 8, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Madge through the years|url=https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20081016/d_madonna16_timeline.art.htm|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=March 8, 2009 | date=October 15, 2008}}</ref> |
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During "White Heat"—which featured dialogues from the 1949 [[James Cagney]] film of the [[White Heat|same name]]—a video screen displayed a scene from the film, with Cagney saying the dialogue: "A copper ... a copper fellas".<ref name="guil"/> The video screen moves up and Madonna appears, wearing a lamé jacket and holding a plastic gun in her right hand. A large cut out of Cagney appears in the middle and Madonna finishes singing the song, while pointing the revolver towards her dancers and pretending to fire at them, as sounds of gunshots are heard.<ref name="guil">{{harvnb|Guilbert|2002|p=78}}</ref> She followed it with "[[Causing a Commotion]]" which ended with Madonna pointing to her dancers and musicians across stage and uttering the line "He/She's got the moves baby" numerous times.<ref name="guil"/> For "[[The Look of Love (Madonna song)|The Look of Love]]" the spotlight was focused on her. The introductory music of the song started and Madonna roamed around the stage, pretending that she was lost. She wanted to portray her ''Who's That Girl'' film character Nikki, when she was lost in a similar sequence in the film. After she finished singing the song, Madonna pretended to walk forward by pushing through the air, as the [[conveyor belt]] took her backwards, ultimately taking her away from the stage.<ref>{{harvnb|Bordo|Heywood|2004|p=287}}</ref> Then a red phone booth appears on the stage, in which Madonna's silhouette appears to be changing costume. She emerges from the booth wearing the Edna Everage inspired costume and starts singing "Dress You Up".<ref name="clerk"/> Then she sang "Material Girl", while stretching her legs on stage and showing her underwear and followed by "Like a Virgin", during which she took off her outfit piece by piece, until she was standing in the same outfit from the beginning of the show, and ended the performance while flirting with a young male dancer who played her [[Wedding ceremony participants|bridegroom]].<ref name="metz"/><ref>{{harvnb|Clerk|2002|p=67}}</ref> |
During "White Heat"—which featured dialogues from the 1949 [[James Cagney]] film of the [[White Heat|same name]]—a video screen displayed a scene from the film, with Cagney saying the dialogue: "A copper ... a copper fellas".<ref name="guil"/> The video screen moves up and Madonna appears, wearing a lamé jacket and holding a plastic gun in her right hand. A large cut out of Cagney appears in the middle and Madonna finishes singing the song, while pointing the revolver towards her dancers and pretending to fire at them, as sounds of gunshots are heard.<ref name="guil">{{harvnb|Guilbert|2002|p=78}}</ref> She followed it with "[[Causing a Commotion]]" which ended with Madonna pointing to her dancers and musicians across stage and uttering the line "He/She's got the moves baby" numerous times.<ref name="guil"/> For "[[The Look of Love (Madonna song)|The Look of Love]]" the spotlight was focused on her. The introductory music of the song started and Madonna roamed around the stage, pretending that she was lost. She wanted to portray her ''Who's That Girl'' film character Nikki, when she was lost in a similar sequence in the film. After she finished singing the song, Madonna pretended to walk forward by pushing through the air, as the [[conveyor belt]] took her backwards, ultimately taking her away from the stage.<ref>{{harvnb|Bordo|Heywood|2004|p=287}}</ref> Then a red phone booth appears on the stage, in which Madonna's silhouette appears to be changing costume. She emerges from the booth wearing the Edna Everage inspired costume and starts singing "Dress You Up".<ref name="clerk"/> Then she sang "Material Girl", while stretching her legs on stage and showing her underwear and followed by "Like a Virgin", during which she took off her outfit piece by piece, until she was standing in the same outfit from the beginning of the show, and ended the performance while flirting with a young male dancer who played her [[Wedding ceremony participants|bridegroom]].<ref name="metz"/><ref>{{harvnb|Clerk|2002|p=67}}</ref> |
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| footer = For the medley of "[[Material Girl]]" and "[[Dress You Up]]", Madonna wore an [[Edna Everage]] inspired costume (''left''), while "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" saw her being joined by 13-year-old dancer Christopher Finch (''right''). |
| footer = For the medley of "[[Material Girl]]" and "[[Dress You Up]]", Madonna wore an [[Edna Everage]] inspired costume (''left''), while "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" saw her being joined by 13-year-old dancer Christopher Finch (''right''). |
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⚫ | The tour received rave reviews.<ref name="MM87">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-07-18.pdf|title=Madonna Heads For 15th Triumph|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|access-date=April 21, 2022|date=July 18, 1987|page=10|volume=4|number=28|first=Machgiel|last=Bakker}}</ref><ref name="JPNfever">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTBWAAAAIBAJ&dq=Madonna&pg=PA8&article_id=6451,2239072|title=Rock booms in the land of the rising yen|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=September 24, 2023|date=April 4, 1987|page=8}}</ref> Biographer Taraborrelli commented, "Madonna had more confidence in her stage presence, her music was showing a deeper maturity, her voice was fuller, and the show was expertly choreographed with complex numbers.<ref name="tara1"/> [[J. D. Considine]] from ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' commented, "I've seen the Springsteen stadium tour, I've seen Dylan and the [Grateful] Dead, and I was at Live Aid. Out of all those shows, Madonna's is the only one I want to see again. You need a larger-than-life show if you want to come off in a stadium, and Madonna does. She's not that large physically, but she holds your attention."<ref name="metz"/> Ann Ayers, assistant entertainment editor of ''[[USA Today]]'' felt that the show was high on glitz and low on emotional quotient. "Madonna's going for a certain kind of show: a Broadway, show-biz, song-and-dance spectacle. In that context it's hard to make a connection with the audience, and I'd have to say that she didn't."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55702364.html?dids=55702364:55702364&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+02%2C+1987&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Dressing+up+a+Material+Girl&pqatl=google|title=Dressing Up A Material Girl|date=July 3, 1987|access-date=July 14, 2010|last=Ayers|first=Ann|work=[[USA Today]]|archive-date=June 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619065822/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55702364.html?dids=55702364:55702364&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+02%2C+1987&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Dressing+up+a+Material+Girl&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> Peter Goddard from ''[[Toronto Star]]'' reviewed the concert in [[CNE Stadium]] and said, "Madonna proved that she may be a lost girl in the roads of life, like her film, but she ain't lost when she is singing. Especially during songs like 'Papa Don't Preach', her vocal prowess was substantially notable."<ref>{{cite news|last=Goddard|first=Peter|title=Who's That Girl? Madonna-mia!|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472842251.html?dids=472842251:472842251&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+03%2C+1987&author=Peter+Goddard+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Who%27s+that+girl%3F+Madonna-mia!&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619080915/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472842251.html?dids=472842251:472842251&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+03%2C+1987&author=Peter+Goddard+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Who%27s+that+girl%3F+Madonna-mia!&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012|access-date=July 12, 2010|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=July 3, 1987}}</ref> Scott A Zamost and Elizabeth Snead, writing for ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', felt that "For the most part, the premiere concert on Madonna's Who's That Girl tour was a success, an extravaganza of multiple videos, flashing lights and precision dancing. If the high-tech accoutrements and inferior sound system made it difficult to hear the singer, one hopes that will be refined as the tour continues across the United States. [...] As a dancer, Madonna is supreme on stage. Her trademark skip to a funky beat highlighted the constant acrobatics. One minute she was stage left, another minute stage right. She ran up a wide staircase center stage to party with her three back-up singers, then scooted down to the stage floor, swinging her hips, accompanied by other dancers."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zamost|first1=Scott A|last2=Snead|first2=Elizabeth|title=New Madonna Tour Sets Racy Tone|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24633179.html?dids=24633179:24633179&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+02%2C+1987&author=Scott+A+Zamost+and+Elizabeth+Snead%2C+Ft+Lauderdale%2C+Fla+%2C+News+%26+Sun-Sentinel&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=NEW+MADONNA+TOUR+SETS+RACY+TONE&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619052523/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24633179.html?dids=24633179:24633179&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+02%2C+1987&author=Scott+A+Zamost+and+Elizabeth+Snead%2C+Ft+Lauderdale%2C+Fla+%2C+News+%26+Sun-Sentinel&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=NEW+MADONNA+TOUR+SETS+RACY+TONE&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012|access-date=July 12, 2010|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=July 2, 1987}}</ref> |
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Deborah Wilker from ''[[The Day (New London)|The Day]]'' commented that "Madonna's got an almost rabid energy about her, which she maintains for the duration of 90 minutes. In fact she rarely leaves the stage—preferring to change costumes in a phone booth instead. Boy can she change. One minute she's a 50's teenager in a party dress, next she's playing a speak-easy chanteuse. It's almost difficult to believe that a career as young as Madonna's could contain so much popular material that on stage the star can barely get to half of it."<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilker|first=Deborah|title=Madonna Is Best In Close-up|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MP8gAAAAIBAJ&pg=1228,323549&dq=madonna+who's+that+girl+tour&hl=en|access-date=July 12, 2010|newspaper=[[The Day (New London)|The Day]]|date=July 2, 1987}}</ref> Don McCLeese from ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' reviewed the performance at Soldier Field stadium said that "'Shine' seems like a dim possibility for her Soldier Field performance this month, because Madonna invariably takes the stage after dusk has turned to dark and brings back the sun again for the two hours that she played."<ref>{{cite news|last=McCleese|first=Don|title=Who Is This Girl|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB36D77855F3DF6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=July 12, 2010|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=July 12, 1987}}</ref> In another review, McCleese commented: "[Madonna] proceeded to show Soldier Field a few moves that would gain Walter Payton some yardage, while putting a whole new twist on the term 'backfield in motion'. The girl really knows how to cause a commotion."<ref>{{cite news|last=McCleese|first=Don|title=Madonna sure can gyrate|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB36D7C5DFAC230&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=August 2, 2010|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=July 12, 1987}}</ref> Richard Harrington from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' felt that the tour "would have played better to a full house at the Capital Centre or Merriweather Post Pavilion. But to her credit, Madonna performed last night as if the house was full, and the show is splendid pop theater. Madonna has described it as 'Broadway in a stadium', and with her nonstop dancing, costume changes, mini-dramas and dynamic pacing, it is sort of a '[[Liza Minnelli|Liza]] With an M.'"<ref name="washing">{{cite news|last=Harrington|first=Richard|title=Madonna's Star Turn at RFK|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73831747.html?dids=73831747:73831747&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+03%2C+1987&author=Richard+Harrington&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Madonna%27s+Star+Turn+at+RFK&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619093803/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73831747.html?dids=73831747:73831747&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+03%2C+1987&author=Richard+Harrington&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Madonna%27s+Star+Turn+at+RFK&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012|access-date=July 14, 2010|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 3, 1987}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The tour received rave reviews.<ref name="MM87">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-07-18.pdf|title=Madonna Heads For 15th Triumph|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|access-date=April 21, 2022|date=July 18, 1987|page=10|volume=4|number=28|first=Machgiel|last=Bakker}}</ref> Biographer Taraborrelli commented, "Madonna had more confidence in her stage presence, her music was showing a deeper maturity, her voice was fuller, and the show was expertly choreographed with complex numbers.<ref name="tara1"/> [[J. D. Considine]] from ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' commented, "I've seen the Springsteen stadium tour, I've seen Dylan and the [Grateful] Dead, and I was at Live Aid. Out of all those shows, Madonna's is the only one I want to see again. You need a larger-than-life show if you want to come off in a stadium, and Madonna does. She's not that large physically, but she holds your attention."<ref name="metz"/> Ann Ayers, assistant entertainment editor of ''[[USA Today]]'' felt that the show was high on glitz and low on emotional quotient. "Madonna's going for a certain kind of show: a Broadway, show-biz, song-and-dance spectacle. In that context it's hard to make a connection with the audience, and I'd have to say that she didn't."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55702364.html?dids=55702364:55702364&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+02%2C+1987&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Dressing+up+a+Material+Girl&pqatl=google|title=Dressing Up A Material Girl|date=July 3, 1987|access-date=July 14, 2010|last=Ayers|first=Ann|work=[[USA Today]]|archive-date=June 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619065822/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55702364.html?dids=55702364:55702364&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+02%2C+1987&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Dressing+up+a+Material+Girl&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> Peter Goddard from ''[[Toronto Star]]'' reviewed the concert in [[CNE Stadium]] and said, "Madonna proved that she may be a lost girl in the roads of life, like her film, but she ain't lost when she is singing. Especially during songs like 'Papa Don't Preach', her vocal prowess was substantially notable."<ref>{{cite news|last=Goddard|first=Peter|title=Who's That Girl? Madonna-mia!|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472842251.html?dids=472842251:472842251&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+03%2C+1987&author=Peter+Goddard+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Who |
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[[Jon Pareles]] from ''[[The New York Times]]'' reviewed the concert at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York and felt that "For all its effort and professionalism, the concert wasn't exactly moving; Madonna had to ask the audience to get up and dance twice. But as shallow, kitschy, pop entertainment—no big messages, no revelations, familiar sounds and images, plenty of catchy tunes—the show was easy to enjoy. [...] The tunes stick to her limited vocal range and usually use short phrases—the better to keep her from running out of breath as she dances across the stage. And her band knocked the songs out with solid precision, recreating the gleaming sound of her records.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|title=Madonna Benefit For AIDS at the Garden|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/15/arts/pop-madonna-benefit-for-aids-at-the-garden.html|access-date=July 14, 2010|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 15, 1987|author-link=Jon Pareles}}</ref> On their rankings of Madonna's tours, [[VH1]]'s Christopher Rosa and [[Odyssey (publication)|The Odyssey]]'s Rocco Papa both placed Who's That Girl in the fourth position; according to the former, it includes "some of M’s most effervescent performing" and a "setlist that rivals any Madonna tour to date", while the latter deemed it "much more simple compared to what we're used to seeing from Madonna" and pointed out "a certain spark and joy captured during this show which has never been duplicated" and how the singer "proved her ability to command an audience".<ref name="VH1">{{cite web |last1=Rosa |first1=Christopher |title=Ranking 30 years of Madonna's tours: Which one is the greatest? |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/35yroa/ranking-madonna-tours-2 |publisher=[[VH1]] |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306005249/http://www.vh1.com/news/55223/ranking-madonna-tours-2/ |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |url-status=live |date=September 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Papa |first1=Roco |title=Every Madonna tour, ranked |url=https://www.theodysseyonline.com/every-madonna-tour-ranked/11-drowned-world-tour |publisher=[[Odyssey (publication)|The Odyssey]] |access-date=28 August 2021 |date=June 29, 2021}}</ref> From ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'', Gina Vivinetto placed it on the eight position of her ranking.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vivinetto |first1=Gina |title=Madonna's 9 tours: Ranked |url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/09/09/madonnas-9-tours-ranked |work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501230902/http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/09/09/madonnas-9-tours-ranked |archive-date=May 1, 2017 |date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> It came in at eleven on ''Billboard''{{'}}s 2024 ranking; Sal Cinquemani, wrote: "[Who's That Girl] hinted at what was to come on future tours in terms of spectacle and ambition. Though it was only her second tour, [it] would become the last of Madonna's shows to resemble a conventional pop-rock concert".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Cinquemani |first1=Sal |title=Every Madonna tour, ranked |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-madonna-tours/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406014221/https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-madonna-tours/ |archive-date=April 6, 2024 |date=April 5, 2024}}</ref> |
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The concert at [[Korakuen Stadium]], Tokyo was broadcast on June 22, 1987 in Japan only. It was later released on [[VHS]] and [[LaserDisc]] as ''Who's That Girl: Live In Japan''.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0284286/maindetails |title=Madonna: Who's That Girl – Live in Japan (1987) (V) |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |date=May 1, 2009 |access-date=July 15, 2010}}</ref> It was the first television broadcast using Dolby Surround Sound and was promoted by [[Mitsubishi]], as Madonna had previously starred in television commercials for their video recorders.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> On September 4, 1987, Madonna's concert special, ''Madonna in Concerto'', filmed at the [[Stadio Olimpico di Torino|Comunale Stadium]] in Turin, Italy was broadcast live on TV in Italy (RAI), France (TF1), Germany (SAT1), Austria (ORF) and Spain (TVE). Other countries including Australia and The Netherlands broadcast this show in 1987.<ref>{{harvnb|Metz|Benson|1999|p=321}}</ref> The concert was released commercially in 1988 as ''[[Ciao Italia: Live from Italy]]'' and was later available on LaserDisc and [[DVD]].<ref>{{harvnb|Martin|Porter|2003|p=423}}</ref> |
The concert at [[Korakuen Stadium]], Tokyo was broadcast on June 22, 1987, in Japan only. It was later released on [[VHS]] and [[LaserDisc]] as ''Who's That Girl: Live In Japan''.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0284286/maindetails |title=Madonna: Who's That Girl – Live in Japan (1987) (V) |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |date=May 1, 2009 |access-date=July 15, 2010}}</ref> It was the first television broadcast using Dolby Surround Sound and was promoted by [[Mitsubishi]], as Madonna had previously starred in television commercials for their video recorders.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> On September 4, 1987, Madonna's concert special, ''Madonna in Concerto'', filmed at the [[Stadio Olimpico di Torino|Comunale Stadium]] in Turin, Italy was broadcast live on TV in Italy (RAI), France (TF1), Germany (SAT1), Austria (ORF) and Spain (TVE). Other countries including Australia and The Netherlands broadcast this show in 1987.<ref>{{harvnb|Metz|Benson|1999|p=321}}</ref> The concert was released commercially in 1988 as ''[[Ciao Italia: Live from Italy]]'' and was later available on LaserDisc and [[DVD]].<ref>{{harvnb|Martin|Porter|2003|p=423}}</ref> |
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The video contains the full Who's That Girl show, produced using footage from three different shows: Tokyo on June 22, 1987, Turin on September 4, 1987, and Florence on September 6, 1987.<ref name=DVD>{{cite AV media notes|title=[[Ciao, Italia! – Live from Italy]]|others=Madonna|year=1988|publisher=Warner Home Media|location=New York|type=VHS, DVD}}</ref> Heather Phares from [[Allmusic]] said: "A much simpler, less choreographed performance than her later extravaganzas like [[The Girlie Show World Tour]], ''Ciao Italia'' is still entertaining in its own right, and will definitely please fans nostalgic for some old-school Madonna hits."<ref>{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r86678|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Ciao Italia: Live From Italy <nowiki>[Video]</nowiki> > Overview )))|last=Phares|first=Heather|date=September 9, 2001|access-date=July 15, 2010|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref> Mark Knopher from the ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'' commented that "''Ciao Italia'' shows the glitz and the glamor that made this tour so remarkable."<ref>{{cite news|last=Knopher|first=Mark|title=Summer Gets Even Hotter With New Video Releases|date=June 24, 1988|access-date=July 20, 2010|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF51928D5E9EE19&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}</ref> It charted at the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' music DVD chart on for six weeks and ranked at two on the "1988 Year-end Top Ranked Tapes".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Top Music Videos|date=July 2, 1988|volume=98|issue=21|issn=0006-2510|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Beatrix|first=Luna|title=The top-ranked tapes of 1988|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24635924.html?dids=24635924:24635924&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+30%2C+1988&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=The+top-ranked+tapes+of+1988&pqatl=google|access-date=July 20, 2010|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 30, 1988}}</ref> ''Ciao Italia'' also charted at number three on the Finnish DVD chart in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/madonna/ciao+italia |title=Tilastot – Suomen virallinen lista – Ciao Italia |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=July 15, 2010}}</ref> |
The video contains the full Who's That Girl show, produced using footage from three different shows: Tokyo on June 22, 1987, Turin on September 4, 1987, and Florence on September 6, 1987.<ref name=DVD>{{cite AV media notes|title=[[Ciao, Italia! – Live from Italy]]|others=Madonna|year=1988|publisher=Warner Home Media|location=New York|type=VHS, DVD}}</ref> Heather Phares from [[Allmusic]] said: "A much simpler, less choreographed performance than her later extravaganzas like [[The Girlie Show World Tour]], ''Ciao Italia'' is still entertaining in its own right, and will definitely please fans nostalgic for some old-school Madonna hits."<ref>{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r86678|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Ciao Italia: Live From Italy <nowiki>[Video]</nowiki> > Overview )))|last=Phares|first=Heather|date=September 9, 2001|access-date=July 15, 2010|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref> Mark Knopher from the ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'' commented that "''Ciao Italia'' shows the glitz and the glamor that made this tour so remarkable."<ref>{{cite news|last=Knopher|first=Mark|title=Summer Gets Even Hotter With New Video Releases|date=June 24, 1988|access-date=July 20, 2010|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF51928D5E9EE19&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}</ref> It charted at the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' music DVD chart on for six weeks and ranked at two on the "1988 Year-end Top Ranked Tapes".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Top Music Videos|date=July 2, 1988|volume=98|issue=21|issn=0006-2510|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Beatrix|first=Luna|title=The top-ranked tapes of 1988|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24635924.html?dids=24635924:24635924&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+30%2C+1988&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=The+top-ranked+tapes+of+1988&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619075451/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24635924.html?dids=24635924:24635924&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+30%2C+1988&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=The+top-ranked+tapes+of+1988&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012|access-date=July 20, 2010|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 30, 1988}}</ref> ''Ciao Italia'' also charted at number three on the Finnish DVD chart in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/madonna/ciao+italia |title=Tilastot – Suomen virallinen lista – Ciao Italia |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=July 15, 2010}}</ref> |
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== Legacy == |
== Legacy == |
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{{Quote box|width=300px|align=right|quote=There had never before been a more imaginative or forceful showcase for the feminine sensibility in pop. Madonna is simply the first female entertainer who has ever starred in a show of this scope|source=—[[Mikal Gilmore]] on the tour.<ref name="Gnojewski">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JDGdVGWrjr8C|title=Poison Penns|work=Madonna: Express Yourself|first=Carol|last=Gnojewski|date=2007|access-date=April 21, 2022|publisher=[[Enslow Publishing]]|page=91|isbn=9780766024427 }}</ref>}} |
{{Quote box|width=300px|align=right|quote=There had never before been a more imaginative or forceful showcase for the feminine sensibility in pop. Madonna is simply the first female entertainer who has ever starred in a show of this scope|source=—[[Mikal Gilmore]] on the tour.<ref name="Gnojewski">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JDGdVGWrjr8C|title=Poison Penns|work=Madonna: Express Yourself|first=Carol|last=Gnojewski|date=2007|access-date=April 21, 2022|publisher=[[Enslow Publishing]]|page=91|isbn=9780766024427 }}</ref>}} |
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The tour was also notable for giving rise to the term "new Madonna", a stronger and more intelligent sexual image of her former self which had given rise to the term [[Madonna wannabe]].<ref name="metz"/> Considine felt that "the important thing Madonna did on the tour was to demonstrate how female sexuality can be a source of strength. Traditionally in pop culture, there are two roles that a woman can play—the good girl and the bad girl, and the bad girl is never taken seriously. But Madonna shows up the trappings of a bad girl, and demanded to be taken up seriously because she just doesn't roll over. I got more sense of the strength and power that was under her image all along."<ref name="metz"/> Another important fact noted in the tour by scholars is the extensive use of multimedia technique to its maximum potential. Says [[Mark Bego]], author of ''Madonna: Blonde Ambition'', that "Madonna transformed the concept of a concert tour being focused on the songs. She turned her Who's That Girl? tour into a ubiquitous multimedia blitz technique by including songs, dancing, choreography, videos, big screens, backdrops—not to mention the subtle preaching and messages—that made singing a secondary quality for concert goers. Evident from the people that thronged to see the tour, they were there for the spectacle—and not see Madonna standing in front of the microphone and singing.<ref>{{harvnb|Bego|2000|p=210}}</ref> |
The tour was also notable for giving rise to the term "new Madonna", a stronger and more intelligent sexual image of her former self which had given rise to the term [[Madonna wannabe]].<ref name="metz"/> Considine felt that "the important thing Madonna did on the tour was to demonstrate how female sexuality can be a source of strength. Traditionally in pop culture, there are two roles that a woman can play—the good girl and the bad girl, and the bad girl is never taken seriously. But Madonna shows up the trappings of a bad girl, and demanded to be taken up seriously because she just doesn't roll over. I got more sense of the strength and power that was under her image all along."<ref name="metz"/> Another important fact noted in the tour by scholars is the extensive use of multimedia technique to its maximum potential. Says [[Mark Bego]], author of ''Madonna: Blonde Ambition'', that "Madonna transformed the concept of a concert tour being focused on the songs. She turned her Who's That Girl? tour into a ubiquitous multimedia blitz technique by including songs, dancing, choreography, videos, big screens, backdrops—not to mention the subtle preaching and messages—that made singing a secondary quality for concert goers. Evident from the people that thronged to see the tour, they were there for the spectacle—and not see Madonna standing in front of the microphone and singing.<ref>{{harvnb|Bego|2000|p=210}}</ref> |
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While in Italy, Madonna met some of her relatives from [[Pacentro]], the village in which her grandfather and grandmother, Gaetano and Michelina Ciccone had been married.<ref name="morton200"/> However, it was not the glorious home coming that she had expected; some of her relatives made it very clear that they were scandalized by her appearance and behavior.<ref name="morton200"/> One good thing came from the visit, there were talks of making her an honorary citizen of the town. Ultimately, a statue of Madonna, wearing conical bra was erected in her name, at the center of the town.<ref name="morton200"/> |
Publications also noted the [[fanaticism]] Madonna suscited in various of the countries she visited, especially Japan and the United Kingdom which prompted ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' to say it "demonstrates the unique position that she commands in the world of pop music". The merchandise also "enjoyed rocketing sales".<ref name="SCMP">{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1913616/hong-kongs-30-year-relationship-madonna-its-complicated|title=Hong Kong's 30-year relationship with Madonna: it's complicated|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|first=Joanna|last=Wong|date=|access-date=February 17, 2016|url-access=subscription|archive-date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218093022/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1913616/hong-kongs-30-year-relationship-madonna-its-complicated}}</ref> While in Italy, Madonna met some of her relatives from [[Pacentro]], the village in which her grandfather and grandmother, Gaetano and Michelina Ciccone had been married.<ref name="morton200"/> However, it was not the glorious home coming that she had expected; some of her relatives made it very clear that they were scandalized by her appearance and behavior.<ref name="morton200"/> One good thing came from the visit, there were talks of making her an honorary citizen of the town. Ultimately, a statue of Madonna, wearing conical bra was erected in her name, at the center of the town.<ref name="morton200"/> |
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|+ List of Asian concerts<ref>{{cite magazine| date = July 4, 1987| title = Billboard Boxscore| magazine = Billboard| location = New York City| issn =0006-2510|page=25|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1987/Billboard-1987-07-04.pdf}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:50, 6 September 2024
Tour by Madonna | |
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Start date | June 14, 1987 |
End date | September 6, 1987 |
Legs | 3 |
No. of shows | 38 |
Supporting act(s) | Level 42 |
Box office | US$25 million[a] |
Madonna concert chronology |
The Who's That Girl World Tour (billed as Who's That Girl World Tour 1987) was the second concert tour by American singer and songwriter Madonna. The tour supported her 1986 third studio album True Blue, as well as the 1987 soundtrack Who's That Girl. It started on June 14, 1987, at the Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Japan, and ended on September 6 of the same year at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, Italy. It was Madonna's first world tour and marked her first visits to Japan and Europe. Musically and technically superior to her previous Virgin Tour, Who's That Girl incorporated multimedia components to make the show more appealing.
Madonna trained physically doing aerobics, jogging and weight-lifting, to cope with the choreography and the dance routines. For the costumes, she collaborated with designer Marlene Stewart, expanding on the idea of bringing her popular video characters to life onstage, reworking scenes from her music videos. The stage had four video screens, multimedia projectors and a flight of stairs in the middle. Patrick Leonard, who was the musical director, encouraged Madonna to go with the idea of remixing and presenting her older songs for the show.
The show consisted of seven costume changes, with song-and-dance routines, theatrics and addressing social causes. The tour was critically appreciated, with reviewers commending the extravagant nature of the concert and Madonna as a performer. It was a commercial success, grossing in total of US$25 million[a] by playing in front of 1.5 million audience. According to Pollstar, it was the second highest-grossing female concert tour of 1987, behind Tina Turner's Break Every Rule Tour.
Who's That Girl was broadcast in a number of international television channels and was released on VHS titled Ciao Italia: Live from Italy. Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli commented that "Many female artists behave like a diva for a period when they reach superstar status, and the 'Who's That Girl?' tour marked the beginning of Madonna's."[2] It is also noted for giving rise to the term "new Madonna", a stronger and more intelligent sexual image of her former self which had given rise to the term Madonna wannabe. It was proposed to build a statue of the Madonna in the city of her paternal grandparents in Pacentro, Italy, but the idea was rejected by the local city hall.
Background
Madonna's 1987 film Who's That Girl was a box office failure,[3] however the soundtrack of the film proved to be a big success. The album consisted of four Madonna songs, along with tracks by Warner Bros. Records' acts including Club Nouveau, Scritti Politti and Michael Davidson.[4] Three of Madonna's songs were released as singles, namely: "Who's That Girl", "Causing a Commotion" and "The Look of Love"; all of them were critically and commercially successful.[5]
The album sold a million copies in the United States, and five million worldwide.[5] Taraborrelli felt that at that moment, riding on Madonna's coattails proved profitable for everyone involved, including Warner Bros. Records, which notched up big sales with a compilation soundtrack album that was basically a showcase for its marginal artists.[5] But still they wanted to "milk-in" the success of Madonna, a view shared by Peter Guber and Jon Peters, executive producers of the film. Hence they felt a worldwide concert tour was the appropriate thing to do, since it would promote both the soundtrack and the film, as well as Madonna's successful third studio album True Blue, released the year before.[5] As Madonna's first world tour, Who's That Girl ended up being a resounding success, although by its end, Madonna declared that she did not want to hear any of her songs again and she did not know whether she would ever write another one. "I returned feeling so burned out and I was convinced that I wouldn't go near music for quite a while", she said.[6]
Development
The Who's That Girl World Tour was musically and technically superior to Madonna's Virgin Tour, because she incorporated multimedia components to make the show more compelling.[5] As the tour was confirmed, Madonna and her team started planning for it. Madonna wanted a show which consisted of theatrics, drama, dance and choreography in "full-force".[7] Her publicist Liz Rosenberg commented, "She wants a visual impact that would knock people out. She was very determined about this. And she's the type that makes decisions quickly; If something doesn't work, she starts over. You'll see a different look this year, but it's still Madonna, still bigger than life."[8] In order to engage herself completely and handle the grueling dance routines, she started attending aerobics classes at Hollywood health centre The Sports Connection.[9] By the time the tour drew nearer, she hired a personal trainer, and her daily routine involved jogging, weight-lifting, dancing, gymnastics, trampoline, swimming and cycling. She started eating vegetarian food with plenty of protein and carbohydrate and avoided the sun.[9] British funk band Level 42 was the supporting act of the tour.[9] Madonna's image was that of a blond girl with soft curls, making a striking contrast with the firm, almost hard lines of her eye make-up and lipstick; the idea of her friend actress Debi Mazar.[9]
For the costumes, Madonna collaborated with designers Marlene Stewart and Leslie Hamel. She expanded on the idea of bringing her popular video characters to life onstage, reworking scenes from "True Blue", "Open Your Heart", "Papa Don't Preach" and "La Isla Bonita". For "Open Your Heart", Madonna reused the Stewart designed with Trashy Lingerie black bustier worn by her in the video, complete with tassels, golden tips and ribbing with fishnets on leg.[9] Leslie Hamel's designs included the Flamenco style dress for "La Isla Bonita" and Spanish inspired pants for Holiday and a gold lamé jacket and pants for the "White Heat" sequence. The True Blue performance dress and the male dancers outfits.For the medley sequence, Madonna used a dress that was visually amusing and, according to Madonna, was for "anyone that takes me too seriously, or imagined and I take myself too seriously."[9] Inspired by Dame Edna Everage, the Leslie Hamel designed dress consisted of a hat strewn with fake fruits, flowers and feathers, jeweled batwing spectacles with heavy, black frames, a ruffled skirt and a bodice covered with objects such as watches and dolls and fishnets. The knickers were inscribed with the word "Kiss". Continuing her tradition of message clothes, she spelt out the phrase "You Can Dance" on her Leslie Hamel jacket, using the letter U, a can of soup and the word "dance" at the back.
Calling the show a "theatrical multimedia spectacular", Madonna wanted a huge stage with a central platform from which a flight of stairs descended.[10] The central platform was flanked by two lower platforms, which housed the band and the musicians. A large video screen was suspended above the stairs, which descended during the show.[10] Two projectors were situated at the front of the stage, which projected images of The Pope and President Ronald Reagan during the show.[11] Patrick Leonard, who had produced True Blue, joined as the musical director for the shows.[8] Instead of following every note on the records, Leonard encouraged the musicians to come up with new ideas for the songs. Hence a number of the old songs were rearranged, including introducing a medley of "Dress You Up", "Material Girl" and "Like a Virgin"—which contained a sample from the Four Tops song "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)".[8] American choreographer Shabba Doo was signed to choreograph the show.[12] 13-year-old Christopher Finch was signed to play the part of the small boy from the "Open Your Heart" video, since Felix Howard, who played the original part, did not get a working license, and hence could not join the tour.[13][14] Madonna wanted three backup singers, a team of male dancers and a succession of costume changes.[9] She took inputs from her then husband, actor Sean Penn saying, "I really respect Sean's opinion. He has great taste and is a very brilliant man. When I was putting my tour together, it was always in the back of my mind: 'I wonder what Sean will think of this?' He's extremely opinionated and has really high standards, and that sometimes pushed me into making decisions I wouldn't have otherwise made."[3] Madonna explained that the title of the tour came from her playing many characters, commenting:
"That's why I call the tour 'Who's That Girl?'; because I play a lot of characters, and every time I do a video or a song, people go, 'Oh, that's what she's like.' And I'm not like any of them. I'm all of them. I'm none of them. You know what I mean.?"[15]
Concert synopsis
The show started with a performance by Level 42. As their performance ended, the lights started blinking all around the stadium and Finch appears on stage, looking for Madonna.[16] He is followed by two other dancers, who jump around the stage and disappear. Then Madonna's silhouette is visible behind a screen which has paintings by Tamara de Lempicka on it.[16] She performs dance moves behind the screen, which starts going up slowly. She wore a custom-made black pointy corset by Trashy Lingerie[17] and fishnets like the costume in the music video of "Open Your Heart".[16] After dancing on the stairs, using a chair as a prop, Madonna descends and starts singing the song. Later Finch joins her again and they dance together till the song ends.[16] This was followed by the performance of "Lucky Star" during which a disco ball spun above the stage; as Madonna and her dancers moved around it, the light from the ball flickered on them like a star.[18] For "True Blue", Madonna came up on the stage wearing a blue, silk taffeta dress over her corset and a blue scarf hidden in her bosom.[19] The stage had a similar blue setting like the original music video. Madonna is backed up by her singers who play her girlfriends. At the end of the song Madonna is asked to dance again by the dancer playing her man in the performance.[20] During "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna wore a black leather jacket over her dress and walked around the stage while singing.[9] The screen in the background showed portraits of Pope John Paul II and then-President of the U.S. Ronald Reagan,[21] along with scenes of John Perry III's short film, The Nightmare,[22] ending with the words "Safe Sex", as Madonna finished the song.[23] She dedicated the song to the Pope, marking her first conflict with the Vatican, as Pope John Paul II urged Italian fans to boycott her concerts.[24][25]
During "White Heat"—which featured dialogues from the 1949 James Cagney film of the same name—a video screen displayed a scene from the film, with Cagney saying the dialogue: "A copper ... a copper fellas".[26] The video screen moves up and Madonna appears, wearing a lamé jacket and holding a plastic gun in her right hand. A large cut out of Cagney appears in the middle and Madonna finishes singing the song, while pointing the revolver towards her dancers and pretending to fire at them, as sounds of gunshots are heard.[26] She followed it with "Causing a Commotion" which ended with Madonna pointing to her dancers and musicians across stage and uttering the line "He/She's got the moves baby" numerous times.[26] For "The Look of Love" the spotlight was focused on her. The introductory music of the song started and Madonna roamed around the stage, pretending that she was lost. She wanted to portray her Who's That Girl film character Nikki, when she was lost in a similar sequence in the film. After she finished singing the song, Madonna pretended to walk forward by pushing through the air, as the conveyor belt took her backwards, ultimately taking her away from the stage.[27] Then a red phone booth appears on the stage, in which Madonna's silhouette appears to be changing costume. She emerges from the booth wearing the Edna Everage inspired costume and starts singing "Dress You Up".[9] Then she sang "Material Girl", while stretching her legs on stage and showing her underwear and followed by "Like a Virgin", during which she took off her outfit piece by piece, until she was standing in the same outfit from the beginning of the show, and ended the performance while flirting with a young male dancer who played her bridegroom.[8][28]
A backdrop then started showing the newspaper reports on Madonna's 1985 Playboy nude picture release. The backdrop moves up as Madonna appears, wearing a loose-fitted black pant and top, with bejeweled glasses, for singing "Where's the Party".[29] For "Into the Groove" Finch joins her on stage to dance alongside. Madonna then wore a pink bolero jacket which had the can of soup and the words "U" and "DANCE" flanking it. At the end she is joined by her backup singers and dancers. Together they take a bow to the audience and finish the performance.[30] Next Madonna sang "La Isla Bonita" as a part of the encore, wearing the same red flamenco dress she had worn in the video.[9] For "Who's That Girl", Madonna—flanked by Finch and a male dancer—strutted around the stage, asking the audience to join her on the chorus.[10] Lastly, Madonna performed an energetic version of "Holiday", signaling the celebratory and wholesome nature of the song's theme. The song featured a new arrangement, with a guitar solo in the intermediate portion added by Leonard. She sang the final chorus twice, then asked the audience for a comb so that she could fix her hair and finished the performance, after taking a bow with her dancers to the audience.[31]
Critical reception
The tour received rave reviews.[32][33] Biographer Taraborrelli commented, "Madonna had more confidence in her stage presence, her music was showing a deeper maturity, her voice was fuller, and the show was expertly choreographed with complex numbers.[5] J. D. Considine from The Baltimore Sun commented, "I've seen the Springsteen stadium tour, I've seen Dylan and the [Grateful] Dead, and I was at Live Aid. Out of all those shows, Madonna's is the only one I want to see again. You need a larger-than-life show if you want to come off in a stadium, and Madonna does. She's not that large physically, but she holds your attention."[8] Ann Ayers, assistant entertainment editor of USA Today felt that the show was high on glitz and low on emotional quotient. "Madonna's going for a certain kind of show: a Broadway, show-biz, song-and-dance spectacle. In that context it's hard to make a connection with the audience, and I'd have to say that she didn't."[34] Peter Goddard from Toronto Star reviewed the concert in CNE Stadium and said, "Madonna proved that she may be a lost girl in the roads of life, like her film, but she ain't lost when she is singing. Especially during songs like 'Papa Don't Preach', her vocal prowess was substantially notable."[35] Scott A Zamost and Elizabeth Snead, writing for Chicago Tribune, felt that "For the most part, the premiere concert on Madonna's Who's That Girl tour was a success, an extravaganza of multiple videos, flashing lights and precision dancing. If the high-tech accoutrements and inferior sound system made it difficult to hear the singer, one hopes that will be refined as the tour continues across the United States. [...] As a dancer, Madonna is supreme on stage. Her trademark skip to a funky beat highlighted the constant acrobatics. One minute she was stage left, another minute stage right. She ran up a wide staircase center stage to party with her three back-up singers, then scooted down to the stage floor, swinging her hips, accompanied by other dancers."[36]
Deborah Wilker from The Day commented that "Madonna's got an almost rabid energy about her, which she maintains for the duration of 90 minutes. In fact she rarely leaves the stage—preferring to change costumes in a phone booth instead. Boy can she change. One minute she's a 50's teenager in a party dress, next she's playing a speak-easy chanteuse. It's almost difficult to believe that a career as young as Madonna's could contain so much popular material that on stage the star can barely get to half of it."[37] Don McCLeese from Chicago Sun-Times reviewed the performance at Soldier Field stadium said that "'Shine' seems like a dim possibility for her Soldier Field performance this month, because Madonna invariably takes the stage after dusk has turned to dark and brings back the sun again for the two hours that she played."[38] In another review, McCleese commented: "[Madonna] proceeded to show Soldier Field a few moves that would gain Walter Payton some yardage, while putting a whole new twist on the term 'backfield in motion'. The girl really knows how to cause a commotion."[39] Richard Harrington from The Washington Post felt that the tour "would have played better to a full house at the Capital Centre or Merriweather Post Pavilion. But to her credit, Madonna performed last night as if the house was full, and the show is splendid pop theater. Madonna has described it as 'Broadway in a stadium', and with her nonstop dancing, costume changes, mini-dramas and dynamic pacing, it is sort of a 'Liza With an M.'"[19]
Jon Pareles from The New York Times reviewed the concert at Madison Square Garden in New York and felt that "For all its effort and professionalism, the concert wasn't exactly moving; Madonna had to ask the audience to get up and dance twice. But as shallow, kitschy, pop entertainment—no big messages, no revelations, familiar sounds and images, plenty of catchy tunes—the show was easy to enjoy. [...] The tunes stick to her limited vocal range and usually use short phrases—the better to keep her from running out of breath as she dances across the stage. And her band knocked the songs out with solid precision, recreating the gleaming sound of her records.[40] On their rankings of Madonna's tours, VH1's Christopher Rosa and The Odyssey's Rocco Papa both placed Who's That Girl in the fourth position; according to the former, it includes "some of M’s most effervescent performing" and a "setlist that rivals any Madonna tour to date", while the latter deemed it "much more simple compared to what we're used to seeing from Madonna" and pointed out "a certain spark and joy captured during this show which has never been duplicated" and how the singer "proved her ability to command an audience".[41][42] From The Advocate, Gina Vivinetto placed it on the eight position of her ranking.[43] It came in at eleven on Billboard's 2024 ranking; Sal Cinquemani, wrote: "[Who's That Girl] hinted at what was to come on future tours in terms of spectacle and ambition. Though it was only her second tour, [it] would become the last of Madonna's shows to resemble a conventional pop-rock concert".[44]
Commercial response
After the tour was announced, the first two shows at Wembley Stadium in London sold-out at a then record-breaking time of 18 hours and 9 minutes for 144,000 tickets.[5] However around 10,000 concert tickets were still left unsold for her Leeds concert. Madonna's concert in Paris in front of 130,000 fans remains to this date, her biggest concert audience ever and largest crowd of any concert in French history.[45][46] A concert was also planned in Basel, Switzerland for August 31, 1987, but negotiations between Madonna's management and local organizers failed due to the high fee of one million ($2.68 million in 2023 dollars[1]) that Madonna's camp demanded.[30] As a result, Nice, France was booked in the itinerary. But when a local mayor threatened to cancel the concert, citing crowd problems, Jacques Chirac, then Mayor of Paris, stepped in to overrule him.[30] Her first-ever Italian concert in Turin, was presented by the Italian state broadcaster RaiUno and broadcast around the world. Just in Italy, the show was watched by around 14 million households. The show at Turin was watched by 65,000 fans and was a record there.[30]
In Japan, a thousand troops had to restrain a crowd of 25,000 fans seeking to greet Madonna at the airport.[30] When severe storms forced the cancellation of her first shows, despondent fans nearly rioted, and Madonna was confronted with out-of-control teenagers soaking themselves in the rain outside the stadium.[30] Promoters had no choice but to refund U.S. $7 million to ticket-buyers.[30] Madonna's Madison Square Garden show in New York City was an AIDS benefit with all the proceeds from the show going to American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR).[40] She dedicated her performance of "Live to Tell" to her late friend Martin Burgoyne, the designer of her 1983 "Burning Up" single cover sleeve.[40] Upon completion, the tour was the second top female concert tour of 1987, behind Tina Turner's Break Every Rule Tour, earning in total of US$25 million[a] according to Pollstar and playing in front of 1.5 million audience all over the world.[5][47]
Broadcasts and recordings
The concert at Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo was broadcast on June 22, 1987, in Japan only. It was later released on VHS and LaserDisc as Who's That Girl: Live In Japan.[48] It was the first television broadcast using Dolby Surround Sound and was promoted by Mitsubishi, as Madonna had previously starred in television commercials for their video recorders.[48] On September 4, 1987, Madonna's concert special, Madonna in Concerto, filmed at the Comunale Stadium in Turin, Italy was broadcast live on TV in Italy (RAI), France (TF1), Germany (SAT1), Austria (ORF) and Spain (TVE). Other countries including Australia and The Netherlands broadcast this show in 1987.[49] The concert was released commercially in 1988 as Ciao Italia: Live from Italy and was later available on LaserDisc and DVD.[50]
The video contains the full Who's That Girl show, produced using footage from three different shows: Tokyo on June 22, 1987, Turin on September 4, 1987, and Florence on September 6, 1987.[51] Heather Phares from Allmusic said: "A much simpler, less choreographed performance than her later extravaganzas like The Girlie Show World Tour, Ciao Italia is still entertaining in its own right, and will definitely please fans nostalgic for some old-school Madonna hits."[52] Mark Knopher from the Los Angeles Daily News commented that "Ciao Italia shows the glitz and the glamor that made this tour so remarkable."[53] It charted at the top of the Billboard music DVD chart on for six weeks and ranked at two on the "1988 Year-end Top Ranked Tapes".[54][55] Ciao Italia also charted at number three on the Finnish DVD chart in 2009.[56]
Legacy
According to Taraborrelli, "Many female artists behave like a diva for a period when they reach superstar status, and the 'Who's That Girl?' tour marked the beginning of Madonna's."[2] For instance, she would not allow crew members to talk directly to her; they had to talk to her representatives, lest they distract her from the business at hand. She also forbade her dancers from speaking to her and her musicians were not permitted to even look at her unless they were onstage with her.[2] Moreover, when coming on and off the stage, Madonna demanded that road managers hold sheets around her in order to shield her from the eyes of "those who couldn't help but stare".[2] DeMann commented: "She has a way of demanding that compels you to give her your undivided attention", to which Taraborrelli felt that such behavior actually was an indication of how successful and strong Madonna was. "You don't behave like a bitch until you are that successful. The tour sure helped cement her star status", he commented.[2]
There had never before been a more imaginative or forceful showcase for the feminine sensibility in pop. Madonna is simply the first female entertainer who has ever starred in a show of this scope
—Mikal Gilmore on the tour.[57]
The tour was also notable for giving rise to the term "new Madonna", a stronger and more intelligent sexual image of her former self which had given rise to the term Madonna wannabe.[8] Considine felt that "the important thing Madonna did on the tour was to demonstrate how female sexuality can be a source of strength. Traditionally in pop culture, there are two roles that a woman can play—the good girl and the bad girl, and the bad girl is never taken seriously. But Madonna shows up the trappings of a bad girl, and demanded to be taken up seriously because she just doesn't roll over. I got more sense of the strength and power that was under her image all along."[8] Another important fact noted in the tour by scholars is the extensive use of multimedia technique to its maximum potential. Says Mark Bego, author of Madonna: Blonde Ambition, that "Madonna transformed the concept of a concert tour being focused on the songs. She turned her Who's That Girl? tour into a ubiquitous multimedia blitz technique by including songs, dancing, choreography, videos, big screens, backdrops—not to mention the subtle preaching and messages—that made singing a secondary quality for concert goers. Evident from the people that thronged to see the tour, they were there for the spectacle—and not see Madonna standing in front of the microphone and singing.[58]
Publications also noted the fanaticism Madonna suscited in various of the countries she visited, especially Japan and the United Kingdom which prompted South China Morning Post to say it "demonstrates the unique position that she commands in the world of pop music". The merchandise also "enjoyed rocketing sales".[59] While in Italy, Madonna met some of her relatives from Pacentro, the village in which her grandfather and grandmother, Gaetano and Michelina Ciccone had been married.[30] However, it was not the glorious home coming that she had expected; some of her relatives made it very clear that they were scandalized by her appearance and behavior.[30] One good thing came from the visit, there were talks of making her an honorary citizen of the town. Ultimately, a statue of Madonna, wearing conical bra was erected in her name, at the center of the town.[30]
Set list
Set list and samples per Madonna's official website and the notes and track listing of Ciao Italia: Live from Italy.[60][51]
- "Open Your Heart"
- "Lucky Star"
- "True Blue"
- "Papa Don't Preach"
- "White Heat"
- "Causing a Commotion"
- "The Look of Love"
- Medley: "Dress You Up" / "Material Girl" / "Like a Virgin" (Contains an excerpt from "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)")
- "Where's the Party"
- "Live to Tell"
- "Into the Groove"
- "La Isla Bonita"
- "Who's That Girl"
- "Holiday"
Tour dates
Date (1987) | City | Country | Venue | Opening act | Attendance | Revenue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 14 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka Stadium | Level 42 | 89,996 / 89,996 | $888,773 |
June 15 | ||||||
June 21 | Tokyo | Korakuen Stadium | 65,000 / 65,000 | $780,123 | ||
June 22 |
Date (1987) | City | Country | Venue | Opening act | Attendance | Revenue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 27 | Miami | United States | Miami Orange Bowl | Level 42 | 55,600 / 56,000 | $1,005,260 |
June 29 | Atlanta | Omni Coliseum | 12,526 / 12,526 | $250,520 | ||
July 2 | Washington, D.C. | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium | 32,378 / 38,594 | $602,780 | ||
July 4 | Toronto | Canada | CNE Stadium | 45,184 / 50,000 | $829,184 | |
July 6 | Montreal | Montreal Forum | 32,985 / 32,985 | $430,735 | ||
July 7 | ||||||
July 9 | Foxborough | United States | Sullivan Stadium | 48,384 / 48,384 | $1,068,975 | |
July 11 | Philadelphia | Veterans Stadium | 46,182 / 51,500 | $969,815 | ||
July 13 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 16,993 / 16,993 | $688,225 | ||
July 15 | Seattle | Kingdome | — | — | ||
July 18 | Anaheim | Anaheim Stadium | 62,986 / 62,986 | $1,417,185 | ||
July 20 | Mountain View | Shoreline Amphitheatre | — | — | ||
July 21 | ||||||
July 24 | Houston | Astrodome | 39,472 / 40,000 | $789,440 | ||
July 26 | Irving | Texas Stadium | 40,601 / 41,000 | $812,020 | ||
July 29 | Saint Paul | St. Paul Civic Center | N/A | N/A | ||
July 31 | Chicago | Soldier Field | 47,407 / 47,407 | $1,066,658 | ||
August 2 | East Troy | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | 21,988 / 21,988 | $455,605 | ||
August 4 | Richfield | Richfield Coliseum | 34,228 / 34,228 | $497,250 | ||
August 5 | ||||||
August 7 | Pontiac | Pontiac Silverdome | 41,017 / 44,556 | $881,866 | ||
August 9 | East Rutherford | Giants Stadium | 51,000 / 51,000 | $1,832,780 |
Date (1987) | City | Country | Venue | Opening act | Attendance | Revenue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
August 15 | Leeds | England | Roundhay Park | Level 42 | 73,000 / 80,000 | $490,210 |
August 18 | London | Wembley Stadium | 216,000 / 216,000 | $4,984,956 | ||
August 19 | ||||||
August 20 | ||||||
August 22 | Frankfurt | West Germany | Waldstadion | 51,981 / 51,981 | $2,177,515 | |
August 25 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Feijenoord Stadion | — | — | |
August 26 | ||||||
August 29 | Paris | France | Parc de Sceaux | 131,100 / 131,100 | $1,989,234 | |
August 31 | Nice | Stade Charles-Ehrmann | — | — | ||
September 4 | Turin | Italy | Stadio Comunale | 63,127 / 63,127 | $1,294,050 | |
September 6 | Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi | — | — | ||
Total | 1,317,663 / 1,346,595 | $26,795,382 |
Cancelled dates
Date (1987) | City | Country | Venue | Reason | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 20 | Tokyo | Japan | Korakuen Stadium | Heavy Rain | [64] |
Personnel
Adapted from the Who's That Girl World Tour 1987 program.[65]
Band
- Madonna – creator, vocals
- Niki Haris - vocals
- Donna De Lory - vocals
- Debra Parson - vocals
- Patrick Leonard – keyboards
- Jai Winding – keyboards
- Jonathan Moffett – drums
- David Williams – guitar
- James Harrah – guitar, bass guitar
- Kerry Hatch – synth bass
- Luis Conte – percussion
Dancers and choreographers
- Shabba Doo – choreographer, dancer
- Angel Ferreira – dancer
- Chris Finch – dancer
Wardrobe and crew
- Marlene Stewart – designer
- Eric Barnett – tour manager
- Patrick Leonard - musical director
- Jeffrey Hornaday – tour director, staging
- Liz Rosenberg - publicity
- Melissa Crow - assistant to Madonna
- Michelle Johnson - assistant to Jeffrey Hornaday
- Christopher Ciccone - wardrobe
- Rob Saduski – wardrobe
- Debi Mazar – make-up, stylist
- Julie Chertow - masseuse
- Robert Parr - trainer
- Peter Chaplin - cook
- Mario Ciccone - props, ambiance
- Peter Morse – lights, strobe direction
- John Perry III - producer and director of "Papa Don't Preach" video segment
- John Coulter - tour book design
See also
Notes
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