Excellent….

Not fair. That’s like comparing a race horse with your greeting-on-in-years housecat. The Ig’s in better shape than 90% of men and women of any age. The man’s a hero.

She should have called it a day 15 years ago…was brillant in the 80′s and early 90′s. Just tired and worn at this stage..

Exactly. It’s not as if we’re forced to buy their records or concert tickets. I’m not a Madonna fan by any stretch and I think she’s a stone cold person but I envy her energy and fitness and commitment. If you like her music go and enjoy it.

Money!

Down with that sort of thing!

Odd observation: what does gender have to do with whether or not you like somebody’s music?

@Chris, not really, i’m an 80′s kid and i’ve never met a man who likes Madonna, but i’ve met a lot of women who do, simples

hear hear!

I was there and the stadium wasn’t half empty and the show was far from joyless despite the incessant rain.

The pitch was half empty and you could move freely in the stands. The gig was far from a sell out and all the reviews in the papers were awful. Time to pack it in for madge or else perhaps start playing live and with real passion. Cold as ice this woman is.

4 times ! Good to see Irish people investing wisely in their future

Cop yourself on, Peter. So going to see your favourite artists more than once is somehow to be frowned upon? What about the ways in which it supports stadium employees etc.? Boy George once said that Madonna (whome he regards as humourless) could benefit from an hour in a bouncy castle. Maybe she should let you have a go when she’s finished.

You mean lip synced. Which she did. So it’s not really singing is it?

You’re in the minority there, everyone else has said she was awful!

Well it does seem that gay men will like the worst music out there

That is so offensive! It’s nothing about being gay or straight…it’s creativity. Everyone is entitled to their own taste and likes.

True though, gay men hardly have the greatest musical taste!!

Have to wonder if Peter and Niall are the same person or simply sharing the same lame brain cell.

No because we dont have the money to pay plastic surgeons to do it!

thats not the point. if rihanna was standing there with her bare arse out we’d think the same thing. its just gross and stupid.

Speak for yourself Keith!

fair enough :P

She’s not famous for music? Vogue, Like A Prayer, La Isla Bonita, Ray of Light, Sorry, Hung Up, Like A Virgin, Frozen – to name but a few. Show me one contemporary pop star that doesn’t have guest stars and producers. None of them, they all do these days. In her early days she didn’t have any stars or “in” producers. Madonna is one of the greatest pop stars of all time. To attempt to compare her to Kate Bush, Zeppelin, the Beatles is akin to comparing coffee and tea – two hot drinks but completely different. Madonna’s pop, the artists you mention are not. Still the fact you mention her amongst those greats says it all.

Pop music.. Says it all really.. Manufactured bubble gum.. Like Bill Hicks said – musicians should play from their heart.. Maybe even write their own music?
Like a Virgin? Controversy
Hung Up? Thank you Abba
Frozen? Trying to be Björk and using Chris Cunningham for his fame via Aphex Twin.
She asked Aphex Twin for remixes of Ray of Light you know.. He told her he’d do it if she barked like a dog for 30 mins.. If she wanted to ride on his coat tails she would need to pay the price. Hence no Aphex twin remixes..

Yeah, pop music. If you had an in-depth knowledge of her back catalogue you’d also know that describing her as bubble gum pop is so far off the mark. Some of it is yes, but mostly not. Madonna’s controversial yeah we all know that. She pushes boundaries; well. I guess you don’t watch Hollywood films since they’re also manufactured. Ray of Light was one of her biggest hits (and one of her best albums commercially and critically) with no help required from Aphex Twin thank you very much.

Well you don’t have to wonder much, she is the most successful female recording artist ever, and that’s according to the Guinness Book of Records, and she will have the most successful tour of 2012, but your comments are ageist and misogynist, and if you’re not interested in her why make the effort to comment, troll.

Rubbish! I’d say she’s ten times fitter than most of the people on here saying she’s past it? I’m not a big fan to be honest and I think the music she’s released the past few years has seen her try too hard to stay relevant in a club dance scene but why should she retire because of her age and not all the male musicians like Bruce, Leonard Cohen, Rolling Stones, Jimmy Cliff, Stone Roses etc.?

Probably would have been a better show if she sang out her arse

I never said I wasn’t interested in her. Good or bad, celebrity brings with it attention whether that be positive or negative. Fair enough she can be classified as the most successful female artist of all time with over 300 million albums sold worldwide, but think about it. The woman has been at it for years!! These sales have accumulated over the years. Props to her for her success but just like other major artists out there, they can’t keep up with the young talent when it comes to live concerts. I have heard nothing but negative reviews from her current tour. Her success will never leave her but what I am getting at here is “why continue with live tours if you can’t entertain as well as you used to, or you have to substitute your voice with controversial events ie.mooning, nipple slippin etc.

She was using guns because it’s part of her song Gang Bang. If you knew the lyrics you’d know why. Her tour began in Israel weeks before the Colorado shootings. What should she do, change the whole thing mid-way which took months of preparation? If she was playing Colorado then maybe there would be an argument. Instead of people saying she should change her show, how about suggesting the American government and gun lobbies change their policies! Yes, she is past her best, but then so is Springsteen. They were at their peaks long ago. If you actually attended any Madonna concerts, like the one last night, you’d see how she works the crowds. One doesn’t be labelled Queen of Pop if they’re muck on stage. She also wouldn’t be able to command an eighty odd shows on her current world tour. Some people just love to slate Madonna without any idea of what they’re talking about.

How is Springsteen past his best? Just delivered his 8th no 1 album in the last ten years and every review in every paper last week said he is still the best live act in the world and mops the floor with the competition.

Madonna just delivered her twelfth number 1 world-wide. The only artist in the UK to do so surpassing Elvis’s eleven.

I said 8th in the last TEN years, not since the start of his career. You can’t compare the two anyway. One writes amazing lyrics, sells out all gigs, plays with stunning heart and passion for 3 1/2 hours, cares about the fans and us genuinely a nice person. The other is madonna.

I was at both and Springsteen’s a much better performer. Madonna’s production was brilliant, stage and everything-unbelievable but if the Boss is past his best how could he keep a crowd going for over 3 hours. By the time Madonna came on stage last night, Bruce had already played two hours!!! I enjoyed both, but for different reasons.

Debbie, her comment was asking us to pray for the rain to stop. She said we were all catholics and people didn’t cheer and then she said we are all spiritual people and I heard a big cheer. She asked us all to pray for the rain to stop- it was supposed to be humorous.
We all laughed anyway

Yeah I agree with Derrick, I was working at it and heard the sound check when she allowed fans in. She was defo jokin with her fans more than complaining. Jaysus people just love to complain, don’t they?!!

The Matt Cooper who is one of the best, natural broadcasters on any subject in this country? Hope ye enjoyed the lip syncing to pre recorded tracks.

Agreed, we very much enjoyed it, but then again we are the kind of fans who like the new songs as well as old and are not infected with man-boyband mummy-pop-itis which prevents you from listening to anything artists recorded more than 10 years ago. Part of the problem of endless tours of decaying elder pop stars playing albums of 20+ years ago is that many fans are now conditioned to expect only nostalgia.

My only criticism is that the Aviva is too large a venue for very visual shows as half the stadium are just too far away.

Yep if I look like her at 53 I’d flaunt it too !

What’s hidden under your TASH shaymoose?

It’s 1 hour 45 mins and has about 18-20 songs!

The Boss is only getting started at 1 hour 45 mins!