Madonna's Petco Park concert exults in her music and the election of a new Pr...

Madonna's Petco Park concert exults in her music and the election of a new President

Wed, Nov 5

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This is the beginning of a whole new world!" an ecstatic Madonna declared last night, shortly before the conclusion of her nearly two-hour-long concert at Petco Park.

In previous decades, such a declaration may very well have been
self-referential, as befits a pop superstar who long ago announced her
desire to "rule the world." But not yesterday, when the source of
Madonna's elation was the formidable victory of Barack Obama, who convincingly beat out John McCain in their election battle to become the next President of the United States.

Are you as happy as I am?" she asked the crowd of 39,000, whose
loud cheers indicated their answer was affirmative. "Let's hear it for
Obama! It's the best day of my life."

A clearly delighted Madonna saluted Obama several more times during
her 24-song concert, and the audience repeatedly roared its approval.
It was a rare instance when Madonna was happy to share the limelight.

She is an inspiration," said fellow Obama supporter Amy McCoy, who
paid $165 (plus service charges) for her field level ticket, then snuck
up to a more expensive seat close to the stage and proceeded to dance
the night away.

Madonna, who is 50 but looks as buff as a 20-year-old, opened her
concert with two infectious selections from her newest album, "Hard
Candy." Those songs, "Candy Shop" and "Beat Goes On," were among the nine she featured from "Hard Candy." (For those keeping count, that's 6 more songs than the Rolling Stones played from their then-new album during the legendary English rock band's Petco Park concert three years ago this month.)

Madonna's nearly two-hour concert last night also featured lively versions of "Human Nature," "Heartbeat,"

Vogue" and

Get Into the Groove," which she first performed in a stadium at 1985's Live Aid concert in Philadelphia.

She took to the stage Tuesday following a 30-minute opening set by English electronica DJ Paul Oakenfold
who appeared while all of the stadium's lights were on and many fans
were still arriving). She was accompanied on stage by up to a dozen
musicians and an equal number of dancers, although the musicians often
played second fiddle to the impeccably choreographed dancers andthe
concert's eye-popping production.

Madonna did not make any reference to "Filth and Wisdom," her recently released directorial film debut, which stars Gogol Bordello singer Eugene Hutz.

However, she did take her critics to task when the film debuted in
New York last month, saying that her detractors had a "bug up their
rhymes with glass)" because they think she should focus on
music, not filmmaking. "There are certain kinds of resentment when
you) do one thing well -- not to toot my own horn or anything -- and
then you try to go do something else," she said. "And that's their
bleeping) problem."

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But Madonna did pay homage to her London performance at last year's
Live Earth concert, where she was joined by Hutz and Gogol violinist
Sergey Rjabtzev for a Gypsy-tinged version of "La Isla Bonita."
She gave the song a similar Eastern European tinge last night at Petco
Park, minus Hutz and Rjabtzev, whose roles were ably filled by Moscow's
Kolpakov Trio,
led by 7-string guitarist Sasha Alexander Kolpakov. With Madonna
watching from the lip of the stage with her dancers, Koplakov and his
band mates performed the song "Doli Doli."

Borderline" was one of several numbers that found Madonna starppng on an electric guitar. Other highlights included "4 Minutes" and "Ray of Light."

Madonna's emphasis on dancing and dashing to and fro across the
enormous stage meant that her singing was electronically enhanced, or
sometimes entirely pre-recorded. but that's nothing new for the
tireless pop icon, who has long relied on lip-syncing in varying
degrees at her concerts. Fortunately for her fans, her Petco show had
more than enough razzle-dazzle to compensate, not to mention the added
celebratory spirit brought on by Barack Obama's election victory.
Madonna's concert will also be reviewed in tomorrow's Weekend Currents
section of the Union-Tribune.)

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Madonna's Petco Park concert exults in her music and the election of a new President

Source: Madonnasworld.com

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