As for the show itself, Madonna hasn’t revealed much, but she offers some insight about how she balances her setlist with greatest hits like “Vogue” and her new Rebel Heart material. “Of course, the thing Im most excited about doing is my new stuff, because I haven’t done it yet and it’s fresh,” she tells Cohen. “But I realize that people want to hear my older stuff, so for me it’s always a tricky balance trying to keep some kind of continuity, not only with sound, sonically, but also thematically … a lot of times I have to take the songs and turn them inside out and make them more ironic than straightforward.”
Cohen also inquires about whether Madonna’s 14-year-old son Rocco would appear on the tour. “I think he’s probably gonna work behind the scenes,” she says. “He’s not interested in performing on stage with me right now. There’s way cooler things. Your mom is not that cool when you’re 14.”
12. She pioneered having a song on an album that was essentially a remix of another song on the album, but it was so explicit it was removed for the edited version of the album.
I guess we can expect Ghosttown, Bitch I'm Madonna, Illuminati and Holy Water along with the past hits she mentioned in the interview. I suspect they'll all have amazing performances.
And that was a great interview. Although Andy was a bit cringey and annoying at times.
Never in my life have I looked forward to something as much as I'm looking forward to the Barclays show. Either that's cuTe or sad.
Cute, but everyone going to a Madonna show should be prepared: It will not start at the appointed time, it will start 40-1:30 after the time it's supposed to start, so be prepared....