Confessions Tour
The Confessions Tour is the seventh concert tour of U.S. pop star Madonna. She was promoting her album Confessions On A Dance Floor. For a long time Madonna has again occurred in Asia.
Madonna's tour started on May 21, 2006 Iglewood, California. The tour was announced already in 2005. Overall, 1.2 million people attended the tour, which Madonna's entry in the Guinness Book of Records was secured. The tour itself brought about a 195 million U.S. dollars.
Staged Crucifixion
When piece Live to Tell Madonna hung on a giant cross. The Vatican criticized this in the person of Cardinal Tonini Ersilio as " blasphemous challenge to the faith" as well as " desecration of the cross" and called for the excommunication Madonna. The appearance at the Olympic stadium in Rome in front of 70,000 spectators sparked fierce protests in the run-up to the Catholic Church. The appearance in the LTU Arena Dusseldorf was observed by the prosecution in respect of a breach of the Criminal Code. Also, the appearance in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow before 50,000 spectators sparked protests of the Orthodox Church and the Russian mafia threats. In the background in the song a video about children in Africa ran. At the concert on 16 August 2006, Madonna 's birthday, the fans sang in London " Happy Birthday" to her.
Setlist
* Madonna plays the guitar.
Tour dates
DVD
The accompanying tour for the DVD " The Confessions Tour " was recorded in London in 2006.