Sunday 14 December - Maracana Stadium, Rio De Janeiro
From Leonardo:
The Sticky & Wet night. 70,000 fans at Maracana Stadium. Rained all night and there were a lot of changes on costumes and shoes. Madonna falls on stage during 'She´s Not Me', as you can see on avideo on youtube. The request of that night was 'Express Yourself'.
From Rodrigo:
The star heads for her first Brazilian gig in 15 years at 3:30 PM. She goes onstage for a final rehearsal, causing a half an hour delay for the gates opening to let people in since it had been set to open at 5 pm.
S&S Tour is kicked off in Brazil at 9:30 pm – an hour and a half late. The heavy rain has stopped Madonna from wearing pimp section original outfit. She hasn’t put her high-heeled black boots on due to the very slippery stage replacing those high-boots for a pair of rubber-soled hiking boots.
Everything else goes exactly like the rest of the world except for 'Human Nature' where an umbrella is used to shield M from the sheeting rain by the tip of the runway. She falls on her ass during her 'Material Girl' dancer bullying, stratches her left leg disguise it, gets up and goes on.
At 'You Must Love Me' she tells how happy she was to be back to Rio, mostly to Brazil after 15 years and promises not to be away for too long. The requested song was unbelievably 'Express Yourself'. To wrap up Rio’s first concert the pop star wears a Brazilian soccer team t-shirt she has received from the city governor Sérgio Cabral.
During 'Give It 2 Me' crowd sang along the rain finally stops and her head dancer Jason Young hands her Brazilian flag which she wears around her neck and toys with the audience acting a bullfighting scene wiggling the nation flag afterwards. She leaves the stage under a very long and warm standing ovation.
Monday 15 December - Maracana Stadium, Rio De Janeiro
From Leonardo:
No rain, no rain! 55,000 crazy fans at Maracana Stadium. Everything worked. Madonna talked a lot with the audience. The request of the night was 'Dress You Up'. She dedicated 'Miles Away' to the city of Rio de Janeiro. During 'Give It 2 Me' she wore a special t-shirt of the Brazilian soccer team with her name on the back! Fucking amazing.
From Rodrigo:
Same yesterday’s delay; the 8 o’clock show starts at 9:30 PM. No original outfit for the PIMP section again. The crowd warded off the rain this time. M tells the public they must have said their prayers not to rain. She also says how much she loves Rio.
'Like A Virgin' has been sung as the requested song this time. Once again the Brazilian soccer team t-shirt makes part of Madonna’s last outfit. The Brazilian flag is rolled around Ms. Ciccone’s neck again that Sunday at Rio’s final performance.
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