|
''MDNA World Tour'' is the fourth live album by American singer and songwriter Madonna. It was released on September 6, 2013, by Live Nation Entertainment and Interscope Records as a full concert on all formats including a double-disc CD, DVD, and Blu-ray. Madonna had embarked on The MDNA Tour for promotion of her twelfth studio album ''MDNA''. The tour was a commercial success although it courted a number of controversies. The performances at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida during the North American leg of The MDNA Tour were documented for video release. The recording was directed by Danny B. Tull and Stephane Sennour who included footage from other shows of the tour. Madonna had spent six months editing the footage from the films and together with Tull and Seymour she developed the video for the songs she had performed as a mini-movie. Shot as a documentary, ''MDNA World Tour'' included the best shots available from different locations of the tour, while emphasizing Madonna's impact on the younger generation of artists. Prior to the release, a concert television special, ''Madonna: The MDNA Tour'', was broadcast in the United States by Epix on June 22, 2013. A premiere took place The Paris Theater, in New York City the same month. The release received mixed reviews from critics, with one group of reviewers commending the technicality and the visuals attached with the show, while others noting the absence of Madonna's hit songs from the set list. After the release, news outlets around the world wrote about bad manufacturing of the CD and DVD, with many buyers reportedly choosing to return their purchase. Within a week Interscope released a statement, redacting the Blu-ray discs in the United States. ''MDNA World Tour'' was a moderate success commercially. It reached the top of the album charts in Hungary, and top-ten in France, Israel, Italy, Russia, and Spain, though failed to achieve high chart positions similar to the singer's previous live releases in the United States and United Kingdom. However, ''MDNA World Tour'' became a success on the DVD charts of most nations, earning a triple platinum certification in Brazil, platinum certifications in Canada and Portugal, and finally a gold certification in Poland. The release topped the US ''Billboard'' Top Music Videos chart with sales of 11,000 copies, becoming her sixth consecutive and tenth video to top the chart—the most for any artist. ==Background and tour== On March 23, 2012, Madonna released her twelfth studio album, entitled ''MDNA'', by Interscope Records. The singer worked with a variety of producers such as Alle Benassi, Benny Benassi, Demolition Crew, Free School, Michael Malih, Indiigo, William Orbit and Martin Solveig on the album. An electronic album, ''MDNA'' lyrically explores themes such as partying, love for music, infatuation, as well as heartbreak, revenge and separation.〔 The album received generally positive reviews from music critics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MDNA Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic )〕 Upon its release, it debuted at number one in many countries worldwide, including Australia, Canada, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. To promote the album, Madonna embarked on The MDNA Tour, which was her ninth concert tour. The tour visited America, Europe and the Middle East, while also marking the singer's first performances in the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Scotland and Colombia. Described by her as "the journey of a soul from darkness to light", The MDNA Tour was divided into four sections: ''Transgression'', where guns and violence was the main theme, ''Prophecy'', where a mix of joyful songs that bring people together are performed, ''Masculine/Feminine'', a combination of sensuality and fashion with a few of Madonna's classic songs performed in a French Cabaret-style, and ''Redemption'', which Madonna labelled as "a big party and celebration". The tour received positive reviews, but courted many controversial subjects such as violence, firearms, human rights, nudity and politics. Nevertheless, it was a commercial success and many venues were instantly sold out.〔 After completion, it was dubbed the highest-grossing tour of 2012 by ''Billboard''. Total gross was $305.2 million from 88 sold-out shows, becoming the tenth highest-grossing tour of all time and surpassing Celine Dion's Taking Chances World Tour as the second highest-grossing tour among female artists, behind Madonna's own Sticky & Sweet Tour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MDNA World Tour (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|