Madonna and Steven Klein's The Beast Within, is by far one of Madonna's best tour openings, if not the greatest tour opening of all-time. Merging an art exhibition with a rock stadium tour = brilliant. As my best friend Roy stated after the show, "It was like she was a star that had been dead for 100 years and she had come back to tell us something, there was a feeling of loss". I love that and couldn't have said it better myself. It was apocalyptic and insane and I believe that is why The ReInvention Tour has such a high ranking as fan favorite.
As seen on tour
...have tested those who call themselves Apostles But are not And found them to be false I know you are enduring patiently And bearing out For my namesake And you have not grown weary But I have this against you That you have abandoned The love you had
Tour Backdrop
For the time is near Let the evildoers still do evil And the filthy still be filthy And the righteous still do right And the holy still be holy Behold I am coming soon I am the alpha And the omega The first And the last The beginning And the end
Back in 2002, W magazine was predicting a Madonna 80's renaissance. I've had this magazine since 2002 and now that we're seeing it come into full fruition, I thought it was an appropriate time to post this. I thought it would be nice to include Into the Groove with it. It's all been wanna-be's ever since.