Madonna wanted to “feel more connected” to audience on ‘Celebration Tour’, says stage designer
nme.comMadonna‘s stage designer has said that she wanted “feel more connected” to the audience on her current ‘Celebration Tour’.The Queen of Pop recently kicked off her greatest hits tour at The O2 in London last month which saw her perform over 40 songs from her back catalogue including her most famous hits and a number of deep cuts.Speaking about the tour, Ric Lipson of architecture firm Stufish told Rolling Stone UK: “She knew that she wanted to base the show through the eyes of her being spiritually born in New York City.
From the early days of landing in Times Square and going down to the Lower East Side, CBGBs and the clubs, the places she hung out when she was young.
Her concept of the show then evolved into a geography that would lay out the whole city.“But she’s always wanting to do something different and asked how we could do an arena tour that didn’t feel like Madame X or previous arena tours.
But also one that felt correct for the way people are touring at the moment. Since 2015, social media has completely changed in the way that people are consuming things through their phones and taking shots of things.
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