Madonna Concert in Bucharest

Yeah...it was...something with Madonna in Bucharest...I wouldn't call it a concert, but more likely aerobics of the "diva" on the stage...
If you didn't figure it out by now, these comments are coming from a person that is not a Madonna fan, but likes some of her old songs and I was hoping I would see a show put together. I was so wrong...
Things were like this, starting with the good things that were few and going to the bad things that were many:
1) Good things:
- how she looks and how energetic and fitted she is for her old age that anybody can admire
- the tribute song for Michael Jackson. She brought on stage somebody dressed like MJ and they played the hit
Billi Jean while there were some photos of MJ on the screens



next 3 i saw on TV spots because at the concert i was one of the many people who didn't see much:
- show choreography
- costumes - Madonna's and the dancer's
- movement on the stage



2) Bad things:
- the whole organizing was extremly bad
- location was chose very poorly: Izvor park is too little for the 60,000 spectators who had tickets, some say
that this show would have been more appropriate for a 20-30,000 spectators - I belive so too
- huge amount of dust raise up immediatly after the people entered the park and we inhaled tones of dust -
because of that some people got sick and they were transported on the stretcher to a more breathable area
- drinks...oh well, people stayed in huge lines to counters to get a damn drink and nobody could bring anything
to eat or drink from outside the park
- the hours for entrance were set up too early - starting with 5 pm up to 8 pm while the concert started at
9:50 pm. I got there at 6:30 pm and still after 3 hrs and 20 mins I was so bored and my legs hurt that I just
wanted to go relax anywhere else, but...i still just suffered for less than an hour at this stupid concert,
because imagine I didn't stayed 2 hours for the concert duration and...I don't feel bad at all, in fact, I
should have left earlier, perhaps before it started ;-)
- the scene was way to small and at an extremly low hight, meaning you couldn't see it from most angles. People
in sector A and B standing up couldn't see the stage because most of them were too far away and they also
couldn't see the screens as they were like small LCD's. I understood this stage was brought from Sweeden
where she had only 40,000 spectators. While the people standing couldn't see the stage because they were too
far off or because of the trees or of the light projectors standing in the way. Also even the people who paid
200 euros on the ticket standing the the "Gold Bar" area complained they didn't see. Even the VIP tickes were
sitted sideways of the stage so I bet they didn't see much either..
- the sound was poor
- Most the the songs were playback and it's not only me who is thinking that. The voice sounded processed with
all kinds of sound effects that couldn't be sang live and when she finally tried something live: "La Isla
Bonita" or "Like a prayer" she didn't seem to have much voice, but oh well, apparently all people who are not
her fans know and don't expect voice from Madonna.
- She didn't do any bis at the end. True, the public didn't cheer much ;-), even sometimes some of the people
in public have booed her

here she says - "come on Romania, you can do better than that ;-))))))))))))))"


- She shouldn't have talked about discrimination of gypsies in Eastern Europe as long as she hasn't took her
money from gypsies and she doesn't know crap about this subject. She said: "it was brought to my
attention..", so -sorry for the bad language - but who the fuck cares what was brought to her attention? If
you don't live and really know stuff about a situation, just shut up and do what you are supposed to do for
the huge amount of money you are paid (she was paid aprox 4 million euros for the crap concert in
Bucharest)... If she was hired as a human ights ambassador I would have understood, but she would have been
broke if that was the case
- she did what she does lately, namely she kissed one of her dancers, a lady dancer dressed in bride.. this is
i guess one of her shoking tricks, but i wonder...isn't that a too old and practiced trick even for her?
Conclusion:
1) People should stick doing what they are paid for.
Personal opinions regarding anything else than what you are paid for should stay personal and discuss them with friends if you want and they want to hear, but otherwise leave personal opinions at home if you are just a singer paid to sing and concentrate on your voice or, if you don't have one, at least concentrate on you show - lights, sound effects etc

2) Even if you are a well know singer, be on time for the show, don't let the public wait 1 hour after you were supposed to start the concert and after another 4 hours they've been waiting since the concert gates opened.

2) It is I believe the singer's responsability to make sure organizers of her/his concert are doing a good job for the public - they are the ones paying the tickes, thus is not only her wants and needs for the stage and hotel (which i understand are huge, but i'm not debating that), but it should be her wants and needs for the public

3) Organizers should take responsability for the total disaster of the concert they mismanaged

4) Sponsors should not be confused with organizors, sponsors just pumped money into the concert so it happens and so they get promoted - so, from this prospective those thinking Vodafone - who was one of the major sponsors - had anything to do with organizing the concert, they should think again and not blame it for how it was organized, blame Emagic...

5) If you value a singer and you want to see a concert with him/her, just buy tickets for his/her concerts in Europe and perhaps that way is more likely that you'll be properly impressed, for the time being, Romania doesn't have the experience and the places to organize big concerts...