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“I’M
GOING TO TURN THE WORLD INTO ONE BIG DANCE
FLOOR” |
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| Madonna
By Numbers by Liz Rosenberg |
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| Everything you ever
wanted to know or didn't want to know about
the Confessions Tour. Fabulous factoids- funny,
surprising, fascinating, useless to some,
enthralling to others details: |
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| 1 1⁄2 Tons
weight of Madonna's disco ball rocket ship
at start of show |
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| 2 weeks to use up
wand of YSL #5 mascara |
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| 2 Million dollars
worth of Swarovski crystals embellishes above
disco ball |
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| 5000 Square Feet
Size of Madonna's four stages (standard is
2600 square feet) |
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| 1000 Hours rehearsal
over 12 weeks |
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| 27 Number of Performers
including Madonna, Band, and 22 Dancers |
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| 253 Massages provided
to dancers |
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| 0 foundation used
on Madonna's skin |
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| 1 bottle of balancing
cleansing oil (Shu Uemura Green Tea) every
week |
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| 106 Crew members
in Madonna touring party |
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| 40 Foot turntable
in center of main stage |
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| 16 Miles per hour
when turntable revolves |
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| 1 "Discofied"Crucifix
rises nightly from stage floor with surprise
visitor attached |
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| 4 Feet away from
the audience is distance between Madonna and
fans on satellite stages |
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| 24 Semi Trucks used
to move equipment from city to city |
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| 2 Private Planes
to transport |
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| 18 Vans and Cars
to transport |
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| 280 Yards of Ace
bandages used for dancers and Madonna |
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| 543 and counting
heat wraps for dancers |
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| 200 Tons in weight
of entire show (equivalent to a battle ship)
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| 400,000 Watts of
power used for run of show nightly |
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| 8 Broken bones of
Madonna's displayed on video screens during
"Like a Virgin" via x-rays and MRI's
(she's all better now) |
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| 7 Costume changes
for Madonna |
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| 30 Outfits were
designed by Jean Paul Gaultier for Madonna
and dancers |
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| 8 Pairs of shoes
and boots used by Madonna each night (mostly
Yves St. Laurent) |
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| 1 Piece of jewelry
(only) worn by Madonna (diamond and amethyst
necklace designed by Chopard) |
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| 600 Outfits in total
for the entire show |
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| 25 Rack required
to move wardrob |
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| 1 Crown of thorns
-50 thorns - from Cotters Church Supply in
LA |
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| 1 Bottle of vodka
backstage to use for perspiration stains |
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| 4 People change
Madonna's costumes during the show |
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| 1 Pair of Capezio
professional fish net stockings used each
night |
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| 10 Pounds is weight
of Michael Schmidt designed belt Madonna wears
during a segment in show |
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| 4000 Swarovski crystals
imbedded in said belt |
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| 34 Clips used to
set Madonna's hair |
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| 2 Smoothie brand
hair elastics used during show (one blonde,
one white) |
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| 4 Large hairpins
used to secure chignon in opening sequence |
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| 3 Hairstyles revealed
during the show (chignon, crown of thorns
with baby Jesus curls and weeny/disco roll
coiff) |
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| 2 Products used
for hair (Kerestase oleo relax and Evian water
mister to prevent electricity) |
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| 2 Changes of eyelashes
(one mink, one mink with diamonds for disco
section) |
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