Madonna! Madonna!

You know you live in a small nation when everyone from a 3 years old toddler to a 70 years old grandnie knows a celebrity such as Madonna is coming to Tel Aviv. People have been talking about it for months. First of all, huge thanks to my awesome roommate who went through loops of fire to get me the completely sold out ticket to her concert 2 days before the show. And this gave me an excuse to visit Tel Aviv for the first time, making coming back to Beer Sheva a bit hard....

It has been 16 years since Madonna's last performance here. Although she did visit the holy wall occasionally in between, and she has a Hebrew name, "Esther".



Pre-gaming with Van Gogh blueberry vodka before going to the show. That's my Russian roommate for ya. We left the house around 6pm for the 9pm show, but there are people who even camp out there the night before to get a good spot.
53,000 attendance. (1st night); around 70,000 (2nd night).There I am, super excited.


Her opening song...


Old classics.


The music was amazing. She sings and dances live fantastically. Besides her usual "Frozen" "Time stood still" "Pray for Spanish Eyes", I found this song refreshing and melancholy.



One song was dedicated to Michael Jackson.
With the cool people, dancing to the beat!
Watching Madonna perform, I wished that I would have half of her sassiness when I reach my 50's. She seriously has the look, the energy of someone who is still in their 20's. Whether or not you are into her music is beside the question, she is the diva in this day and age.

She had two shows for this tour and maybe due to dehydration, she fainted on the second night on stage. I wasn't there, but actually, someone who went to the second show told me that he did NOT notice any disruption of the show at all. I was impressed with the way she danced non-stop for a good 3 hours the first night even after all my friends and I were totally exhausted.



Madonna's closing remarks. The crowd went absolutely bananas when she put an Israel flag on her shoulder and a guy in the front row was screaming, "I love you Madonna" =D Notice how people were screaming "Esther! Esther!"? I guess somehow I identify with the people now that I am living here, it's nice to know Israel is being liked by the world.

Of course, the night cannot be completed without eating a big juicy meaty hamburger at past midnight. It was such an American day all in all...