Don't Tell Me Promo Tour

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Don't Tell Me Promo Tour
Madonna performing at the Roseland Ballroom in New York
Tour by Madonna
Supporting album	Music
Start date	November 5, 2000
End date	November 29, 2000
Shows	1 in North America 1 in Europe
Madonna tour chronology
The Girlie Show (1993)	Don't Tell Me Promo Tour (2000)	Drowned World Tour (2001)

The Don't Tell Me Promo Tour was a group of several, brief concert-like performances by pop-star, Madonna promoting her most recent album, Music, and the imminent Drowned World Tour which took place a year later, in 2001.

[edit] Internet broadcast

Madonna's performance at London's Brixton Academy was shown via the internet to an estimated 9 million viewers across the world which became a world record. With an audience of 2,800, it was shown on the MSN website in conjunction with Madonna's official website madonna.com. Madonna, dressed in a sequined t-shirt bearing her children’s names Rocco and Lola, perform to a celebrity audience including Mick Jagger, Kylie Minogue, Sting and Melanie C. The show was available for viewing for two weeks.^[1]

Tracy Blacher, Marketing Manager at MSN said:^[2]

“This was the performance of a lifetime. It was historic for Madonna and for MSN and will be remembered as the most ambitious web event in history, which drew the biggest Internet audience ever. MSN.co.uk gave people the chance to see and hear Madonna’s fantastic return to the stage and witness the first ever online live performance for free, and they responded in record numbers. This was a huge success for MSN and Madonna - no-one has ever attempted anything on this scale before, we broke new ground.”

Throughout the event the MSN sites worldwide stayed online and were more than able to handle the tremendous amount of internet traffic. Some users may have experienced delays because of sheer weight of internet traffic, or pressure on their local ISPs. Other users may have experienced temporary delays as they queued to access the video and audio streams. But by the time Madonna went live they had been rerouted to different servers around the world where demand was less intense – such as Australia which was still asleep. This was done to ensure everyone had the best picture and audio quality for their connection speed.^[3]

Madonna’s Brixton concert was the latest in a line of concert webcasts from the MSN.co.uk site which has also included Paul McCartney’s return to the Cavern Club – previous record holder for the largest web cast and seen by 3 million people - Robbie Williams return to Manchester, and Mel C’s final show of her nationwide tour.^[4]

[edit] Set List

Five out of the six songs Madonna performed on the promo tour, were from Music. The only exception being Holiday from her debut album, Madonna which was only performed in London.

1. "Impressive Instant"
2. "Runaway Lover"
3. "Don't Tell Me"
4. "What It Feels Like for a Girl"
5. "Holiday" (only in London)
6. "Music"

[edit] Tour Dates

Madonna performed at only two locations for her Promo Tour, performing the same six songs each time.

[edit] Personnel

• Guitar: Mirwais Ahmadzaï
• Background Vocals: Donna DeLory
• Background Vocals: Niki Haris
• Costume and Set Design: Dolce & Gabbana

[edit] References

1. ^ Microsoft UK Press Centre - PR02486
2. ^ Microsoft UK Press Centre - PR02486
3. ^ Microsoft UK Press Centre - PR02486
4. ^ Microsoft UK Press Centre - PR02486