This is the ultimate Blond Ambition Collection: Two Concerts - Two Venues - Two DVDs Taped live in Yokohama, Japan and in the beautiful Nice, France.

From the minute the concert kicks in with the famous anthem Express Yourself, you will indulge yourself in an experience only the Queen of Pop can bring.

It includes tracks from the Like A Prayer album, Im Breathless: Music Inspired By The Film Dick Tracy album and some of Madonnas great classics like the acclaimed Holiday, Into The Groove, and Open Your Heart.

This Special Edition 2 DVD Set has been remastered in Dolby Digital sound to meet the most demanding audience and give you the feeling you are really watching it live The only thing you will have to do is to decide which version youre in the mood of watching: The Japan with a Pony Tail - or the France with the Curls.

Not endorsed by Madonna, Warner Brothers, Maverick Entertainment, Live Nation or Universal Music.

When I made the cut, I knew it was a huge opportunity; he described the rehearsals as being like boot camp. 22 The rest of the dancers selected were Oliver Crumes, Kevin Stea, Gabriel Trupin and Salim Gauwloos. 21 Paterson stated that instead of just presenting songs, Madonna and I wanted to combine fashion, Broadway, rock and performance arts. 17 23.

It supported her fourth studio album Like a Prayer (1989), and the soundtrack album to the 1990 film Dick Tracy, Im Breathless.

Originally planned as the Like a Prayer World Tour, it was supposed to be sponsored by soft drink manufacturer Pepsi.

However, the company cancelled the contract following the controversy surrounding the music video of Like a Prayer.

The art direction was by Madonnas brother Christopher Ciccone, while the costumes were created by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.

The tour garnered positive reviews from contemporary critics and was a commercial success.

It received the Most Creative Stage Production award at the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards and grossed over US62.7 million (122.7 million in 2019 dollars).

Madonna was named the second most successful solo touring act at the time, behind Michael Jackson.

Pope John Paul II urged the general public and the Christian community not to attend the tour, calling it one of the most satanic shows in the history of humanity.

In Toronto, the police threatened to arrest Madonna over the performance of Like a Virgin, which featured her simulating masturbation.

A documentary film, Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991), was released chronicling the tour.

The Blond Ambition World Tour has been noted by critics and authors for its theatricality and fashion, which have left its mark on the work of subsequent pop acts.

In 2017, Rolling Stone magazine included the tour on a list of the greatest tours of the past 50 years.

Pepsi also benefited from having their product associated with Madonna.

Titled Make a Wish, the commercial had its premiere during the global telecast of the 31st Grammy Awards on February 12, 1989, with an estimated 250 million people around the world viewing it.

The following day, Madonna released the music video for Like a Prayer on MTV.

Featuring a church and Catholic images such as stigmata, Ku Klux Klan -style cross burning and the singer kissing a black saint.

Religious groups worldwide, including the Vatican, immediately protested against, what they saw as, blasphemous use of Christian imagery and called for a boycott of Pepsi and PepsiCos subsidiaries.

I know that Im not the best singer and I know that Im not the best dancer.

But, I can fucking push peoples buttons and be as provocative as I want.

This tours goal is to break useless taboos.

The tour promoted Madonnas fourth album Like a Prayer and the Dick Tracy soundtrack Im Breathless.

Randy Taraborrelli, Madonna had complete control over virtually every aspect of the tour.

The singers brother Christopher Ciccone was selected as the tours art director.

He wrote in his autobiography Life with My Sister Madonna that she called him and said, Im going on tour, and of course I want you to dress me, but you think you ought to design the stage and art-direct the show as well.

The tours troupe was made up of seven dancers, two backup singers and eight musicians.

Vincent Paterson, who had worked with the singer on the Pepsi commercial and the Express Yourself music video, was appointed co-director and choreographer.

An advertisement was put on Daily Variety magazine by choreographer Karole Armitage, it read: Open auditions for fierce male dancers who know the meaning of troop style, beat boy and vogue.

Wimps and Wanna-Bes need not apply.

Luis Camacho and Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza, who had previously worked with Madonna on the video for her single Vogue, were the first to be selected.

After sending a video tape to the singer, Madonna invited the pair to the Tracks nightclub for an informal audition.

After his audition, dancer Carlton Wilborn was also asked by Madonna to meet her at a nightclub.

He pointed out that she was looking for very confident people the best of the best so I was acutely aware of how I was presenting myself.

When I made the cut, I knew it was a huge opportunity; he described the rehearsals as being like boot camp.

The rest of the dancers selected were Oliver Crumes, Kevin Stea, Gabriel Trupin and Salim Gauwloos.

Paterson stated that instead of just presenting songs, Madonna and I wanted to combine fashion, Broadway, rock and performance arts.

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