Tour memories

My favourite Madonna fansite MadonnaTribe is having a contest. Send in you favourite Madonna tour memories, to win a great Madonna On Stage book. This is what I wrote:

I've seen Madonna live 8 times now (and I hope to double that during the next tour), but there are two moments that really stand out. Incidentally, both of them happened in the Palais Omnisports in Paris, in 2004 and 2006.

The first of those two very memorable moments was during the September 2 show of the Re-Invention Tour. Me and my friends had camped out for 30 hours to be the first to enter the stadium. When we were admitted, we made a mad dash to the stage, and I ended up in the most perfect spot there was: front row, exactly center stage. When the houselights went down, and The Beast Within played, I was already crying because of the fact that in just a matter of minutes, my idol, the most important person in my life, would be dancing and singing right in front of me.

When Vogue began, I was screaming my lungs out, and all the tiredness from spending 30 hours in line was forgotten. But then, two songs later, the real treat came! During Frozen, Madonna was standing right in front of me, and during the entire song, she looked me right in the eyes. I can't even describe how it felt, I just stood there, literally Frozen (how appropriate) and in complete awe.

Fast forward two years later, again in the Palais Omnisports. Again I had camped out for about 30 hours, and again I had a perfect spot, right along the runway. I had seen the show a couple of nights earlier in Hannover, and I would be seeing it two times more in Amsterdam (all of them front row), but this one... my my... The show was just great as it is every night, but then Let It Will Be came along. You know how in the DVD at some point she bends over and shakes some hands with the crowd? Well, in Paris, I was that guy. Madonna leaned over and grabbed my hand. She was sweaty and sticky, but I didn't care, I was just extatic. I will never ever forget that little moment Madonna and I had together.

So there you have it, my 2 favourite tour memories. I'm convinced the Hard Candy tour will give me plenty of new fantastic memories!