Tour Dates

May 24/26/27 2004 - Los Angeles, U.S.A. Forum
May 29/30 2004 - Las Vegas, U.S.A. MGM Grand Garden Arena
June 02/03 2004 - Anaheim, U.S.A. Arrowhead Pond Of Anaheim
June 06/08/09 2004 - San Jose, U.S.A. HP Pavilion
June 13/14 2004 - Washington D.C., U.S.A. MCI Center
June 16/17/20/21/23/24 2004 - NY City, U.S.A. Madison Sq. Garden
June 27/28/30 & July 01 2004 - Boston, U.S.A. Worcester Centrum
July 04/04 2004 - Philadelphia, U.S.A. Wachovia Center
July 07/08 2004 - East Rutherford, U.S.A. Continental Airlines Arena
July 11/12/14/15 2004 - Chicago, U.S.A. United Center
July 18/19/21 2004 - Toronto, Canada, Air Canada Center
July 24/25 2004 - Atlanta, U.S.A. Philips Arena
July 28/29 2004 - Fort Lauderdale, U.S.A. Office Depot Center
August 01/02 2004 - Miami, U.S.A. American Airlines Arena
August 14/15 2004 - Manchester, UK, Men Arena
August 18/19 2004 - London, UK, Earls Court
August 22/23/25/26 2004 - London, UK, Wembley Arena
August 29 2004 - Dublin, Ireland, Slane Castle
September 01/02/04/05 2004 - Paris, France, Bercy
September 08/09 2004 - Gelredome, Holland, Arnhem
September 12 2004 - Lisbon, Portugal, Atlantico Pavillion

The Set-List of Madonna's
'Re-Invention Tour':

The Beast Within
Vogue
Nobody Knows Me
Frozen
American Life
Express Yourself
Burning Up
Material Girl
Hollywood
Hanky Panky
Deeper And Deeper
Die Another Day
Lament
Bedtime Story
Nothing Fails
Don't Tell Me
Like A Prayer
Mother And Father / Intervention
Imagine
Into The Hollywood Groove
Papa Don't Preach
Crazy For You
Music
Holiday

The Reinvention Tour began with a pre-recorded version of The Beast Within (which was originally a remix of Justify My Love and previously featured in The Girlie Show). This acted as a brilliantly dramatic introduction to the show, increasing the tension until Madonna rose up on a hydraulic platform in a glittering Lacroix corset.

The show began with incredibly energetic performances of Vogue and Nobody Knows Me. For American Life Madonna wore an army uniform, her dancers were dressed as nuns and priests, and war casualties were shown on the video screen. (There were video projections throughout practically the entire concert, including Chris Cunningham's explicit short film Flex from 2000.)

Express Yourself, directed at all the 'motherfuckers' in the audience, featured military marching and rifles. An emotional Like A Prayer was accompanied by Hebrew Kaballah symbols on the video screen. A medley of Mother And Father and Intervention was next, and then a cover version of Imagine.

Bagpipe-players in kilts introduced the next song, Into The Groove, and Missy Elliot was on the video screen, singing her lines from Into The Hollywood Groove. The encore was an extended version of Holiday. In the tour programme, Lament is incorrectly titled The Lament and Bedtime Story is incorrectly titled Bedtime Stories.

The show was a sensory overload, with constant video projections, a moving stage, fire-jugglers, breakdancers, and skateboarders. This made the slower sections (when Madonna sat down on an empty stage, during most of the ballads) seem less dramatic, though the dazzling performances of old classics Express Yourself, Like A Prayer, Into The Groove, and Holiday (and the mind-blowing medley of Mother And Father and Intervention). A backstage documentary, I'm Going To Tell You A Secret (2005), was filmed during the tour.