An invaluable recording of Madonna's 1987 WHO'S THAT GIRL tour: it was her second tour but the first to play Japan and Europe - and I was there at Wembley Stadium. CIAO ITALIA is compiled from two live shows in Turin and Florence.
Looking back over 33 years and eight subsequent tours, WHO'S THAT GIRL is an old-school arena proscenium show. But with every tour, Madonna pushed the form and here she is already experimenting with the visuals - PAPA DON'T PREACH is sung against projections of the Vatican and The Pope then The White House and Reagan.
The set-list was drawn from the WHO'S THAT GIRL soundtrack (3 songs), TRUE BLUE (7), LIKE A VIRGIN (4) and her first album (2).
Cavorting, twirling, throwing attitudes that would be seen in the back row of the stadium, Madonna glows with her pure superstar power, showing us exactly Who's That Girl.
Shelf or charity shop? An obvious keeper. WHO'S THAT GIRL gave me my first experience of seeing Madonna live so it has a very special place in my memory. Madonna was basking in her superstar status but it was her next tour BLONDE AMBITION when she became truly iconic - sadly BLONDE AMBITION has only ever appeared on LaserDisc, not dvd. My favourite moment? After all these years it's still when LIKE A VIRGIN morphes into a cover of The Four Tops' I CAN'T HELP MYSELF - Michigan in da house!!
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