Finally, someone speaking in the real time about super positive stuff concerning Madonna. This world would be a very dark place without Madonna. I love that when the girls say "thank God she's still making music in this world today".

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

SHE IS THE QUEEN!

Poor ticket sales? Girl just made nearly 100 million in Europe, in arenas.

@s.tupper4159

6 ай бұрын

The entire tour is sold out, except in the US. However, even in the US it sells out by the night of the performance due to reduced ticket pricing the day of. Even the reduced prices are pricey -- just not outrageous.

@Vertigotheatre1

6 ай бұрын

@@s.tupper4159 most of the US dates were sold our prior to her hospitalisation, but when the tour was rescheduled some dates lost a lot of sales. I think many are waiting until the day off. Last min tickets to the MSG shows were still going for $300, and the seats were terrible.

@blahblog4322

6 ай бұрын

Vancouver prices were so low. She can’t sell

@s.tupper4159

6 ай бұрын

I know a guy who got into one of the pits in NY for $500 at the last minute. Still pricey in my view (not because it's Madonna, love her), but a deal none the less. @@Vertigotheatre1

@Vertigotheatre1

6 ай бұрын

@@blahblog4322 lolol OK girl

They're so gentle and polite about everything. Thanks for sharing.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

anytime and tons more videos posted with then

I remember when I first heard Nothing Really Matters. I was so happy to hear Niki and Donna. Such a magical blend. Love you and thank you for sharing your gifts!

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

U are welcome More videos w them posted

I LOVED their vocals on "Survival"

@PearlsOfPassion

6 ай бұрын

I listened to that song a couple of hours ago, and their harmonies are so beautiful... 🥰

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

same

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@PearlsOfPassion same

I saw Madonna at the TD Garden in Boston on January 8th and that show was sold out! Plus the energy was amazing and Madonna kicked ass..... An incredible concert!!!

@myriamj2087

6 ай бұрын

Agreed! I was at TD Garden on January 9th and she kicked ass - the energy was amazing!

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

amazing

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@myriamj2087 yes

@xavierjacquenet8225

6 ай бұрын

It was so not sold out ! Wishful thinking !!!

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@xavierjacquenet8225 wowww

Thanks for the interview! Niki and Donna are the best! Love them since Who's That Girl Tour. Kisses from Spain!

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

you are so welcome and tons more videos posted with them

Wonderful to see Niki and Donna giving Madonna her roses 🌹 ❤❤

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Yup

Donna's mention of I Rise makes me want to go back and listen to it more, thank you!

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

I love Madame X

@Heartboy1031

5 ай бұрын

Hard to believe that album is already almost 5 years old!

Because resellers are hiking the prices astronomically! I’ve already been to the show but tried to get a last minute ticket to MSG on Monday. A ticket in the upper rafters was over $1000! Insane.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

yup

Loving this… PLEEEASE do another interview on what Donna said = talking about studio work

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

ok will do and tons more videos posted. some include studio work

@roxanemontegna9867

5 ай бұрын

Yes. Please bring THEM back.❤

Love them talking about "Rain" on the Girlie Show tour. You could see what they are talking about.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Definitely

Loved this!! Have them on again

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

ok I will and tons more videos coming

this podcast and coming together of great minds is so good to watch and hear

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

YESSSS

I love that the host is letting them really talk about whatever the current topic is...he's not cutting them off to stick to his script.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Always

Thank You So much for featuring these awesome women! ❤

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

U are welcome More vids on the way

Miss Niki and Donna! Madonna lost some of her magic when they parted ways.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Wowowo

The Celebration Tour has been my eighth Madonna live show since 2001 (I tasted both arenas and stadiums, unfortunately not the theater 'cause my Madame X show in Paris was canceled) and I never ever saw a venue as full as this time (Milan, Italy)!😲🙌🏻

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@desandylam

6 ай бұрын

it's my 6th live show from Confessions Tour till Celebration Tour.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@desandylam yes

Postive and authentic vibes all the way around. Keep singing, Ladies!

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

thank you

Omg, you couldn't get a word in David.🤣

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

lol

@eduardosanchez3858

6 ай бұрын

Donna can barely get a word in either.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@eduardosanchez3858 yes

The reason for all those rumors...is it to heal or to hurt? Great!!!

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

yes

"What I'm about to say, is it to harm or is it to help?" - we all need to learn this lesson. And keep practising it.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Yes

Yes please talk about the work!! I'm so intrigued. What were the studio sessions like?

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

We did

Niki is so sharp.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

always

Thank you love you Nikki and donna can you please come to Perth Western Australia ❤

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

More vids posted w both

I want to hear the Niki and Donna take a bow where is it?

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

omgg

@garycambridge5513

6 ай бұрын

I don’t think they sang on take a bow - baby face did the back vocals on that - they might be thinking about survival instead

@hoxtondean9855

6 ай бұрын

I think they meant I'll Remember. That's the one

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@garycambridge5513 yes

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@hoxtondean9855 yes

I loved Niki Haris in Snap! so much. I wish she continued that dance music career. She could have become a superstar like Beyonce. I wonder why she chose the other route? Would be interesting to see her here again with these sorts of questions too.

@behindthevelvetrope

5 ай бұрын

Yes

I’d love to hear more about “who’s that girl and girlie show”

@richardc8795

6 ай бұрын

They didn’t tour with Madonna fir Who’s That Girl

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

ok

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@richardc8795 more vids posted

@takat2570

6 ай бұрын

@@richardc8795they did.

@glasgow-1975

6 ай бұрын

​@richardc8795 um, yes they did! With Debra Parsons.

Love them, such honest sweet women.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

same

Celebration Tour has sold out 80 shows in 14 countries 😊

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Yes

"Before I open my mouth, is what I'm about to say going to hurt or to heal." I love Nikki and Donna!

@behindthevelvetrope

4 ай бұрын

Love

Niki and Donna!! 🫶🙌🙌👏👏 what a beautiful human beings are both of you!! (Even with the negative questions from the host you had to deal with)

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

More negative ?s by me on the other videos - you should watch all and count how many!!

Carpenters song ? I wonder if that’s the song first is a kiss which is unreleased from like a prayer - Stephen bray talked about that last year and I’m so desperate to hear it as he says it sounds like a carpenters song ❤

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Oh wow

love ''nothing really matters'' the two voices with Madonna made history

@behindthevelvetrope

4 ай бұрын

Yes

6:02 👏🔝Niki was absolute brilliant in quick slap back the best answer to this kind of stupid question and that is knocks him twice. Could not be better answer this type of "question". Nick and Donna show love and appreciation to life and be kind with others. I notice sense Madonna start the American leg Celebration tour all kind of negative nasty video and "rumours" pop up, complete opposite of what she had here in UK and Europe

@lutalice

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, bro needs to trust that people WANT to hear about the work. The clickbaity title is a copout. Or maybe that's what he wants to talk about and provide to listeners, I wouldn't know. But it would be a shame if he wanted to go deeper on the comments about the work itself, but didn't out of fear that it wouldn't get the views; it's not a "Madonna-only" podcast, at the end of the day, so that might be off-brand. But my suspicion is, the vast, vast number of people tuning into a Niki/Donna interview would *devour* hours of content that focused on the process (studio, stage, etc).

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

feel free to check out ALL our other videos with them - we have 25 others posted

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@lutalice feel free to check out ALL our other videos with them - we have 25 others posted

@diogomartinelli

5 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right @@lutalice

Why can't you uploads this epsiode in full?

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

right here - let me know if the link doesnt work - see below podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-velvet-rope/id1496557812?i=1000643501917

Let’s just remember that there were plenty of articles and shock jock DJs talking about low ticket sales in the last weeks of the Sticky and Sweet tour and look at the stats on that tour. There is no way a concert that costs that much to produce would go ahead if ticket sales were that low.

@behindthevelvetrope

4 ай бұрын

Correct

Way too expensive for this tour. I’ve seen all tours drowned world-rebel heart. Almost double. Even though she’s singing bad girl, I just can’t afford it! Maybe if she sang Who’s that girl? Then I could justify it.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

I get it

Did you see her concert in Copacabana beach in Rio?

@behindthevelvetrope

2 ай бұрын

Yes

World of Wonder, please book Niki and Donna on RPDR as guess judges.

@behindthevelvetrope

4 ай бұрын

Yess

Turquoise ❤ Love them they both live so well and superb quality in thier recent music. But regarding how they hang on to memories on Madonna it's sad. Friendship connot be 1 way. I'd avoid talking about Madonna more than 10% though situations might always steer them to do so. We should enjoy focusing on the recent work of the talented ✨ twins. In both cases, fans of N&D or fans of M alone would chime in anyway.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

New vids posted w them

Eu estou adorando o papo, mas essa disposição coloca o convidado inevitavelmente de costas para a câmera. Sugiro uma visão lateral, voce de um lado da mesa, o convidado do outro. 🙂❤️

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

The one more vids w niki and Donna posted Feel free to check ‘em out

It was hard to get tickets for Berlin. Boy oh boy.

@behindthevelvetrope

4 ай бұрын

Nice

I saw Madonna in Montreal on January 18. Totally sold out. So was her other show there on the 20th.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Epic

Ironic that Niki says at one point people should just shut up sometimes when she's the one hogging the interview. Geez, it's annoying and rude fir her to not to step back and allow the other two people talk.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Oooohhhh

Nikki my Aires sister I love you so much

@behindthevelvetrope

4 ай бұрын

Yesw

Tickets sales in Europe were great but they are so so in the US, and very poor in some cities. In DC, where I was, regular tickets (not resale !!!!) were sold on a last minute rush by Ticketmaster with huge discounts. Look at Saint-Paul’s concert. The Xcell Energy center will be virtually empty if they don’t give the tickets away… It’s sad because the show is amazing.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

wow

@eduardosanchez3858

6 ай бұрын

I feel like I hear this “she’s not selling tickets” for every tour she’s done since the who’s that girl tour. Bunch of nonsense. At the end of the day, even if the person bought a ticket for ten dollars that’s still an ass in the seat and says to me people still want to see her.

@bdiaz6081

6 ай бұрын

Absolute lies!

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@eduardosanchez3858 yes

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@bdiaz6081 ya

Her Cleveland show was NOT AN EMPTY SEAT 20K Arena

@behindthevelvetrope

5 ай бұрын

Correct

Madonna kicked ass in Philly ❤❤❤

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Yes she did

curious as to how expensive are her tickets as compared to taylor swift's? I'm not hating im just curious

@behindthevelvetrope

5 ай бұрын

Less but $

Why we get the whole podcast instead of bits of it ? Sorry to moan as I love seeing these 2 🥰

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

The full thing is here see the link below If the link doesn’t work let me know and I’ll send another podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-velvet-rope/id1496557812?i=1000642619173

@garycambridge5513

6 ай бұрын

@@behindthevelvetrope thank you ☺️

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@garycambridge5513 you are very welcome

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@garycambridge5513 you are welcome

❤❤❤

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Thanks

All anyone has to do is check Billboards concert box office numbers. Period. Point. Blank.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

yes

Oh please. If they said anything negative they would get sued by the wonderful sweet Madonna.

@behindthevelvetrope

5 ай бұрын

Yes

Bullshits the tour is sold out

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

yes

That rumor is not even a rumor....the tour is like sold out...months ago

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Yes

Poor ticket sales? She is selling out every venue.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

always

Yeah this guy is an instagator.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the compliment More videos posted where I Instigate w niki and Donna Check ‘em out

I appreciate their loyalty and staunch advocacy for Madonna's talent and work ethic but I can't help but think that the ironclad NDA's they signed play a huge role in their wholly positive rendering of their experience. They weren't around the last 20 years of M's career when a major shift occurred. Madonna's public persona was always that of an extreme health freak and drinking and drugs were completely taboo when it came to her image. I can't help but speculate that based on the multiple surgeries and the behavior exhibited on social media that it is entirely possible for a drug issue to have come into play. An overdose would have been entirely consistent with all of the factors that seemed obvious and maybe not so obvious. I'm not so sure Nikki or Donna are in a position to know the Madonna we see today and the fact that they are literally outsiders today with no real relationship with her despite decades of collaboration is strange but consistent with Madonna's reputation as it relates to former professional relationships. Madonna has gone to extreme lengths to affect her appearance with a strangely desperate persona to compliment it. I wonder of they even recognize her now. Nevertheless, the positive spin is admirable and the podcast was an insightful watch.

@gaylefranklin

6 ай бұрын

Or your just talking sh1t out your a$s?

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

thank u

@gaylefranklin

6 ай бұрын

They continue to profit from their time with her and their violations of the nda prove that Madonna isn’t interested in bringing the hammer down. I think she should …given Niki’s schizophrenic commentary over the years. It’s not important if they recognize her. Madonna hasn’t bothered to recognize them and with good reason. I would’ve made the bitc$3$ pay for their tickets.

Nikki, again... so rude and disrespectful to have that cell phone ringin all the time. Idc if you're waiting for a call, just get yourself together so that you can answer your phone when you're free. You said it yourself: "i'm ghetto". I agree. The interview was abt your "work" but it was just bait. This is just you talkin abt Madonna, bc there's no work of you really interesting to be talked abt. And i can see that y'all loveeee talking abt M, bc y'all get too excited. Guess that "person named Madonna" did make something for your "careers". 🙄

@behindthevelvetrope

4 ай бұрын

Yup

I have to disagree that it should be verboten to discuss anything "negative." If a Madonna tour is having slow ticket sales, given her past success, that is a legitimate news story/topic of discussion, without question. If one chooses to go a step further and make that news an excuse to fling insults and snark, then it's a problem. However, it's not hard to recognize when that line is crossed and tune out the BS.

@behindthevelvetrope

4 ай бұрын

Yes

These chicks are sweet, and I remember them fondly. But they're also too funny -- obviously back on the woman's payroll, this time with the social media-PR, clout-chasing contingent. Wait! That just had a superhero vibe to it. Better call MCU. But, yeah, all damage control, never critical, always promoting the brand, and doing singing dates to promote the back catalog. I guess. People gotta keep the lights on, somehow. Doubtless, Warners ain't mad at it.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

wowowo

It's not her fault- GREEDY Ticketmaster has the prices too high

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

yup

Really?? You're on a podcast--he's going to ASK questions. The passive aggressive way to tell him to shut up . The more you have to defend her and deflect and go on and on, the more it looks like what he's asking and saying is true. She has low ticket sales, TRUE. She has concert goers trying to sue her now. Shows up HOURS late to start a concert. 🙄

@behindthevelvetrope

5 ай бұрын

THANK YOU

The host of this podcast is not likeable. He's exactly what Niki and Donna say people should not be.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Tons more videos posted with niki and Donna. Check ‘em out

I cam tell they always try to shift the topic from Madonna onto them

@behindthevelvetrope

5 ай бұрын

Love Madge

And for all the good reasons you both are so lucky to have those opportunities with Madonna, Very fortunate. She opened a huge door for you. Talk about your birth signs, blending etc. etc. etc. Very fortunate! She supported you, right? Oh yeah! Talk all about the Sh.....t you want. Remember HOW lucky you were. OK? A million singers and back ups out there and destiny gave you both your shot "big time" with, at the time, the biggest Pop Star other Michael in the World! I think I hear gratitude. I would imagine ! It could have been two other girls, so easily. But you hit the jack pot! "Lucky" and talented are you! AND you know it! And at 65 , she's got the guts to still get out there! I give her , her props.

@behindthevelvetrope

5 ай бұрын

Yes

Very poor tickets sales. In North smetiva go check the videos. Full of empty seats. In Boston. NY. Go check. Sold out my a$$

@MR-fx9gg

6 ай бұрын

I saw her twice in NYC and both shows were sold out. You have even been to a show and have not seen any video of empty seats because there are none.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

wow

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

@@MR-fx9gg same three shows

I went to the tour and it was awful. She hardly sang live and when she did she was flat.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Omg

Even as a fan for almost 40 years I thought that the hospitalization was a marketing lie. Too many things that don't add up... no photo of her leaving the hospital in a city like New York? Rocco photographed under the house he smiles. And then I tried intensive care and it leaves you almost disabled for months, and I even asked a doctor I know, and he confirmed to me that a person who leaves intensive care two months later cannot face a tour of almost 80 dates, it's impossible he said!! In Milan during a break in the show a fan (while Madonna was talking about hospitalization) shouted at her "you're a liar!!!"

@s.tupper4159

6 ай бұрын

OMG, I think I have a bridge I can sell you. Give me a break.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Wow. Mind you the NO PHOTO in NYC is so so so strange to me too

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

Wowowo

@steven-yu3tu

6 ай бұрын

A marketing lie? That just lacks critical thinking. All because you didn’t see a photo? Rescheduling an entire tour is NEVER financially smart, there are penalties and it’s a logistical nightmare. It’s horrible PR, particularly from someone already battling ageism. She still gets emotional discussing it. Is she suddenly an amazing actress? When she did resurface, she clearly lost a ton of weight. I could go on and on but let’s just focus on the fact that paparazzi didn’t catch a photo.

@s.tupper4159

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Someone who has a brain.@@steven-yu3tu

How much did the pay to go see her lol

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

hmmm

But we need to be honest too. Madonna isn't the vocalist or performer she was in her prime. That's a fact. And there is nothing wrong with saying that. I appreciate that at 65 she thinks she can put on the sane kind of show she did 30 years ago. I would have preferred her design the show around her vocals and music, and not so much on the spectacle and glitz. Do it in smaller venues too. But it seems she feels the need to compete with the Swifts, Beyonces, and Perrys of the current music world. She doesn't. She shouldn't feel she needs to prove anything to anyone, including herself. My fear is that she's more like Elvis was in his later years, a parody of themselves. Suffering from a Peter Pan syndrome of never wanting to grow up or grow old.

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

I agree w alllllllll of thia

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

This

@MauriceRivers415

Ай бұрын

You hit the nail on the head. She's a woman in her 60's, competing with women in their 30's and 40's. She is absolutely a parody of herself at this point, but women aging in the Hollywood spotlight are always picked apart. Madonna's problem is that she refuses to believe that her best recording & performing years are behind her.

They are really sweet girls but they need to move on . Madonna gives no shits about them

@behindthevelvetrope

6 ай бұрын

yup