Madonna 2004
The Re-Invention World Tour was the sixth concert
tour by American recording artist Madonna. It supported her
ninth studio album American Life and visited North America and
Europe. Madonna was inspired to create the tour, after taking
part in an art installation called X-STaTIC PRo=CeSS, directed
by photographer Steven Klein. A number of songs were rehearsed
for the tour, with twenty-four of them making the final setlist.
The tour was divided into five segments: French Baroque-Marie
Antionette Revival, Military-Army, Circus-Cabaret, Acoustic and
Scottish-Tribal. The costumes were developed by designer Arianne
Phillips based on the concept of re-invention. The opening
segment displayed performances with dance in general. Military
segment displayed performances with the theme of warfare. Circus
displayed light-hearted performances while the Acoustic segment
performances were melancholy. The final Scottish segment had
Madonna and her performers display energetic dance routines.