Rebel Heart Tour | ||||
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Released | September 15, 2017 | |||
Recorded | March 19–20, 2016 | |||
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Length | 138:16 | |||
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Rebel Heart Tour is the upcoming fifth live album by American singer and songwriter Madonna. The album is scheduled to be released on September 15, 2017, by Interscope Records.
Madonna had embarked on the Rebel Heart Tour in 2015 and 2016 to promote her thirteenth studio album, Rebel Heart. Performing all around the world in 82 shows across 55 cities, the tour was a commercial success, earning $169.8 million, and was watched by an audience of over 1.045 million. The performances at the Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia were recorded for the video release. In September 2016, Madonna announced on her Instagram that she had finished watching a "rough assembly" of the tour's film, and it would be out in the next two months.Entertainment Weekly announced that the concert film would premiere on December 9, 2016 on American cable channel Showtime. Titled as Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour, it featured behind the scenes footage from the Australian performances of the tour.Billboard showcased an exclusive behind-the-scenes look for the tour on December 2.Danny Tull and Nathan Rissman, who had worked on Madonna's previous concert films, directed Rebel Heart Tour.
The film was announced to be released for purchase on September 15, 2017 as DVD, Blu-ray and digital download. It would be Madonna's fifth live album and contain bonus content like the Tears of a Clown show at Melbourne's Forum Theatre, as well as a 22 song double CD. The cover art was designed by the singer's fan Aldo Diaz.British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) listed the total running time at over 138 minutes, with almost 2 hours for the main tour film and the rest for Tears of a Clown and a bonus performance of "Like a Prayer" (1989) during one of the shows. The release would be distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.