Madonna: The Virgin Tour — Live (1985)
May 9, 1985Release Date
Madonna: The Virgin Tour — Live (1985)
May 9, 1985Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Madonna
Self
Patrick Leonard
Self - Keyboards
Bill Meyers
Self - Keyboards
Jonathan Moffett
Self - Drums
Bill Lanphier
Self - Bass
James Harrah
Self - Guitar
Paul Pesco
Self - Guitar
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - Dancer / Background Vocals
Michael Perea
Self - Dancer / Background Vocals
Silvio Ciccone
Self (uncredited)
Daniel Kleinman
Director
Jan de Bont
Cinematography
Jonathan Moffett
Self - Drums
Jerry Watson
Cinematography
James Foley
Director
Simon Fields
Producer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour is the second video album and the first live release by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released by Warner Music Video and Sire Records on November 13, 1985 and contains the concert footage from The Virgin Tour, filmed at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on May 25, 1985. Director Daniel Kleinman, who presided over the shooting of the tour on video, submitted the footage to Warner Bros. Records, who decided to release it as a video album. Madonna wanted to have a proper introduction added before the concert footage and asked director James Foley to shoot one, which portrayed her with her first image makeover, reciting lines related to how she became famous.
After its release, Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour received mixed reviews from critics, but went on to become a commercial success, topping the Music Video Sales chart of Billboard and becoming the top selling music video cassette of 1986. The video was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of 100,000 copies and in September 1986, it received a "Video Software Dealers Award" for the Most Popular Music Video. The live performances of "Like a Virgin" and "Dress You Up" were released as music videos on MTV to promote the video album. Both videos were nominated for "Best Choreography" at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.