The tour supported her third studio album True Blue , as well as the soundtrack Who's That Girl. It was Madonna's first world tour and marked her first visits to Japan and Europe. Musically and technically superior to her previous Virgin Tour , Who's That Girl incorporated multimedia components to make the show more appealing. Madonna trained physically doing aerobics, jogging and weight-lifting, to cope with the choreography and the dance routines.
For the costumes, she collaborated with designer Marlene Stewart, expanding on the idea of bringing her popular video characters to life onstage, reworking scenes from her music videos. The stage had four video screens, multimedia projectors and a flight of stairs in the middle. Patrick Leonard , who was the musical director, encouraged Madonna to go with the idea of remixing and presenting her older songs for the show. The show consisted of seven costume changes, with song-and-dance routines, theatrics and addressing social causes.
The tour was critically appreciated, with reviewers commending the extravagant nature of the concert and Madonna as a performer. Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli commented that "Many female artists behave like a diva for a period when they reach superstar status, and the 'Who's That Girl?
It was proposed to build a statue of the Madonna in the city of her paternal grandparents in Pacentro , Italy , but the idea was rejected by the local city hall. Madonna's film Who's That Girl was a box office failure, [3] however the soundtrack of the film proved to be a big success.
The album consisted of four Madonna songs, along with tracks by Warner Bros. The album sold a million copies in the United States, and five million worldwide. Records, which notched up big sales with a compilation soundtrack album that was basically a showcase for its marginal artists. Hence they felt a worldwide concert tour was the appropriate thing to do, since it would promote both the soundtrack and the film, as well as Madonna's successful third studio album True Blue , released the year before.
