Madonna Traumatized by Wet Irish Show  10/24/05

Madonna's 2004 concert at Ireland's Slane Castle was her most traumatizing and exhilarating live show because she had to perform in a torrential downpour.

The pop superstar took her Re-Invention tour to Ireland at the end of last summer (AUG04) and spent the show worrying that she'd slip and fall or one of her dancers would be electrocuted.

But, with everyone getting through the show unscathed, Madonna recalls it being a magical night - even though she can't remember a thing about what happened after she came off stage.

She remembers, "80,000 people, big castle in the background, a full moon that everyone says sailed over the stage as soon as I arrived.

"I felt so much love and joy and I couldn't believe that the people in the audience just stood there for six hours in the rain and didn't move.

"But, on the other hand, it was freezing cold, it was raining off and on through the whole show. When I was singing Nothing Fails I was outside of the coverage of my stage and the rain was just pelting me.

"It was so difficult to do my show; it felt like I was in a war zone and I had to keep looking out for things, like slipping off of railings and sliding on the floor and jumping in the puddles and I was constantly worried for the dancers, so I was kind of traumatized through the whole show.

"And then when the show ended I don't remember what happened."