To promote '' Music '' and '' Ray of Light '' , Madonna embarked on her fifth concert tour , the Drowned World Tour . It started in June 2001 and was Madonna 's first tour in eight years since The Girlie Show World Tour ( 1993 ) . The tour was to be started before the year 2000 , but she had become pregnant with her son Rocco Ritchie , released '' Music '' that year , and married Guy Ritchie in December 2000 . When Madonna finally decided to go on the tour , time was short and she had to prepare the show within three months . Jamie King was signed up as the creative director and the choreographer of the show . The tour was divided into five segments , namely punk , geisha , cowboy , Latin and ghetto . Each segment represented a phase of Madonna 's career . Several changes were made to the final shows in Los Angeles after the September 11 attacks : Madonna wore an American flag kilt during the show 's opening segment as a display of patriotism , the closing of " Mer Girl " ( part II ) was altered to remove the staged shooting of a character ; Madonna instead put the gun down , hugged him and they left the stage together . The macabre cannibalism-themed " Funny Song " was removed . The tour received positive reviews . The tour was a commercial success , grossing a total of US$ 75 million , and it was the highest-grossing concert tour of a solo artist in 2001 . The tour received the Major Tour of the Year and Most Creative Stage Production awards nominations at the 2001 Pollstar awards , but lost them to U2 . The concert was broadcast live on HBO from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills , Michigan August 26 , 2001 . The '' Drowned World Tour 2001 '' DVD was released in all regions on November 13 , 2001
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