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Review is mentioned on the article; "figura Rain, con una coreografía de reminiscencias étnicas orientales que se combina con el Here Comes The Rain Again de los Eurythmics [...] la única bajada de intensidad del concierto, que roza el aburrimiento" |
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In [[The Girlie Show (Madonna)|the Girlie Show]] of 1993, Madonna sang "Rain" interspersed with lyrics of [[the Temptations]]' "[[Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)]]" (1971).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |author1-link=Jon Pareles |title=Review/Pop: From Madonna, a new palatability but still spicy |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/16/arts/review-pop-from-madonna-a-new-palatability-but-still-spicy.html?pagewanted=2 |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20131001155449/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/16/arts/review-pop-from-madonna-a-new-palatability-but-still-spicy.html?pagewanted=2 |archive-date=October 1, 2013 |date=October 16, 1993}}</ref> Former back-up singer [[Niki Haris]] recalled that it was the "first time [on stage] we sat down together and felt our harmonies. Madonna's voice was starting to get strong and she was into trying new things".<ref>{{harvnb|O'Brien|2008|p=283}}</ref> The number was praised by ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' {{'}}s [[J. D. Considine]], who opined that, even though the artist "just sat and sang, that hardly took away from ['Rain'{{'}}s] gorgeous harmonies".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Considine |first1=J.D. |author1-link=J. D. Considine |title='Girlie' retools songs to sharpen points |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-10-16-1993289111-story.html |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |access-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302115935/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-10-16-1993289111-story.html |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |date=October 16, 1993}}</ref> The performance recorded on November 19, 1993, at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], was included on ''[[The Girlie Show: Live Down Under]]'' video release (1994).<ref name=GirlieVideo>{{cite video|people=Madonna|title=[[The Girlie Show: Live Down Under]]|medium=VHS|publisher=[[Warner Music Vision]]|year=1994}}</ref>
A [[Mashup (music)|mashup]] of "Rain" and [[Eurythmics]]{{'}} "[[Here Comes the Rain Again]]" (1984) was used as a video interlude on 2008―2009's [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roffman |first1=Michael |title=Madonna’s on fire at the United Center (10/26) |url=https://consequence.net/2008/10/madonnas-on-fire-at-the-united-center-1026/ |work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |access-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210925112502/https://consequence.net/2008/10/madonnas-on-fire-at-the-united-center-1026/ |archive-date=September 25, 2021 |date=October 27, 2008}}</ref><ref name=Vanguardia>{{cite web |last1=López |first1=Lourdes |title=Madonna desgrana su carrera musical en el Estadi Olímpic |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20090722/53749000326/madonna-desgrana-su-carrera-musical-en-el-estadi-olimpic.html |work=[[La Vanguardia]] |access-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125080523/https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20090722/53749000326/madonna-desgrana-su-carrera-musical-en-el-estadi-olimpic.html |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |language=Spanish |date=July 27, 2009}}</ref> The number featured a cylindrical screen that dropped from the ceiling, with projections of rain and water tumbling down its sides, while the video showed "an alien woman chasing fish".<ref name="Globe">{{cite web |last1=Morrow |first1=Fiona |title=Queen of Pop's Vancouver party |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081031.wmadonna1031/BNStory/Entertainment/home |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101005533/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081031.wmadonna1031/BNStory/Entertainment/home |archive-date=November 1, 2008 |date=October 31, 2008}}</ref><ref name="SFGate">{{cite web |last1=Vaziri |first1=Aidin |title=Madonna gives Oakland the hard sell |url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Madonna-gives-Oakland-the-hard-sell-3263288.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210211215/https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Madonna-gives-Oakland-the-hard-sell-3263288.php |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |date=November 3, 2008}}</ref> Also present were dancers doing an Asian-inspired choreography.<ref name=Vanguardia/> On her review of the [[Barcelona]] concert, Lourdes López from ''[[La Vanguardia]]'' was critical of the number, as she felt it "bordered on boring".<ref name=Vanguardia/>
The performance of "Rain" on [[the Celebration Tour]] (2023―2024) sees a "shadowy reaper" embrace Madonna —who's decked out in a long robe— and "pull[ing] her into the darkness".<ref name="PerthCeleb">{{cite web |title=Madonna’s Celebration Tour is underway, but there’s been some hiccups |url=https://www.outinperth.com/madonnas-celebration-tour-is-underway-but-theres-been-some-hiccups/ |work=[[OutInPerth]] |access-date=February 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028185055/https://www.outinperth.com/madonnas-celebration-tour-is-underway-but-theres-been-some-hiccups/ |archive-date=October 28, 2023 |date=October 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rutherford |first1=Chris |title=Madonna's Celebration Tour: A forward-thinking retrospective |url=https://www.popmatters.com/madonna-celebration-tour-music-feature |work=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=February 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118165018/https://www.popmatters.com/madonna-celebration-tour-music-feature |archive-date=January 18, 2024 |date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> Reviewing the tour's opening concert in London, the staff of ''[[OutInPerth]]'' criticized the "anti-climactic" number.<ref name="PerthCeleb"/> By contrast, ''[[Metro Weekly]]''{{'}}s André Hereford deemed it a "powerful vocal [performance] in a night where her lungs and body worked prodigiously".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hereford |first1=André |title=Madonna's 'Celebration Tour' in D.C. (Review): Queen mother |url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/12/madonnas-celebration-tour-in-d-c-review-queen-mother/ |work=[[Metro Weekly]] |access-date=February 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221001015/https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/12/madonnas-celebration-tour-in-d-c-review-queen-mother/ |archive-date=December 21, 2023 |date=December 20, 2023}}</ref>
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