Re-Invention World Tour - Broadcasts and Recordings

Broadcasts and Recordings

The show was expected to broadcast on CBS. It was taped on the final night in Lisbon. CBS reportedly offered to pay $10 million to broadcast the concert as a two-hour special but it did not happen. Although no official DVD has been released as of February 2010, the full concert video leaked online and is available for download and many bootleg DVDs exist for sale.

A documentary titled I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, which chronicled the tour, was released. The documentary was recorded during Madonna's performance on the tour and was finished during the recording of Madonna's tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor. The DVD+CD containing the documentary and a live album of highlights from the show was also released in May 2006. The DVD contained a two-hour long look at the tour, including its rehearsal plus some performance footage, while the CD offers thirteen songs of the set list plus the rock demo of "I Love New York".

The documentary was directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Barry Walters from Rolling Stone commented that "Jonas Akerlund's 2005 kinetic yet personable documentary of Madonna's 2004 Re-Invention Tour lacks the dishy delights of the diva's 1991 Truth or Dare doc. Instead, a more worldly Madge struggles to become a less sound-bite-reliant, more sincere person. The bonus live CD proves that she's a better singer." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic complimented the release saying "as Madonna's first live CD, I'm Going to Tell You a Secret is strong and entertaining, and even if the excessive minutiae on the accompanying DVD means only hardcore fans will sit through its two hours, it's also quite well done." The release debuted at thirty-three on Billboard 200 and the top ten in Canada and the European Top 100 Albums etc.