I will turn this into a chat thread about the video tomorrow and all your opinions can be said in here!

Celebration Premieres on iTunes as Free Download for 48 Hours

Madonna’s hotly anticipated new video for her 'Celebration' single will have its exclusive world premiere on the iTunes store as a free download for two days beginning Tuesday, September 1, 2009. Madonna is a multi-award winning visionary in the realm of video performance. The 'Celebration' video, which contains mind-boggling dance moves, reaffirms yet again her reputation as the master of the 'short movie.' The video will be available for purchase on iTunes on Thursday, September 3rd.
The 'Celebration' video, directed by long time Madonna creative collaborator Jonas Akerlund ('Ray of Light') was filmed recently in Milan, Italy and features the Material Girl dancing with her amazing troupe of performers from her current 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour. The video also includes cameo appearances by Madonna’s daughter, Lola Leon and model/DJ Jesus Luz.
Simultaneous to the video debut, Madonna’s definitive greatest hits album, 'Celebration' which has been totally remastered and includes two new songs, can be pre-ordered on iTunes.

Only for US im afraid.

It's So Cool is a registered Madonna song

Just a week after the writers of Revolver were made public, now we find another new Madonna song listed at Warner Chappell: It's So Cool, which has been long rumoured across the online Madonna community. It's a song from the American Life sessions, which means it's no surprise that Mirwais Ahmadzaï and Monte Pittman are credited alongside Madonna. It's Monte's second songwriting credit, after Easy Ride. It's So Cool is expected to be an iTunes pre-order exclusive bonus track for Celebration, reworked by Paul Oakenfold. On the other hand, there's no sign of the song "Broken (I'm Sorry)" from the Oakenfold sessions, which most likely means this track is being kept in the vaults and was not submitted to Warner.

Moreover, ASCAP's website lists several of the Sticky & Sweet Tour samples under Madonna's name now, indicating these were registered for the upcoming DVD release: "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" (used in Music), "Feels Like Home" (used in Like A Prayer), plus 'Into The Groove 2008' which naturally contains the writers of "Toop Toop". While "Give It To Me" (used in Vogue), "Here Comes The Rain Again" (used in Rain) or "I'm Not Alone" (used in Frozen) are not listed here, we find 3 Gypsy songs: "Pala Tute", "Doli Doli" and "Me Darava". The latter two being credited to the frontman of Madonna's Gypsy band, Alexandre Kolpakov.


New song yipee!

I have now seen Celebration music video! I will not post it intill it is ishown on GMTV. It is fab!

I don't know if it has been on yet. Here is the VIDEO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAILlKeYNfs

It looks like we'll be having both edits of the "Celebration" video released, with the second one joining the one that will premiere tomorrow in a couple of weeks.

According to Warner Music, the "Celebration" video directed by Jonas Akerlund that we'll be watching tomorrow is the one filmed in Milan, Italy which features Madonna dancing with her amazing troupe of performers from her current "Sticky & Sweet" Tour and cameo appearances by Lola and Jesus Luz.
In a couple of weeks another edit of the video will be made available, Warners announced today, this second being the one including scenes shot with the fans alone.

As you remember from our exclusive reports, Akerlund has been working on a couple of different edits of the music video - one using the fan loved poppy Album Version of the song and another edited to the Benni Benassi remix.

Celebration video premiere & download

Celebration, the album - click to enlarge Madonna's brand new video Celebration has premiered this morning! The video, set to the Benni Benassi remix, features Madonna and her tour dancers getting into the groove to the new dance tune. Lola makes her debut as one of the break dancers. Jesus is the DJ, who gets seduced by Madonna, who undresses him and kisses him passionately. In two weeks, a second video will be released, set to the album version and featuring dancing fans.
For the next 48 hours, the video will be available as a free download on iTunes (US-only!). The online store now also accepts pre-orders of the Celebration compilation. When you pre-order the album on iTunes, you receive the bonus track It's So Cool.
Celebration is available in 3 formats:
- The single disc album
- The double disc album
- The double disc album with selected videos and exclusive unreleased bonus track

Please note that only US/Canada have all 3 versions listed, everywhere else it's the single disc edition. It's unclear for the moment whether this is temporary or not. But it seems permanent that Belgium has a version of the double disc that doesn't include Frozen. Instead there's the Benassi video remix and the bonus track to compensate. This probably means that Belgian fans won't find the Celebration CD in music stores...
The release date for the greatest hits album is September 18th/21st everywhere, except Japan (September 23rd) and US/Canada (September 29th).

Changed title.

Rumour: Madonna to direct ‘Wallis’

Madonna has launched a major charm offensive to get David Tennant and Cate Blanchett to star in her new movie project, Wallis.

It’s all about Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American socialite for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry.

Madge sees a lot of herself in Wallis – as a fellow American who married a posh British bloke.

And she has made the movie her No1 work priority.

It is going to be another musical like 1996 flick Evita, in which Madge played Eva Peron. But this time Madonna is directing and producing, not acting in it (thankfully).

She has already taken Dr Who star David out for dinner to persuade him to play Edward.

And she is determined to get Cate to play the young Wallis after deciding against Keira Knightley.

I can see her point – Cate and David would fit the bill well as the pair, as you can see from my mock-up.

A source said: “The final script is now written and the locations have been scouted. Madonna is now trying to assemble the cast and put the finances in place.

“The first scene of the film is an old woman in her nineties living on her own in a Parisian flat. She starts to tell her life story to her housekeeper. It turns out the old woman is Wallis Simpson.

“There will be a song for each decade of her life.”

source: the sun

More HQ version here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj_Cadk2TwA

She likes putting her hands between her legs. I mean, how many times? Lol

Its uncanny isnt it. But it still a very good video!

I absolutely love the video.This new remix is so much better than the original.

the video is kinda meh. absolutely LOVE the video mix to the song tho!

I LOVE the video I really do. I prefer the original version to the video remix version but that video is out in a few weeks!

Sep01
Rumour: Justin Timberlake to join Madonna on stage in Tel Aviv

Popular singer Justin Timberlake has arrived in Israel and is likely to perform on stage with Madonna during Tuesday and Wednesday’s “Sweet & Sticky” tour concerts in Tel Aviv, informed sources told The Jerusalem Post.

Awaiting Tuesday’s gig, there were already over 200 people waiting outside the gates by 3 p.m., hours before the gates were set to open.

“We will stand as long as we have to,” said Orit, 32, from Holon. “I even brought my pillow.”

source: jpost

Sep01
Madonna’s workout playlist on iTunes

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...07773&s=143441

Watch the Sunrise (Extended Vocal) – Axwell
Dance 4 Life (12″ Mix) – Tiësto & Maxi Jazz
Delirious David Guetta
Do You Feel Me (feat. Julie Thompson) – Tiësto
Stardust (Felguk Remix) – Perfect Stranger
Fly Away” (Gee & Lighter Remix) – Jean Claude Ades
Television Rules the Nation / Crescendolls – Daft Punk
Massenbewegungsmittel – Miles Dyson
Superfine – Hong Kong Blondes
Not Over (feat. Ryan Tedder) – Oakenfold

Madonna returns to her dark era with Celebration video

What's your favorite era of Madonna? This is a fairly open-ended question, one certain to get about a million different responses. For every fan of the Material Girl Maddy, there are just as many who swear by her Vogue version, or her spiritual, Ray Of Light relaunch, or even her recent turns as a political activist, a disco diva or a candy aficionado. Really, there are no wrong answers here.

But, if you really want to raise eyebrows, try telling a Madonna fanatic that you're a huge fan of her Dark Era, a period that runs roughly from the release of The Immaculate Collection in 1990 to her disastrous appearance on "Late Night With David Letterman" in 1994. This was when she tackled the politics of sexuality head-on — whether it be with the Justify My Love video, or the "Sex" book, or the Erotica album — and got down and dirty (the Deeper And Deeper video, the Body of Evidence movie) and basically wasn't afraid of offending anyone ever.

Needless to say, this was a period when most didn't get what Madonna was going for because, well, it usually wasn't all that clear.

Still, looking back on that Dark Era now, it's pretty fascinating. Madonna went farther than any pop icon before her (or, somewhat understandably, after) — she pushed the envelope with glee and never looked back for a second. In retrospect, it's clear she wasn't being desperate; she was being brilliant. If only we could expect the same from the pop stars of present day.

Anyway, I mention all of that because on Tuesday (September 1), Madonna's Celebration video premiered on the iTunes music store. It is directed by Jonas Åkerlund, who helped shepherd her back to respectability with his hyperkinetic 1998 video for Ray Of Light, and features cameos by Madge's boyfriend (model/DJ Jesus Luz) and daughter (Lourdes, who makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance toward the end). It is pretty great, particularly because it is a direct throwback to Madonna's Dark Era.

We have Madonna popping and locking and pawing at herself, striking a series of provocative (and sometimes even submissive) poses, groping and grinding guiltlessly on her chiseled boytoy ... and doing it all in a gynecologically cut dress and knee-high boots. She is 51, twice divorced, a mother of four and she is (quite rightfully) unashamed by any of this. Sexual politics, anyone?

As for the song itself, well, it's a straightforward lunge for the dark and dirty clubs — the kind she hasn't really made since Deeper And Deeper (and probably hasn't visited since then, either). Produced by DJ Paul Oakenfold, it's all pulsing sirens, wobbly bass and four-on-the-floor beat, with an expansive electro chorus that sounds like a truckload of Nintendo Entertainment Systems exploding in unison (only sexier).

I'm not sure if Celebration — which is meant to promote her career-spanning greatest-hits package of the same name (due September 29) — signifies Madonna's return to her Dark Era (the other new song on the album, a collaboration with Lil Wayne called Revolver, might hint at other things), but it would be pretty amazing if it did. I'm not certain even Madge has got the stones to try it again, but there's definitely a void to fill these days if she did. The world could use a good spanking, and we already know Madonna's got the dominatrix getup. (source: MTV.com)

A romoured shot of Lordes in the second version of the Celebration music video. Doesnt she look pretty?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/...88_468x327.jpg

Her mum in the same look.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/...41_468x378.jpg

Sticky & Sweet is the 2nd highest grossing tour of all time

Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour wraps today with the second of two shows in Tel Aviv, Israel (Sept. 1-2), putting the lid on what looks to be the second-highest grossing tour of all time.

With a gross of $408 million, Sticky & Sweet is the top-grossing tour by a solo artist of all time, and second only to the Rolling Stones' $558 million Bigger Bang tour of 2005-2007. "She is absolutely one of the great performers of all time," says Arthur Fogel, Chairman of Global Music and CEO of Global Touring for Live Nation, producer of Madona's tours. "That this tour will take its place as the second highest grossing tour in the history of our business says it all."

Since its launch in August 2008, Sticky & Sweet has moved more than 3.5 million fans to 85 shows in 32 countries, according to Live Nation. Madonna set an attendance record for the biggest crowds in history in Zurich, Switzerland, where she drew the largest audience ever for a concert in that country (72,000). According to Live Nation stats, her Gothenburg, Sweden show, seen by 119,000 fans, broke the record for highest grossing multiple shows in the country's history. In Helsinki, Finland, Sticky & Sweet sold more than 85,000 tickets, making it the biggest single show by an artist in history for all of Scandinavia. Other highlights on the tour included stops in Buenos Aires, Argentina (256,000), Santiago, Chile (146,000), Sao Paolo, Brazil (203,000), Tallinn, Estonia (72,000), Warsaw, Poland (79,000), Bucharest, Romania (69,000), and Sofia, Bulgaria (54,000).

Sticky & Sweet broke Madonna's previous record for top solo tour ever with her Confessions tour, which grossed $194 million in 2006, according to Billboard Boxscore. The 2008-2009 tour was the first under Madonna's $120 million, 10-year multi-rights deal with Live Nation.

How many versions of the Celebration video are there going to be?

[rquote=2527013&tid=109695&author=Mrluvaluva]How many versions of the Celebration video are there going to be?[/rquote]

Just 2. The recent one and the one staring Lordes as the LAV bride with fans (Album version)

Changed title and new avatar.

VH-1 UK announces Madonna week

To celebrate the release of Madonnas definitive greatest album collection, Celebration, VH1 is dedicating a whole week of programmes to the ultimate queen of pop and reinvention.

Highlights of the week include, Madonna: The Official All Time Top 50 on Wednesday 21 September at 7pm, and the week of programming will close with Madonna’s Confessions Tour Live on Friday 25 September at 9pm, this is a week of programmes not to be missed if you’re a Madonna fan.

‘19 – 25 September on VH-1 UK.

Celebration is my favourite song atm. :hello:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvgB44H1eA

LOL.

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I cant stand her.