[Stu]

Yeah ... and? So what if it becomes more popular? What is it to you? It's just a bloody internet forum. Jesus christ. You are the only one that gives a toss about it.

[Harry!]

Originally posted by Stu
Yeah ... and? So what if it becomes more popular? What is it to you? It's just a bloody internet forum. Jesus christ. You are the only one that gives a toss about it.

I have my reasons which I have already explained in this thread. Lets talk about Madonna now.

[Stu]

Originally posted by Harry.

I have my reasons which I have already explained in this thread. Lets talk about Madonna now.

Yeah, your reasons were that other members might not like the fact that the Britney thread is becoming so popular. But here is the thing, your selfish, basicaly. You are only speaking for yourself and nobody else. Because, again, here is the thing, nobody but you cares if the Britney thread becomes more popular, because we all have bigger things on the outside world to worry about. Truth.

[Harry!]

Originally posted by Stu

Yeah, your reasons were that other members might not like the fact that the Britney thread is becoming so popular. But here is the thing, your selfish, basicaly. You are only speaking for yourself and nobody else. Because, again, here is the thing, nobody but you cares if the Britney thread becomes more popular, because we all have bigger things on the outside world to worry about. Truth.

I admit that I was wrong and acting like a brat. maybe we should focus on a more serious matter like the credit crunch or how BB is doing.

[Harry!]

No Oakenfold in Milan

News and updates keep coming from Milan, where rock concerts at the San Siro stadiums are heavily targeted by continuos shifts in local codes and regulations that try to settle disputes and controversies coming from people living nearby the stadium.

The situation is constantly evolving since the announcement on June 12, when Live Nation Italy manager Roberto De Luca decided to put the whole list of Live Nation events for this summer in Milan "on hold" until the results of the meeting held by local authorities were made public.

One week later, the Depeche Mode concert is taking place tonight, and this will be a major test because the band will be forced to play at a reduced level of 78 db.

De Luca has called for a special permission to raise the level up to 80 db - which they consider technically satisfactory - for the next U2 and Madonna concerts, and said that it's getting virtually impossible to work on the concerts because of an increasing "atmosphere of terror" around the events.

Anyway, the ongoin dispute already made an illustrious victim. Paul Oakenfold will not be Madonna's opening act for the Milan concert anymore, because he is not considered a live performer and therefore it will not be considered as part of the show. De Luca said today he was forced to hire two supporter groups that will perform live before Madonna takes the stage, although he did not reveal who they are. You can check out the original article on the online website of Corriere della Sera.

http://www.madonnatribe.com/news/mod...ticle&sid=4231

[Harry!]

Jun 20
Rumour: Madonna’s adopted daughter leaves Malawi

An airport employee and a person familiar with Madonna’s adoption proceedings in Malawi say the pop star’s new daughter has been flown to London.

The airport employee, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the matter, said Saturday that 3-year-old Chifundo “Mercy” James flew out on a private jet late Friday headed to London, with a stop in neighboring South Africa.

The person familiar with the adoption, who also was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, says the girl known as Mercy should have reached London on Saturday morning.

http://allaboutmadonna.com/2009/06/r...ves-malawi.php

[Harry!]

Also one of my fave remixes ever has been uploaded on YouTube woop!

Youtube video

[Harry!]

I like this recent pictures of Madonna, It shows that she really is a family woman.

[Harry!]

Some nice Madonna icons here
http://www.eggcomm.com/madonna/gallery.html

[Harry!]

Madonna is reunited with Mercy in London

Singer's three-year-old adopted daughter arrives from Malawi en route to a life of luxury in New York


Behind her: a country torn apart by poverty and disease, a father whom she has hardly met, a smouldering legal row about the wisdom of international adoption, and 10,000 toddlers who, as she once did, face growing up in orphanages.


In front of her: a life of comfort and privilege with the singer Madonna.

Chifundo "Mercy" James, aged three, was in London yesterday after reportedly boarding a private jet from Malawi with the singer's staff late on Friday night. Airport insiders and sources close to the long-running court case said Mercy was accompanied by a nanny, a child nurse and another of Madonna's aides as she jetted out of Africa, and was due to arrive yesterday morning. Madonna, her other children and a security entourage flew into Heathrow on Friday afternoon.

Mercy's flight marked the final chapter in Madonna's attempt to gain custody of the girl, whose teenage mother died in childbirth. The singer had been urged by child welfare charities to abandon the plan, and her application was denied by a Malawian judge in April on the grounds that she had not lived in the impoverished African nation for more than a year.

Madonna has been criticised for raising hope when thousands of children will not be treated to the same level of help. Mavuto Bamusi, national co-ordinator of Malawi's Human Rights Commission, said: "Inter-country adoption is not the best way of providing protection to children. They should grow up in familiar cultural and religious surroundings."

But as politicians and social workers argued about adoption laws, Madonna's appeal succeeded and on 12 June, a judge overturned the original verdict. The Malawi High Court noted the work Madonna had done for children through her Raising Malawi charity, including £12m of personal donations. In Malawi, a child who has lost one parent is classed as an orphan. Mercy's father, James Kambewa, withdrew an objection, asking only that he is given updates of his daughter's whereabouts and progress.

The singer is just weeks away from the start of a European tour and her publicists refused to be drawn on how Mercy will fit into family life over the next few weeks, confirming only that their client was "ecstatic" at the result of the legal proceedings.

She already has two biological children – Lourdes, 13, and Rocco, eight – and adopted David Banda, a Malawian orphan, in 2006. Madonna's representatives in Malawi suggested Mercy will grow up in the United States rather than London. A newly decorated room and a treehouse apparently await her in her New York home, a contrast to the Kondanani Children's Village orphanage in Bvumbwe where the singer first met Mercy. In a statement, Madonna said: "My family and I are looking forward to sharing our lives with her."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe...n-1711551.html

[Harry!]

http://madonnalicious.typepad.com/ma...lable-now.html

New '09 Tour merchandise available now!

Madonna's official merchandiser Fanfire has just released some new tour goodies in preparation for the '09 Tour.
There are a selection of clothing items for men, women and juniors - so why wait in queue at the venue - shop now at Fanfire.



Shop link: http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3111911-10583379

I wish I was going

[Harry!]

Mercy James Ciccone gets set to start touring with Madonna



Story Here

The Madonna household looks a lot happier now by the looks of things

[Harry!]

The Madonna Nudes - 30th Anniversary Exhibition

To celebrate the arrival of Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet tour to the Capital, Seven Dials, Covent Garden’s hidden village, is set to play host to the London premiere of The Madonna Nudes - 30th Anniversary exhibition, a collection of intimate photographs taken by Martin H. M. Schreiber, when Madonna was just 20.
Limited edition prints of the photographs are available to buy at £3,400, and also available to buy is a unique piece of never seen before memorabilia – a one off print of the original Madonna Polaroid test shot, which, included with the original model release and the Polaroid, is expected to fetch in excess of £40,000. This would eclipse the previous record of $37,500 recently paid at auction earlier this year for the Lee Friedlander photograph which also featured in the 1985 Playboy.

For those on a budget, but wanting a little snippet of Madonna, exclusive Madonna Nudes memorabilia available includes:

- Postcards of the Prints (these are ONLY available from Impure Art. No one else in the world has these postcards)
- Limited Edition Posters of the Exhibition
- The original 1985 Playboys the image first appeared in
- The Taschen Madonna Nudes Books (1st and 2nd editions) – some are signed by the photographer
- Other memorabilia unique to the exhibition including badges, fridge magnets, mugs and more.

The photographer Martin H M Schreiber will be in town for Saturday 4th July to sign books, posters and the Playboys and meet people.

The exhibition will be co-hosted by Seven Dials and Impure Art (the UK’s only erotic art gallery) who are exclusively handling the sale of the Madonna Nudes 30th Anniversary collection. See www.impureart.com for details.



The Madonna Nudes will showcase at 19 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, WC2 from 2nd to 19th July. The gallery will be open seven days - Monday to Saturday, 12-7pm, and Sunday 12-6pm. For more information please visit www.sevendials.co.uk

http://madonnalicious.typepad.com/ma...xhibition.html

[Harry!]

20 June - William Orbit reflects back on the Music days


While Madonna fans are currently experiencing the silence before the storm in Madonna-land, fortunately longtime Madonna collaborator William Orbit makes us tide over the slow news days as he reflects back on the era when he last shared the studio with Madonna. On his own blog, while responding to a fan comment, giving us his opinions on the tracks, on fellow electronica producer Mirwais and of course on Madonna herself:

Hey William,
I see that youre responding to questions and I have one that ive been wondering for quite sometime. What songs have you done with Madonna that you havent released and that hasnt been online? Also, do you ever plan on releasing anything else you did with her? I think Madonna worked best with you. I thnk MOST people feel that way. I remember when Music was coming out and she said she played some of her work she did with Mirwais and said u said you were jealous. I had to laugh afterwards because even tough it was good, it was FAAAAARRRRR from the "amazing" (hehe) work you did with her. Amazing, Runaway Lover, and Gone were incredible. Too bad Liquid Love didnt make it because it's the best track I think you ever did with her (besides Drowned World). Actually, that would be incredible if you made an updated version of Drowned World that sounds like the original but is an updated version. Id melt because the 1st time I heard that sound (as well as Power Of Good-Bye), I had tears in my eyes from how powerful and beautiful it was! Well, I hope you respond. Youre my idol when it comes to electronic music. Keep up the AMAZING work!
Dave


Hi Dave
Well, It's Music (the track) that I play at deejay sets the most, albeit my own slightly tweaked version. I love it and never tire of it and think that what she and Mirwais accomplished together was fantastic! I do get a great response when I play Ray Of Light however, even though it's not a bad-ass demented techno tune, my favourite style to play. This is probably because of general goodwill and fondness towards her from my audience. Everyone has a good memory to go with that song.

Did I really say that I was 'Jealous'? I never get jealous. But 'envious' maybe, And I only put it that way as a tribute to the man. I cannot sound the way he does even if I try and I truly appreciate that kind of musicality when it's done as well as that! I would be interested to know what he is up to these days. Meanwhile, I'm very happy in my own sonic world, although still pushing away at the borders.

I had to listen to the Music album tracks on which I'd participated the other day for something that Warners had requested. I cringed when I heard American Pie. A song that truly deserves it's place at the top of the 'worst-ever-cover-versions' roll of dishonour! What were we thinking?

But Runaway Lover sounded so good. It has stood the test of time very well and has a superb vocal from M. She very much sculpted the way that it sounds on the album. I was a bit spaced out during that one I recall and Mark (Spike) Stent did an excellent mix.
What really got me thinking is that the song Amazing did not ever reach its full potential. i would love to mix that one again. There are elements that didn't make it to the final. What else?, ... Gone is sort of alright.

BTW, there are vocals that she did in the late nineties that have particular strong emotional power. Not all of it released. Much has been written about her dramatic activities but she is capable of mining greater dramatic depths in her vocals than most singers today. It just isn't always in the obvious way. You have to be open to it. Plus there is always a lot of ear candy too. That combination is part of the fascination.

Interesting the you mention a reworking of Drowned World. That could be very good, I was speculating on that just the other day. The original demos sound magical and golden. But I'd only do it as an exercise in musical possibilities for myself. M doesn't look backwards readily and there are, naturally, Warner Bros considerations which are way above my head.

I don't often go into detail about past work but since I'm sitting here in a nice garden in LA, surrounded by friends and their animals and snacking on tasty morsels, with my laptop in front of me, I can take the time to reflect.

There's have been a lot of requests for interviews from various online Madonna fan sites over the years and I've always declined, but having my own blog is a good place to start jotting down a few notes. And it is over ten years on now.

(btw, was just checking and there are so many Madonna sites now. some of which are absolutely superb in terms of detail and dedication!)
But although there is a lot of unreleased material, some of which is exceptional, the question of its release can only be answered by her. And she has a lot else going on in her world at any one time! I always look at it this way, you cannot fault her sense of timing and change so there's not much pointed in trying to second guess her. She'll be going strong for another 50 years, what's the rush?
Best wishes,
William

[tentpeg]

Why must everyone do as she says? Her stupid religion, diets etc. Go away woman - leave us alone!

[Harry!]

Originally posted by tentpeg
Why must everyone do as she says? Her stupid religion, diets etc. Go away woman - leave us alone!

Madonna is one of the most influential women on the planet. You don't have to follow her routines but her singing is AMAZING!

[Harry!]

Madonna and Mercy: What Really Happened on C4 next monday at 8pm

Jacques Peretti travels to Malawi to look at the complexities involved in Madonna's latest proposed adoption of Mercy James and looks at the divided world opinion.

[Harry!]

Vote: Best Female Singer

Fans can vote for Madonna as the Best Female Singer in The Dome Awards taking place in Köln, Germany on Friday 21 August.
Madonna is currently only on 1% - being beaten by singers such as Vanessa Hudgens! To place your vote (every 24 hours) please visit www.thedome.de

Please note Abstimmen is the button to press to vote.



http://madonnalicious.typepad.com/ma...le-singer.html

VOTE FOR MADONNA!

[Lewis.]

Vannessa is on 35% whilst Leona is on 0%



Something is wrong with this world.

[Harry!]

Madonna tops Forbes list of top-earning acts


Forbes magazine issued its list of the year’s top-earning musicians....their year being June to June, that is.
And it should come as no surprise that Madonna tops the cash heap.
What is (mildly) unexpected is just how much wealthier Madge has become. As Forbes reports, the Material Mom has garnered roughly $40-$50 million annually since 2002. Last year, however, she more than doubled that tally, rising to $110 million.
Céline Dion almost beat her, however. The chest-beating French-Canadian songbird raked in a cool $100 mil herself last year. Beyoncé landed in third, with $87 million.
The list was compiled by assessing earnings from album sales, touring, publising and endorsement deals, with Billboard, Pollstar and Nielsen SoundScan cited as sources.
#1 - Madonna, $110 million
#2 - Céline Dion, $100 million
#3 - Beyoncé, $87 million
#4 - Bruce Springsteen, $70 million
#5 - Kenny Chesney, $65 million

http://madonnalicious.typepad.com/ma...ning-acts.html

[Harry!]

Originally posted by LewisLeona
Vannessa is on 35% whilst Leona is on 0%



Something is wrong with this world.

Very bias poll.

[Harry!]

Well done Madonna!

[Harry!]

I am happy Britney was not in the list

[001steven]

Britneys better then madonna, madonnas good but n as near as good as Britney, britneys albums have Always done well where as madonnas have dipped up and down.

Plus britney will b in the list next year as her tours raking it in she would have earned over £60million when her tour finishes.

[Harry!]

Originally posted by 001steven
Britneys better then madonna, madonnas good but n as near as good as Britney, britneys albums have Always done well where as madonnas have dipped up and down.

Plus britney will b in the list next year as her tours raking it in she would have earned over £60million when her tour finishes.

Madonna will always be the queen of pop and WILL sell well in later on in the year/2010.

Britneys tour earnings would of counted in that poll not next year.