Hours after Madonna opened her “Rebel Heart” tour in Montreal, a press release trumpeting the performance arrived in music writers’ inboxes the world over. There, in canned, press release form, was pop music’s ongoing problem in a nutshell: women are held to a different standard. Amid the granular details about her luxurious attire—“Madonna wears an…
1. Her newest album, Rebel Heart, is solid. For someone who’s made a career of genre hopping and appropriating cultural trends, Madonna does a good job of floating above the fray on Rebel Heart. The album includes collaborations with Diplo, Avicii and Kanye West, with the best songs split between vocally driven tracks about love and…
Ready for countdown! Sunday 20 September ‘Keith Haring. The Political Line at Kunsthal Rotterdam.
Finally after some correspondence we can confirm that bookstore Athenaeum in the heart of Amsterdam will receive a small stock of the special Madonna Rolling Stone edition, the magazine is completely dedicated to her. To reserve a copy please send them an e-mail: nieuwscentrum@athenaeum.nl or give them a call 020-5141470
Fans of controversial queen of pop Madonna, who makes her Hong Kong debut in February as part of her Rebel Heart world tour, may need to start saving now as tickets will cost as much as HK$11,888 per person. The “Queen of Pop” will play her first concert in the city on February 17 in…