Michel Linssen/Redferns Madonna performs on stage at the Feyenoord stadium on July 24, 1990. “I know that I’m not the best singer and I know that I’m not the best dancer. But, I can f—ing push people’s buttons and be as provocative as I want. This tour’s goal is to break useless taboos.” There was…
OLIVER CRUMES EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Blond Ambition Tour one of its most iconic dancers, Oliver S Crumes III was kind enough to sit down for an exclusive interview with MadonnaUnderground So Oliver can you tell us how you got to be a dancer for the Blond Ambition Tour? Were…
Back in 2013 we were lucky and thankful to be invited to the official opening of ‘From The Sidewalk To The Catwalk – The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier’ at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. Jean Paul Gaultier was there to open his own exhibition and to answer various questions asked by press. Gaultier discussed…
To celebrate the 30th anniversary legendary choreographer and director Vincent Paterson was so kind to share a memory and photo of the Blond Ambition Tour with MadonnaUnderground. Vincent Paterson choreographed and directed the Blond Ambition Tour and was responsible for the ‘Marie-Antoinette’ homage performance of ‘VOGUE’ at the MTV Awards in 1990. Not only that…
With the hurdle of the Snatch Game now behind them, the remaining queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12 have proven their determination to win, and were tasked to put that determination to the test in the April 10 episode. In the latest musical challenge, the queens were tasked with singing, dancing, acting, and paying homage…
PARIS BERCY JULY 1990 I can’t believe that it’s been (almost) thirty years since I went to see the Blond Ambition Tour in Paris…. At the time internet didn’t exist and we kept up to date with the news, especially for concerts, via the press and especially the radio (NRJ was then an…
30 years ago, on this same 13th of April, the Madonna gave the start of the tour’s most powerful and controversial: the “Blond Ambition Tour”. Filling the arenas and stadiums in the United States, Europe, and Japan, the singer, has firmly established itself as an absolute power of pop music, and has caused controversy with…
Can you believe it is 30 years ago today that the legendary Blond Ambition Tour kicked off in Japan? One of the most discussed tours of all time, a tour that unfortunately to this day still has not been released on either DVD or blu-ray in full….. A tour so ahead of its time that…
Madonna covers Expresiones magazine (Ecuador) April 6 2020 edition
We are taking a look back at when Madonna mania took over Leeds as the pop princess played Roundhay Park at the peak of her powers. The material girl played an outdoor concert at the park to a crowd of 73,000 people in 1987. Tickets for the big event were on sale officially for £15 but because…
Madonna kicked off her first ever tour 35 years ago yesterday (yes I know I am a day late). Madonna sold out the entire tour but unfortunately never brought it to Europe. To this day fans are still waiting for a DVD or blu-ray release of the official recording from Detroit. Despite having an official…
By Rob Copsey “Look around, everywhere you turn is heartache – it’s everywhere that you go.” 30 years on and the opening lines from Madonna’s classic hit Vogue are still relevant today – and its acclaimed black and white David Fincher-directed video still feels as fresh and stylish as it did when it spent weeks…
VH1/ Screenshot If you saw the Cher-themed Drag Race Rusical in Season 10, you were not “Like a Virgin” watching Season 12’s musical challenge: “Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical.” During the April 10 episode, each queen embodied a different moment from the Queen of Pop’s iconic career, from “Lucky Star” all the way up to “B*tch I’m Madonna.”…
