SINGAPORE — The controversy in recent days over Madonna’s first concert here — sparked by the Catholic Church’s advice to congregants to skip the show — did not carry over into her performance at the National Stadium last night, as she kept to her word to observe cultural sensitivities. The pop diva’s 90-minute gig, which…
SINGAPORE: She might be on her Rebel Heart Tour, but when it came to meeting the Media Development Authority (MDA) guidelines the Queen of Pop was a little less than rebellious. For the Singapore leg of her tour on Sunday (May 28), Madonna performed a modified opening segment of her tour, cutting out the songs…
Madonna opened the show in Singapore with Bitch I’m Madonna instead of Iconic, Holy Water and Devil Pray were removed from the setlist as well. Madonna had to follow rules this time.
She performed Crazy For You and also the medley was back again. Hopefully some videos soon.
Manila. American singer Madonna may face a ban in the Philippines for disrespecting its flag in her concerts this week in the capital Manila, a domestic broadcaster said on Friday, citing a historical commission official. The 57-year-old entertainer is on a world tour to promote her “Rebel Heart” album, and did sold-out shows on Wednesday and…
We can exclusively reveal that the much anticipated and highly praised ‘Strike A Pose’ documentary, directed by Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan will finally hit Dutch theaters on May 19. The dancers of the Blond Ambition Tour tell their personal stories on what happened to them after the tour. The documentary premiered at the Berlinale…
Madonna’s super fans: Panda Tan (left), Rahman Selamat (top right) and Glenn Nolan (bottom right). Photo: The Straits Times and AFP He won a Best Dressed award when he dressed up like Madonna in her Nothing Really Matters music video for a Madonna Madness party in 2000 at Zouk. Since then, he has received offers…
The Material Girl traded “Sex” for romance and scored a personal best with “Take a Bow.” MADONNA’S LONGEST RUN AT NO. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 didn’t take place until more than 11 years after her first chart hit. On Feb. 25, 1995, her romantic R&B-flavored ballad “Take a Bow” began a seven-week reign…
These were her “sins”: Swearing out loud, climbing and hanging upside down from a cross, draping the National Flag over her shoulders, sexually suggestive dancing, seemingly strangling a dancer dressed as a priest on stage, having dancers as nuns cavorting in revealing clothes as well as a female dancer that must’ve had a wardrobe malfunction,…
For her grand entrance Madonna descended onto the stage in a cage from high up in the ceiling. For her exit two and a half hours later she ascended back to the air while singing her very first hit, “Holiday.” (That it was already past 1 o’clock in the morning of February 25, a real…
A day before her scheduled concert on Wednesday night, pop culture icon Madonna visited and spent time with the kids of Bahay Tuluyan Foundation in Manila earlier Tuesday afternoon. Catherine Scerri, deputy director of the nongovernmental children’s rights organization, said the American singer-songwriter arrived at 2 p.m. and stayed for close to an hour. “She…
Pop superstar Madonna slipped into the country quietly through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) at 2 a.m. Monday for her two-day concert in Manila in support of her 13th studio album “Rebel Heart.” The four-time Grammy winner’s arrival aboard a chartered Boeing 752 was kept under tight wraps with airport workers strictly prohibited from…
