To remain in the spirit of the 36th anniversary of Madonna’s debut album we have added another rare article to The First Album page HERE. This article comes from WEA Germany industry only magazine ‘Good News’ from 1983 (WEA Nachrichten zum saisonstart 1983). As you can see they refer to her upcoming first album as…
36-years ago, today, Madonna released her now-iconic debut album, appropriately titled Madonna, which sold more than 10-million copies, and spawned 5-massive singles. Borderline spent a staggering 30-weeks on the Billboard 100, helping to catapult Madonna into an international superstar. In 1982, Madonna was working with producer Reggie Lucas on her debut album. She had already composed three songs when…
To celebrate the 36th anniversary of Madonna’s debut album we have added the following item to our ‘MADONNA’ album promo page. This is an extremely rare promotional (post)card in big size with the album’s logo on the front. Now I had never seen one before and didn’t knew it existed until I got this one…
What is art about if not breaking free from unremarkable human form? Botticelli envisioned Venus emerging from the sea fully grown. Max Shrek’s face was twisted into a ghostly visage to play the title role in F W Murnau’s Nosferatu. Madonna used auto-tune on her album Madame X to alter the pitch of her vocals…
If you only knew how much stuff I still need to scan to update the many pages here on MadonnaUnderground. Thanks to a certain Madame X everything has been on a hold-up including our discography. Now that the hectic times have settled a bit and Madonna is deep into tour rehearsals I have some time…
Thank you once again for the dozens of entries to our Madame X goodiebag giveaway with thanks to Concerto Recordstore in Amsterdam! From a random lottery draw the following winners were selected: Rene Liet Christophe Fadeur Sandra Burton Congrats! The bags will ship out asap! If you didn’t win do not despair we will have…
Team member Dave stumbled upon this original flyer for the Blond Ambition Afterparty in legendary club iT in Amsterdam on July 24 1990.
Most of these were handed out to the queuing people outside the stadium in Rotterdam.
To check this out and more head over to our Blond Ambition Tour page (memorabilia tab)
One of the fashion industry’s most iconic duos almost said “I do!” Every since Madonna first wore one of Jean Paul Gaultier’s designs in the mid-1980s to the premiere of Desperately Seeking Susan, the two have been an inseparable fashion force. Since then, Madonna and Gaultier have collaborated on costumes for the pop sensation’s Blonde Ambition tour in 1990, the Confessions tour…
Available now this officially licensed Madonna shirt with image from debut album at Kiabi.
At 13 EUR an absolute steal.
Order HERE
Thanks to Priscilla!
Madonna’s former art advisor and friend Darlene Lutz is auctioning off a bunch of the star’s personal items, including a 1995 breakup letter from Tupac and cassette tapes featuring unreleased demos and recordings. Madonna has been trying to stop the unauthorized auction for two years now, but she failed, and there are currently over 70 lots on the…
