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Jeremy Scott on Madonna: Truth or Dare and feeling seen “Growing up in a small town where I was ostracised for loving fashion and being gay, seeing a global superstar be so unabashedly pro-gay made me feel seen; understood; like I mattered, and that all the bigotry I was experiencing was just a microcosm of the larger world…
CREDIT: Warner Music April has been a big month for Madonna fans. The Queen of Pop’s Hard Candy LP recently celebrated its 12th birthday, while American Life turns 17 today (April 21). Both albums have been relegated to the footnotes of M’s holy discography, which is an injustice — particularly in the case of American Life. Squeezed between the mega-successful Music and Confessions On A Dance…
We have added some original Blond Ambition Tour tickets from the Rotterdam show to our Blond Ambition page HERE. One is an unused promotional (free of charge) field ticket (front and back) and the other a ticket used for tribune seating.
Madonna is partnering with Meek Mill’s advocacy group REFORM Alliance to send much-needed personal protective equipment to jails and prisons which have become coronavirus hotspots across the country. More than 50,000 surgical masks will be donated to Chicago’s Cook County Jail, which has been hit hard by the pandemic. Six inmates have died, while 210 staffers and 235…
CREDIT: Warner Music FLASHBACK: MADONNA’S ‘GIRL GONE WILD Madonna’s Hard Candy turns 12 this month (on April 19, to be exact) and I decided to mark the occasion by revisiting the divisive opus. Full disclosure. The Queen of Pop’s 11th album didn’t exactly fill me with joy when it arrived in 2008. After the dance-pop mastery of Confessions On…
Before we kick off Madonna’s next huge era in our discography (Hard Candy) there was this single: SING by Annie Lennox. Remember? This was Annie Lennox’ charity single released in 2007 to raise money and awareness for the HIV/Aids organisation for which she teamed up with 23 other singers. Madonna recorded the second verse of…
Madonna’s official UK store offers this incredibly stunning ‘Downward Black Tee’ for online purchase. BSI Merch expects that all orders will be delivered to your doorstep within three weeks, but remember that due to Coronacrisis delivery might be delayed. To order this shirt click HERE It has been added to the memorabilia section of our…
On the first night of Madonna’s Blond Ambition tour, held in April 1990 in Chiba, Japan, few in the audience could have prepared themselves for the spectacle about to unfold. With its $2 million dollar stage set, explosive choreography by voguing legends from the New York City ballroom scene, and headline-grabbing aesthetic fusion of Catholic imagery and BDSM, the show…
Madonna’s Maverick, however, showed every sign of being the label that bucked this trend. She had not only her manager, former Michael Jackson consigliere Freddy DeMann running the show, but his protégé, a young and hungry Hollywood go-getter of Israeli descent called Guy Oseary. Freddy and Guy had a powerful combination of youth and experience.…
It was one year ago today that we got to hear what Medellín sounded like. The lead single from upcoming album ‘Madame X’ was described as ‘FIRE’ and premiered on Beats 1 Radio. The track with Maluma was an instant hit to some, while others had to get used to the new sound. It for…
Trailblazing DJ/producer Tracy Young, who this year became the first woman to win the Best Remixed Recording Grammy Award for her Pride remix of Madonna’s “I Rise,” says that another recent Madonna single that she remixed, “Crave” (with Swae Lee), has been “one of the most requested songs during my club sets and livestreams.” The track,…
Come on girls, do you believe in love?” It’s hard to fathom it’s been three decades since Madonna rallied the troops in her feminist call to arms Express Yourself. Celebrity hairstylist Peter Savic takes a look back on the enduring styles he created with the chameleon-esque star and shares his expert tips on how to recreate them…
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…
