Category Archives: Madonna News

Madonna Jo Whiley BBC Radio 2 Interview, June 13, 2019 (listen now)

‘Nice to listen to good Madonna music again’ Dutch review ****

Madonna was na het Eurovisie Songfestival, waar ze dit jaar optrad, weer even wereldnieuws. Alleen niet op de manier waarop ze hoopte. In plaats van lof wekte de vertoning van de 60-jarige leedvermaak op. Wat één grote reclamespot had moeten worden voor haar vandaag verschijnende nieuwe album Madame X werd het tegenovergestelde. Dat dit haar beste in…

Madonna: very pleased with my Eurovision performance (Dutch article AD, interview tomorrow)

Controverse over haar valse zang of niet, Madonna kijkt met een voldaan gevoel terug op haar optreden tijdens de finale van het Eurovisie Songfestival in Tel Aviv.  Stefan Raatgever 14-06-19, 08:33 Laatste update: 08:43    In een interview dat morgen op deze site verschijnt, zegt ze over haar afgekraakte versie van Like a Prayer: ,,Ik was er ontzettend…

Madonna: It would be easier for my kids if they had another mother

Madonna has said it would be “less challenging” for her children if they didn’t have her as a mother. The Queen of Pop, 60, said her six children sometimes found it difficult having a world-famous musician as a parent. Speaking on the Graham Norton Show, she said: “I think they wish I wasn’t Madonna. I…

Madonna Takes A Weird, Wild Ride on ‘Madame X’ ***

Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ is so admirably bizarre, all you can do is stand back and watch the girl go. Steven Klein* Madonna albums from this century fall into two categories: the playing-it-safe ones, and the “WTF is she thinking?” ones. You might be tempted to assume the mega-weird ones are better, but nothing is ever that…

Madonna: ‘I wanted to be somebody – because I felt like a nobody’

She wanted to rule the world – and did. Madonna looks back on four decades of fame, why the music industry needs a #MeToo moment, and her still insatiable ambition   On YouTube, you can find a clip of Madonna appearing on American Bandstand in January 1984. She is still promoting her eponymous debut album, released six…

Madonna Introduces ‘Madame X’: ‘Honesty Is A Commodity Right Now’

  Madonna’s latest album, Madame X, is due out June 14. Steven Klein/Courtesy of the artist Material Girl. Veronica Electronica. The Queen of Pop. Madonna has taken on many names and personas over the course of her career. Now, with the release of her 14th studio album on June 14, the pop icon dons yet another. This alter-ego…

The Guide to Getting Into Madonna, Holy Mother of Modern Pop

She’s a true original with a decades-deep catalog, so ahead of the release of ‘Madame X,’ here’s a streamlined guide to her restlessly creative and game-changing career. Though Madonna’s been called the “Queen of Pop” for the majority of her 37-year recording career, in a way she’s also strangely underrated. “People have always been trying…

Madonna – Madame X (★★★★): Het beste van Madonna in jaren (Belgium review)

Game of Thrones mag dan wel sinds enkele weken afgelopen zijn, Queen of Pop Madonna probeert haar troon opnieuw te veroveren met haar nieuwste album. Madge heeft zeker en vast haar stempel gedrukt op de muziekscène en liveshows voor eeuwig veranderd. Ze heeft zichzelf sinds 1983 verschillende keren heruitgevonden en gooide het regelmatig over een andere boeg.…

Madame X Is The Best Madonna Album In A Long Time

“Hey young people – you’re getting older every second. It’s what we do. One day someone will tell you to stop and you’ll be all like ‘fuck you’ just like Madonna.” That was former Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes on Twitter the night of the Billboard Music Awards. Madonna and Colombian reggaeton star Maluma had just performed…

Album Review: Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ (Variety)

Here’s a little-known pop-diva fact: Madonna used to have nightmares about Whitney Houston. In a 1995 “Primetime Live” interview, she described a dream she had in which she learned that her greatest ’80s chart rival’s then-latest single, “Exhale (Shoop Shoop),” had replaced hers, “You’ll See,” at No. 1. Meanwhile, in another room, her music teacher…