One of the rarest and most gorgeous promotional adverts is this one for ‘Holiday’. Originally published in R&R Magazine on November 11, 1983. ‘Holiday Greetings from Madonna’ ‘Behold a good single has been given unto you. Play it.” Madonna’s “Holiday” This advert has been added to the ‘adverts’ tab on our The First Album page…
I’m feeling a bit nostalgic. Time for a personal reflection of the Madame X era. I instantly fell in love when I heard ‘Medellin’ for the first time, then almost every week we got another track. My first thought was, hmm it’s all autotune, don’t know if I like this. But after literally a…
One year ago today we finally got to embark on our Madame X Tour journey, and boy it was a stressful one! We documented our trip and to celebrate the one year anniversary, we have put together our Madame X Tour video diary for you to view. Hope you enjoy
There are currently 114 framed photos of inductees into the Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — all which Johnson wants to hang in the Bay City exhibit. “We’re hoping also to have a fairly large exhibit on Madonna, the most famous rock and roll star to be born in Bay City,” Johnson says.…
Madonna, ‘Bitch I’m Madonna’ ft. Nicki Minaj’ (2015) Often, there’s a misconception that music must be challenging, emotionally complex and hard-to-access in order to be worthy of greatness – a fairly boring and distinctly joyless way of measuring quality. Meanwhile, SOPHIE often played with ideas like brightness, gloss and polish – words often used as shorthand…
More promotional articles on ‘Holiday’ have been added to The First Album page (press and adverts tab). ‘This is the story of Beauty and the Bullet – the first single from the star of the ’80s’ according to R&R Magazine in 1983, guess they forgot about ‘Everybody’ and ‘Burning Up’ More coming up.
Madonna covers the February 2021 edition of ‘Polo Lifestyles’ magazine. You can view the digital magazine online and / or order a hard copy HERE
The promotion for Madonna’s third single ‘Holiday’ from her debut album continued as this article was published in R&R Magazine on September 23, 1983. They write about her music video directed by Steve Barron, which was ‘Burning Up’, however they refer to the ‘Holiday’ single. Who knows, maybe Steve Barron was planned to shoot the…
The Story of The Songs is packed with fascinating anecdotes about some of the biggest hits of the 20th century. Director Oliver Wright tells us how his pandemic project came together. And really the unique thing about Madonna was how she rose to fame so rapidly and really tapped into culturally what was going on,…
New (old) article added to The First Album page (press tab) Madonna’s first two singles (Everybody + Burning Up) had just been released and there was a lot of promo coming up for the album’s third single ‘Holiday’. The article is from R&R Magazine and was published on September 2, 1983. More coming up!
People notice Madonna. This would’ve been the case whether or not she ever got famous. There are tons of stories about people meeting Madonna before she ascended to stardom, and that’s because people have always remembered her. Some people radiate self-assurance so powerfully that they change the chemistry of the air whenever they walk into…