Another early years picture…
Image courtesy Elio Fiorucci from i-D interview
Madonna before she was Madonna – a dance student at ADF
Her name is Madonna Ciccone, and her face matches her name. Round eyes, arched eyebrows, finely drawn mouth – Da Vinci would have loved it. It is a theatrical face, a dancer’s face. And she has a dancer’s body – thin as a blade, lithe and agile. Doll-like, she looks as if she’d snap in…
‘Vogue’ Producer Shep Pettibone’s First Interview in 20 Years: On Making a Madonna Classic & Why He Left Music Behind
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Madonna’s “Vogue” reaching N)1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, we reached out to the song’s co-producer and co-writer, dance legend Shep Pettibone, for — amazingly — his first interview in 20 years. We talked to Pettibone, of course, about the genesis and making of “Vogue,” but also…
25 years ago this week, Madonna topped the charts with one of her most iconic singles
” Look around, everywhere you turn is heartache – it’s everywhere that you go.” The opening lines from Madonna’s classic hit Vogue are still relevant today, and its acclaimed black and white video still feels as fresh and stylish as it did when it spent weeks on permanent rotation across all available music channels. Vogue, spending…
Music Icons 2015 by Julien’s Auctions
Julien’s Auctions returns again to the Big Apple for the music memorabilia auction of the year at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square NYC on Friday, May 15th and Saturday, May 16th, 2015 beginning at 10:00 a.m. both days. One of the most extraordinary collections of Rock n’ Roll royalty will be offered at…
Ranking 30 Years Of Madonna’s Tours: Which One Is The Greatest?
During this week in 1985, a fresh-faced pop star named Madonna embarked on her first-ever concert tour, aptly titled The Virgin Tour. Little did concertgoers know, they were in the presence of arguably pop’s most dynamic performer (next to Michael Jackson, of course). Since The Virgin Tour, Madge has embarked on a total of nine…
Pride Life magazine (Spring 2015 / UK)
Madonna on cover of “Pride Life” (issue #18 / Spring 2015) “The Pop & Politics Issue” (UK Gay Magazine) Cover & featuring a 4-page article celebrating Madonna’s Career. https://pridelife.com/
Watch Ad-Rock Discuss Beastie Boys Opening for Madonna in 1985
“We played the first couple shows and they hated us,” Horovitz recalled of The Virgin Tour, adding that Madonna fought to keep the Beastie Boys on the bill. “She realized that [the audience] hated us so much, that by the time she got on stage, it was the greatest thing ever.” Full article HERE
Cover up! Overtly sexy album artwork from singers like Madonna are censored for audiences in the Middle East
Religious beliefs in a number of Middle Eastern countries require women to be covered Designers ‘re-imagine’ a lot of album art to respect local culture and traditions Saudi Arabia and its neighboring Middle Eastern countries are notorious for censoring ‘sexual’ album covers by female artists in order to make the artwork more appropriate for a…
Where Madonna partied until dawn — and more on the Material Girl’s NYC life
Move over, Gaga, and take a hike, Taylor — the true Queen of Pop has returned for her crown. This week, Madonna released her 13th album, “Rebel Heart,” and it finds her in a reflective mood. In particular, one song called “Veni Vedi Vici” references her early days scraping together rent while living on the…
Photography That’s me in the picture (The Guardian)
That’s me in the picture: David Connor watching Madonna at the Hacienda, 1984 ‘I thought she was quite boring. It wasn’t my thing. I was into indie bands and her being a pop star was everything I was against at the time’ As Madonna’s career took off, I would always be bragging about this…
The Queen of Pop reigns again with ‘Living for Love,’ tying with George Strait, the King of Country, for the most leaders on a single Billboard chart.
Madonna makes Billboard chart history, as she earns her 44th No. 1 on Dance Club Songs, where “Living for Love” lifts 2-1. (The ranking, dated March 7, will refresh on Billboard.com on Thursday, Feb. 26.) With the coronation, Madonna equals George Strait, who’s logged 44 No. 1s on Hot Country Songs, for the most leaders…
Iconic Celebrity (“1010 WINS Iconic New York Series”)
Known for her ever-changing, chameleon-like persona, Madonna is as much a brand as an individual. A media–savvy trendsetter, Madonna’s uncanny business sense is matched only by her talent. A veritable force of nature, Madonna’s ability to control her image, career and destiny was honed from an early age. A Little Girl Grows Up Too Fast…
Madonna & Miley Cyrus at last nights’ Grammy’s
Miley Cyrus and Madonna attend The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/WireImage)
