Finally up for pre-order is the official German 2 track CD single to Madonna’s second single off Rebel Heart, ‘Ghosttown’
The CD single will be released on April 24, please sign up for the pre-order through Amazon HERE
When your career has been as iconic as that of Madonna, you cultivate a passionate fanbase. When you cultivate a passionate fanbase, you can bank on them working vigorously to stay apprised of your endeavors.
Neither Madonna nor NBC, therefore, had a prayer of keeping her planned “The Tonight Show” visit under wraps.
Earlier this week, Madonna fans located her name on a tentative NBC episode guide. That guide, which identified a handful of visitors for upcoming “Tonight Show” episodes, revealed that Madonna would appear as an interview and musical guest on the April 9 edition of its Jimmy Fallon-hosted talk show.
Issued Thursday evening, a revised, more authoritative “Tonight Show” lineup shares the same story. Madonna is the lead interview guest and confirmed musical act for the April 9 “Tonight Show.” Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will also appear on the episode.
Other upcoming “Tonight Show” guests include Louis CK, Sophia Bush, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Scott Eastwood, Kevin James and Vanessa Hudgens.
NBC’s official lineup follows:
Friday, April 3: Guests include Ricky Gervais, Jordana Brewster and musical guest Elle King. Boz Scaggs sits-in with The Roots. Show 239
Monday, April 6: Guests include Michael Douglas, Kat Dennings and musical guest St. Vincent. Show 240
Tuesday, April 7: Guests include Louis C.K., Sophia Bush and musical guest Who Is Fancy. Show 241
Wednesday, April 8: Guests include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Scott Eastwood and musical guest Flo Rida with The Roots. Show 242
Thursday, April 9: Guests include Madonna, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and musical guest Madonna. Show 243
Friday, April 10: Guests include Kevin James and Vanessa Hudgens. Show 244
She will be playing three NYC shows
Madonna has extended the US leg of her Rebel Heart tour, which will include three shows in New York – two at Madison Square Garden and one at Barclays Center.
As Billboard reports, Madonna’s current tour has not been selling out, and has paled in comparison to her 2012 MDNA tour, which sold out Yankee Stadium “in minutes”. None of her New York concerts are sold out yet, nearly one month after tickets went on sale.
Live Nation’s president of global touring, Arthur Fogel, denied a slow start for the Rebel Heart tour, telling the New York Post last month: “We’re thrilled with the performance of ticket sales to date, and we’ve no doubt this tour will perform to the level of previous record-breaking tours.”
“A tour with a budget like [Madonna’s] counts on adding on second and third nights in markets,” he continued. “That’s why it’s scheduled with lots of empty dates in major markets.”
Madonna’s full North American tour dates are as follows:
August 29 – Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
August 29 30 – Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
September 2 – Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
September 5 – San Juan Coliseo de Puerto Rico
September 9 – Montreal, QC Bell Centre
September 10 – Montreal, QC Bell Centre
September 12 – Washington, DC Verizon Center
September 16 – New York City, NY Madison Square Garden
September 17 – New York City, NY Madison Square Garden
September 19 – Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
September 24 – Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
September 26 – Boston, MATD Garden
September 28 – Chicago, IL United Center
October 1 – Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
October 3 – Atlantic City, NJBoardwalk Hall
October 5 – Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
October 6 – Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
October 8 – St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
October 11 – Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
October 12 – Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
October 14 – Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
October 17 – Portland, OR MODA Center
October 19 – San Jose, CA SAP Center at San Jose
October 22 – Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena
October 24 – Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
October 27 – Los Angeles, CA The Forum
Buy tickets safely & securely with ticketmaster.com
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…..’Looking back through his four decades of creations he recalls the surprising origin of the bustier that first made him a household name in the U.S. —when a certain pop star from Michigan wore it on her “Blond Ambition” tour in 1990.
“It was not Madonna who wore my first conical bra, it was Nana my Teddy Bear. And when I was six, I wanted to have a doll, but my parents didn’t find it politically correct for a boy,” he said.
Madonna is still very much in his heart — and he defended her against ageist criticism that her fall in this year’s Brit Awards showed that, at 56 years old, she should be hanging up her pointy bra once and for all.
“Why do they attack her because of her age, and they don’t do it to men?” he asked.
“She got up as if it was nothing and to fall must have hurt a lot. She could have killed herself,” he said. “She’s a miracle because, well, she’s Madonna.”
The famed bra — and his Teddy Bear, Nana — can both be found in the Grand Palais exhibit in Paris, which runs until August 3.
Taken from an article by Business of Fashion
Yes it’s already been a month since some of us attended the taping of Le Grand Journal in Paris and met Madonna after. We dug up two ‘lost’ pictures we took seconds before we got to go into the room where we met Madonna and took our pic. The pic shows the wristband you were given and the area we had to wait (and where M passed us by to go into the meet & greet area). Also another photo taken of Kimberly in the studio right before M kicked off the taping with Living For Love. They have been added to our Le Grand Journal + Meet & Greet photogallery
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.
Warner Music will be re-releasing Madonna’s albums in Japan on June 24. They are all available for pre-order through www.hmv.co.jp
Madonna, Like a Virgin, True Blue, Who’s That Girl OST, You Can Dance, Like a Prayer, I’m Breathless, Erotica, Bedtime Stories, Ray Of Light, Music, American Life, Confessions On A Dance Floor, Hard Candy.
De Nederlandse dj Don Diablo en popdiva Madonna hebben de handen ineengeslagen voor de remix van de single Ghosttown.
Dat heeft zijn woordvoerder woensdag bekendgemaakt.
Madonna heeft zelf contact met de Drentse dj Don nadat ze zijn remixen had gehoord voor Ed Sheeran en Jessie J. De ballad Ghosttown is de tweede single van Madonna’s recent verschenen album Rebel Heart.
“De Queen of Pop remixen heeft altijd hoog bovenaan mijn bucketlist gestaan en toen ik het telefoontje met het remixverzoek vanuit New York kreeg, schoot er een mengeling van opwinding en angst door me heen”, vertelt Don Diablo. “Madonna staat erom bekend dat ze remixen voor haar nummers persoonlijk goedkeurt en vooral ook heel vaak afkeurt.” Hij klaarde de klus binnen een week. “Niet veel later kreeg ik een mail van haar label waarin stond dat Madonna het een van de beste remixen vond die ze ooit had gehoord. Toen ik dat las had ik kippenvel.”
Don Diablo bracht zijn versie van Ghosttown afgelopen weekend voor het eerst live ten gehore tijdens zijn set op Ultra Music Festival in Miami. Ghosttown (Don Diablo Remix) is te beluisteren op Madonna’s YouTubekanaal.
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(..Madonna contacted the Dutch DJ herself after she heard some of his remixes for Ed Sheeran and Jessie J. The ballad Ghosttown is the second single of Madonna’s recent Rebel Heart album. “creating a remix for The Queen Of Pop has always been on my bucket list, when I received a call with the remix request from New York a mixture of emotions ranging from anxiety to excitement went through me. Madonna is known for personally approving her remixes”. He created the remix in a week time. “Next thing I hear from her label is that Madonna thought it was one of the best remixes she ever heard. When I read that I had goosebumps all over”. Don Diablo premiered the remix this past weekend during the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. You can listen to his remix on Madonna’s YouTube Channel.)
The first batch of official Ghosttown remixes have been added to Madonna’s official YouTube channel, check them all out HERE
Madonna has revealed she cannot bring herself to watch footage of the moment she fell on stage while performing at this year’s Brit Awards.
The singer told Jo Whiley it was a “miracle” she did not hurt herself when she tumbled off a set of stairs after a cape she was wearing was pulled by a dancer.
She told the DJ in an interview on her Radio 2 show: ” I haven’t watched it back, I don’t like watching me on anything. I hate watching myself because the experience of the actual thing that I did is never what I see. I’d rather have the fantasy of it in my mind, what I thought it was.”
Asked if she had any plans to write an autobiography, she said: ” I’m sure I will one day. I’ve got so many tales to tell.
” If I wrote my book, that would be from start to finish. And that’s a whole lot of ground to cover.
“I think I would tell the stories that I felt were valuable to tell, that were inspiring, that people could relate to. I’m a storyteller, that’s what I think of myself as, I would share stories that I think would inspire people.”
Yahoo
Madonna talks to Jo about her new album, family life and that fall at The Brit Awards! It is her first UK radio interview in a long time ahead of her tour in late summer.
BBC Radio 2 20.00 local time
Fresh off Madonna’s performance of her new single “Ghosttown” during the iHeartRadio Music Awards (with special guest Taylor Swift!), Billboard has the exclusive premiere of the song’s first official remix.
Dutch DJ/producer Don Diablo transforms the mid-tempo track into a thumping club cut, which is sure to sail up Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart. Listen to the track, below:
“Ghosttown” is the follow-up to “Living for Love,” which became Madonna’s record-extending 44th No. 1 on the Dance Club Songs chart in March. Both tracks are lifted from Madonna’s latest album, Rebel Heart, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 — her 21st top 10 effort.
As “Ghosttown” makes its way toward dance floors, the original version of the song continues to grow on the airwaves: it climbs 21-20 on the Adult Contemporary airplay chart dated April 11, while it’s bubbling under the threshold of the Adult Pop Songs tally.
Billboard
