Drowned World Tour live in London July 4, 2001 live report by Hans – 20 years ago
LONDON JULY 2001
It took eight long years before Madonna announced that she finally goes on tour again with her ‘Drowned World Tour’. Europe will have the world premiere in Germany! I wasn’t really happy with her touring schedule because it was in June and July. Since I have my own shop I absolutely couldn’t take any days off in June due to my employees having holidays as well. And on July 13th Peter and I were going to get married, so the dates weren’t the best for me.
PRIDE SPOTLIGHT: Madonna, TRUE BLUE
Madonna was a superstar after the success of her second album, Like a Virgin (1984). With third studio effort, True Blue, she became a mega-star, elevating to become one of the biggest and most popular artists in the world.
With the new album came a new Madonna, sporting a fresh, revitalized image: “After a while, I got sick of wearing tons of jewelry,” the singer told New York Times that year. “I wanted to clean myself off. I see my new look as very innocent and feminine and unadorned. It makes me feel good. Growing up, I admired the kind of beautiful glamorous woman – from Bridget Bardot to Grace Kelly – who doesn’t seem to be around much anymore. I think it’s time for that kind of glamour to come back.”
Madonna’s gutsy ‘True Blue’ album turned her into a ‘serious’ star, says producer Patrick Leonard
At only 27 years old, Madonna released one of the world’s biggest-selling albums of 1986.
The nine songs on “True Blue,” which celebrates its 35th anniversary June 30, signified her musical maturity, from the somber balladry of “Live to Tell” to the Latin syncopation embedded in “La Isla Bonita.”
Drowned World Tour June 30 2001 – live report by Dave Crombeen
February 2001
The first rumours started spreading around that Madonna was going on tour. There was some kind of obscure ticket agency already selling packages including hotel (even though the tour wasn’t officially announced yet).. Don’t we all remember those ticket resellers, that’s all we had around that time to visit a concert in a foreign country.
35 YEARS AGO MADONNA STAGED ON HER (FIRST) BID FOR ARTISTIC CREDIBILITY WITH ‘TRUE BLUE’
Madonna‘s evolution as a pop star and performer has always been defined by her unended quest to grow and develop as an artist. Because she was initially dismissed as a grasping, untalented pop tart, she has doggedly chased artistic credibility throughout most of her career. What this means practically is that with each album, each music video, each concert, she mines her seemingly depthless reserve of creativity and knowledge of pop culture and pop subculture to create art that’s simultaneously radio-ready pop music as well as a ‘statement’. From her self-titled debut in 1983, Madonna used pop music to forge her one-woman sexual revolution.
On This Gay Day: 35 years ago Madonna released ‘True Blue’
Madonna’s third album saw a shift to a more contemporary adult sound
Madonna released True Blue on this day in 1986. The album saw a significant change in the singer’s sound and image, and saw her continue her domination of the charts.
In 1985 Madonna was one of the highest selling new artists of the decade. Her self titled debut album, released in 1983 had been a slow burner. Her debut single Everybody didn’t set the charts alight but subsequent singles Burning Up, Lucky Star and Borderline were a success.
Drowned World Tour Paris June 30 photo gallery online – 45 pictures!
Check out 45 private photographs of Madonna’s fourth and final date of the Drowned World Tour in Paris, 20 years ago today!
We have scanned and enhanced the pictures that were previously available as well as adding tons of brand new ones.
Check out the full photo gallery HERE
Madonna building recording studio on Hamptons estate
Jetsetter Madonna may be planning to spend more time out East.
The Material Girl’s Bridgehampton home is getting the pop star treatment, with a recording studio in the works on her 58-acre estate, Page Six has exclusively learned.
Drowned World Tour in Paris June 27 photo gallery – 20 years ago today
Madonna performed the second of a total of four Drowned World Tour shows in Bercy Paris on this day 20 years ago!
For the second show in Bercy, Mirwais joined Madonna on stage for ‘Don’t Tell Me’. We have a total of 18 pictures of (very) poor quality of this particular show which we scanned again and try to enhance just a bit. Check these out HERE
Madonna fundraises for youth & drops a new video just to kick off Pride weekend
Madonna helped kick off New York City’s Pride celebrations this weekend with a surprise performance at The Standard Hotel’s Boom Boom Room in New York City on Friday, June 25 — and in the process, declared the Big Apple back open after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Madonna-starring NYC Pride party raises $100,000 for LGBTQ+ organisations
A star-studded Boom Boom Room celebration saw the singer debut a new video installation and auction three original polaroids for charity
MADONNA BOX (6CD) COMPACT DISC BOX SET (new independent release)
This 6 (!) CD box set features oceans of rare radio broadcast recordings, new and classic interviews and numerous tribute songs, this superb box set is probably the closest most of us will ever get to knowing this pioneering spirit personally (PRE-ORDER LINK BELOW)
CD 01 / Spain I, 1990:
01. Express Yourself
02. Open Your Heart
03. Causing a Commotion
04. Where’s The Party
05. Like a Virgin
06. Like a Prayer
07. Live To Tell
08. Oh Father
09. Papa Don’t Preach
Miley Cyrus Dazzles With Cover of Madonna’s ‘Express Yourself’ for Pride Special
Miley Cyrus put herself to the test by covering Madonna‘s 1989 Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 hit “Express Yourself” on her Pride special.
The performance snippet is part of Miley Cyrus Presents Stand by You, which began streaming exclusively via Peacock on Friday (June 25). Filmed at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the hourlong concert special sees Cyrus take the stage with queer country artists, such as Brothers Osborne and Orville Peck as well as allies Mickey Guyton, Little Big Town and Maren Morris.
Thanks to Madonna, New York Nightlife Is Back
Any question about how badly New Yorkers needed a good party was certainly answered by the hoards of people waiting outside on the cobblestone streets of the Meatpacking District last night. Rejection at the door was frequent and discouraging. Entrance to the festivities upstairs was slim to none. Yet, the chance of seeing Madonna perform within the dazzling walls of the Top of the Standard kept people desperately hopeful.
Future Lovers: Inside Madonna and The Misshapes’ Pride Celebration
Jack Powers, a major new kid, and Madonna last night at Le Bain. Madonna wears Hood by Air, Vintage Jean-Paul Gaultier Denim Corset and Vintage TRIPP NYC Mesh T-Shirt from Procell Vintage.
MADONNA VIERT ‘EERSTE FEESTJE MET MENSEN’ SINDS DE LOCKDOWN – EN HOÉ (Dutch news)
Madonna trapte de Pride-week in New York donderdagavond als verrassing af met een optreden. En daar maakte de 62-jarige zangeres nogal een spektakelstuk van.
Zonder beha en mét doorschijnende top en leren harnas zorgde ze er hoogstpersoonlijk voor dat het dak van het Standard High Line Hotel eraf ging.
MADONNA
“Dit is de eerste keer dat ik op een feestje met mensen ben”, vertelde de zangeres. Madonna gaf aan dat Pride-week zonder mensen een ‘tragedie voor haar geweest zou zijn’. Ook wilde ze haar publiek meegeven om niets als vanzelfsprekend aan te nemen, ‘want je weet nooit wat ons allemaal te wachten staat’.
