The Designer Elizabeth Emanuel posted Madame X behind the scenes outfit pictures…
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Madonna night on BBC Four February 7 (Rebel Heart Tour + documentary)
It’s Madonna night on BBC Four February 7!
- There’s Only One Madonna – 21.30 (local time)
- (Documentary charting Britain’s relationship with Madonna, examining the influence Madonna has had on British music and fashion, and how she provoked a debate over sexual and gender politics – inspiring a generation of women, whilst remaining a huge gay icon. The film follows a group of fans on their journey to Barcelona for the first night of Madonna’s Drowned World Tour and finds out what Madonna means to them. Contributors include backing singer Donna DeLory, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Rosanna Arquette, Mel C, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Hear’Say and Janet Street-Porter.)
- Rebel Heart Tour – 22.25 (local time)
- (Shot around the world and featuring a collection of live and behind-the-scenes footage, Madonna Rebel Heart Tour is packed with visual theatrics, stunning costumes and intricate choreography, featuring new hits and beloved classic songs spanning all decades of Madonna’s illustrious career, including Living for Love, Bitch I’m Madonna, Material Girl, Holiday and an acoustic version of Like a Prayer.)
Well that’s not something you see every day……
Is a question on some people’s minds passing by The Palladium right now as they saw one of Madame X’s props being brought inside.
Thanks to Ralf de Smit
Madame X set arrives at The Palladium
The Madame X set pieces and props are being set up inside The Palladium in London as we speak.
It’s all outside the venue at the moment.
Thanks to Ralf de Smit for the pictures!
Madonna cancels London Palladium show due to injury: ‘I must put my health first’
Madonna has cancelled the first night of her 15-date residency at the London Palladium.
The concert was due to take place on Monday 27 January, with a further 14 nights at the same UK venue.
Fans received a message announcing that refunds for the show have already been issued.
A statement from Madonna in an email sent to fans read: “I am deeply sorry that I have to cancel my concert scheduled for Monday January 27 in London. Under doctors guidance I have been told to rest for a few days.
“As you all know I have injuries that have plagued me since the beginning of the tour but I must always listen to my body and put my health first.”
She continued: “The last thing I want to do is disappoint my fans or compromise the integrity of my show. So I will keep going until I cannot.
“As always – anyone who purchased a ticket will be refunded for tickets purchased that evening.”
The statement added that the show at the London Palladium on Wednesday 29 January will take place as scheduled.
This is the 10th date in Madonna’s sold-out Madame X tour to be cancelled. The star has been suffering from an unspecified injury that she said has been causing her “overwhelming pain”.
In November, she was sued by a fan over claims that she started a concert two hours later than originally billed.
The Independent has contacted Madonna’s representative for comment.
More at The Independent
Madame X Tour January 27 CANCELLED
Unfortunately (but as expected) the first London show on January 27 has been cancelled.
People with tickets have been notified by Ticketmaster.
The 2020 Madonna Fan Party TOMORROW G-A-Y Late 15:00 – 22:30 London
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Madonna : Madame X Tour – The London Palladium – email from Ticketmaster
While fans that have tickets for opening night in London have received their barcodes and tickets have been ‘made available’ in their Ticketmaster accounts, people who have tickets to dates later in the itinerary have received the following e-mail:
Madonna : Madame X Tour – The London Palladium |
| Hi there,
Your tickets still aren’t ready yet… The event organisers are still working with us on a few final details before we can make your tickets available. We know you’re eager to have them in your hands, so we’re working hard to have this completed as soon as possible – we’ll email you again once they’re ready. Thanks again for your patience and we hope you enjoy the show! Best Wishes, |
Madame X wraps up final show in Lisbon in boots and in good spirits
Madonna took to the stage for her final show in Lisbon at 23.10 local time last night and finished around 1.20am today.
Fans attending said the show was absolutely fantastic even though she cut ‘Crave’ again. Fans attending said the intro to the song had changed with black and white images from the God Control video where she’s at the typewriter.
She didn’t appear to be suffering a lot from her injuries or she was just being a really good actress, she even almost forgot to ask for a chair during the polaroid moment. She did address the injuries by saying she cosulted over 20 doctors and she needs to pay for her medical bills.
She wore brown boots for ‘God Control’, black boots for ‘Like a Prayer’ and ‘I Rise’ and was barefoot during ‘Come Alive’ again.
Dino was there to join her for ‘Sodade’ again, her vocals were on point!
Let’s hope she makes it safely to London for the next dates.
Would you pay £500 to see Madonna live? You should…
Gig tickets are expensive, but tickets to see Madonna? They’re extremely expensive. Seats for Her Madgesty’s upcoming residency at the London Palladium range from £140 to £500, while VIP packages will set you back more than £1,000. There’s no way that a pop show can be worth that price, right? I mean, we’re not all oligarchs: there can’t be many Londoners who can blithely spaff away half a grand on a night out. On top of that, when the tour launched in New York in September, there were complaints that Madonna left audiences waiting hours. She might be pop royalty, but that doesn’t mean you’re happy to miss the last tube.
The thing is, in this one instance, shelling out a large portion of your rent money for a ticket to a gig might actually be condonable. And before you accuse us of being 1 percenters with no grip on reality, let us justify that statement. Here’s why it’s definitely, DEFINITELY worth paying £500 to see Madonna…
1. It’s Madonna as you’ve never seen her before
The thrill of seeing a megastar in a small, 2,000-capacity venue is quite unlike any other gig-going experience and Madonna knows it. While info about the ins and outs of the ‘Madame X’ tour are fairly unknown, thanks to a mobile phone ban, we’ve heard talk that the ‘Like a Virgin’ singer engages with audiences like never before: telling jokes, stealing fans’ drinks, sitting on people’s knees and selling Polaroid selfies for a €1,000 donation to charity. It’s meant to be a brand new type of pop concert that blends theatre and variety with big-budget props and stage sets. It’s also one that could lead to surprises and one-off performances of forgotten hits, while providing an intimacy that rarely occurs between superstar musicians and their fans. Unless you’re Roman Abramovich’s son or something.
2. You get a lot of Madge for your wedge
While Madonna has been late for a number of the performances, it appears that the ‘Madame X’ show is nearly three hours long, which makes it quite unlike your usual 90-minute arena shebang. This is mucho Madge for your moolah. Plus, we have stricter licensing laws in UK for live music so she probably won’t be able to get away with that funny business here (hopefully).
3. It could be your last chance
While it’ll take more than ageing to stop Madonna, the 61-year-old Queen of Pop has previously said how tiring she finds extensive touring. That’s why the ‘Madame X’ tour consists entirely of theatre shows (albeit 86 of them). Still, with a number of cancellations due to injury, it’s not unfair to suggest that her touring schedule could slow down considerably after 2020. Don’t say we didn’t warn ya.
4. Her last album is great
With an act as hit-laden as Madonna, you’d be disappointed if she only performed songs from her latest record. And while the setlist is brimming with Madgebangers, there’s also plenty from recent album ‘Madame X’. Luckily it’s weird, innovative and brilliant. It’ll be thrilling to see how she brings the sultry ‘Medellin’ and the West African-inflected ‘Batuka’ to life.
5. She’s performing some songs for the first time in years
Given that this is a different kind of show, Madonna has dived into her archive this time. After more than a decade of being absent from her live repertoire, ‘American Life’ and the majestic ‘Frozen’ appear to be getting their time in the spotlight again. There’s even an interlude to 1991’s ‘Rescue Me’. Don’t fret, though, you can expect ‘Like a Prayer’, ‘Vogue’ and a deluge of other hits, too.
6. Is it really that much money?
People routinely spend £1,000 on new phones. Likewise, dinner out in London with a bottle of wine (or two) can cost upward of £200. And let’s not pretend that the private members’ club you’re telling yourself is ‘totally worth it as it has a gym’ is anything other than a way to get over the fact that London’s wild property market has priced you out of ever owning anywhere more central than Zone 4. Does shelling out a few hundred quid for Madonna tickets seem that absurd? Absolutely, yes it does, but as she said: ‘People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together, and come to my show. I’m worth it.’
7. …and to be fair, you don’t even need to spend £500
While most of the 15 night run is sold out, you can still snag handfuls of face-value tickets. There’s even some around the £250 mark, plus they’re legit: you don’t even need to buy them from some guy named Dave you’ve found on Gumtree, who may or may not steal all your money. If you do go, we only hope it ends up being a night to cherish.
Madonna plays the London Palladium on select dates from Mon Jan 27-Feb 16, with tickets available here. Check out our guide to the best gigs taking place in February.
Don’t cry for me Portugal – Injured Madonna cancels second show in Lisbon
LISBON (Reuters) – Pop legend Madonna has canceled another show in Portugal’s capital Lisbon, the city that inspired her newest album Madame X, as she struggles to cope with pain from “ongoing injuries”, her tour promoter said on Wednesday.
Promoter Everything Is New issued a statement on Facebook apologizing to fans and thanking them for the “well-wishes for Madonna’s recovery”.
“We sincerely regret the disappointment to fans due to the unforeseen and last-minute changes to the schedule,” it said.
Wednesday evening’s concert was the second show the star has canceled since kicking off her European tour in Lisbon on Jan. 12, where she has lived since mid-2017.
“Sorry I had to cancel tonight,” the 61-year-old wrote on Instagram after the first cancellation in Lisbon’s Coliseu dos Recreios venue on Sunday. “But I must listen to my body and rest!”
The star shared a video on Instagram on Tuesday where she is seen walking up a set of stairs with a walking stick. During the weekend, Madonna also shared a video of her taking post-show ice baths.
Madame X is the fourteenth studio album by the American singer and was inspired by her life in Portugal and the country’s culture and traditional music, including the melancholy musical form fado.
According to the promoter, Madonna’s final show of the initially scheduled eight in Lisbon on Thursday is expected to go on as scheduled.
The tour will then continue in London and Paris.
Reporting by Catarina Demony, Editing by Andrei Khalip and Nick Macfie
Tonight’s Madame X show in Lisbon is cancelled
We regret to inform you that Madonna is unable to perform this evening due to pain from her ongoing injuries. Therefore the Madame X concert scheduled for tonight, January 22, at The Lisbon Coliseum is cancelled. The final Lisbon show tomorrow, Thursday, January 23rd is expected to go on as scheduled.
Refunds should be requested at the outlet where the ticket was bought from 24th january at 1pm. The tickets bought online (bol.pt, coliseulisboa.com and everythingisnew.pt) will be notified by e-mail. The Hotel Packages purchasers will be contacted by Event Travel.
We sincerely regret the disappointment to fans due to the unforeseen and last-minute changes to the schedule. We appreciate the well-wishes for Madonna’s recovery.
Everything is New
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Madame X wraps up 5th show in Lisbon but cuts ‘Crave’
Despite her injuries and cancelling the previous show, Madonna still made in on stage last night.
She seemed to be in good spirits and tried to perform the show as planned, she wore boots again and was barefoot for a song or two. She cut ‘Crave’ from the setlist, possibly upsetting the beer bitch Rita (Portuguese artist) who’d said she was looking forward to ‘Crave’.
Madonna did mention her injuries but it wasn’t the dominating subject of the show as expected by fans.
Let’s cross our fingers that Madonna is able to complete the tour, with adjustments here and there.
Madonna’s ‘Sorry’ discography online – 23 different pressings
While we’re very busy trying to update the site as much as possible regarding the current Madame X Tour, there’s still time to work on our discography.
Next up is Madonna’s second single off of ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’ which was the fabulous ‘Sorry’. The music video to the song was a follow-up to ‘Hung Up’ and a lucky fan was even invited on set through an ICON competition (the one and only official Madonna fanclub).
The artwork to the single was actually a live shot taken by a fan during Madonna’s infamous G-A-Y gig in London back in November 2005. Madonna has only performed the track during her Confessions Tour in 2006.
For the discography we have collected 23 different pressings, check them out HERE
Monte Pittman hands out Madame X Tour guitar picks to fans
Monte Pittman (who has been Madonna’s guitar teacher and band member since the former decade) was seen handing out Madame X Tour guitar picks to the fans outside the Coliseu dos Recreios last night.
Thanks to Dirk Timmerman
Madonna cancels another ‘Madame X’ concert, citing medical reasons
In the latest setback to her current tour — which has been blighted by delays and cancellations — tickets holders who arrived at Sunday’s show in Lisbon, Portugal were greeted with a message informing them that it would not be going ahead.
Madame X Lisbon cancellation note + the scene outside – https://t.co/LRysRfZT9s pic.twitter.com/lsHZUiyzW9
— MadonnaUnderground (@MadonnaUndergr) January 19, 2020
Madonna had been scheduled to take the stage at the Coliseu theater at 8.30 p.m. Images shared on social media show concertgoers queuing outside the venue.
The 61-year-old superstar later told fans on Instagram that she was forced to cancel the show for medical reasons.
“Sorry I had to cancel tonight,” she told her 14.7 million followers Sunday night. “But I must listen to my body and rest!”
She added that “fingers crossed” she would be well enough to perform on Tuesday night.
Madonna is due to perform at the same venue on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before heading to the London Palladium.
In a video posted to social media last week, she was shown wearing knee supports while rehearsing for an earlier show in Lisbon. “How an injured Madame X warms up for a show,” she wrote in the caption. “Very carefully.”
The mother-of-six has not disclosed the nature of her injury.
CNN has reached out to Madonna’s representatives for comment.
Madonna’s axed Lisbon date is not the tour’s first cancellation. The singer previously canceled dates in New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Miami and Paris, citing production issues, injuries and scheduling limitations.
More at CNN
Desperately Seeking Susan German blu-ray + DVD keep case pre-order links available
Probably not on your minds at all right now, but here it is anyway.
The German blu-ray release of Desperately Seeking Susan will be released on March 27 which you can pre-order through Amazon HERE
Besides the blu-ray the DVD keep case is now also available for pre-order HERE
Thanks to Basti
Belgian super fans have theird third Madame X show cancelled in a row – (Belgian article with English translation)
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Al meer dan 50 keer ging BV-kapper Jochen Vanhoudt samen met zijn partner kijken naar een concert van popster Madonna maar nu is het ongenoegen groot. Voor de derde keer op rij kan het koppel zijn tickets weggooien want Madonna cancelt show na show. “We hebben nog kaartjes voor Parijs maar we durven niet meer gaan”, klinkt het.
Jochen en zijn echtgenoot zijn superfans, ze zagen de diva al meer dan 50 keer en ze gaan steevast naar de openingsshow van elke tour. Zo ook deze keer. “We hadden tickets geboekt voor New York, vliegtuig, hotel en het concert. Twee weken op voorhand werd de show afgelast. Heel onze trip viel dus in het water. We zijn niet afgereisd”, vertelt het koppel vanuit Lissabon, waar het concert zondagavond zou doorgaan maar ook dat werd gecanceld.
“Het concert in Londen waar we tickets voor hadden en ook het vliegtuig en het hotel voor geboekt hadden, werd opnieuw gecanceld. Ook hier in Lissabon, we hebben een hele dag stress gehad maar we hoorden niets. We dachten dat het nog zou doorgaan, ondanks de pijn in de knie waar Madonna blijkbaar tijdens andere concerten op wees. We stonden al in de wachtrij aan de zaal, samen met honderden andere fans, toen de mededeling werd opgehangen dat de show gecanceld werd.”
Het koppel dat nog tickets heeft voor enkele Parijse concerten durft niets meer te boeken. “We hebben gewoon schrik om nog een thalys of hotel te boeken. Het ongenoegen onder de fans is echt aan het groeien. Sowieso is Madonna altijd te laat en start ze haar concerten rond 23 uur of middernacht. Tegenwoordig mag je dan je gsm niet meer bij de hand hebben want ze wil niet gefilmd worden. Dan sta je daar wel lang te wachten.”
“We hopen nu gewoon dat Madonna de hele tour annuleert, dat ze zich laat behandelen en dat ze daarna de tour herbegint.”
Jochen Vanhoudt has seen Madonna together with his partner in concert over 50 times, but now their joy of seeing her is gone. For the third time in a row the show they booked tickets for has been cancelled. “We still have tickets for Paris but we don’t dare traveling there anymore”.
Jochen and his husband are huge fans, they’ve seen the diva over 50 times and always attend the opening shows of her tours. That’s what they planned this time. “We booked tickets for New York, plane, hotel and the show. Two weeks prior to the show we heard the date was cancelled. Our entire trip down the drain, so we chose not to got at all”, the couple tells us from Lisbon, where the planned Sunday night show was cancelled too.
“The show we planned in London and had booked plane and hotel for was cancelled too. Same thing here in Lisbon, we were in stress all day long but heard nothing. We thought the show was a go despite the knee pain Madonna has been referring to. We were queuing in front of the venue, together with hundreds of other fans when the staff put up the cancellation notice.”
The couple that still have tickets for a show in Paris are afraid to book any more trips or hotels. “We just don’t want to take the risk anymore of booking the Thalys or a hotel. The fans are getting fed up with this. Madonna is known for her lateness and starts her shows around 23.00 or close to midnight. Nowadays you also can’t take your phone with you because she doesn’t want to be filmed. Such a wait takes quite a long time.”
“We are hoping that Madonna will cancel the remaining dates, takes care of herself and will perform later once she’s ready.”
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