It is being reported that Madonna?s final album with Warner Brothers is going to be called ?Iconography?. The greatest hits collection will include three new tracks. The album is also said to be looking at a mid-September release. It looks like September will be the month of the divas. Barbara Streisand will be releasing an album of all new material on the same month. Whitney Houston?s comeback album ?Undefeated? will also be out in September. And Mariah Carey?s ?Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel? will also see a September release. How will Madonna?s album hold up in the battle of the divas? Who do you think is going to come out on top?
It seems that the rocker recently admitted to lending a helping hand for Madonna when she was facing extreme pressure regarding the adoption of Mercy James and needed a place to lay low. That place turned out to be Lenny Kravitz?s French mansion as the singer himself relates: “It has been tough for Madonna. But she’s doing good. She’s been staying in my place in France while it was going on. I’m glad it’s worked out.” Indeed, what more inconspicuous place to hide from the media than a French mansion? especially one that belongs to Lenny Kravitz. Really, what was the catch? Was the mansion haunted? Abandoned? How come Madonna actually managed to find peace there?
While the paperwork that will allow the latest addition to Madonna?s family to go to her new home is being completed, the singer has apparently made sure that her new daughter gets the best conditions possible and has had her taken to a lodge in Malawian capital, Lilongwe, where she will have a nanny and a nurse looking after her. Looks like Mercy is already reaping the fruits of being Madonna?s new baby. But, as always, she?s not going to be a baby forever? let?s see how privileged she is after she becomes a pretentious little girl due to all of this attention.
Madonna is proof that you can?t please everyone. The Queen of Pop is slated to perform in Poland on August 15th but the Catholic community there is screaming a big ?NO!? The date happens to be the same as the Assumption of Mary feast, a celebration of the holy Madonna. Members of the Catholic community are reaching out to the government to cancel the concert. However, there are no plans yet to do so. A committee is already being made to stage a massive protest outside the concert. If there are a lot of Polish Madonna fans, that protest wouldn?t mean a single thing.
Paul Oakenfold, the DJ who is supporting Madonna on her ?Sticky and Sweet? tour recently stated that the star is not too hard to get in the proper mood. Paul Oakenfold said: “Planning my set for a Madonna show is tough because she covers the whole spectrum. It’s a white, black, gay, straight crowd, aged between 15 and 60. It’s no good making it too underground. Despite the big venues it’ll still be clubby and I’ll get the crowd going. And it doesn’t take much to get Madonna in the mood.” This is all fine and dandy, but still, get Madonna in the mood for what, more exactly? To get her in the mood for performing? I wasn?t aware that such a thing is a requirement for her live shows.
British songstress Leona Lewis has suffered a horse-riding incident when her own horse delivered a nasty headbutt. The horse, which was a birthday present from her friends, turned on Leona after an early morning ride and hit her in the face so hard that it split her lip open and knocked her to the floor. According to sources ?Leona has been riding since she was a child and has never had a fear of horses. So she was really shaken up when the horse turned on her. Something startled the horse and it flicked its head back and smacked Leona full in the face. She was knocked flying by the force of it. Thankfully she didn?t need any surgery, but she was told to stay at home and rest just in case she passed out with concussion.? Unlike Madonna, Leona isn?t blaming anyone or anything for the incident.
A three judge panel will hear an appeal to High Court Judge Esme Chombo?s ruling to refuse Madonna?s adoption of little Mercy James today. High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal spokesman Joseph Chigona said ?Since this involves an infant it will be heard in chambers. This is an important case; that’s why the chief justice himself has taken special interest.? Good luck to Madonna. If the officials in Malawi truly care about one of their own, they would be in favor of the Queen of Pop?s appeal. I doubt you could find a better life for Mercy than the one that Madonna?s offering.
Madonna was taken to a hospital on Saturday after falling off a horse at the home of photographer pal Steven Klein in New York?s South Hampton. The Queen of Pop?s rep Liz Rosenberg gave a statement to Us Weekly saying ?The accident occurred when the horse Madonna was riding was startled by paparazzi who jumped out of the bushes to photograph the singer, who was visiting friends on Eastern Long Island over the weekend. Madonna will be having further tests and will continue to remain under observation by doctors.? Madonna?s manager also commented on the accident saying ?Madonna?s accident today was caused by the paparazzi. They spooked the horse she was riding. These guys don?t know when to stop!!
It?s been revealed that Britney Spears will be performing with Madonna when she goes back to New York City on Monday. The recovered pop star?s stylist, David Alexander, spilled to In Touch magazine saying ?She?ll be singing with Madonna in New York. It will be ?Get Together? and ?Trouble.? So, together the song is called ?Lose Control.?? David also added that Madonna might also pop in for one of Britney?s Los Angeles shows on either April 16th or 17th. He said that it was supposed to be a surprise. Well I guess the cat?s out of the bag now huh?
When it comes to Madonna, there?s no reason why shouldn?t expect the very best. The Queen of Pop has just confirmed that once again as the extended summer dates of her Sticky & Sweet Tour are already sold out. Tickets were actually all gone in mere minutes after going on sale. That includes her shows in London, Manchester, Belgium, Oslo, Gothenburg and Helsinki. The Helsinki show will also be one of the biggest shows that Finland has ever seen. She works so hard so she deserves to have one of the top grossing tours ever! Madonna has just been certified as a killer performer and hustler.
Madonna?s extended schedule for her Sticky and Sweet tour has been revealed with Paul Oakenfold . The tour will kick off starting July 4th in London and stops will include appearances in never before played markets such as Werchter Belgium, Marseille France, Hamburg Germany, Oslo Norway, Helsinki Finland, Estonia, Slovenia as well as stops in Romania, Hungary, Belgrade Serbia and Bulgaria. Madonna will also be returning to places like Madrid Spain, Gothenburg and Munich after 15 years. The Queen of Pop said ?This is a first for me. I?ve never extended a tour before. I?m excited to be going back on the road, visiting places I?ve never been and returning to places I love.?
Madonna fans are sure to be excited about this piece of news. Rumors are going around to almost certainty that the Queen of Pop?s Sticky and Sweet tour is going to have an extended run this summer. Several sources are reporting that Madonna and her team are planning to add some cities that weren?t part of the tour last year to the new schedule. Don?t expect anything new to happen though as it really is just an extension of the shows last year. Reports also say that the extension will last for two months, throughout July and August. At the moment, only European cities are being reported as venues.
Almost everything has been hit by the recession but concerts seem to be doing ok for now. Most other businesses are already floundering but the concert industry is actually boasting one of its best years ever as it scored just under $4 billion worldwide, a 13% increase from last year. Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and Madonna are the top 3 when it comes to ticket sales. Billboard?s concert industry writer figures that it?s because live music is ?not something you can get a fix for somewhere else.? He was pretty quick to warn though that ?it would be crazy to think that the economy and unemployment won’t impact ticket sales at some point.?
Lily Allen may have gotten back to her evil ways when she talks about Katy Perry but there is no shortage of love when the British singer talks about Britney Spears. Though there?s a Madonna diss in there, Lily was nothing but loving towards the recovered pop princess Brit when she told the BBC ?Madonna is the most overrated artist of all time. [Britney] is a goddess and her new album is amazing.? For Lily?s sake, pray that Madonna never hears of what she said. She may end up with no work and in great debt if the Queen of Pop does get wind of it.
After Madonna?s Sticky & Sweet Tour concludes its run in Brazil later this month, the Queen of Pop is predicted to be positively rolling in dough as she has set records for the most money for both a female artist and a solo artist. Congratulations! After wrapping up the European and American legs of her tour, Madonna has already raked in $207.5 million in ticket sales alone. In the end, the Material Girl is poised to gross $282 million. Bow down and kiss the ground she walks on! She?s amazing! I doubt there will be another artist in this lifetime that can do that.
Madonna sure knows how to put on a show as the Queen of Pop is breaking all sorts of records with her Sticky & Sweet Tour. She?s even decided to extend her South American tour and adding more shows by adding 3 more stops, 1 in Brazil and 2 in Argentina. According to Live Nation Artists CEO Arthur Fogel, the concert market in ?South America exploded in a fiery insanity? when they found out that Madonna was coming. Her tour will now have 58 shows, an estimated 2 million concertgoers, and will bring in around $276 million. That will make her tour the 6th largest paying tour ever with the least amount of shows.
