In a recent interview producer David Guetta, drops a line about working on Madonna’s next studio album. Whole interview can be accessed here.

Guetta, who recently whipped up material for Madonna’s upcoming album, explains that what he loves about working with such varied artists “is that our music can reach people that are not even from hip hop or electro” scenes. “It’s just music that touches your soul.”

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Tell us about the first time you went into the studio with Kelly Rowland.
DG: It was magic. It was incredible. It was the first time I worked with an R&B singer. I feel like when it comes to to sound and energy, nobody can beat us, dance music producers. When it comes to singing and melodies, nobody can beat urban artists. They have soul. So it was the perfect combination. I’m now working on Kelly’s new album. I also have the new Madonna album coming up. So I’m very thankful to Kelly and Will and Akon—all those people who came to me when I was not big.

Source: Idolator

A star-studded collection of celebrity photos featuring iconic photographs of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Britney Spears has gone on display in New York, proceeds of which will go to Haiti relief fund. The exhibition, titled ”Snapped! From the Red Carpet to the Dark Side of Celebrity”, is being held to mark the 21st anniversary of entertainment news and photo agency World Entertainment News Network, Contactmusic reported.

Snapped! showcases shots from the past two decades, including Lady GaGa with British monarch Queen Elizabeth II and Madonna in Malawi with her adopted son David Banda. The collection is also raising money for charity as all proceeds from the sales of prints will be donated to Concern Worldwide’’s Haitian earthquake relief efforts.

“Like everyone, we were devastated by the horrors of the recent events in Haiti and have been looking for an appropriate way in which to contribute,” Lloyd Beiny, organiser of the display said. The exhibition runs until February 28 at Manhattan’’s Chelsea Market.

Source: Yahoo News

The moment that Madonna and Britney Spears puckered up to each other at the MTV Video Music Awards has been voted the top kiss.

The 2003 kiss, which made headlines around the world, tops a list of the most famous kissing moments of the Noughties, compiled by Selfridges.

Tobey Maguire’s upside-down smooch with Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Man came second, followed by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal’s slow-burning snog in Brokeback Mountain.

Same sex kisses scored highly in the poll – Scarlett Johansson with Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and Lindsay Lohan with Samantha Ronson outside the Mercer hotel in New York, marking their couple status, both made the list.

Jennifer Aniston and Winona Ryder’s liplock on Friends, and Sacha Baron Cohen giving Will Ferrell a big smacker at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, recreating the infamous Madonna and Britney incident, also feature in the top ten.

Romantic screen snogs with rumoured real-life couples completed the list, including Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in Mr And Mrs Smith, and Freida Pinto and Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire.

Source: AP

The "Hope for Haiti Now"album debuts at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart this week, selling 171,000 copies in just two days of release.
Following the telethon Friday night, the 20-track live album was only available as a digital download for the tracking week, which ended Sunday night. (Physical copies of the album aren't yet produced or distributed.)
"Hope for Haiti Now" is the first album available solely as a digital download to debut at No. 1 in Billboard's 54-year history.
Helping to make history this week is Madonna's stirring rendition of choir-backed track 13 "Like A Prayer", underscoring Madonna's continuing commitment to social justice and economic empowerment.
Bonus: Madonna is connected to this week's U.S. No. 2 album as well - Susan Boyle covers the Madonna classic You'll See on her popular "Dreamed a Dream" debut album.

Source: MadonnaTribe

News is just in to MadonnaTribe that Madonna's new single Revolver will be officially released by Warner Music in Italy in the month of March 2010.
Madonna's singles are not officially distributed in the Italian market anymore and the Fimi single charts are now based on digital downloads only. Fans know that record shops may still carry copies that are imported from Germany or the UK, but this time Warner Music decided to distribute Revolver in Italy in its 12" vinyl single format.
Because the vinyl release will follow the CD maxi, Revolver will reach Italian stores on March 2nd 2010.

In other Warner Music related news the Sticky & Sweet Tour will be their last official Madonna release so far as the current agreement between Live Nation and Warners is limited to the Sticky & Sweet release. Only time will tell if it will be Warner Music to distribute the new Madonna products from her Live Nation contract in the future or someone else will step in to handle them.
Sticky & Sweet will be delivered to Italian shops on Friday, March 26 2010.

The tour dvd will be released in Italy and other European countries in two formats: A CD+DVD combo in Digipak and for the first time ever a BluRay + CD in standard bluray box.

Source: MadonnaTribe

Leaning across a burgundy velvet divan in the leopard-print drawing room of his company’s Milan headquarters, Stefano Gabbana thumbs through a pile of xeroxed images. “This is crazy!” he enthuses, waving one page in the air. “Madonna washing dishes? This will go down in history!”

The designer may be overstating things, but a housewife performing mundane daily chores certainly represents a new identity for the world’s most famous chameleon. And the photograph Gabbana is so excited about is just one of nine black and white Steven Klein shots depicting Madonna in her latest incarnation. The singer-cum-actress can also be seen wielding a broom, peeling vegetables and eating spaghetti with her fingers. Together the images make up Dolce & Gabbana’s spring campaign, which launches worldwide in February.

The overall aesthetic of the ads is old-world Italian—with white lace tablecloths, frilly curtains and plenty of pasta—which was a deliberate choice on the part of the designers. “Twenty-five years ago, when we debuted, we made our mark with a very Italian collection, and for spring we felt the time was right to go back to our roots,” says Domenico Dolce.

Since the fashion duo first met Madonna—who, notwithstanding her Britishisms and flirtations with Latin, Indian and Jewish cultures over the years, is, of course, Italian-American—in 1991, a friendship has developed. Despite that bond, Dolce and Gabbana had long resisted approaching the star about representing their brand. “Strangely enough, there was a sort of fear on our behalf of asking Madonna to do anything businessy,” admits Gabbana. “We thought it could impact our relationship, and Madonna is one of the few people we’re really in awe of.”

This past year, however, the three grew closer—Madonna filmed part of the video for her single “Celebration” at their Milanese runway venue, Metropol; the designers hosted the after-party for her concert in the city; and Dolce and Madonna, whose birthdays are three days apart, had a combined celebration in Portofino in August. Teaming up for an ad campaign felt like a natural next step.

Still, despite all the quality time spent together, the designers retained their aforementioned sense of awe, which came through in the numerous tweets that Gabbana, a prolific social networker of late (he tweets about this interview just nanoseconds after it ends), sent into cyberspace to keep fans in the loop about the campaign’s progress: “I spoke with Steven…next week in NY,” he wrote. And later, “We are at the last shot.” Then, “M, she’s simply beautiful….”

The photographs were taken in a former lay convent in uptown Manhattan. “There are many Italian symbols in the images, ones the whole world recognizes and identifies with,” says Gabbana, pointing to the cross Madonna wears around her neck as well as the brass bed, a typical sight in Sicilian homes. Food imagery also looms large. “It’s healthy and sensual,” says Gabbana. “They say there’s a connection between food and sex.”

For inspiration, Madonna, Klein and the designers watched old Italian movies and found themselves particularly drawn toBellissima, Luchino Visconti’s neorealist 1951 film starring Anna Magnani as a woman desperate to make her young daughter a star. On set, Madonna channeled Magnani’s raw sensuality in a wardrobe of leopard prints, crocheted tops, plunging necklines and a sweet floral skirt, some pieces straight off the spring runway and others customized to suit her taste. “It really didn’t matter that she wanted a black bodysuit instead of a floral one,” says Gabbana. “It’s a question of mood more than the clothes.”

Madonna, who was visited by her children Lourdes and Rocco during the shoot, went into character every time she stepped in front of the lens, according to Gabbana. One photo depicts her staring melancholically into the distance, tears streaming down her cheeks, after reading a letter from a loved one. “She was really crying!” says Gabbana. “It wasn’t fake!”

While in New York, the designers also checked on the progress of Dolce’s new penthouse in Chelsea and embarked on a five-hour shopping marathon to stock up on red and green iPhones, Kiki de Montparnasse sheets and Dean & DeLuca muffins. And on the plane home, as he started to unwind, Gabbana typed one last Twitter blast about the undertaking: “To have Madonna in our campaign is a dream come true.”

Source: W Magazine

Check out a photo of Madonna arriving at Lady Gaga’s sold-out “Monster Ball” concert in New York City on Saturday night. Other celebrity guests were Alicia Keys, Tyra Banks and Janet Jackson.

Source: GagaDaily

According to MTV.com, the "Hope for Haiti Now" album is currently the #1 iTunes album in 22 countries, marking the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history.
The 20-track album is currently at the top spot in the US, the UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium. Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland and #2 in France.

The entire album is available for only $7.99, and tracks can also be purchased separately. In Italy, "Like A Prayer" is currently #11 on the iTunes Top Singles chart.

Source: MadonnaTribe

Madonna’s official site features a video of Madonna and children choir, that performed alongside her at Friday’s Help For Haiti Now telethon, singing 4 Minutes.

Organizers for the all-star “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon say the event raised $57 million and counting.

“The public has set a new standard of giving for a relief telethon with ‘Hope for Haiti Now,’ and the donations continue to come in,” Lisa Paulsen, president and CEO of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, said in a statement released Saturday. The group is helping to oversee the funds gathered from the event.

The two-hour telethon aired Friday night on the major networks and dozens of other channels, including MTV, Bravo, and PBS, and was also streamed live online. Stars like Brad Pitt, Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and more used their presence to encourage donations for Haiti, following a Jan. 12 earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 people.

The total released Saturday includes money raised by phone, text and the Web. It does not include donations by corporations or via iTunes, where people are able to buy performances of the event for 99 cents each, or the entire album for $7.99. Those funds also go to Haiti relief.

The “Hope for Haiti Now” CD is the biggest one-day pre-order in the site’s history and the new song “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” by Jay-Z, Rihanna, Bono and the Edge, debuted during the telethon, is the No. 1 single on iTunes.

People can donate via text, phone or through the “Hope for Haiti” Web site for the next six months. Among the organizations who will receive funds from the telethon include Oxfam America, UNICEF, and the Clinton-Bush Haiti Foundation.

Source: Associated Press

All proceeds from album sales of Hope for Haiti Now will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, and Yele Haiti Foundation. In addition, all proceeds from the special studio version of “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” by Jay-Z, Bono, the Edge, and Rihanna will go to Partners in Health.

Hope For Haiti Now Digital Album at Amazon.com, iTunes / Video on Demand atAmazon.com

Tracklisting:

1. Send Me An Angel – Alicia Keys
2. A Message 2010 – Coldplay
3. We Shall Overcome – Bruce Springsteen
4. Time To Love / Bridge Over Troubled Water – Stevie Wonder
5. I’ll Stand By You (with The Roots) – Shakira
6. Motherless Child – John Legend
7. Hard Times Come Again No More (with The Roots) – Mary J. Blige
8. Breathless – Taylor Swift
9. Lift Me Up – Christina Aguilera
10. Driven To Tears – Sting
11. Halo – Beyoncé
12. Lean On Me (with Keith Urban & Kid Rock) – Sheryl Crow
13. Like A Prayer – Madonna
14. Hallelujah (with Charlie Sexton) – Justin Timberlake
15. Let It Be (The Roots) – Jennifer Hudson
16. Many Rivers To Cross – Emeline Michel
17. Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) – Jay-Z (with Rihanna, Bono & The Edge) (Live Version)
18. Alone And Forsaken – Neil Young (with Dave Mathews)
19. Rivers Of Babylon / Yele (Medley) – Wyclef Jean
20. Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) – Jay-Z (with Rihanna, Bono & The Edge) (Version 1.0)

Source: FadedYouthBlog

“I’m thrilled to have been a part of such a special night. It’s only the beginning of what we all need to do to help rebuild Haiti…”

– Madonna / via Guy Oseary’s Twitter

Source: All About Madonna

Backed by a choir, Madonna performed her 1989 single “Like a Prayer” at the “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon on Friday (January 22). She performed in the telethon’s New York studio, as did Bruce Springsteen, Shakira and Sting.

The arrangement of “Like a Prayer” took its cues from the original version’s instructions to “let the choir sing,” with the only non-vocal instrumentation provided by a guitarist and a keyboard player. It was a shining performance, with the choir serving as a perfect counterpoint to Madonna’s vocals.

Source: MTV

Madonna will perform a very special acoustic version of one of her old classic hit Like a Prayer tonight at Telethon for HAITI.

Don't miss the show!

Source: MadonnaTribe

Madonna, President Bill Clinton, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson, Will Smith, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Muhammad Ali have joined "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief," which airs Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT and 7 p.m. CT on MTV and many other networks.

In addition to musical performances, Wyclef Jean in New York City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN's Anderson Cooper reporting from Haiti, "Hope for Haiti Now" will also feature Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jon Stewart, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman, Samuel L. Jackson and more than 100 of the biggest names in film, television and music.

Madonna (performing in New York) and Haitian artist Emeline Michel (in Los Angeles) will join the previously announced lineup of musical performances: Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira and Sting in New York; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Beyoncé, Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna in London.

"Hope for Haiti Now" will begin accepting donations at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT on Friday via the following methods:

              » Online: www.hopeforhaitinow.org
              » Phone: 877-99-HAITI
              » Text: Text "GIVE" to 50555
              » Mail: Hope For Haiti Now Fund, Entertainment Industry Foundation, 1201 West
                 5th Street, Suite T-700, Los Angeles, CA 90017

Music performances from "Hope for Haiti Now" will be available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store. Beginning on Friday, iTunes customers will be able to exclusively pre-order both the Hope for Haiti Now full performance album ($7.99) and the full two-hour video telecast ($1.99). Pre-orders will be delivered in the days following the telethon. Individual audio performances will also be available for purchase and download for 99 cents each in the days following the telethon. Apple, the record labels and the artists will donate their share of the proceeds to Haiti relief funds managed by "Hope for Haiti Now" charities.

"Hope for Haiti Now" performances will also be available for purchase on AmazonMP3 and Rhapsody, with distribution provided by INgrooves. Proceeds from those purchases will also benefit Haiti relief funds managed by "Hope for Haiti Now" charities.

"Hope for Haiti Now," will benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, Yele Haiti Foundation and the newly formed Clinton Bush Haiti Foundation. Proceeds from "Hope for Haiti Now" will be split among each organization's individual funds for Haiti earthquake relief. With the exception of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, each partner organization was selected for its history of operation and collaboration within the NGO community in Haiti.

"Hope for Haiti Now" will air across ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, Comedy Central, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, CNN en Español, HBO Latino, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic. The event will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV. "Hope for Haiti Now" will also air internationally on BET International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International, which is available in 640 million homes worldwide. "Hope for Haiti Now" will be available non-exclusively to all terrestrial radio stations around the globe and SIRIUS XM Radio as a one time only radio broadcast via the MTV Radio Network and Westwood One.

"Hope for Haiti Now" is produced by Joel Gallen and Tenth Planet Productions, in collaboration with Viacom's MTV Networks and George Clooney.

Learn more about what you can do to help with earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti, and for more information, see Think MTV. Join George Clooney and Wyclef Jean for MTV's "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon, airing commercial-free Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. ET and visit HopeForHaitiNow.org or call (877) 99-HAITI to make a donation now.

Source: MTV

We are happy to confirm that Madonna will join the upcoming star studded Telethon to air on every major network this coming Friday evening.
Organized and hosted by George Clooney, the Telethon is set to raise millions for the citizens of Haiti, which were affected by the recent earthquake.

For more info on Madonna’s involvement in the cause and to read her related statement, just click here.

Source: Madonna.com

News is just in to MadonnaTribe that Madonna WILL perform a well known classic on the upcoming "Hope For Haiti" Telethon this Friday.

Source: MadonnaTribe

The Madonna special originally scheduled to air on VH1 on January 22nd has been postponed to February 26.

This is the complete run-up of their "Friday Night Alright" concert series:
January 01: Pink: Funhouse
January 08: Muse: A Seaside Rendezvous
January 22 MTV Worldstage: Green Day
January 29 London Live: Lady Gaga
February 05: MTV Live: Black Eyed Peas
February 12: 46664 Mandela Celebration
February 19: Vfest 2009 (Taylor Swift / Katy Perry / Lady Gaga)
February 26: Madonna Sticky & Sweet
March 05: Best of Austin City Limits (Pearl Jam / Kings of Leon)
March 12: U2 = BBC
March 19: MTV Live: John Legend (from Rome, Italy)

Source: MadonnaTribe

Download link at AbsolumentMadonna.com

Video provided by AbsolumentMadonna
Cover art by Lukau13.

Mother And Father

Crazy For You

Deeper And Deeper

Papa Don’t Preach

Material Girl

Express Yourself

Hanky Panky

Vogue

Nothing Fails

Lament

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Audio provided by Sprk from sayhey.co.uk.
Cover art by Lukau13.

Wanna know the best time to hit up a TV producer for spoilers? Take it from me, it’s when they smell a Golden Globe coming. Read on and feast on the scoopapalooza Ryan Murphy gave me just minutes before Glee’s big victory last night…
The upcoming Madonna episode deserves to be called “very special.” “It’s big… huge. We’re shooting it now. It’s got like 10 numbers in it, and the production value is very big. We adore her and worship her, so when I’m directing, I’m always like, ‘Do it for Madonna.’” (Ed. note: Murphy wouldn’t say which Madge tune Jane Lynch’s Sue would be doing, but I can confirm that it’s “Vogue.”)

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Fans can now view the original storyboards and illustrations of the “Sticky & Sweet Tour’s” opening video Sweet Machine at kurtvanderbasch.com

As you will be able to see, the original concept was quite different from the final product.

Click on the image below to enlarge it

Source: Absolument Madonna

Thanks to News-Of-Madonna and Madonna Italy

I'm sure that you, like me, have been heartbroken by the images coming out of Haiti since the devastating earthquake shook the impoverished nation on Tuesday.
My prayers are with the people of Haiti. I can't imagine the terrible pain and suffering they are experiencing. Sadly, the depths of the tragedy are just becoming known and the need for our support grows more urgent with every passing moment.
I have given a donation of $250,000 to assist Haiti's earthquake victims through Partners in Health, one of Haiti's leading health care providers. I urge all of my friends and fans around the world to join me collectively to match my contribution or give in any way you can.

Please donate to Partners in Health now:
http://www.raisingmalawi.org/partnersinhealth

Many of you will remember Dr. Paul Farmer, a founding director of Partners in Health, from my film, "I Am Because We Are." Paul is a medical anthropologist and a physician who has dedicated his life to treating some of the world's poorest populations.
Paul has been working alongside Haitians for decades, empowering them to improve their own communities. His dedication to Haiti and his transformative work there has inspired my own work in Malawi.
I realize I've asked for your help before. But when the suffering of tens of thousands of people comes into our homes and touches us the way the situation in Haiti has, I believe we are called to act.
Right now, Partners in Health is rushing to provide medical supplies and additional staff to the 120 doctors and hundred of nurses they already have on the ground in Haiti. Supplies are quickly running out.

I'm inspired by Partners in Health, and I whole-heartedly support their work. Please join me in supporting their relief efforts, which are needed more now than ever before.
http://www.raisingmalawi.org/partnersinhealth

We cannot sit idly by and watch the suffering of so many. We must act now.
Thank you for your support,
Madonna

Interview with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana… and some ‘on the set’ photos from their new campaign with Madonna:

Source: All About Madonna

“My prayers are with the people of Haiti. I can’t imagine the terrible pain and suffering they are experiencing. Sadly the depths of the tragedy are just becoming known and the need for our support grows more urgent with every passing moment.

I have given a donation of $250,000 to assist Haiti’s earthquake victims through Partner’s in Health (www.phi.org) one of Haiti’s leading health care providers. I urge all of my friends and fans around the world to join me collectively to match my contribution or give in any way you can. We must act now.

Thank you for your support”
Madonna

Following the usual Warner Bros Records pattern for European new releases, fans from countries where street dates are scheduled on Fridays - such as the Netherlands, Italy and the Republic of Ireland - will have once again the opportunity to enjoy a new Madonna release a few days before those from the rest of the world.
Fellow fansite MadonnaUnderground just got official confirmation about the Friday, March 26 release date of Sticky & Sweet from Warner Music Netherlands today. No official confirmation yet about the UK release, which should be set to Monday, March 29, the day before the new DVD will hit the stores in the U.S.

Sources: MadonnaUnderground, Madonnatribe

Internet rumors have been swirling about whom Madonna has pegged to produce her next album, the follow-up to 2008’s “Hard Candy.” Among the more surprising–and exciting– names bandied about over the past two weeks was Grammy Award-winning rock producer Brendan O’Brien, of Pearl Jam/Rage Against the Machine/Bruce Springsteen fame.
We reached out to O’Brien for another story, but couldn’t resist asking him about Madonna. He good-naturedly reminded us not to believe everything we read. “No one has contacted me about working with Madonna,” he says. “Someone actually showed me something today that said that Bruce Springsteen was going to fire me because I’d worked with Madonna. It was awesome. It’s really hilarious. I’m a huge fan of Madonna’s but no one has talked to me. The internet is bulls***. You can write that down.”

Source: Hitfix

Madonna’s most recent stage extravaganza, the “Sticky & Sweet” concert, will be released on March 30th, it was announced today by Live Nation, the world’s largest live music company. “Sticky & Sweet”, which was produced by Live Nation, was the most successful tour by a solo artist in history and was seen by over 3.5 million fans in 32 countries around the world.

The show, which will be distributed by Warner Bros Records, will be available on DVD, Blu-Ray and CD and will include many of the Material Girl’s hits from the course of her unprecedented career including, “4 Minutes,” “Like a Prayer,” “Hung Up” and “Ray of Light”. Filmed in Buenos Aires, over four days to a crowd exceeding 256,000 fans, the concert also includes a show stopping moment when Madonna performs a historic “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” to a thunderous audience response from her Argentine fans.

Also included are several hits from the multi-Grammy winner’s most recent CD “Hard Candy” which debuted at No. 1 in 37 countries. The DVD also includes 30 minutes of exclusive footage filmed behind the scenes during the course of the tour. “Part concert, part block party and all fun, there is still only one Madonna,” raved the Oakland Press in their review of the “Sticky & Sweet” Tour. “A night of triumph and defiance… A two hour multi-media juggernaut,” glowed the LA Times. “Our lady of perpetual motion…This may be the best tour she’s ever stitched together,” claimed the NY Post.

Source: Madonna.com

Source: MadonnaFanzine

Remaining unreleased…..

Source: MadonnaFanzine

What with all her many talents and incarnations we could almost overlook Madonna's primary career as a musician. A career that is a triumph of style and substance as demonstrated by how skillfully she has taken on new music genres and new looks... all the while remaining true to herself and her best design allies.

While Madonna's music career has always been an everchanging affair (and has gone from strength to strength for that very reason) but some elements have accompanied it all along. One of these is her longtime collaboration with the designer duo whose main line she has become the face of, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.

The friendship and professional relationship goes way back and over the past decade the designers' contribution was greater than ever. On tours, on covers and in videos. We might be feeling all excited by the new S/S 2010 images but the sight of Madonna in Dolce and Gabbana's designs is hardly a novelty.

Take the Music era and these exclusive sketches especially thought up for the occasion. In keeping with the mood, fearlessly sexy and unapologetically decked in bling.

Two exclusive sketches designed for Music's Madonna.The marvellously embellished one-off jacket by Dolce & Gabbana which captured just what the album was about.

Further along the styling and tunes became resolutely more lighthearted and retro but yet again the designers' left their mark as seen on occasion of Confessions on a Dancefloor. A logical choice of D&G, their younger, more flirtatious line for a fresh, flirtatious album.

Yet more recently, though before she become the most natural incarnation of the Italian housewife, the collaboration took a very strong and sexy turn first seen in the Hard Candy showcases (three exclusive dates in NYC, London and Paris prior to the Sticky & Sweet tour). This time it was black and the flirtation was most definitely a thing of the past. Corset tops, blouses with just a healthy injection of feminine lace (Madonna does strong very well but never to the expense of femininity), stunning tailored jackets lined in hot pink... Acessorised with the all important throne suit for her Madgesty.

Madonna is Swide's not-so-secret  crush (we go way back) and we cannot get enough of the latest campaign. We never looked this good while doing the dishes...

Source: Swide

VH1 Latin America has named Madonna's Hung Up as the best video of the decade.

Top 20, the weekly show that make lists, has named Hung up as the Best of the 2000s.

Here's the complete list:

1. Hung Up - Madonna
2. Oops, I did it again - Britney Spears
3. Vertigo - U2
4. Hips don't lie - Shakira
5. Can't get you out of my head - Kylie Minogue
6. Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya, Pink
8. Without Me - Eminem
9. Clocks - Coldplay
10. Lento - Julieta Venegas
11. A Dios le pido - Juanes
12. Eres - Café Tacuba
13. Frijolero - Molotov
14. American Idiot - Green Day
15. Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
16. 1,2,3, Go - Belanova
17. Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas
18. Pokerface - Lady Gaga
19. I'm like a bird - Nelly Furtado
20. Beautiful - James Blunt

Source: MadonnaTribe

Source: MadonnaFanzine

FMQB.COM Radio Industry News is reporting that Madonna's Celebration remix featuring Akon will impact US Radio on Tuesday 26 January 2010.
This will lead into the release of her next studio album due later this year.

Source: Madonnalicious

Never-seen-before shots from Dolce & Gabbana's S/S 10 campaign with added backstage snaps; Madonna keeps surprising us, this time by inventing a new form of exercise.

Housekeeping is the new yoga.

Yoga and Pilates may have been the darlings of the past two decades but for those always looking for the next thing then here is an avant-gout of things to come.
The creme de la creme of the A-list are cleverly multitasking by getting on with the daily grind while maintaining their fabulous physiques.

Madonna is the poster girl for this new movement as seen in the exclusive new shots from Dolce & Gabbana's Spring Summer 2010 campaign. See how it's done by the pros: broomsticks are for stretching (and while doing so keeping your hydration levels high is a must) but don't underestimate the power of freshly cleaned intimates to take breathing exercises to the next level.

Should this form of exercise be too soft for you then get your heart beating faster by reading old love letters in the privacy of your bedroom...

Behind-the-scenes photos: Steven Klein in action (top) and hanging out on set with Madonna and Domenico Dolce (above).

Source: Swide

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Playbill.com reprises our article about the songs that will be featured on Glee in the all Madonna episode that will be airing soon on Fox.

We also take this opportunity to add a little update to the list we reported: Borderline and Open Your Heart are actually mixed into one song as sort of a medley while all the other songs are performed in full or in an edit version. All songs' arrangements are inspired by the album original versions of the songs except for Express Yourself, inspired by the famous "Video Version" and Crazy For You which is presented as an exclusive acoustic guitar version.

Entertainment Weekly’s Oct. 30 cover story on “Glee” had a clutch of tantalizing scoops about the second half of the hit dramedy’s inaugural season, one of which was that Madonna had granted the TV show permission to use her song catalog for an all-Madge episode.

Now, the first trickle of information about that upcoming show has arrived: The exhaustively detailed Madonna fansite MadonnaTribe is reporting a list of songs that will be featured. The complete list, which leans heavily toward classic 80’s/’90s-era Madonna, comprises “Borderline,” “Open Your Heart,” “Burning Up,” “4 Minutes,” “Crazy for You,” “Like a Virgin,” “Like a Prayer,” “What It Feels Like For a Girl,” “Vogue” and “Express Yourself.”

Despite the professional sheen of MadonnaTribe.com, we’re going to take the song list with a grain of salt, primarily because the ten titles being tipped are double the number of songs usually presented in an episode. So unless the all-Madonna show is through-sung or will include one very big medley (not a bad idea!), we’re speculating that this is just an extended list of songs the “Glee” producers are seeking to clear from rights-holders. Given the length of time it can take to clear song rights, an extended song list would offer the show’s creatives enough options to choose from when the show eventually goes into production.

But hey, if we’re wrong and “Glee” producers manage to shoehorn ten Madonna songs into 42 minutes, we won’t complain.

“Glee,” which stars Broadway’s Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele, returns to FOX with fresh episodes April 13.

Source: MadonnaTribe

Check out the online website of Dolce & Gabbana for their new mini-site showcasing the preview of the Spring/Summer 2010 campaign featuring Madonna photographed by Steven Klein.
Already available on the site are the three campaign images released so far presented in their complete advertisement layout and downloadable as desktop wallpapers.

Source: MadonnaTribe

A few months ago MadonnaTribe exclusively reported that brand new mixes of Madonna classic songs Holiday and Into The Groove were commissioned. We were originally given "Christmas time" as a "to be defined" release date.

Now, we have just received an update on that story. The initial release date was delayed but this interesting project is still on. Another great Madonna classic, Like A Prayer, has also been given the brand new remix treatment along with Holiday and Into The Groove and all remixes will see the light of the day later this year in the UK and Australia.

Source: MadonnaTribe

MadonnaTribe about the upcoming all-Madonna episode on Glee.

The songs that will be featured on the show include:

Borderline
Open Your Heart
Burning Up
4 Minutes
Crazy For You
Like A Virgin
Like A Prayer
What It Feels Like For A Girl
Vogue
Express Yourself

Source: MadonnaTribe