London club G-A-Y have confirmed on their website that Madonna's appearance at the club will take place on Saturday 19 November.
Many fans are asking how they can get tickets for this event, but at the moment no details are known, however this email is what was sent out to G-A-Y members:

All I'm going to say at this stage is to be patient and details will be announced, but I will give you a little bit of advice, anyone posting messages on the G-A-Y website or anyone saying that they have inside information are not telling the truth.
The only person announcing anything will be me & that will not happen until every tiny detail is in place, so don't get Hung Up & just wait for the CONFESSIONS ON A G-A-Y DANCE FLOOR.

New York City magazines HX and Next both feature articles on Madonna's appearances at the MisShapes and Roxy parties this month.

Madonna's Hung Up has had a massive high new entry at number 2 on the Radio One Official UK download chart! Check it out at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/downloads

Two Belgian magazines both feature Madonna on the cover in their latest issues. Glossy (27 October issue) features an article about Madonna's marriage and Kabbalah, and Le Soir (19 October issue) features an article about an ongoing Belgian court case against Madonna for alledgely using a tune from Belgian songwriter, Salvatore Acquaviva for her song Frozen, this article includes a rare picture of Madonna with the Belgian songwriters in 1979 in New York City.

 

Madonna was a terrible patient as nurses tried to keep her calm after her horse fall 10 weeks ago - because she refused to stop 'freaking out'.
The pop superstar was thrown from a pal's polo horse on her birthday and knocked unconscious. When she came round she attempted to get up and passed out again.
As well as her fainting spell, Madonna cracked her scapula and broke four ribs - and couldn't believe she'd ruined her summer by falling from a horse.
She recalls: 'I had to be rushed to the hospital and have a thousand X-rays and I was totally in denial. I was screaming at the nurses; they weren't very happy with me.'
'I just thought: 'Oh God, the rest of my summer's ruined, I won't be able to dance anymore, I won't be able to do yoga anymore. How long will I be an invalid and incapacitated?' I just freaked out.'
Madonna is well on her way to making a full recovery but she's still in a lot of pain: 'One of my ribs hasn't gone together. I broke four ribs and so they're sort of waving around; they haven't joined up yet. It's very complicated and very painful.'

Fans can watch an interview with Madonna (in English) at www.prosieben.de

Based on merely airplay and download sales, Madonna's new single Hung Up is already at number 23 in the official UK music chart at www.hit40uk.com

While Madonna is in France promoting her new album she will be interviewed by NRJ. Fans can now enter a competition to win tickets to be in the audience for the interview - visit www.nrj.fr to enter the contest.

Holland has the world premiere for selling 'Confessions On A Dance Floor'.
0n Thursday 11 November at 21.15, fans can buy the album (otherweise they won't let you inside) at record shop 'Fame' in Amsterdam. The shop will be turned into a seventies disco for this event.
If you want to know what you have to do to get inside (only 500 people are allowed to come inside) then visit www.madonnaned.nl

Wednesday November 9th cover is $5.00 at the door DJ DICKY DOO will be spinnin every Madonna hit u ever wanted to hear in the club! It will feel like heaven on earth! The biggest party of the year!
This year we are incorporating the new album 'Confessions on A Dance Floor' into the evening with the help of Warner Music Canada with loads of goodies to be won!
As well we will have an amazing raffle for one of the most exciting gifts that any Madonna fan MUST have! Keep checking back....more details to come!
All proceeds from any donations will go towards The Spirituality for Kids Program, that Madonna suports whole heartedly.

Click on the flyer for more information.

Madonna's team have booked the window display of all large HMV's music stores around London to promote Confessions On A Dance Floor, and posters for Hung Up are already in the stores just waiting for next week to start hanging them up.

Fans in London can celebrate the release of Madonna's new album and single at the G-A-Y Basement Bar on Saturday 12 November between 12 and 8pm.

Madonna's interview with Dutch TV host Peter van de Vorst will air on the Friday 11 November on Pulse on RTL4 at 9:30pm in a Madonna special.

The interview was filmed last Wednesday in London. Tonight on the show they showed a preview and she acted bitchy (but she was joking) to Peter. She was wearing a red-orange dress.

Here are some better quality versions of some Confessions On A Dance Floor promotional pictures that were shot by Steven Klein.

We all know that Madonna will be doing her first live performance of Hung Up at the EMA's on November 3rd.
What you might not have known is that MTV & ICON have reserved two tickets to the show just for one lucky ICONER!
To enter the contest, we need you to start getting your creative juices flowing. Please submit a collage of Madonna in past European MTV performances. Images taken during other MTV ceremonies won't be considered as valid. Madonna will review them all and pick the winner herself! Collages should be 1024X768.
To Enter, Email your collage to icon@moov-u-mail.com and write ICON MTV CONTEST as the subject. You must also include your name, valid ICON number, email address and phone number.

Even before the Confessions.... promotional posters go up, Madonna is already plastered all over London. There is the Attitude magazine (November 2005 issue) advert, and a new Motorola advert which features Madonna in the foreground.

Here is how Hung Up is doing in the various Billboard charts in the USA:

Hot 100 - 20 (Hot Shot Debut)
Pop 100 - 16 (New)
Pop 100 Airplay - 38 (New)
Hot Digital Songs - 6 (New)
Hot Digital Tracks - 6 (New)
Adult Top 40 - 30 (New)
Digital Songs - 6 (New)
Digital Tracks - 6 (New)
Euro Digital Tracks - 1
Hot Dance Music/Club Play - 10 (last week - 25)
Dance Radio Airplay - 2 (last week - 10)

Yesterday's edition of newspaper USA Today featured this article about Madonna:

Whoever said size matters obviously never met Madonna.
In person, the most durable and deconstructed pop icon of the past two decades is a wee slip of a thing. The face that launched a thousand trends is delicately featured, the yoga-toned frame so slight that you wonder how Madonna could have emerged intact after tumbling off a horse in August, on her 47th birthday.
The singer did break four ribs, her clavicle and bones in a hand and shoulder as a result of that accident, which took place at the estate she shares with her husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, and two children, 9-year-old Lourdes and 5-year-old Rocco, in the English countryside. But nine weeks later, Madonna is cast-free.
'I feel good,' she says, perching daintily on a sofa. 'But then I try to exercise or do something, and I realize that my bones aren't completely together yet.'
The woman who coined the term 'blond ambition' is not, however, going to let a few aches and pains interfere with her work. Madonna is in town to promote Confessions on a Dance Floor, her first album since 2003's American Life, which arrives Nov. 15. The first single, Hung Up - a thumping, shimmering confection that samples the ABBA hit Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - was introduced last week on MTV's Total Request Live and will be featured on crossover episodes of CBS' CSI: Miami (Nov. 7) and CSI: NY (Nov. 9).
MTV also premiered Madonna's new documentary, I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, last Friday. The film, which will re-air on the VH1 and Logo Networks, follows the star on and offstage during her 2004 Reinvention Tour, juggling concert performances with footage of Madonna clowning around with her dancers and crewmates, and with Ritchie and the kids. There are more serious moments as well, with Madonna reflecting on how her life and views have evolved.
'It's like me keeping a journal, but it's visual,' says Madonna, whose recent projects have included a fifth children's book, Lotsa de Casha, and a kiddie clothing line inspired by the 'very opinionated' Lourdes. 'But I never intended (Secret) to come out at the same time as my record. It took me twice as long to edit as I had expected.'

Accentuating the personal
Secret does share with Confessions an unabashedly personal tone. Madonna has described the latter as an unapologetic dance album 'about having a good time straight through and non-stop.' Dig beneath the buoyant beats and neo-disco arrangements, though, and you'll find wistful undercurrents in both the music and lyrics.
'That's why I called it Confessions on a Dance Floor,' Madonna explains. 'Most people equate dance music with being fluffy and superficial; it's just about having fun. That's fine, but I can't write 12 songs about nothing. My feelings or point of view inevitably sneaks in.'
Like 1998's Ray of Light, the first album Madonna released after becoming a mother, Confessions juggles state-of-the-art production - Madonna co-wrote and produced the songs with Stuart Price, musical director for her past two tours, with additional help from American Life producer Mirwais Ahmadzai (also Madonna's collaborator on 2000's Music) and others - with age-old spiritual questions, albeit filtered through a modern star's perspective. 'Should I carry on? Will it matter when I'm gone?' she asks on the introspective How High.
'I'm constantly trying to figure out what my place in the world is,' she says. 'That search was obviously instigated by the birth of my daughter. In my film, I talk about how I woke up one day and thought, 'my God, I'm about to have a baby; how am I going to teach my child what the meaning of life is when I don't know myself?' If she asks why she's here and who is God or why are people suffering, I want to have answers. And I want to ask those questions, too.'
One song, the Middle Eastern-flavored Isaac, has already generated controversy in the print press and online. 'Jewish mystics to Madonna: Lay off our sage!,' screamed one headline, a reference to certain Israelis' outrage over the singer's supposed decision to allude to that movement's founder, 16th-century mystic Isaac Luria.
But Madonna claims Isaac was actually named after Yitzhak Sinwani, a Yemeni singer who appears on the track. 'The album isn't even out, so how could Jewish scholars in Israel know what my song is about? I don't know enough about Isaac Luria to write a song, though I've learned a bit in my studies.'
'But I've never heard that it's blasphemous for anyone to mention the names of catalysts. That's just a religious organization claiming ownership of something. 'This is our information; you're not Jewish and you can't know about it,' or, 'You're female and you can't know about it.' That's religious thinking.'

Religion vs. spirituality
Madonna, whose Catholic upbringing also continues to inform her work, is keen to distinguish such thinking from the kind of reflection that drew her to the Kaballah. 'I like to draw a line between religion and spirituality. For me, the idea of God, or the idea of spirit, has nothing to do with religion. Religion is about separating people, and I don't think that was ever the Creator's intention. That's just people's need to belong to a group and feel good about themselves.'
'Just about every war that's ever been started has been started in the name of God. It's, 'I belong to this group; my group's better than your group, so if you're not in this group, we're going to kill you.' For me, religious thinking is synonymous with tribalism. You're not thinking for yourself; you're doing things because that's what somebody else did, or it's how your family taught you to behave and think.'
With her own family, Madonna says, she encourages a more inclusive approach to spiritual education. 'Because I study Kaballah, my children are exposed to it. We go to a Torah reading every Saturday morning. And my daughter goes to spirituality-for-kids classes. But it's non-denominational; there are kids who are Muslims, Jews, Christians, atheists, whatever.'
Lourdes and Rocco also seem to have absorbed their mother's love of dance, though with very different results. Madonna's daughter has been taking ballet lessons since she was 4. 'I didn't start till I was 12, which in the world of ballet is late, and I moved from ballet into modern and jazz. (Lourdes) has more of a ballerina's body, with these beautiful ballerina's feet.'
'No lessons for my son, though. His style is sort of street. If I ask him to dance for me, he never will, but if there's music on in the playroom, he'll dance by himself. I have to sneak up on him. He loves R&B and hip-hop, and he dances that way. It's very funny. I don't know where he got it from - I mean, he goes to the Lycee (Francais School) in London. But I think things like dancing, and what you're drawn to musically, are instinctual.'
During the school year, Madonna, her children and Ritchie are based in London. 'We go to the country house on weekends, or in the summer,' she says. 'I'm a city girl. If I hadn't married Guy, I'm sure I wouldn't have grown to appreciate the beauty of the countryside. There's an idyllic peacefulness there you couldn't find anywhere else. Now I can tolerate being in the city because I have a place to escape to, where I can leave the door open and my children can run outside. It's the one place I can feel like everybody else.'
Well, almost like everybody else. Of reports that she doesn't allow Lourdes and Rocco to watch TV, Madonna first says, 'I was raised without television. They watch films, and my daughter always has her nose in a book. I don't get the sense that they feel deprived. I don't know why that's shocking.'
But Madonna also admits she is concerned about the impact too much contemporary pop culture could have on her offspring in particular. 'TV is horrifying,' she says. 'Everything is so celebrity-obsessed, and I'm a celebrity. Why confuse my children with that?'
As things stand, of course, Madonna's kids 'get photographed everywhere they go. There are so many more paparazzi now. Because of the Internet, there are all these new agencies. It's created a whole new line of work for people, where you've got to follow people to the end of the earth and climb fences.'

Survival tactics
Such comments may seem ironic coming from someone whose rise and continuing fame have been credited at least in part to masterful marketing, and who is widely considered the first superstar made by, of and for the video age. And Madonna doesn't want to bite the hand that has fed her.
'As you go on making records, everyone keeps predicting your demise,' she says. 'It almost seems like they want you to fail. You have to find a way to be creative and have the freedom to do what you want to do, while also being aware of what the market demands and what people like. It's a fine line to walk, and there's a lot of competition.'
Certainly, Madonna's imitators and inheritors are legion, from teen upstarts to Britney Spears to 36-year-old Gwen Stefani, whose solo album featured virtual homages to her obvious idol. 'She ripped me off, so we mutually agreed that I could rip her off,' Madonna quips of Stefani. 'We work with a lot of the same people. She married a Brit, she's got blond hair and she likes fashion. But I don't mind. I think she's very sweet and really talented.'
Besides, Madonna still has a few role models of her own. She continues to feel a strong connection to the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. 'Her work was very confessional, and told you a lot about what was going on in her life. But you never knew exactly what was true and what was false and what she was overdramatizing. She was creating a myth about herself. But she used it as an educational tool for herself and, I think, for other people.'
'That's how I think of my work. I do self-portraits. People put me into all different categories: I'm a material girl, a sex goddess, a mother, spiritual. But I love contradiction. There's always a mystery, always a whole other life going on.'

Thanks to Evan from www.KingdomtoMadonna.com for the USA Today scan.

Fans can vote for Madonna's Hung Up video to make it onto the MTV TRL chart.
Visit www.mtv.com/onair/trl/vote/ to vote.

Please also vote to help get Hung Up into the Top 10 at MuchMoreMusic at www.muchmoremusic.com/top10

madonnalicious visitor Giorgio from UK magazine Bent has sent in the short review of Confessions On A Dance Floor.
Bent magazine is also one of the selected publications in the UK that will feature promotional adverts for the album.

Madonna made her debut on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart 22 years ago with 'Holiday.'
This week, she scored her 51st chart entry as 'Hung Up,' the first track from her November 15 release, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor,' made a lofty entrance at No. 20. It's the sixth Madonna song to debut in the top 20, and the first since 'Ray of Light' beamed onto the list at No. 5 in 1998.
Madonna's highest-ranking debuts to date are:

'Ray of Light,' debuted at No. 5 (1998)
'You'll See,' No. 8 (1995)
'Frozen,' No. 8 (1998)
'Erotica,' No. 13 (1992)
'Rescue Me,' No. 15 (1991)
'Hung Up,' No. 20 (2005)

'Hung Up' is already Madonna's highest-charting single since 'Die Another Day' peaked at No. 8 three years ago. Of Madonna's 51 chart entries, 42 have placed in the top 20. If 'Hung Up' continues its journey up the Hot 100, it could become the 36th Madonna song to land in the top 10.

MTVla.com have published a new picture on their site from the Steven Klein shot Confessions On A Dance Floor photoshoot.

It has been announced today that Madonna will appear on french TV show 'Star Academy' on TF1, France's leading TV channel, on Friday 11 November at 8:50pm, a spokeperson for TF1 said today.
Star Academy is an equivalent of Pop Idol. This program has existed for the last 5 years, and it is the first time Madonna will be part of it. This is going be a real big event, as the most famous french singer, Johnny Hallyday will star in the show as well on the same day.

The latest issue of UK magazine Hello! (03 November issue 891) features a two page look at Madonna's new fashions in New York City, and her appearance at the Roxy.

From Artem:
HEY! Madonna’s Hung Up is at #30 after only 1 week on the radio in Russia! By the way you can vote for Hung Up at www.europaplus.ru

From Chadwick:
Hey there! We need your help! The local top 40 station here in the Salt Lake City metro area isn't playing 'Hung Up' as much as the public here would like!
It would help out A LOT if we could get people to log on and vote to have it included in their daily countdown. Visit www.971zht.com and select 'Madonna-Hung Up' from the dropdown menu at the bottom of the page.

From David:
'Hung Up' debuted at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. Very impressive and one of her highest debuting singles of her career!

From James:
I am concerned Madonna isn't getting the air play she deserves. I have only heard 'HUNG UP' once on Providence's 92 ProFM, which gets airplay in Boston and parts of Connecticut as well! Please let others know to contact 92profm.com and request HUNG UP!

From Jayson:
I'm not hearing Madonna on some of Seattle's biggest radio stations, please request Hung Up!
Star101.5 www.star1015.com (Huge pop station in the city)
Kiss 106.1 kiss1061.com (Huge pop station in the city)
C89.5 www.c895worldwide.com (Seattle's all dance station)

From Agent Stella And Ruthie:
Hey there, Hung Up spins are slowing down on Chicago radio b96.3. Please call 1-312-591-9696 or KISS CHICAGO 312-591-1035 to request Hung Up.

The current edition of UK magazine OK! (01 November issue 493) features a one page article about Madonna getting back on a horse during The Late Show With Letterman in New York City last week.

Click the image to enlarge and read the article.

VH1 is now streaming a high quality version of Madonna's Hung Up video here.

Here are some captures from the fantastic video for Madonna's upcoming single, Hung Up:

madonnalicious visitor Jordan has sent in this news about an official album release party in Brussels, Belgium:

Thursday 10 November, Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor - CD Release OFFICIAL Party with gorgeous guests, will take place at 'Le CABARET' (Louise Gallery Event Hall) in Brussels.

Click on the flyer for more information.

German magazines were full of Madonna this week, taking a look at her appearance on The Late Show With Letterman when Madonna got back on a horse for the first time since her accident. Featured are Bunte, Gala, IN and Neue Revue.

 

 

Madonna has promised Australia will be part of her next world tour. Madonna's last two tours bypassed Australia. Her last visit was 12 years ago on the Girlie tour in 1993.
'I had a really great time last time I was in Australia, but I know it was a long time ago,' Madonna, 47, said yesterday.
'It's just Australia is so far away and the last two tours I had to cram everything into my children's summer vacations. But I really don't want to pass Australia by next time.'
Madonna, who has sold four million records in Australia and 200 million worldwide, is planning a world tour for 2006, once again around schooling for daughter Lourdes, 9, and son Rocco, 4.
The tour will be 'about discotheques and disco balls,' she said, and comes after her return to dance albums with Confessions on a Dance Floor, recorded without gaps between tracks to simulate a DJ set. The album will be released on November 14.
Tour dates are reportedly already locked in for Japan.
'If I go to Japan I'll go to Australia, I promise!' Madonna said.

A new picture from the Hung Up video was used to illustrate an article about radio in tonight's edition of the Evening Standard.

Here is what is planned for the online promotional campaign for Hung Up and Confessions On A Dance Floor:

* Hung Up Video exclusive with MSN Saturday 29 Otcober - Monday 31 October

* Madonna will be the AOL Artist of the Month for November

* Dancemat Viral game at www.confessionsonadancefloor.net (not online yet)

* Confessions website at www.madonnaconfessions.co.uk (not online yet)

Today's edition of the Daily Star features a new picture from the video for Hung Up showing Madonna in the leotard similar to one of the cover of her new album.

Music video channel Much More Music will air Madonna: Confessions on Thursday October 27th @ 4:30am, 8:30am, 1:30pm & 5:30 pm ET. The full interview as well as the full-length premiere of her new video 'Hung Up' will be shown!

The interview can now be streamed online at www.muchmoremusic.com

Don't get hung up trying to decide what to do on Friday 28 October - hit the annual Halloween Madonnathon! Channel your inner Esther: the dance floor is ALL MADONNA, ALL NIGHT LONG, with no repeats. Revel in your innate Madgeness: the video lounge is packed with super-rare Madonna videos you won't see anywhere else!
$2 Rolling Rock/$4 vodka before midnight.
1984 @ Pyramid, 101 Avenue A, Doors open 10 PM.

For more information visit www.spincyclenyc.com

Ladies and gents, it’s Stuart Price! He’s the technical wizard who’s been producing Madge’s new album, 'Confessions On A Dancefloor', and knock us down with a feather if he didn’t call us up for a chat the other day!
Aside from spilling the beans about Madge, he told us all about his favourite tracks on the album, one of which he had nothing to do with and the other of which he had plenty to do with. Over to you, Stuart!
'The last track, ’Like It Or Not’, is my favourite of the songs I had nothing to do with. I like it because, as the title suggests, you can’t sit on the fence about it. It’s a pretty honest statement from her and one of the good things about the new record is she’s not complaining about anything. This song is someone baring their soul and saying: 'You’ve just listened to what I do and this is who I am.’ It’s a good sentiment to end a record on. Musically, the reason I like it is because it sounds like an old folk Pentangle record with that acoustic guitar. It could’ve almost been in 'A Mighty Wind'!
'My favourite out of the ones I produced, aside from 'Hung Up,' is 'Forbidden Love'. The whole album was done in my flat and mixed by someone in a commercial studio but 'Forbidden Love' wasn’t. It was started in the loft and we finished it and mixed it there. It was really home-baked! That one will always be special for me.'
Aw! Isn’t he sweet!

Madonna Myth 1: She’s a religious nutter!
'That’s absolutely false. I’d just describe her as an extreme intellectual. The girl has got far too much going on in her head to be passive to religion and spirituality. She’s always looking for answers, she’s a big questioner of life.
I’m not surprised people call her a religious nut, but actually she’d be the first to say that her Kabbalah is not a religion, it’s a study. I’d quash all that religious bollocks in a second 'cause I’ve never got that from her. She’s quite pushy, she’ll say: 'I think you should read about this because I think it’s good for you.' But on a personal level that’s her being a friend rather than being a saleswoman.'
Madonna Myth 2: She’s past her sell-by date!
'Bollocks! Whatever her age, it’s immaterial. When you sit in a room with her working on stuff, she could just be some 18 year old singer. Albeit an 18 year old with a lot of experience! She’s got this inherent understanding of dance music and pop music and she more than belies her age.'
Madonna Myth 3: She can’t actually sing!
'Also bollocks. The first thing that impressed me about her, when we were in the rehearsal studio before the tour, was how well she could sing. We were doing that song from 'Ray of Light', 'Substitute For Love', and there’s no studio trickery. I just thought: 'Bloody hell, she’s brilliant.'
Madonna Myth 4: She doesn’t really produce her own records!
'All my answers are 'bollocks!' I was hoping there was something I could agree with! She’s more like the old school producer. With modern producers, you expect to see them behind computers and keyboards, but the best thing about the way she produces is she never touches anything. She sits there on the couch at the back, pores over everything and tells you where it’s going wrong.
I can stay up till three or four in the morning working on a song, thinking that I’m re-inventing the wheel. By 11am I realise it’s the biggest pile of bollocks I’ve ever made, but she can come in and tell you what the good bit is. I think that makes a good producer.'
Madonna Myth 5: She smells of horses!
'I don’t think I’ve ever detected the odour of a horse on her. And it’s quite a distinctive smell isn’t it? Not that I’ve hung around that many stables or anything. I’ve never detected that kind of musky odour on her. I’m sure I found a long horsehair in her jacket once, though.'

Well, we’re convinced. Thanks Stuart! What a lovely fella. He knows Madonna, you know!

Visit fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com to download two videos of Madonna in New York City, with footage of Madonna's speech at the I'm Going To Tell You A Secret premiere, and Madonna's appearance at the Roxy last Saturday.

From Alanna:
In Boston, Hung Up is definitely getting some air time, but it should be getting even more! Request Hung Up at www.kiss108.com

From Patrick:
We need some international assistance to make sure Madonna continues her reign down under in Australia....you can request Hung Up at this links:
Nova 106.9 www.nova1069.com.au
B105 Hot 30 www.hot30.com

From Michael:
Thought I would let you guys know Madonna has another number one. She has just jumped to the top of the Australian iTunes download charts (where she belongs!).

From Roger:
I need help getting Hung Up played in Las Vegas....I haven't heard the single not one time yet on the radio here. I have been requesting it everyday but it is still not on the playlist. Can you have your readers help and vote for it at www.kmxb.com

The German version of Amazon, www.amazon.de, have published the back cover of Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dance Floor on their site.

Madonna's tour documentary, I'm Going To Tell You A Secret, airs again in the USA on VH1 on Thursday 27 October at 1:00am (which is the early morning of Friday 28 October) - to see the VH1 schedule click here.

madonnalicious visitor David took some fantastic pictures of Madonna and director Jonas Akerlund from the front row at the I'm Going To Tell You A Secret premiere in New York City last week - click on the pictures to enlarge.

 

 

 

Here is the massive marketing and press details for the promotion of Hung Up and Confessions On A Dance Floor in the UK:

Magazines:
* Harpers & Queen (Cover) - Out Now
* Attitude (Cover) - Out Now
* Tatler (Cover) - Tuesday 01 November
* Observer Music Monthly (Cover) - Sunday 20 November

Marketing:
* 36,000 flyers to be distributed last weekend of October around London, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester & Brighton targeting House and Electro club nights and fashion shops and bars.
* M4 Tower poster site booked for 2 weeks from Monday 07 November which is part of a larger billboard schedule. Golden Squares have also been booked for the 1st two weeks of December.
* Press adverts to feature in Bent, Q, Glamour, Guardian Guide, The Sun and Observer Music Monthly.
* Major TV advertising campaign planned for single and album through to Christmas.

Fans can now listen to the confessions fans in the US have left at the 1-888-2-Confess number - visit www.madonna.com to download and listen.

Here are some billboards advertising the Confessions line around New York City.

'Gee, it's nice to get out of the house!' That's what Madonna, wife and mother of two kids, said around 3:30am. Saturday night at the Roxy. To say that Madonna is working hard to make her coming 'Confessions on A Dance Floor' CD a hit, would be putting it mildly. She has sat for a dozen interviews, she has cantered down the streets of NYC on a horse with David Letterman. (Her first equine experience since that terrible fall in England.) And Saturday night, she put in a surprise appearance at the Roxy, the famous downtown disco where it began for M more than 20 years ago. The Roxy will close next year....
The star materialized in front of several thousand screaming weekend party-ers. Wearing a blue dress that looked transparent under the strong lights, she carried a 12-inch vinyl record of 'Confessions' to hand to the DJ. 'I can't believe I'm back here after all this time, with twelve inches' she said, deadpan. And then she danced and danced and danced. She pulled stunned and thrilled boys up from the floor and writhed like a teenager herself. (When her new songs 'Sorry' and 'Hung Up' blasted out, the place went crazy!)
She lingered for hours after, chatting informally with everybody who approached. The star left at 4:00am. looking fresh. Everybody, including Madonna herself said it was just like the good old days. For a few hours it was.

madonnalicious visitor Agnes sent in this great picture of Madonna in New York City on Tuesday 18 October after her promotional interview with VH1.

From David:
Now that 'Hung Up' has charted on the Top 40 Mainstream Billboard Chart, this gives Madonna her 25th hit on this chart (since it's inception in 1991) breaking the record that Mariah Carey had tied (with 24) last week.

From Kimmie:
Maddy's video Hung Up will premier on MTV Philippines on October 27 @ 6pm. I'm also calling out to all the fans to support her single and vote for it on the local radio stations here in Manila (Magic 89.9, RX 93.1 and 99.5 RT).
You can text the following numbers: Magic 89.9 Textline 29761899, RX 93.1 Textline 29761931, 99.5 RT Textline 29761995.

From Pan:
Just trying to get everyone to vote for Madonna on a L.A. radiostation, voting is really easy, just select Hung Up on their list and click 'vote'. To vote click here.

From Saad:
Please request Hung up from Q100 in Atlanta: www.allthehitsq100.com
Also, in Mobile, AL: Hot 104 www.hot104mobile.com

From Scott:
We're needing some help in Louisville, KY getting Hung Up played. I have yet to hear it, and it's not showing up on either stations top 10 lists yet. The stations here are 99.7 WDJX at www.wdjx.com and 98.9 Kiss FM at www.carlosontheradio.com and some zip codes for my area are 40216, 40272, 40299, 40208, 40258.

Yesterday's edition of the New York Post featured this picture of Madonna at the Roxy nightclub on Saturday night. Click to enlarge.

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Two UK newspapers featured small articles today about Madonna's appearance at two New York City clubs this weekend - click to enlarge articles from the Daily Mirror and Daily Star.

Will Madonna do Broadway? The Material Girl has written a lot of material for a musical. 'I did write about 20 songs over the last couple of years for a musical, for which I never ended up doing,' Madonna told a Canadian reporter from eTV.
Madonna also hinted that she may be turning into a stage mom. She said she herself may one day take the lead role, or she quipped, 'I’ll just wait a couple years and my daughter can do it.'
In other Madonna news, apparently she and Michael Moore discussed the possibility of his directing her documentary, 'I’m Going To Tell You a Secret' - which has been getting a very chilly reception from critics.
'Michael Moore was very instrumental in helping me, even before I began filming,' Madonna told the London Telegraph. “He actually offered to direct it, but he was editing 'Fahrenheit 9/11'. He said, 'Can’t you delay your tour and do it later?' and I said no.'

madonnalicious visitor Keturah took some great pictures of both Madonna appearances at MisShapes and the Roxy on Saturday night in New York City.
You can view more of her pictures at kettyket.blogspot.com

madonnalicious visitor Craig has sent in this news about the forthcoming Live 8 DVD (due for release on Monday 07 November):

Hey there....just wanted to let you know that I got a press version of the 4 disc set and Madonna's part is cut. Although the songs are all there, her interaction with the audience is cut down as well as her 'Well, go!' bit before Ray of Light. On the 'plus' side, there are a lot of different camera angles used that weren't in the live broadcast.

Fans should make a visit to the MisShapes website www.misshapes.com to take a look at a fantastic selection of pictures of Madonna DJing at the club on Saturday night (below are a small selection of pictures from the MisShapes site).

When was the last time you heard about the Grand Dame of Pop hitting a club where mere mortals were allowed to boogie-woogie?
Well just two days ago at tiny indie hipster club MisShapes in New York Madge hit the dancefloor and got sweaty with a load of twenty-somethings.
It was not a guest list event, there was no red rope, in fact, you could have been there - and no doubt you would've been if you lived in NYC and were over the age of 21!
Anyway, Madonna rocked up with her mate Stuart Price, aka Jacques Lu Cont, aka Les Rhythmes Digitales, aka frontman of Zoot Woman, aka Madonna's erstwhile collaborator, who was scheduled to DJ that night along with DJ Junior Sanchez.
According to various eyewitness reports Madge waltzed in through the front door with a 12 strong entourage and headed straight for the upstairs DJ booth where she introduced her new single and then proceeded to dance the night away.
We have to admit our love for Madonna was on the wane, what with her love for tweed, children's stories and all that kabbalah nonsense, but after these pics of her partying like a normal person, we've found our affections for Madge rejuvenated!
Plus her new ABBA-sampling single is kick a**!
That also helps her cause!

Here's the flyer for The Official Record Release Party in Toronto, Canada.

First things first. If Madonna released her 'American Life' single and video today, instead of two years ago, it would have been huge.
She was so forward-thinking with her anti-war sentiments and her complaints against excess that the American mainstream is only catching up to her now. Of course, now that most of the country is on the same page that she was, Madonna has jumped to a whole new book entirely.
'Hung Up,' the first single from her forthcoming 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' (Warner Bros.) album, is pure escapism, a throwback to the late '70s, a time when Americans turned to disco and debauchery to forget about inflation caused by high gas prices and failed foreign policy.
It's catchy, riding a sample from ABBA's 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' for nearly the entire song, and it floats by effortlessly, with barely a thought in its airhead, as the chugga-chugga beat pounds on.
The song's success is essentially a sure thing, but the real question will be how many similar-sounding dance acts will Madonna - and her collaborator, Stuart Price, known for his work as nu-disco king Jacques Le Cont - take with her up the charts.
Juliet is a good bet, since Price produced her debut 'Random Order' (Virgin). 'Random Order' is packed with intricate, dance tracks like 'Avalon' and 'Ride the Pain,' which are more memorable for their beats than her vocals. Cut Copy is another good possibility, since the Aussie trio isn't ashamed to show off its love for the dance stylings of Le Cont and his pals Daft Punk on its debut 'Bright Like Neon Love' (Ada).
And maybe with Madonna's help, nu-disco pioneers Daft Punk and Basement Jaxx will finally get the American audience they deserve.

madonnalicious visitor Danny was one of the lucky guys Madonna pulled from the crowd last night to dance with her onstage at the Roxy:

I was right up infront against the barrier. The crowd was going crazy. Madonna was making eye contact with me the whole time she even held my hand on three ocassions, by that time I was completely satisfied, but I had no idea was was about to happen next....
I kept yelling 'New York Loves You! New York Loves You!' while she was singing 'I love NY'. Then she crouches down and says right to me 'Lets have a dance' doing the whole come here gesture with her finger. I then pulled myself up with help from the crowd behind me....and there I was standing before the Queen of Pop herself!
I began to bow while the crowd was going apeshit. People were screaming their heads off and she then asked me if I was having a good time, I told her I was having the time of my life. Then she grabed my hand and pulled me in. We immediately started a sort of salsa. We were twirling and grinding. The crowd was going nuts. I actually felt alot of pressure at first from the crowd but she totally made feel comfortable by taking the lead, LOL!
After about 5 min of dancing she says to me if there is anyone else I would like to have come up and dance with us. I then pointed to my best friend and he came right up.
He immediately started dancing then she pulls me over and says to us:
'You, grind me from the front.'
Then she says to my friend:
'Grind me from the back'
IT WAS INSANE!! The crowd went crazy!
We eventually finished our dance and she said thank you to my friend and me. She then pulled up to other happy boys and danced with them as well. It was seriously one of the happiest moments in my lilfe. Who gets to say they danced with Madonna?!

You can see a picture of Danny (on the right) dancing with Madonna here.

Two of today's UK newspapers (Daily Star On Sunday, Sunday Mirror) mentioned the tour documentary that aired in the US on Friday - click to enlarge.

 

madonnalicious visitor sent in these pictures of Madonna on the dancefloor at the Roxy last night, and reported that Madonna came out on stage and said: My career started with 12 inches....some girls have all the luck!

And pictures from Luke & Leroys can be viewed here, here and here.

After Madonna had been at MisShapes she then went onto the Roxy and drove the crowd wild, three songs from the new album were played, Hung Up, I love New York and Sorry. Here are some reports from fans lucky enough to be in the club:

From Howie:
She came on shortly after 2:00am, and through out the whole night, when Peter sampled Hung Up, the crowd went wild! Then as 'time goes by....so slowly for those who wait' when there was a pause....people were chanting....MADONNA....MADONNA....when she finally went on, she came out and said that 'How can I be in NYC without coming to Roxy? Roxy and I go way back. So I am here to dance with you tonight to my new song' (well, something like that, but with a lot more cursing) then Hung Up was played, and everyone went WILD!
Then she stays on for another 20 minutes dancing with people on the stage and grabbing people off the dancefloor to dance with her....the place was sooo packed, more packed than when she did the Ray of Light promo at Roxy, the air was so thick no one could really breathe....but in the long run, it was worth it.
She wore a similar dress as when she was on TRL....and she had the diamond eyelashes too....she looked AMAZING! She was gorgeous and looked so young, happy, and vibrant. See Howie's pictures below.

From MadonnasMatrix:

Time goes by so slowly....and we just waiting there and every now and then a Madonna voice clip would come on one talking about the disco balls and another saying something like I've got a secret to tell you. And whenever that would happen the crowd would erupt and shove and push and get crazy (a bit horrible at times).
Then Rauhofer puts on a Hung Up remix but then he quickly puts on a house beat called 'Ha Ha Ha Guess Again' so we wait....lots of security checking the stage over and over then about 1:55am a crowd gathers on stage and Liz Rozenberg is seen so that confirms what we all knew anyway, Madonna's about to show.
It happens quick, we see the frame of the most famous woman on earth and BOOM lights on! Royal Blue dress, hair done in the 'weenie roll' couldn't see her feet but I'm sure she matched LOL. She mouths OH MY GOD when she sees the crowd and the way they are loving her. She says a few words and no one can hear so she gets a bit louder and we go even more crazy.
She says 'I have bit of history here at the Roxy' the crowd goes crazy you get the drift about the crowd. She says well I came out here to dance with you guys for a bit! (I paraphrase because I can't hardly remember with the excitement and all). She says 'STUART HIT IT!' We can see Stuart's big smile in the DJ booth. And the CROWD GOES BALLISTIC - MADONNA is dancing with a group of dancers dressed very 70's style, she's jamming and shaking and going down to the floor Oh my god it was the best!
First song was Hung Up remix, then I made out the song I Love New York! It wasn't the rock one like the documentary version it was very dance. Then after that I heard a song where she's saying I'm Sorry a lot I think. She pulled 3 people out of the crowd and DANCED WITH THEM! They weren't cast members they were really fans and guys that were waiting in the crowd. She loved the crowd she came right up to the edge of stage and shook her tatas and shook her hair at us and shook hands and clapped hands it was great.
Boy was Madonna giving it her all, seriously she was, she was sweating it up, she took a little second to wipe her face and she came right back at us dancing and doing her thing!

Here is a picture from fellow fansite DrownedMadonna of Madonna at the Roxy:

From Scott:
I saw Madonna perform at the Roxy in New York on Saturday night. She came on around 1:30am. I think, and the place was packed. She was totally blown away by how many people were there. She looked very beautiful and youthful - in a turquoise dress that she twirled up a few times to reveal a black leotard underneath.
Guy Oseary and an entourage of about 20 people came out on stage with her and hung in the background and/or danced with her.
The best part when Madonna scanned the crowd so she could bring a lucky fan on stage with her. She picked a cute guy, who had the hugest smile and could not believe his luck to be dancing with Madonna. Madonna whispered something to him, which I surmised was, 'Do you have a boyfriend?' He went over to the crowd and pointed at someone, and Madonna's bodygaurds pulled another guy up. She whispered something to them, and they started grinding her in a 'sandwich!' The crowd went NUTS.
It's hard to say how long the act lasted, but I'd say about 40 minutes. She talked to us at the beginning and mentioned her long history with the Roxy, and then she lip-synched a Peter Rauhoffer remix of 'Hung Up' and another song I didn't recognize. I wish everyone in the crowd was a little more courteous, but it was all worth it, and I'd move heaven and earth just to be that close to her again. (I was on a riser above the crowd, so I had a really good view - about 15 feet away from her.)

Madonna made appearances last night at two clubs in New York City, her first appearance was at the MisShapes party at Luke & Leroys in the West Village.
Matt at You Know Music was there and sent in this report:

The rumors proved true and Madonna showed up for a promotional appearance at the MisShapes party at Luke and Leroys in NYC West Village, and I was there for the apperance, thanks to Trent at Pink is the New Blog for the heads up on this one. She showed up 12 people deep in three vehicles wearing an amazing around the neck blue dress. The club is very small and more of a hipster hangout than the big clubs in the Meatpacking district. Because of this they don't have backdoors or secret entrances. She walked right in through the front door. As soon as she came in the crowd went crazy.
She went up to the DJ booth and said a little hello and then introduced her single. Pretended to do a little DJing and the hung out while the at least 20 minute remix version of Hung Up played in the background! The remix was out of control great and sadly it is the kind of thing that probably won't be released. But all in all she looked amazing through a little kiss and said goobye to the packed house before jumping into the three car caravan that whisked her away.

The Celebrity page on AOL published this picture of Madonna leaving a New York hotel on Wednesday 19 October during her promotional trip to the city.

madonnalicious visitor Sean had this great news about Hung Up in Seattle:

I just wanted everyone to know that Hung Up is #1 on the all dance station C-89.5 in Seattle, Wa. I heard the announcement tonight and was pleased that, after only one week on the radio, Hung Up is on top! Hail to the queen!

Canadian music video station MuchMoreMusic will be airing Madonna: Confessions on Sunday 23 October at 9:00pm ET. Traci Melchor was in New York City on Thursday for a revealing interview with Madonna and also a peek at her upcoming video Hung Up, as well as choice clips from their extensive archives.

There is also a repeat of the Madonna radio interview on 104.5 CHUM FM this Sunday 23 October, see www.chumfm.com for more information.
The CHUM FM website have also published this picture (see below) of Madonna and 104.5 CHUM FM interviewer/presenter Maie Pauts.

Some radio stations are a little slow or reluctant to play Hung Up, you can help get Madonna airplay by reading the following stories:

From Aaron:
I need some strong armed Madonna fans to help request Hung Up to a local radio station in Charleston, WV (Electric 102.7 WVSR). A small army and myself, have requested over and over to hear the song, but the DJ's refuse to play it! Their defense is that 'people may not like it' and that Madonna has 'lost her touch'.
Please prove them wrong and call their request line on 1-866-660-1027 or 304-345-1027 or vote via internet at: www.electric102.com

From Hector:
Please....all the madonna fans need to call Miami's radio station Y100 and request Hung up because they are playing the song like twice a day, the number is 1866 645 9100, this is a mission for all Madonna fans!

From Thomas:
My local radio station is not playing madonna's new single. It is the 3rd largest in the country (in the U.S.), and is critical for the succss of Hung Up. Follow this link www.channel933.com to request the song!

The Special Edition of Confessions On A Dance Floor is now listed at Amazon.com, the special features include:

40 Page Picture Book
80 Page Blank 'Journal' Book (includes some diary entries from Madonna)
1 Bonus Track (Fighting Spirit)
Fan Club Membership
Slip Case

The Special Edition CD is released in the US on Tuesday 13 December and Monday 12 December for the rest of the world.

The Ultimate Drag Off (the new off-off-broadway show where performers battle four rounds of improv, performance skills and more in a new interactive 'American Idol' meets 'Who's Line Is it Anyway' meets 70's style game shows like 'The Gong Show' and 'Let's Make A Deal') is seeking performers who will be in the NYC area FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25th, who want to attempt any of Madonna's many looks for a theme night celebrating the release of 'Confessions On A Dance Floor'.
Performers (male and female )must send headshot/resume and possible pics in drag as part of the audition process.
The Ultimate Drag Off opens November 18th and we celebrate different themes from week to week.
Friday November 25th, is all MADONNA night and we will be giving away FREE CD's of 'Confessions on a Dancefloor' to audience members.

Send all materials ASAP with subject 'MadonnaDrag' to: DRAGOFF@optonline.net

For more information visit: www.theatremania.com or www.dragoff.com

The news of Madonna getting back in the saddle for the Late Show With Letterman made two UK newspapers today - featured are the Daily Express and the Daily Star.

 

Madonna's single Hung Up is featured in both episodes of CSI: Miami (Monday 07 November) and CSI: NY (Wednesday 09 November).

Entertainment Weekly reports that the song will feature in a pivotal moment on the Miami show, and then when Lt. Crane travels to NY for the second episode, a different mix of Hung Up will be heard.

CSI: Miami executive producer Ann Donahue stated: We wanted the song to be relevant to what was going on, the killer is hung up on the daughters of a wealthy family and the reason he keeps killing is that the victims are stand-ins for these girls.

Interestingly, Stuart Price, the producer of Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dance Floor, has recently provided music for the CSI shows already!

Last night's Evening Standard also featured Madonna on the front cover and a full-page article inside about her getting back on a horse.

Back in 1985, Madonna hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live, that episode will re-air on NBC this Saturday late night (Sunday morning) at 3:05am.
It will be shown in its entirety (unlike the re-runs on E!).

Last night's edition of London newspaper the Evening Standard published a one-page article featuring highlights from Madonna's interview with Attitude magazine (in UK stores now).

The article was also advertised in London newspaper the Metro (see advert below).

A change in Channel 4's schedules means that fans in the UK can now catch the video premiere of Hung Up one day earlier at 11:05pm on Thursday 27 October.
The video will also be repeated at 8:25pm on Friday 28 October.

Fans can now check out MTV's broadband channel MTV: Overdrive which now has added lots of Madonna content. You can check out the latest John Norris interview with Madonna which took place in New York this week, take a look back at the Truth Or Dare interview, 40 of her videos and some archive interviews.

Here is the full list of confirmed TV appearances/features that will be on UK TV to promote Hung Up and Confessions On A Dance Floor:

Friday 28 October: Channel 4 - Hung Up Video exclusive

Saturday 05 November: CD:UK - Interview and VT (Video)

Tuesday 08 November: Parkinson - Interview/performance (Airs 12 November)

Friday 18 November: Children In Need - Live Performance

Thursday 01 December: Channel 4 - Re-Invention Tour Documentary/Interview

Tickets for both the CD:UK and Parkinson shows are already all allocated.

The usually unflappable Madonna had a minor meltdown when she premiered her new documentary in New York, worrying her fans might find it 'boring.'
'I was sitting there in the theater at the back, showing it to people for the first time. I mean, it was like a puddle of sweat around my feet,' Madonna told ABC News Radio's Andrea Dresdale in an exclusive interview.
'It was like, 'Oh my God, oh my God, I hope I did the right thing. Oh, that scene is too long. Oh, that's too short. Are they going to get this part? Are they going to like this? Oh, they're going to think it's boring!' Just worrying the whole way, biting my fingernails off.'
The documentary, 'I'm Going To Tell You A Secret,' premieres on MTV this Friday and follows the pop icon's 'Re-Invention Tour,' from dancer auditions to rehearsals and opening night all the way through the final show and her visit to Israel last fall.
Madonna says she's clearly not the same person who she was when she made her provocative 1993 documentary 'Truth or Dare' - and she hopes fans will appreciate the change.
'It would be kind of tragic and pathetic if I was still the same person,' she says. 'I think that while I had some redeeming traits and qualities when I made 'Truth or Dare,'....there's a lot about me that I think is kind of selfish and kind of juvenile, and I'm happy to know that I've evolved and moved on.'
After working on the new film for a year, Madonna screened the movie for fans and contest winners in New York City, but it has not been shown publicly. But the singer says it reflects her current values.
'When I got to the end of it (the screening)....I could feel that people enjoyed it. That was a huge relief for me,' she says.
'I want everyone to really feel a sense of responsibility for the world around them, but more importantly, I want them to feel inspired and to really feel like they can make a difference. That's really my intention in making the film.'

Here are some screen captures from Madonna's appearance last night on the Late Show With Letterman.

Look out, Angelina Jolie: you’re not the only celeb moonlighting for the UN. Madonna is taking on a role for the world peacekeeping organization.
The one-time Material Girl - who increasingly has been showing interest in world matters - will co-host a gala for the United Nations Association in Pasadena later this week.
Madonna is listed as a committee member for a United Nations 60th anniversary celebration in Pasadena on Oct. 22, according to the group’s Web site; Actor Morgan Freeman is the honorary Chairman of the event, which is being billed as 'supporting the UN vision' including 'keeping peace throughout the world' and 'developing friendly relations among nations.'
'Madonna’s not just the ambitious blonde with the cone bra anymore,' says a source. 'She’s evolved and really cares about world issues.'

madonnalicious visitor Moctezuma has sent in this news about the event:
In case anyone was wondering if Madonna was going to be at this weekend's UN Gala in Pasadena, she will not. I just spoke to the event coordinator and she said 100% she will not be there.

Madonna got back up on the horse again - with an assist from David Letterman. The talk show host and Madonna rode two horses along 53rd Street in Manhattan on the 'Late Show,' the singer's first ride since being thrown from a horse in England this summer.
The battered superstar suffered three cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken hand in the August accident.
Letterman, a novice rider himself, traded stories about tumbles. Madonna explained that she hadn't been back on a horse since her fall 'because my record company is not very keen on the idea of me injuring myself.'
'I have a bit of excitement tainted with fear,' she said before climbing on.

Fans can watch a small clip from the show by visiting www.cbs.com/lateshow

Here are the latest reports on how Madonna is doing in the charts and on the radio:

From Andrew:
I need everyone's help! I live in Cleveland, Ohio and our hit radio station, KISSFM isn't playing madonna's new song. The website is www.kisscleveland.com I need everyone to go there and vote for Madonna or the song is never gonna get airplay.

From Nick:
I want to report you that I was in an internet cafe from 11 pm....I was downloading videos from the download section of madonnalicious.com and the radio was playing loud in the cafe....I was questioning myself 'Why I am the only one that hasn't heard HUNG UP on the radio yet?'. Time was going by so slowly and the clock stuck 4.30 am in the morning! I was listening to Hung Up through Madonna's web site and I noticed that I could hear it in two places....I took off the computer headphones and I noticed that Hung Up was on the radio of RADIO DJ, one of the most famous radio stations in Greece! AT LAST!

From Pan:
Just wanted to say that Madonna debuted on the Billboard Dance Radio Chart at Number 10!

From Patrick:
Just wanted to inform you that Hung Up is the highest new entry on the Tipparade in Holland. It's the chart that every single has to surpass before they enter the official top 40 chart. Check out www.radio538.nl/tipparade

From Scott:
Please go online and vote for Madonna on LA's pop station KIIS FM for their top 9 songs at 9PM. We need to get Madonna number #1! Vote at www.jojostop5.com

MTV has a special treat for hardcore Madonna fans....
Starting tomorrow, Friday October 21, fans should go to www.mtv.com/overdrive to check out the following MTV NEWS RAW interviews exclusively at MTV's broadband channel - MTV Overdrive:

*Brand-new John Norris Interview with Madonna re: Confessions....& I'm Going To Tell You A Secret & much more!

*Kurt Loder takes a look back at his 1991 interview with Madonna upon the release of Truth Or Dare.

*John Norris presents a look back at Classic Madonna interviews starting all the way back in 1984! Check out old school VJ Mark Goodman first MTV studio interview with Madonna - a super-rare Madonna interview at NYC's Limelight club - Kurt Loder's 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour interview from Tokyo - a rare 1992 interview shot in Milan, Italy re: Erotica & Sex - and Kurt's unforgettable visit while Madonna was putting the finishing touches on Ray Of Light - including tons of never-before-seen footage!

Check out MTV NEWS RAW - only at www.mtv.com/overdrive

Madonna's documentary has been reviewed by Martin Haro for Wire magazine, Martin has kindly provided the great review for madonnalicious visitors to read - click the image to enlarge.

Fans in the US should remember that the documentary is airing on MTV tonight at 10:00pm - ONLY MTV in the USA will be screening the documentary as the rights to broadcast were only given to MTV US.

Here is what MuchMusic, Canada had to say to madonnalicious visitor Kris about a showing of the documentary:

There aren't any definite plans at the moment to air the documentary, but there has been a lot of interest in it, so we'll certainly pass on the suggestion.

Rolling Stone they are asking which we would be more interested in seeing: Mariah: Comeback Of The Year or Madonna: Most Revealing Interview In Years cover story.

And at www.blender.com fans can vote in the poll asking: Madonna’s new album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, drops in November. Excited?

Fans in the US should check out the Late Show With David Letterman tonight as Madonna is a guest on the show which airs at 11:30pm ET/PT on CBS.

madonnalicious was lucky enough to attend the premiere listening party of Madonna's new album, Confessions On A Dance Floor, at The Soho Hotel in London this afternoon with other respresentatives from the UK media.

The listening party took place in two screening rooms, where the lights were dimmed and animations (similar to those on the album cover) were played on the cinema screen while the album played. See below is the invite to the party:

There is a strict press embargo on publishing any review on the album (The Sun newspaper was given an exclusive right to publish) until Monday 07 November, madonnalicious will be following that request.

In the foyer there were glitter balls, candles, lit displays of the album and single cover, and two large displays of the album cover picture with sparkling lights:

 

Either you do or you don't believe Madonna's midlife conversion to a more spiritual way of life. If you do, you will be touched by her documentary, 'I Am Going to Tell You a Secret.' If you don't, you can still savor brilliant concert footage from last year's 'Reinvention' tour.
The film, directed by Jonas Akerlund, was screened Tuesday night for an audience of dyed-in-the-wool fans. They screamed and applauded throughout. There is intimate and revealing material with her father, her husband, Guy Ritchie, and her two children, Lourdes and Rocco. (Rocco provides rambunctious comedy relief. Lourdes is a soulful beauty.) And while M does quite a bit of 'enlightened' proselytizing here, she has not lost her rowdy sense of humor, her pop-star "attitude" or her sense of the ridiculousness of her position — seeking serenity in the world of showbiz.
It's the flip side of 'Truth or Dare' - the decadent diva of 1990 versus the searching wife and mom of 2005. Fifteen minutes of sharp editing would help, but I'd say the same of 'Truth of Dare,' too. ('Secret' airs tomorrow night on MTV.)
M, who looks stunning on film and in real life (must be those oxygen facials!) partied joyously after, at the Morgan Hotel - those broken bones have healed! To everyone who approached with a compliment, the star said earnestly, 'Did you get it? Did I make my point? I want people to feel better, to be uplifted.' She couldn't be more sincere. And I am not in the least surprised. I never quite believed in Madonna the sexual outlaw. Though she freely admits, 'I had a good time back then.' The good times aren't over, just altered. Life is change.

UK newspaper the Daily Telegraph have published an extract from the November 2005 issue of gay lifestyle magazine Attitude (out in stores tomorrow):

To read the preview visit www.telegraph.co.uk

Thanks to MadonnaTribe for the magazine cover.

Victoria Newton of UK newspaper The Sun was given an exclusive preview of Confessions On A Dance Floor and has reviewed it in today's edition.
To read the great review visit www.thesun.co.uk

Here are two great pictures of Madonna, the first is taken from the interview at the MTV studios (picture from elmundo.es) and the other picture is from Madonna's interview for VH1 (picture from madonna.com).

 

No matter what Madonna does, she courts controversy - and her latest album and documentary are no different.
Confessions on a Dance Floor made news last week when Israeli Kabbalist rabbis declared one of the album's songs to be a 'great sin,' while the tour documentary 'I'm Going to Tell You a Secret' has just started making headlines for some of the religious commentary in it.
'What are you going to do?' Madonna asked in exasperation at the movie's premiere Tuesday night in Manhattan.
The song that has religious leaders up in arms is called 'Isaac,' which the rabbis said was about the 16th century Jewish mystic Yitzhak Luria, whose name, according to Jewish law, is not to be used for profit. Rabbis Rafael Cohen and Israel Deri told the Israeli newspaper Maariv that Madonna singing a song about Luria was 'unacceptable' and that they're asking that she be thrown out of the Kabbalah community.
'The absurd thing is that it's not what they think it is,' Madonna said. 'It's not a song about Isaac Luria. I don't know anything about Isaac Luria, so I couldn't write a song about him. The song is called 'Isaac' because the man who is singing on it is named Isaac. I think one person saw that name and decided that they were going to go out and say I was doing something blasphemous, and it's just not true.'
It is true, though, that religious ideas play a large part in the documentary - they're just not addressed in a shocking way, as the headlines would have you believe.
Yes, she read from the book of Revelations, and yes, her dancers dressed in religious garb and marched down a runway during 'American Life' - but that's old news to anyone who saw her Re-Invention Tour. Madonna's glib commentary about priests and nuns shouldn't shock anyone who's seen her videos, but all the attention on those brief moments undermines the larger themes she tried to get across - bridging religions, bringing people together, hoping for peace.
Perhaps her message was most clearly expressed through her cover of John Lennon's 'Imagine,' which she played each night on the tour. 'I think John Lennon was a prophet in so many ways,' Madonna said. 'It could have been written 100 years ago or 100 years from now, the words still mean the same.'
The song doesn't present a message particular to her Kabbalist leanings, she emphasized. 'I would make a distinction between spirituality and religion,' she said. 'To a large degree, religion does separate people, you know: 'This is my group; if you're not in this group, I'm better than you.' And there's a lot of discrimination in the world because of that. I'm a big fan of being spiritual. I'm not a big fan of being religious in that sort of elitist way.'
Madonna said spirituality is even more powerful than politics when it comes to changing the world for the better. 'Historically, you get rid of one despot, another pops in his place,' she said. 'You have to get involved in the community around you, and there's a way you can use politics to make a change, but I don't think it's going to change everything.'
That's why she went to Israel, she said - an experience that caps the end of the documentary. She was originally supposed to perform there, but the shows were canceled for security reasons. While she was there, she gave a fundraising speech in Tel Aviv for Spirituality for Kids, a group whose goals include bringing Israeli and Palestinian kids together.
'They bring kids in from abused homes and they bring them in with their parents and teach them how to relate to one another and to relate to each other with human dignity,' she explained. 'My daughter, who attends classes, is learning about her ego and how she can control it. Who would have thought you could learn that when you were a child?'
'I think it was important to show that aspect, and put my money where my mouth is,' she added. 'Because all during the show, all during the film, I'm saying we have to take responsibility not just for ourselves but the world around us. I talk the talk, do I walk the walk?
'I'm Going to Tell You a Secret' premieres on Friday at 10 p.m. on MTV. That same day, you can catch the in-depth interview 'MTV News Raw: Madonna' exclusively on MTV Overdrive.

By Jennifer Vineyard, John Norris, Vanessa White Wolf

A short news piece and interview with Madonna backstage at MTV TRL was broadcast yesterday on US TV show Entertainment Tonight.

A picture of Madonna teaching class at Hunter College for mtvU's Stand In has been published on the college's homepage - for more information visit www.hunter.cuny.edu

Fans in Holland can see the premiere of a previously unseen Confessions On A Dance Floor album commercial on RTL4 on the Wednesday 26 October during the show RTL Boulevard around 7:15pm.

madonnalicious visitor Jeff Day took these pictures at the documentary premiere, one of Madonna in the theatre and one of the film playing on screen.

Many madonnalicious visitors attended the premiere screening in New York Last night, here are a few of their tales from the event:

From Chris:
The crowd rose and went wild as she made her way to the front of the house. She was accompanied by Stuart Price (Producer) and Liz Rosenberg (and her body guards, of course). She was wearing a sort of flapper looking head band thingy and a wide smile. She looked radiant and happy, I loved it!
She told us to simmer down, listen and to NOT disobey her (loved it even more)! She said NYC is the best city in the world and she is internally grateful for her fans sticking by her through thick and thin. She quoted Paul Sartre at one point, sincerely thanked everybody who made her 'dreams become reality'. Someone in the audience yelled out, 'are you staying with us to watch the movie?' and she responded, 'hell yeah!'
She finished her speech and took her seat right under us! The movie theatre darkened and the anticipation was so high, I could hardly contain myself. The movie starts and the crowd reacts as if it were an actual concert (I'm a bit hoarse this morning because of it, actually). I won't tell you the secret, I'll let you find out for yourself when it airs on MTV this Friday (10/21). But I will say this....this movie is DEEP in so many ways! A definite MUST SEE and UNDERSTAND type of film!

From D Burkman:
Tonight my friend Hezi and I went to the premier of Madonna's new film. Here are the highlights. A medium sized theatre fitting about 500 people. When you walked in the last 5 rows of the place were blocked off for VIP's. We sat right in the middle of the theatre in fantastic seats. Showtime was set for 8pm and people were getting anxious. They started to play HUNG UP and all of a sudden a group of queens started to do 'the dance'....the one that Madonna taught to the dancers at the end of TRL....inspired by John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.
Behind us were a few dancers from the tour, Ingrid Caseras, Guy Oseary, Nicky Hilton. Then Madonna walked in....everyone jumped out of their seats and was screaming, screaming, screaming! Madonna went to the front with 4 security guys. She grabbed the microphone and said that she will not begin until everyone is quiet. Even ordering them to be quiet. Then ordered everyone to sit down. Then ordered everyone to shut off their mobile phones so they can enjoy the film. Of course everyone did exactly as she commanded.
She then gave a 5 minute speech about how much she loves her fans, the movie and how she wants everyone to dance during the songs in the movie. She thanked lots of people. She was standing with the Director of the film. Everyone was taking tons of pictures with their mobile phones and going crazy for her.
As for the movie....well, I will not spoil it, so tune in to MTV on Friday night. But its totally different than Truth or Dare, and really fantastic. Sends out so many great messages. As the movie reveals, there is no other queen!

From Matt:
Last night I stopped over at the theatre to see if I could catch a glimpse of Madonna as she arrived to the premire of 'Secret'. As I walked up to the paparazzi, I asked if I had missed her arrival, I was told no, and then asked 'did you get a ticket?' I said no, and I was told there was a guy walking around who was handing them out. I couldn't believe it! This was the same premiere that people had to win tickets though MTV!
I found the guy and at first, he said 'no'. Then he said, 'are you a fan?' Of course Im a fan! Then he said, 'what's her Kaballah name?'....long story short, he gave me a ticket, Ingrid Cassares entred with me, I got in the theatre, had a fabulous seat dead center, Madonna entered, we all cheared, she stood at the front of the theatre, 8 rows away from me with Jonas the director, Stuart Price and various other crew from the movie.
She gave a nice welcome, made jokes about cell phones and told us to dance during the dancing scenes. Then she sat in the back and watched the movie with us! I had never seen her that close before, she has the most beautiful, glowing skin, and beautiful eyes! It was a dream come true!

Here are some more pictures of Madonna working the red carpet at last night's premiere for her documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret in New York City.

Barely 2 days into it's release as a download on iTunes, Madonna's Hung Up has already topped the top 100 music downloads list of more than half of iTunes sites across the globe!

#1 in Spain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, UK and Switzerland
#2 in Luxembourg and Austria
#3 in the USA

And here are more reports from fans and how their local radio stations are reacting to the airplay of Hung Up:

From Bodyworkbytommy:
I think a lot of NYC fans are afraid to call into Z100 and request. But I called and a very polite guy said they will be playing it based on how many requests they get. It's a good song so it's not the same as with American Life. Call 1800 242 0100 ....but people need to be polite.

From Frank:
I just had to report that Hung Up is currently the #1 song on KTU's Top 10 playlist. KTU is the New York metro area's top radio station for dance music.

From Khiem:
The most requested song today on CKOI radio station in Montreal was Hung Up by Madonna! www.ckoi.com

Academy Award winner, Morgan Freeman, Honorary Chair, for the Pasadena-Foothills Chapter of the United Nations Association (PUNA) announced today that popular singer and music artist, Madonna will join him as Honorary Co-chair for PUNA’s October 22, fundraiser to celebrate the 60 years of the United Nations (UN). Comedian and alumni Saturday Night Live cast member, Nora Dunn, will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies.
This year’s event brings the UN’s goals for Human Rights back into focus, as the organization highlights the United Nation’s 8 Millennium Development Goals to create a better world. Executive Director, Sherry Dean-Simpson, point out, 'This chapter of the UN is one of the oldest and most influential chapters around today. I am pleased to announce the addition of Madonna as Honorary Co-chair for this important occasion. We are proud to have such distinguished guests support us in our efforts.'
The historic Pacific Asian Museum provides a beautiful and graceful backdrop for the silent auction fundraiser, with three separate areas of activity. Starting at the museum’s front gate and moving upstairs to where the selected art pieces will be displayed, then on to the back courtyard where the reception will be held.
Sponsored by Pasadena’s K-Mozart 105.1 radio station who has been serving the cultural community with classical music for over 45 years, and Cobblestone Vineyards, Napa Valley and Monterey exceptional wineries, the event will draw attention to the local chapter and its plans to boost the UN’s presence in the Los Angeles community.
The group hopes to raise $50,000 to further its mission of educating the public about the goals of the UN. The funds collected from this event will go toward the association’s goal of creating a greater awareness and extension of their reach to a broader community.
Doors are open to the public. All artwork will be on display for silent bid starting at 6 p.m. People are encouraged to buy their tickets early through the PUNA website or by calling (626)449-1795.

Over the last two decades, Madonna has reinvented herself several times.
She's at it again, says The Early Show national correspondent Tracy Smith, with a new documentary offering some surprising insights into her world and her spritual evolution.
The film premiered Tuesday night, and Smith was there.
'Blink,' says Smith, 'and you'd think it's the '90s: Madonna, a crowd of screaming fans, and a new documentary.'
The pop icon joked during a chat with Smith at the premiere, 'I was gonna call this movie 'Truth or Dare, Part Two,' but I decided to be a little bit more creative.'
The original 'Truth or Dare' came out more than a decade ago, following Madonna on her 'Blond Ambition' tour.
The new film, called 'I'm Going To Tell You a Secret,' offers a behind-the-scenes look at her 2004 'Re-Invention' tour.
'Often, people in the entertainment business keep their truths to themselves; their secrets,' Madonna observed, to Smith. 'So, hopefully, I've revealed some of those things in the movie.'
Not surprisingly, it has a few controversial moments, including one asserting most priests are gay.
Some Catholics are already saying they're upset about it, Smith reports.
What would Madonna say to them?
'They haven't seen the movie yet,' she replied to Smith. 'They can have an opinion after they see the movie.'
But, says Smith, if you're expecting the raunchiness of 'Truth or Dare,' think again.
In one scene, a man tells Madonna, 'I don't really believe in God.'
'That really hurts me to hear that,' Madonna responds.
This Madonna, Smith says, is 'The Spiritual Girl,' not 'The Material Girl.'
'To me,' Madonna remarks in the documentary, 'the beast is the modern world that we live in. The material world. The physical world. The world of illusion that we think is real. We live for it. We're enslaved by it. And it will ultimately be our undoing.'
MTV News correspondent John Norris tells The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith he liked the new film 'a lot. In a different way than 'Truth or Dare.' Some of the hedonism that's there in 'Truth or Dare' is replaced by a more spiritual Madonna, a Madonna who's a wife and mother now, definitely a different view of her, but it's a pretty compelling movie.'
As for her apparent move away from her 'Material Girl' image, '(The Jewish spiritual movement of) Kaballah is a big part of it, I think. She's definitely evolved, as a person, and as an individual, and it's reflected in her work. And you can certainly see in this film that the things that were important to her once (aren't as important anymore).'
'There's a great point in the movie where she says, 'You know, I had a lot of fun back then. I'm not going to say I didn't have fun. But fun can be overrated.' And I think she's discovered that other things matter.'
Does that seeming evolution surprise Norris?
'You have to sort of wonder, what was the alternative, if there wasn't a family. She says she felt sort of like a spinning wheel 15 years ago. She had a good time, but some days she'd feel like, 'Hey, this is great.' Other times, she would feel like something is lacking. Obviously, she found her path.'
Asked whether there's any reflection in the movie on Madonna being a very strict mother, Norris says, 'You do see the kids. I think it's the first chance people have ever had to hear the kids speak. They're so great and charming and adorable and articulate. Whatever she's done, she seems to be doing it right. You get a good view of the kids.'
Norris describes Madonna's new album, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' as 'wall-to-wall dance music; the most dance-oriented thing she's done, at 47. More power to her. It's gonna do well in the clubs. We'll see how it does on radio.'
Is Madonna as relevant or important as she was 20 years ago?
'I think,' Norris says, 'to a lot of people, she is, and (she) even (has) a certain more relevance now.'

Here are the first pictures from Madonna's appearance at the premiere for her documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret in New York City last night.

Madonna hasn’t let her kids see her classic, controversial 1991 documentary 'Truth or Dare,' which profiled her Blonde Ambition Tour.
Perhaps she’ll let them see her forthcoming 'I’m Going to Tell You a Secret' - which premieres Friday at 10 p.m. on MTV - and not just because they’re in it. For her latest re-invention, Madonna’s all grown up now. (Get a 10-minute sneak preview of Madonna’s new documentary, only on Overdrive.)
'It’s a different me,' she said. 'I have a husband, I have a family, my whole life has changed. It would be pretty strange if I was behaving the same way I did 12 years ago - that would be a little freaky. No more Evian bottles!'
Besides ditching the erotic simulations, Madonna’s documentary 'I’m Going to Tell You a Secret,' which chronicles her 2004 Re-Invention Tour, also abandons a lot of the self-involvement that made 'Truth or Dare' so candid. This time, she’s happy to share screen time with her troupe of dancers, her musical director, her choreographer and others. She’s constantly pushing them to think more, to be more, do more - asking them if they believe in God, if they’re registered to vote.
She gives one crew member a guitar, so that he’ll write more songs. And during one tour stop, she takes her dancers to see a classical pianist play, so that they’ll be exposed to passion in another art form.
Still, she tells them just before their last show, crying, that she regrets not having spent more time with them. That’s because this time, to contradict Warren Beatty’s famous criticism in 'Truth or Dare,' she is living off-camera.
'I think one of the big differences was that I didn’t have a family during ’Truth or Dare,’ ' she said, 'so I spent more time with the dancers, doing goofy, crazy, mischievous things with them. This film, it’s a juggling act. I do less stuff with the dancers, but I cry, because I love them, and it’s very hard to let go of them.'
That connection starts right at the beginning, with an audition process where she pointedly looks for dancers not to blend in, but to stand out. She wants them to have 'something special' - so they can do solos and not just be in the background. 'I don’t think of them as dancers,' she explained. 'I think of them as actors, as performance artists.' She picks one for his skill at tap-dancing, another for breakdancing - and asks them if they smoke marijuana. Not because she’s morally opposed, but because she says it’ll slow them down in the end.
Because she identifies with them - having worked as a dancer herself - she hates cutting them from the auditions, and seems to be as gleeful when they are when she gets to tell them they’ve made the cut. 'I know what it’s like to dance your heart out and have them go, ’Thanks, you can leave now,’ ' Madonna said. 'It’s terrible.'
It’s also terrible, she says, to try to leave her family behind, so she tries to take them on the road with her at times, although her husband seems to prefer hanging out at pubs to seeing every show. Her two kids, meanwhile, have definitely learned a few lessons from mom - including how to steal a scene. Lourdes, 9, sounds impressive when she instructs 4-year-old Rocco to look at 'the big picture.' Rocco laughs uproariously.
Madonna says she was reluctant at first to include them - she didn’t want to exploit them, but if she didn’t show that side of her life, the documentary 'would be a lie.' 'It’s a fine line to walk,' Madonna said. So she ended up taping the segments with her kids with a friend of the family. 'Everyone was very comfortable,' she said. 'Honestly, they didn’t even know (the cameraman) was there. They just sort of behaved as they normally do.'
Even though Lourdes is a natural, Madonna jokes that she doesn’t want her daughter following in her footsteps. 'She’s going to be a nun!' Madonna declared. But seriously, little Lola is already displaying a talent for ballet, and will be dancing in 'The Nutcracker' in London this year.
Perhaps after that, Mom will reconsider letting her daughter see at least this documentary, to see what life as a dancer on the road is really like.
'I’m Going To Tell You a Secret' premieres on Friday, October 21, at 10 p.m. on MTV.

madonnalicious visitor mockorange329 is a student at Hunter College where Madonna made a surprise visit yesterday for mtvU:

I just wanted to share that I am a Hunter college student and had the amazing opportunity to meet Madonna today.
I thought that what I was attending was simply an advanced screening of her documentary (which I was thrilled about alone), and when she walked up to the podium from backstage to answer questions (one of which I asked) I nearly had a heart attack!
I am a HUGE Madonna fan and a regular visitor to this site. Anyway look for the footage on mtvU! It was AWESOME!

For more information about mtvU and to watch Madonna's appearance on 'Stand-In,' visit www.mtvu.com

The buzz surrounding the Hung Up single is still building in a fantastic way, here are some more radio play reactions from fans:

From Henrik:
Just wanted to tell that I listened to a countdown on a radiostation in Denmark, and 'Hung up' was requested so much it made it's debut at number 6.

From MK:
KIIS FM is LA's most popular radio station and most west coast stations get their playlist from KIIS. Help Madonna get heavy rotation on this station and we could have a #1 in the US. Vote at www.jojostop5.com

From Nathan:
Just want to let you guys know that 'Hung Up' is on its debut day on dutch populair radio station 'Yorin' already number three most requested song.
There was also a contest on another popular Dutch radio station 'Radio 538' they do this every night, and the listeners can vote to keep on playing or to stop playing a new single. Tonight 'Hung Up' was voted to keep on playing on the radio and the listeners said it wil be a mega hit!

104.5 CHUM FM presents an EXCLUSIVE interview with Madonna on Thursday, October 20 at 6 p.m.
In her only Canadian radio interview, the global superstar talks to CHUM FM's Maie Pauts about her highly anticipated new CD, Confessions On A Dance Floor.
With her latest CD, Madonna returns to her roots and brilliantly re-invents dance music for today with 12 original songs capturing the excitement and energy of her early hits.
Recorded earlier this year in London, Confessions On A Dance Floor features the debut single 'Hung Up' and was primarily co-produced and co-written by Madonna and Stuart Price. Mirwais Ahmadzai, the Grammy-winning duo of Bloodshy and Avant, Anders Bagge and Peer Astrom of the Murlyn Music Collective and Joe Henry all serve as collaborators.

Here are two scans from UK newspapers the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror talking about the worldwide radio release of Hung Up yesterday and her clothes and hairstyle.

 

Holy kabbalah! The Material Girl's returned, and the material's fabulous. Madonna version 47.2 is a tricked-out '70s disco queen with platinum feathered hair, channeling John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever.' She's ditched the political commentary (at least musically) and her first single, 'Hung Up,' is sampled from a 1979 ABBA hit, 'Gimme Gimme Gimme.' For that alone, haters may say it's time to stick a fork in her. They should stick it.

Here is a great review of Madonna's new single Hung Up from today's edition of UK newspaper The Guardian.

Fans can now download the advert for the Madonna MTV European Music Awards and Paris Album launch party competition that is now running on MTV.
NOTE: The advert does not feature Madonna, only her new single Hung Up plays in the background.

Here are some screen captures from Madonna's appearance last night on MTV's TRL in New York City, the show previewed her new video and Madonna judged a Move To Madonna contest during the show.

I just wanted to share seeing Madonna at TRL yesterday. Although I wasn't in the studio, I waited outside with about 100 other people (on both sides of the street). The weather was cool, but not cold enough to keep me from seeing the Queen!
About 45 min. into the show, she finally appeared standing in the window with the host, with her back facing the street, wearing a very sexy, low-cut, backless purple disco dress! Matched her 70's inspired feathered hair! I might also add, I could see her diamond bracelet literally sparkling from across the street!
Finally, at one point, as she was talking to the host and a several other staff (most likely during a commercial break), she looked to the side and noticed the crowds below (it seemed as though she didn't know there was a crowd) she turned around fully to face the street and waved to everyone down below, blew a kiss, waved some more and then turned back to continue talking to the crew.
Everyone on the street was chanting 'Ma-don-na!' and screaming and cheering! It was amazing and she looked amazing!

Madonna fans got the chance to impress the Material Girl on MTV's Total Request Live yesterday by dancing for the chance to attend a private screening of new documentary Madonna: I'm Going To Tell You A Secret with the pop superstar.
The Like A Prayer singer brought Times Square, New York to a near standstill when she took over TRL - to judge a dance contest. She chose a sexy street dancer called ST ISE over classically trained JOJO in the final.
Madonna's documentary premieres on MTV on Friday 21 October 2005.

Madonna has revealed she had to write a grovelling letter to Abba songwriters asking if she could use their music on her new single.
The music to Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie features on her new single Hung Up.
According to The Sun online Madonna told Attitude magazine: 'I had to send my emissary to Stockholm with a letter and the record begging them and imploring them and telling them how much I worship their music, telling them it was an homage to them, which is all true.'
'And they had to think about it, Benny and Bjorn. They didn't say yes straight away. They never let anyone sample their music. They could have said no. Thank God they didn't.'
Benny said: 'We get so many requests from people wanting to use our tracks but we normally say no. This is only the second time we have given permission.'
'We said yes this time because we admire Madonna so much and always have done. She has got guts and has been around for 21 years. That is not bad going. If it wasn't any good we wouldn't have said yes. It is a wonderful track, 100% solid pop music.'
The Fugees used a sample from Abba's The Name Of The Game on their 1996 track Rumble In The Jungle.

The Confessions Madonna asked fans to leave on the phone number below) are now available to download for free as Podcasts at www.apple.com - the first two episodes are already available to download.

Madonna's new single Hung Up made it's debut at number 10 in the iTunes download chart after just one day!

Here is the preview from UK magazine heat of the Hung Up video which will air on Channel 4 at 8:25pm and 11:25pm on Friday 28 October.

Madonna hasn't let motherhood or a recent horseback riding accident slow her down.
In fact, observes The Early Show national correspondent Tracy Smith, you could argue that she's busier than ever.
'The Material Girl' gave Smith an exclusive interview as Madonna visited MTV's 'TRL,' whose audience gave her a wild welcome.
It's been two decades since Madonna first appeared on MTV but, says Smith, even to fans who weren't born then, Madonna is as big as it gets.
She was appearing on TRL to promote her new album, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor,' which Madonna told Smith is an 'all-dance record. I decided I wanted to make a record that made people happy, that lifted people up, that gave people hope. And I wanted to make a record where you could put it on and, for a whole hour, you could dance nonstop and not have to skip past anything, skip past slow songs, or go to another record.'
But, Smith points out, Madonna's life is about more than music these days.
She's a children's book author with two kids of her own, and she's determined to raise them right.
'The number one rule,' Madonna says, 'is to be grateful and say, 'Please' and 'Thank you.' Yeah. That's the number one rule....Cleaning your room, that's another one. Brushing your teeth.'
And if they don't do those things?
'Oh, I just scream and nag at them, like most parents.'
Looking at her, Smith remarks, you'd never know that, on her 47th birthday in August, she broke several bones falling off a horse.
'I had to do nothing for a month, which was excruciatingly painful for me, to just sit still and let my bones heal,' Madonna recalls, describing it as, 'the hardest thing I've ever done. And after that, starting to do rehab religiously, and taking lots of supplements. And I had to stop drinking coffee and, uh, nightmare. Nightmare.'
Is she shaken?
'No. I'm OK. I'm OK. I'm not completely 100 percent yet, but I'm getting there.'
Madonna even took time to give Smith a quick dancing lesson, involving arm rolls.
She has a documentary coming out called, 'I'm Going to Tell You a Secret.'
It's premiering Tuesday night in New York. Smith will be there, and have a sneak peek Wednesday, along with a red carpet report.
Later in the week, the documentary will be on three MTV network channels: MTV, VH1 and Logo, all of which are owned by Viacom, as is CBSNews.com.

Madonna's official fanclub ICONmadonna.com has relaunched it's website, giving members a lot more content than available previously.

 

Hello ICON members!
Today marks the official re-launch of ICON. We want to take this opportunity to welcome existing ICON members to the new & improved fan club and let you know what to expect.
To begin with, your existing ICON membership registration was automatically transferred to the new fan club site ICONmadonna.com. You'll immediately have full access to all the site features.
Your digital welcome letter, which was handwritten by Madonna, is available now. Visit the 'Extras' section of the site to download the letter in PDF format. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.
Additionally, Madonna is offering a bonus track from her new album, Confessions On A Dance Floor, exclusively to ICON members. The surprise track will be sent to you as an MP3 file on Nov 15th - the same day her new album arrives in stores!
As previous member of ICON, you will still receive one more expanded issue of ICON magazine as long as your membership is still active at the time of publication later in 2006.
Log into to ICONmadonna.com now to check out all the new features including:

Madonna is in the city, promoting the November release of her CD, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' and her documentary, 'I’m Going to Tell You a Secret.' (I have heard - and even danced to - 'Confessions,' and it is so much fun!)
A few vintage (as in culled from an old interview) Madonna remarks about disciplining her children have recently resurfaced. Some people are aghast - no TV, picking up your clothes, no exposure to relentless media. Yet M’s two kids, Lourdes and Rocco, impress those who meet them as not only well-behaved, but unusually on the ball, sensitive and imaginative. Mrs. Ritchie insists they read. Literacy Partners might consider Madonna as a guest reader some year. She knows the joy and power that comes from losing yourself in a good book.
But Madonna is like any other mom in some ways. Just the other day she and Lourdes dropped in at the dessert emporium Serendipity 3. M had an egg-white, herb omelet with tomatoes. Lourdes enjoyed the Pasta Angelical, sans prosciutto. Then mother and daughter indulged in Serendipity’s famous Frozen Hot Chocolate. Those within earshot commented that 9-year-old Lourdes conducts herself like a 'young lady.'

Here are some captures from the Hung Up video previewed on TRL last night.

Madonna is the greatest gainer on the Mainstream, Dance & Adult Top 40 Charts today, according the Real Time Tracker on www.billboardradiomonitor.com

Here is the first picture of Madonna appearing on MTV's TRL in New York City this evening.

Thanks to Mike at Lighthouse News for the screen capture.

A new Confessions On A Dance Floor picture is on www.apple.com/itunes to advertise the fact that you can pre-order two different album packages.

Hung Up has hit the airwaves and Madonna fans around the world couldn't be happier to have our favorite lady back on the dance floor! Madonna will be checking in with her friends at TRL on MTV today where she will show viewers a sneak peak of the Hung Up video! Make sure to tune into to TRL 5PM ET/PT.

madonnalicious is looking for fans in the US to capture the TRL appearance so it can be hosted on this site. Just contact us at madonnalicious if you can help.

Madonna's official website have published this new picture (as a wallpaper) from the Confessions On A Dance Floor portfolio by Steven Klein.

The new version of the official site should be up and running later tonight, it is currently being tested so some parts of the site may not function.

Madonna will be interviewed on NRJ on Wednesday 09 November, she will also be attending an album launch party in Paris on that date.

www.nrj.fr will be running a competition for fans to win a chance to attend the album launch party.

You can now download and listen to the radio interview Madonna gave to Ryan Seacrest today to accompany the first official playing on radio of Hung Up.

Madonna sounded in a good mood, laughing and joking with Ryan, and spoke about a new tour, her broken bones and her new video.

madonnalicious visitor Gene has sent in this note to get fans to vote for Hung Up:

Just thought I would drop you a note and let you know that Hung Up is on XM Radio. It’s being played on Channel 20 XM20on20. You can go to the following website: www.xmradio.com and vote for Hung Up. Let’s all go and vote and put Madonna at Number 1. Currently she’s at number 11. Let’s move her on up the charts!

Here is another article hyping up the release of Hung Up published in UK newspaper the Daily Record today.

Here are some more fan reports on the radio presence Madonna's news single Hung Up is getting around the world (and these reports were all before the 'official' radio premiere today):

From Joe:
Just wanted to let you all know that Hung Up is the MOST played song on the radio and requested as well. It is played hourly on most radio stations in Sydney, Australia. It appears to be all people want to hear....

From Miles:
Just want to let you guys know that as I arrived in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada I was finding some radio station to listen to and by fluke I caught X96 FM playing Madonna's Hung Up to my shocking suprise! WoW! I love it! It gave me goose bumps all ove!

From Richard:
WERO Bob 93.3 in Greenville, North Carolina has been playing Madonna hits and 'Hung Up' all weekend. Plus this weekend there is also a contest in which you can win all of Madonna's CD, check out www.bob933.com

A competition started today on www.ema.mtv.co.uk for fans to win VIP tickets to see Madonna at the MTV European Music Awards in Lisbon.

Madonna and Rocco were photographed at they visited The Kabbalah Centre in New York City on Sunday 16 October - to view the pictures click here, here and here.

madonnalicious visitor Craig from Canada wanted fans to know that 'Hung Up' is now the greatest gainer in the Dance Top 40 category on Billboard Radio's Real Time Tracker as of 5:30 C.S.T. Sunday evening.

Fellow fansite www.madonna.nu have published this great picture of Madonna in New York City yesterday, please visit their site for more pictures.

Madonna has 19 (out of 30 available) music videos on the iTunes USA's Top 100 music video downloads as of Monday 16 October.

Fans who want to leave a confession for Madonna should call the number in the banner below. After calling this number, you can hear Madonna asking you to leave your confession. Can't wait to see what she does with all of our confessions!

NEW YORK CITY: Friday 28 October: Halloween Madonnathon!

Don’t get hung up trying to decide what to do tonight - hit the annual Halloween Madonnathon!
Channel your inner Esther: the dance floor is ALL MADONNA, ALL NIGHT LONG, with no repeats.
Revel in your innate Madgeness: the video lounge is packed with super-rare Madonna videos you won’t see anywhere else!
$2 Rolling Rock/$4 vodka before midnight. 1984 @ Pyramid, 101 Avenue A, Doors open 10 PM. For more information visit SPIN CYCLE NYC

MAUDLIN, SOUTH CAROLINA: Tuesday 14 November: Madonnathon!

BRAZIL: Various dates in November
For upcoming parties in Brazi to celebrate the new album visit www.minsane.com.br

Today's edition of UK newspaper The Sunday Telegraph published a really interesting article on the use of the Abba sample in Hung Up and the massive promotional push Madonna has planned for her new album. Click to enlarge and read the article.

Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor is now the number one album on the Amazon.com pre-order chart, not bad for an album four weeks away from release!

Today's edition of the Sunday Mirror contains a new picture of Madonna in Rocco in New York City and a nice comment about how well behaved Rocco was!

Madonna's appearance on Dutch TV show Pulse will consist of an interview with host Peter van der Vorst filmed on location in London with no performance.

Adverts for the new album Confessions On A Dance Floor and the MTV premiere of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret are now available to download.

At http://madonna.lighthousenews.us/ you can download the great animated album advert and the trailer for the documentary premiere.

And at www.madonna-tv.com you can download the French TV advert for the co-promotion of the album and Orange Phone Networks.

UK newspaper The Sun published yesterday that Madonna would be making an appearance on the Parkinson chatshow, and performing on the charity BBC1 event Children In Need on Friday 18 November.

An amazing Madonna competition will start airing across all MTV channels in Europe from Monday 17 October, details at the moment are embargoed but all will be revealed soon!

Fans can watch the full-length version of the Motorola advert featuring Madonna at www.form.tv/motorolaemail Most TV stations are only showing the shortened edited version so this is great opportunity to see the whole clip.

A worldwide live radio special with Ryan Seacrest and Madonna is scheduled to take place on Monday, October 17 at noon ET/5 pm GMT, it was announced today.
The 10-minute, commercial-free radio special will be presented by Ryan Seacrest Productions in association with Premiere Radio Networks and will be made available to all radio stations worldwide including Japan, Canada, and Australia, as well as Z100-FM/New York, WKTU-FM/New York, KIIS-FM/Los Angeles, KRBE-FM/Houston, and Y100-FM/Miami.
'Madonna's fans have anxiously awaited the release of this album. I am excited to bring her closer to radio audiences around the world live!', Ryan Seacrest said about this special event.
'Ryan's consistent ability to connect with the biggest names in entertainment and turn those moments into great radio never ceases to amaze me,' said Kraig T. Kitchin, president of Premiere Radio Networks.

The promo version of Madonna's new single Hung Up entered the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart at number 25 which is a huge accomplishment for just being a breakout song last week.

Now that radio stations have permission from Warners to play the single, many are now doing this every hour on the hour giving Madonna's new single fantastic coverage! There seems to be a real buzz around this single now!

From Christopher:
I had a really shitty day and when I got in my car and changed the station I heard the ending of Madonna's new song! Then they played it 5 more times! It is awesome and I really think it is going to be a big hit! They played it 11 times in a row! It was awesome!

From Liam:
Australian radio has been playing HUNG UP too! nova.fm which is Australia's biggest radio station at the moment have played the song a few times today.
HUNG UP for #1!

From Maurice:
Just thought you might like to hear form little Denver, Colorado....I have heard Hung Up at least 5 times today....and it is only 2:56pm (14:56) and it was on two different radio stations! It is so good, I am sure it will be an overnight club sensation.

From Phil:
Just wanted to let you know that Madonna fans in Toronto should tune into 104.5 CHUM FM every hour, on the hour to hear hung up. They have been doing this since 6:00 PM Eastern Time!

Fans in North America shouldn't be surprised if they hear Hung Up being played on the radio now. After the single leaked from online music site FNAC yesterday, Warners have now given the green-light to stations to play the single.
Although the premiere date was meant to be on Monday, many stations are now taking full advantage of being able to play the song.

For example ALICE in San Francisco are planning to play the song every hour for the whole weekend, giving the single maximum exposure!

There has been some confusion exactly which cinema the premiere screening of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret is taking place. madonnalicious can now confirm the venue as being at the Lowes Theatres at Lincoln Square on 68th and Broadway in New York City.

madonnalicious can confirm the news published yesterday by fellow fansite DrownedMadonna that Madonna will be making two club appearances in London to promote Confessions On A Dance Floor.

Monday 14 November: KoKo Nightclub, London (interestingly this venue is the old Camden Palace where Madonna performed back in 1983!)

Saturday 19 November: G-A-Y, London

It is not known yet how tickets to these events will be distributed, so keep a look out for announcements and competitions in the press and on radio.

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror featured an article highlighting the current Harpers & Queen interview. The article also features a brand new picture of Madonna, Lourdes and Rocco as they traveled to New York City on Tuesday 11 October to begin the album promotion.

The newspaper also featured the Motorola advert that Madonna stars in.

 

Madonna's single will be released to the airwaves with a live interview.
The interview will be broadcast live in North America on Monday 17 October (9:00am PST) with Ryan Seacrest. Madonna will do a candid 10 minute interview then introduce the song for the first time on North American air waves.

Fans can listen in on the interview live online at www.themix.com

Madonna and MTV: Music Television today announced that they will co-host a special screening of 'I'm Going to Tell You A Secret' for fans and friends on Tuesday, October 18th at Sony Lincoln Plaza in New York City.
MTV and Warner Bros. Records are partnering to fly in winners to the special screening who have won access through radio contests across the country.
Fans can also sign up to win tickets to the screening through MTV.com (madonna.mtv.com) through tonight, Thursday, October 13th.

Here are some screen captures from the ten minute preview of the documentary available to view at www.vh1.com/vspot - click on the image to enlarge.

UK broadcasters Channel 4 are currently looking at buying the UK rights to show I'm Going To Tell You A Secret - if they do gain the rights then Channel 4 plan to air it late November/early December.

The promotional team at the Roxy in New York City have sent out this note to members of their mailing list to deny the rumours started online that Madonna will be making an appearance at the Roxy to promote her new album and single:

We've been bombarded with questions from all of you who read a posting on yahoo stating that Madonna is performing at the Roxy on Oct 22.
While we live for Madonna and our doors are always open to her, please help us spread the word: MADONNA IS NOT PERFORMING at the Roxy!

madonnalicious visitor Cris saw Stuart Price this weekend in Belfast and sent in this report of the reaction to him playing Hung Up:

Everyone who has seen Jacques Lu Cont live set knows how much this guy rocks. I have seen him over 10 times in the past 4 years and I love the guy....so as a HUGE madonna fan I'm delighted he's working with our ass-kicking idol.
I was lucky enough to attend his set in a club this weekend (8/10/05) in Belfast. Shine was the club and Stuart Price was in form.
His set finished....the house lights went up....and everyone wanted one more tune....everyone wanted the tune of year....Hung up. I could hear people talking and asking if he would play the Madonna song.
Now this club is hardcore and trance....to hear everyone asking was a revelation. Then the lights went off...and 'Time goes by.... so slowly' echoed through the room....everyone went insane as the ABBA sample pounded from the speakers.
I have never seen such excited and crazy dancing. I think Madonna has become a god. But we already knew that didn't we....it just took everyone else time to figure it out.

The November 2005 issue of UK magazine Harpers & Queen features Madonna on the cover and a 12 page article inside. Although the interview is infact a repeat of the July 2005 Ladies Home Journal interview featuring the same Lorenzo Agius photographs, but it is still a great collectors magazine!

 

There will be a Madonna-thon of sorts on MTV's networks over the next few weeks. The pop queen, who is due to release a new album next month, will appear on MTV's 'Total Request Live' on Monday to play her single 'Hung Up.'
Then, on Oct. 21, the network will premiere her new documentary, 'I'm Going to Tell You a Secret,' which chronicles her exploits during last year's 'The Re-Invention Tour.' The film will air the following week on VH1 and Logo, the new network geared toward gays and lesbians.
VH1 will have the world premiere of her 'Hung Up' video later this month. MTV's various networks also will air the video, along with interviews with the 47-year-old singer.
'With so many highlights of my career having taken place on MTV and VH1 and then with the addition of their new Logo network, it just made perfect sense to air it for my fans on those outlets,' Madonna said in a statement Wednesday.
'Confessions on a Dance Floor,' her new album, is set for release Nov. 15.

VH1.com are showing a ten minute preview from Madonna's documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret. The preview includes clips of Madonna and Stuart Price working on The Beast Within introduction to the show, the dancers auditions and selection, the tour rehearsals (including a clip of Madonna rehearsing I'm So Stupid) and then Madonna's first night nerves on the drive to the venue.

To view the clip visit www.vh1.com/vspot

The New Zealand release for Confessions On A Dance Floor has moved to the 21st November (22nd, Couriers pending). Supposedly the issue concerns shipping of the units. Vodafone are still releasing the entire album on their G3 service a week before it's intended physical release.

The much anticipated announcement today from media giants Apple, was not about a much rumoured Madonna iPod, but about the new video iPod.

However with this announcement, Apple made available many music videos to download at iTunes, including a great selection of Madonna videos.

Singer, songwriter, author, actress, entrepreneur, superstar - however you define Madonna, you can't deny the power of her creativity. For the first time, Madonna's music catalog is available for download.
Revisit favorites from early in her career with 'Lucky Star' and 'Like A Virgin', witness the dizzying heights of Madonna-mania with 'Like A Prayer' and 'Vogue', and revel in her more sophisticated later work with 'Ray Of Light' and 'Don't Tell Me'.
Get all the music and videos from the Material Girl, only on iTunes.

The November issue of UK gay magazine Attitude will feature a 14 page interview with Madonna including the cover. The pictures featured will be from the Steven Klein Confessions On A Dance Floor portfolio.

An advert for Attitude was featured in the latest issue of QX magazine and the onsale date of Friday 21 October.

Here is the official press release from Warners regarding Confessions On A Dance Floor, the article mentions that Madonna will be making an appearance at MTV's TRL studio on Monday 17 October to introduce her new single.

On her highly anticipated new Warner Bros. Records release, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor,' Madonna brilliantly re-invents dance music for our time. A stunning creative leap into the dazzling dimension of 'future disco,' these dozen new originals simultaneously capture the spontaneous thrill of the iconic superstar's early hits.
Set to arrive in stores November 15th, and featuring the debut single 'Hung Up,' scheduled for release October 17th, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' once again establishes Madonna's preeminent place on the international club scene. It's a mesmerizing sound that evokes and embellishes all the excitement, energy and innovation that first set her apart as a dance music pioneer over two decades ago.
While Madonna's recent music has explored her thoughts and feelings on everything from spirituality to politics, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' is, in the artist's own words, 'about having a good time straight through and non-stop. I want people to jump out of their seats.'
A genuine global superstar, packing stadiums worldwide with her astonishing stage spectacles, Madonna, a multi-Grammy winner, has made music history with international sales of over 200 million albums. Her enormous influence has spanned 33 number one dance hits; five chart topping albums and 46 Top 40 singles and 20 MTV Video Music Awards.
Recorded earlier this year in London, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' was primarily co-produced and co-written by Madonna and Stuart Price. Also known as Les Rythmes Digitales and Jaques Le Cont, Price is one of the UK's most electrifying young DJs and remix wizards, who initially forged a creative partnership with Madonna as her Musical Director on both the 2001 'Drowned World' and 2004's 'Re-Invention' tours.
'This is music that just comes naturally to her,' explains Price, whose home studio served as the setting for the freewheeling writing and recording sessions. 'The songs flowed very quickly. Madonna was interested in capturing the moment because, when all is said and done, it's that instinctive joy of rhythm and movement that comes across best on the dance floor.'
Also collaborating on Madonna's first new release in over two years is Mirwais Ahmadzai and the Grammy-winning duo of Bloodshy and Avant, as well as Anders Bagge and Peer Astrom of the Murlyn Music Collective and Joe Henry, whose previous Madonna credits include 'Don't Tell Me.'
'Confessions On A Dance Floor' selections include the above-mentioned 'Hung Up,' which includes a sample of Abba's classic 'Gimme Gimme,' as well as dance-themed cuts 'Get Together,' 'Sorry,' 'Future Lovers,' 'I Love New York,' 'Let It Will Be,' 'Forbidden Love,' 'Jump,' 'How High,' 'Isaac,' 'Push' and 'Like It Or Not.' The entire CD is seamlessly segued in a classic dance club format.
Madonna's first scheduled TV appearance will be on October 17th when she will pay a visit to MTV's TRL studio, where she will introduce her new single for the first time.
MTV, as part of a multi-faceted agreement with the artist, is also scheduled to air Madonna's new documentary 'I'm Going To Tell You A Secret' on October 21st with subsequent airings on the VH-1 and Logo Networks. 'Secret' tells the story of the artist's journey on and offstage during her recent 'Re-Invention' Tour and shows an artist at the peek of her creative powers while she balances the joys of work, family, friends and her spiritual journey.
A cultural innovator of astonishing diversity and enduring appeal, Madonna has defined our era with her sound, style and vision that has inspired countless artists and fans around the globe. In the process she has pioneered a new model of creative empowerment, overseeing a multi-faceted career that encompasses virtually every aspect of contemporary culture.

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page with a Motorola ROKR phone promotion, there is also a link for ICON members to enter a contest to win tickets to the premiere of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret.

Hey Friends!

We have some really good news to share today! You've probably discovered the campaign Madonna did with Motorola by now and we hope that you like it as much as we do! Today, Motorola called ICON to talk about the World Premiere of Madonna's new tour documentary 'I'm Going To Tell You A Secret'. Motorola, the geniuses behind the new ROKR phone, want to give ICON members 25 pairs of tickets to this event! No, you're not dreaming! If you're not already part of Madonna's Official Fanclub, that's ok, just relax and click here to pre-register for a membership.

How to enter to Win Premiere Tickets and a ROKR Phone

If you are a current member of the club, send an e-mail to icon@moov-u-mail.com and include your name, address, phone number and valid ICON ID number. Be sure to use 'ICON Motorola Contest' as your email's subject line.
Wait, there's more! Motorola is also happy to give 5 ICON members the brand new ROKR phone! As our lady's new album is about to be released, you'll need to take it with you wherever you go, right?
The ROKR phone, which can hold up to 100 songs and comes with built-in iTunes® software will help you make this possible! Madonna's entire catalog is now available on iTunes, so winning your own ROKR phone will give you the chance to enjoy all of her albums through surround-sound quality speakers on a state of the art mobile phone from inside your pocket! Isn't this one of the best deals a Madonna fan could imagine?

RTL show host Peter van de Vorst announced he would do an interview with Madonna on Pulse, however it is not known whether Madonna will be appearing personally on the show, or even performing. Keep a look out at www.rtl.nl

On October 17th, be among the first to discover Hung Up, Madonna's new single during a very special evening!
On the occasion of the worldwide release of her new song, Paris One will dedicate an entire evening to the Queen of Pop.
From 6:00 PM on and during 5 hours, Paris One resident DJs will revisit the whole career of the woman artist who sold the most records in the world. A 5 hour, non-stop, mix to hear Madonna as never before.
Once every hour, discover Hung Up, a bizarre disco tune which samples Abba's Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, featured on the forthcoming album Confessions on a dancefloor.
Hung Up : the Release Show, a special evening, on Monday October 17th from 6:00 PM, exclusive on ParisOne.com!

Madonna won the getLive online poll to find the female performer with the Most on-stage sex appeal - Madonna polled 23% of the votes with Kylie coming in second with 16% of the votes!

Houston, Texas radio station 104 KRBE is running a contest to win tickets to the I'm Going To Tell You A Secret premiere in New York City. Check out www.krbe.com

Here is a high quality version of the cover for Madonna's new single Hung Up - click to enlarge the image.

Madonna's new single will premiere on radio next Monday 17 October at 5:00pm (UK time), worldwide.

Radio One will take up the honours for the UK airing.

A day later it will be available for download on iTunes.

This is a unique event with the track being aired simultaneously worldwide.

This morning New York Radio Station KTU 103.5 began giving away tickets for the premiere of the movie next Tuesday.

Here are some pictures from last week of Madonna at the London Kabbalah Centre.

According to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet Madonna is going to perform Hung up on the Swedish Football Awards on TV4 on Monday 14 November.

madonnalicious visitor Mario was in a club in Montreal when the dub version of Hung Up was played, here are the reactions from the night:

I went to the Black and Blue rave party which took place in Montreal, Canada, on Saturday 09 October. Around 3:00am in the morning, they played the dance version of madonna's new song 'Hung Up' and the 15 000 people there including me got really wild. It was an amazing feeling and it's obvious that this coming song will definitly be a hit.

Madonna shot part of her video for her new single Hung Up in London over the weekend, madonnalicious visitor Adam just happened to be going to work when he spotted Madonna and her crew:

Madonna was shooting a scene from Hung Up outside my place of work on Saturday night to my absolute amazement considering I have been a fan for many years.
I arrived for work Saturday evening in Great Guildford Street at around 10.30pm, just as they had finished shooting in a really old and dirty looking tunnel.
I didn't take much notice at first, thinking that they were shooting an episode of The Bill or something crap like that - although I must admit that I was surprised at how many crew members there were. As I was approaching the building a security guard met me and asked where I was going, I advised him that I worked in the building and he escorted me to the entrance.
As I was about to walk up the steps who I should I see but Madonna herself, wearing a black leather coat and black boots. She turned around and said 'come on' to the person standing behind her - Guy Ritchie - then they both got in a 4x4 and left.

Fans in the UK will be able to see a Madonna Video Exclusive (the premiere of the video for Hung Up) on Monday 24 October at 11:00-11:05pm on Channel 4.

US residents can take part in an MTV contest to win tickets to the New York City premiere on Tuesday 18 October - to enter visit www.mtv.com

MTV.com also give us a run down on the promotional events (US only) happening in the run up to the release of Madonna's new single and album:

- Listen to your favorite radio station to hear 'Hung Up', the first single off Madonna's upcoming new album, starting 10/17.
- Go to MTV's Overdrive on 10/19 to catch a 10 minute preview of Madonna's documentary.
- Tune in to MTV at 10pm on Friday, 10/21 for the world broadcast premiere of Madonna’s documentary, 'I'm Going To Tell You A Secret'.
- Tune in to MTV2 at 3pm on Thursday, 11/3 to catch Madonna performing 'Hung Up', the first single off her new album, for the first time live at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Listen to Madonna's new album, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' a week before it hits stores on The Leak on MTV.com, starting 11/7 as part of Spankin' New Music Week.

Radio station Kiis.FM are also running a competition for their VIP Members to win tickets to the premiere, to enter log into the VIP area at www.kiisfm.com

Fellow fansite MadonnaTribe have published online a press advert for Madonna's new single Hung Up.

The advert features the single cover with a new picture by Steven Klein, to view the full advert/artwork visit MadonnaTribe

Her Madgesty Madonna is set to be honoured with a limited edition pink iPod Nano be electronic giants Apple.
The music player will be released to coincide with the 47-year-old's new album.
Confessions On A Dancefloor is due to hit the shelves on November 14.

The album 'Confessions on the Dancefloor' is not the only new Madonna creation this fall, Madonna.com & ICON are getting a complete new design make over. That's right! All new content and special features will be available starting October 17, 2005!
To make the launch of the new site and fan club even more special, ICON has teamed up with Motorola to bring ICON members an exciting new contest! Can't give you anymore details right now, but stay tuned because Madonna.com & Motorola have a 'secret' to share....

madonnalicious is taking a quick break and will not be able to update the site until Monday. Please take this time and look around the rest of the site, and if you feel we deserve it please vote for madonnalicious as Best Unofficial Music Site in the 2005 Digital Music Awards by clicking here:www.btyahoo.com/dma/vote?web=2602

madonnalicious has received some exclusive news that fans have been waiting for regarding Madonna's documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret.

The premiere of this film will take place in New York City on Tuesday 18 October. This will be followed by the US TV premiere on MTV on Friday 21 October.

Fans in the US should listen to the radio for a chance to win tickets to the premiere.

Fans now now listen to a streaming teaser clip of Madonna's new single Hung Up by visiting these links: Fast Internet Connection and Slow Internet Connection

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror features a very recent picture of Madonna all wrapped up to face the London chill.

Will Oprah join the kabbala cabal? Madonna has been talking up the mystical form of Judaism to the already-spiritual talk-show queen for two years, in hopes that her fellow icon could help bring the Artist Occasionally Known as Esther's belief system to mainstream America, according to our source.
The U.K.-based pop star has sent Oprah books and E-mails about kabbala, a spy tells us, but Angela De Paul in Oprah's office told us she wasn't aware that her boss had received any of the red-string propaganda.
In a country where conservative Christians have shown their might in recent years, an endorsement of kabbala by Winfrey, who has 9 million loyal viewers, would have a powerful effect. Her seal of approval has boosted everything from book sales to her own upcoming Broadway musical, 'The Color Purple.'
Madonna knows that, and that's why she's chosen Oprah's show for her first interview since she took a tumble off a horse, our source says.
Her Madgesty's reportedly going to let Oprah bring cameras into her British country manor to see how the other 0.000001% lives, and she'll also perform two numbers from her upcoming CD, 'Confessions on a Dancefloor.'
For those who crave more, the diva's designing her own iPod, loaded with every recording she's ever made, and - call out the New York faithful - she's planning a concert here for MTV, sources tell us.

The October 2005 Bulgarian version of Grazia features a Madonna cover and article inside.

MADONNA TO PERFORM AT THE MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS 2005
World Exclusive Performance Of New Single 'Hung Up' From Upcoming Album 'Confessions On A Dance Floor'

Madonna has been confirmed to perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 on November 3rd in Lisbon, it was announced today. She will be debuting the first worldwide live TV performance of her upcoming single 'Hung Up'.
Madonna, whose unprecedented career spans over two decades, has virtually defined the video medium. She has garnered more than 55 top 10 hits (in the UK), 15 multi-platinum albums and has won 4 MTV Europe Music Awards. In the US, Madonna has received a staggering 20 MTV Music Video Awards including the prestigious 'Video Vanguard' award.
The Material Girl's new album, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor', the most highly anticipated album of 2005, will be released on November 14th, 11 days after her MTV Europe Music Awards performance.
'Madonna is the world's most celebrated artist and we are delighted that she will be joining us in Lisbon. Her performance of 'Hung Up' will deliver one of the most memorable moments of this year's MTV Europe Music Awards,' commented Harriett Brand, SVP, Music, MTV Networks International.
No stranger to the MTV Europe Music Awards, Madonna dazzled audiences at the Awards in Milan in 1998 with a stunning rendition of 'Power Of Goodbye', where she also won awards for Best Female and Best Album for 'Ray Of Light.' Two years later, at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2000 in Stockholm, Madonna performed 'Music' and won awards for Best Dance and Best Female.
Sponsored by LG Mobile and Replay Blue Jeans, the MTV Europe Music Awards will air to a potential worldwide audience of more than 1 billion people.

Madonna will perform her new single, 'Hung Up,' for the first time on the stage of the MTV Europe Music Awards, which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 3. Also on the bill are Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Robbie Williams and the Black Eyed Peas.
In addition to her new album, Madonna's also releasing a CD of another sort - a reading of the five books in her children's book series. It'll come with a bonus CD of never-before-seen footage, interviews, a photo gallery and a limited-collector's-edition set.
She's also releasing the books as a box set, which offers all five books for the price of three, and as a a limited collector's edition set, of which there are only 1,000 copies. The collector's edition, which will be sold exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus in late fall, includes a signed letter, first editions of the books, the audio CD, the bonus CD, and a signed print by the artist for 'Mr. Peabody's Apples.'

Madonna's Motorola advert is now airing on UK terrestrial TV, it was seen last night on channel 5 at about 8:00pm.

Adverts for the phone which feature Madonna are also to be seen in the window display at The Carphone Warehouse.

The Venue is booked so go out and get a new outfit for the occasion. 'Hung Up' and 'Confessions On A Dancefloor' party at G-A-Y basement bar on Saturday 12th November.

Click here for more information.

Many fans have been writing into madonnalicious to ask about what brand of trucker caps Madonna has been seen wearing around town recently, the answer is Lucky Seven caps!
The cap website even features Madonna on it's homepage as a celebrity wearer of the brand. Visit the site at www.luckyseven.tv

madonnalicious visitor Marcos attended the Salvatore Ferragamo - A Passion for Cinema exhibition in Berlin, Germany. The exhibition takes a look at the famous shoe designer's work in films, including the shoes he designed for Madonna to wear in the 1996 film Evita.

Fans may notice that the Madonna shoe in the exhibition is knocked over, this is because just before Marcos took the photograph a fan tried to cross the security border and to touch Madonna's shoe, security removed the fan but the shoe was knocked out of place in the commotion!

 

Salvatore Ferragamo - A Passion for Cinema
KaDeWe
Kaufhaus des Westens
Tauentzienstraße 21-24
10789 Berlin Germany
10 - 20h (Mon - Sat)

The latest issue of UK magazine Record Collector states that Madonna's tour documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret which features Re-Invention tour footage, and coverage of Madonna's trip to Israel, will be available to buy around Christmas 2005.

Today's edition of Greek newspaper Traffic features Madonna on the cover, with a story about her wanting to buy a house on an island in Corfu which belongs to Greek fashion designer Polatof.

Click to enlarge the newspaper cover.

Here is the special announcement madonnalicious had warned fans to look out for in a news item on Thursday 29 September regarding Madonna and her appearance at the MTV European Music Awards:

The world will be watching on November 3rd, 2005 when Madonna performs the first single off of her new album for the first time in front of an audience! Madonna.com is announcing that Madonna will be onstage in Lisbon singing Hung Up at the 2005 Europe Music Awards.

Further promotional events are being scheduled for the week of November 7 in Europe. Stay tuned to Madonna.com for more information on the upcoming events!

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their main page with a sing-along version of Hung Up and another reminder about the release of Confessions On A Dancefloor.

Fans who picked up a copy of the November 2005 issue of UK music magazine Q would have received a free John Lennon tribute CD. This CD features Madonna's version of Imagine and the credits state that this was recorded during the Tsunami Aid benefit in January 2005.
However on listening to the CD fans have noticed that this recording is obviously from the Re-Invention tour as there is crowds cheering in the background, and the large cheer when John Lennon's face appeared on the video backdrop during the tour is most definitely audible!

The magazine publishers were contacted to ask about this possible discrepancy and this is the answer supplied:
The track was supplied by Madonna directly through management and that's what they told us the recording is from!

madonnalicious visitor Pierre attended the Paris Revolver premiere and saw the MTV France crew filming there, he asked MTV when the footage they filmed would be shown and here is MTV's reply:

MTV France was on the red carpet at 'Revolver' premiere. The channel had 2 minutes with Madonna and Guy Ritchie. Madonna says that she is his number 1 fan, that she's listening to his advice as a director, the couple also says how much they love Andre 3000.
MTV also had some exclusive footage of Madonna leaving Gaumont Marignan cinema after the premiere. This news package will be aired this Monday October 3th on 'MTV News' at 08.50, 10.50, 13.50, 17.20, 20.50, 22.20, 00.50 (and repeated on 'MTV News L'Hebdo', Saturday 8th at 11.30 and 23.00 + Sunday 9th 15.00 and 20.00 + Wednesday 12th at 14.00).
Also an exclusive Madonna interview in London (for her new album) will be aired later in October on 'MTV News'.

Here is a screen capture from the MTV interview (supplied by MTV):

Uk fans can catch Madonna's cameo appearance as fencing instructor Verity in Die Another Day, on ITV2 at 10:00pm-12:40am on Tuesday 04 October 2005.

Today's Sunday Express newspaper featured a new picture of Madonna in London, without her sling and carrying a Goldfrapp CD - click on the picture to enlarge.

 

madonnalicious visitor Monika attended the opening night of the Madonna Nudes 1979 Martin Schreiber photographic exhibition in Adelaide, Australia. Here is her report from the event:

This is the first time in the world Martin Schreiber's full collection of Madonna photos has been exhibited. His photos weren't that graphic (we've seen most of them before).
The prints were expensive but several were sold tonight. Photos 11, 12, 18 and 20 had all been sold by the time I left. Thats more than $10,000AUD!
I spoke to Martin only briefly as everyone wanted a piece of him tonight. Personally, I was more interested in mingling with other artists I knew or like-minded fans who I didn't know!
I was fascinated to see Madonna as she was before she was famous. It's odd but you could see the determination in her eyes through Schreiber's photographs. Amazing....yet haunting. These photographs are a part of her history and a part of her growing up in New York - her stepping stones to something 'bigger and better'.
I enjoyed the exhibition very much.

Here is the list of pictures featured at the exhibition, click to enlarge.

 

Madonna was the winner of the Hello! magazine online poll to find the Most Attractive Woman of September. Madonna received around 20,000 votes with Thalia in second place with 19,000 votes and Liv Tyler a distant third with 5,000 votes.

The latest isues of UK magazines Hello! (06 October issue 887) and OK! (04 October issue 489) both feature full-page articles on the Revolver premieres in both London and Paris. Click on the images to enlarge.