ICONIC

There's no better way to describe the new album cover...
Hold on tight, brothas and sistas... something HUGE is coming!

What a morning!

Oh my God... Tuesday morning, just arrived to work, logged on to Facebook and BAM BAM BAM!

1) First images of M's visit to Jay Leno's Tonight Show, yesterday
2) First exclusive photo of the Superbowl stage (ok, my heart's racing now)
3) and the biggest surprise of 'em all: the cover of MDNA!

Someone get me an anxiolytic!!!

All eyes set on American Idol!

The video for "Give Me All Your Luvin'" directed by Megaforce, is football and cheerleader themed - inspired by her upcoming Super Bowl appearance. In an AMERICAN IDOL exclusive, Madonna will world preview the video for her new single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., during IDOL Thursday, Feb. 2 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The full video for "Give Me All Your Luvin'" will premiere on Madonna's YouTube channel on February 3rd at 9am EST/6am PST.

source: Madonna.com

Just watched the preview a few minutes ago... OH MY GOOOOD!!!!

The party has oficially begun!

After weeks and weeks of rumour, speculation and leaked information, the Queen's heralds have finally spoken!

January 29, 2012
The Material Girl Is Back On The Dance Floor

Madonna will be releasing her new single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A. on February 3rd, three days before her highly anticipated Bridgestone Super Bowl halftime performance, it was officially confirmed by Interscope Records. "Give Me All Your Luvin'" is the first single from Madonna's upcoming album MDNA , her 12th studio album and follow up to 2008's Hard Candy which debuted at No. 1 in 37 countries. The song was written by Madonna, Martin Solveig, Nicki Minaj and M.I.A, composed by Martin Solveig and Michael Tordjman and produced by Madonna and Martin Solveig.

source: Madonna.com

WOW!!!

Precisely one week from the highly awaited Superbowl performance, the cover of Give Me All Your Luvin' was revealed today!

What can I say? I cannot think of another thing than... WOW!
Simply amazing. Madonna at her best!!!

It goes straight to the top 5 of my all-time favorite single covers!

Mother and Father of Reinvention

To me, he is the absolute King (sorry Elvis, sorry Michael).
And Madonna's true predecessor.

For two decades, it was all about rock and roll. But in 1972, the world was about to witness a real revolution in pop culture.

Already with five albums behind, enough to prove his talent as a musician and songwriter, David Bowie engendered the first transmutation in the history of mainstream music: from artist to character. He was not Bowie anymore. He was Ziggy Stardust.

It happened not only on record, but mostly on stage, the place where it would all come to life. Ziggy/Bowie brought performance art, theatre, even fashion to a space where, so far, the only thing to do was to sing and play the guitar. The whole concept of a rock show was forever changed.

For years to come, David Bowie would produce groundbreaking music, embodied in new characters, animated onstage through more inventive performances.

One of those performances was from the Diamond Dogs Tour, in June 1974, which took place at the Cobo Hall, in Detroit, Michigan. Among the audience, stood a 15 year-old girl, moments after sneaking from her father's house, to watch her first concert ever.

Cobo Hall, Detroit

David Bowie, Diamond Dogs Tour, 1974

The 15 year-old girl

It would cost her the whole summer, as she was obviously grounded, "but it was worth every minute": on that evening, she felt overwhelmed and profoundly inspired. Ten years later, she would become the biggest female pop star in the Planet.

Madonna and David Bowie met each other, at least, circa 1986/87 - there's only one picture of them together, alongside Billy Idol and Sam Kinison, to tell the story.


But it was exactly sixteen years ago, on January 17, 1996, that the Mother and Father of Reinvention would finally come together in public - even though not in person. Madonna was invited to accept the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, on Bowie's behalf. On her speech, M described that unforgettable night, when she was a teenager.

One true symbolic moment in pop music history.

January 17, 1996
Accepting Bowie's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
and backstage with David Byrne and Seymour Stein

I'm so happy right now!

SHE WON!!!

... and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song goes to...
Masterpiece by Madonna!

Congratilations to our Icon. We are all SO PROUD of you!

Golden Globes 2012

The Queen has stepped on the red carpet!
(oh I love live streaming...)

The title!!!

Madonna just officially announced the name of her upcoming studio album, which is “M.D.N.A”!

Madonna's official Facebook page
11 Jan 2012, 15:20

Paris Is Burning

I wanted to see this for a long time and, finally, today was the day. The first movie for 2012 was Jennie Livingston's Paris Is Burning.

Produced in 1990 and filmed throughout the second half of the 80s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the african-american, latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it.

Brilliantly executed, Paris Is Burning is a unique and valuable document that portrays such an important aspect of the underground, post-modern culture, which paved the way for new visions in the 1990s - Madonna's Vogue is one of those results.

More than that, this is a thoughtful reflexion on race, class, gender and sexual orientation issues in the ultra-conservative, homophobic America of the late 80s, as you can see by the reactions it triggered - check the reports below and laugh to keep from crying.

Please do not miss this movie.

And here's M attending the premiere in LA, on August 7th 1991, with Tony and Alec.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Vogue (The Re-Invention Tour)
Beat Goes On (Sticky & Sweet Tour)
Express Yourself (The Girlie Show)
Deeper and Deeper (The Girlie Show)
Open Your Heart (Who's That Girl Tour)
Music Inferno (The Confessions Tour)
Erotica/You Thrill Me (The Confessions Tour)
Lucky Star (The Confessions Tour)
Hung Up (The Confessions Tour)

Spending the first minutes of 2012 with you

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