The Greek version of Grazia magazine (02 August issue) re-runs the article that was featured in the 27 June UK edition of the magazine.

However they use different and more recent pictures to illustrate the article this time, including a picture from Live 8 and a picture of Madonna, Guy and Rocco at London's Heathrow Airport.

Click to enlarge and read the article.

madonnalicious visitor Chelsea wants to let Canadian fans know that the US Vogue magazine featuring Madonna is available to buy at Chapters Bookstores for $4.99.

Here are two great pictures of Madonna arriving and leaving a recording studio in Los Angeles on Wednesday 27 July.
To view larger versions of the pictures visit fellow fansite M.Nu

 

The www.hmv.co.uk website now lists Madonna's new single Hung Up as having a release date of Monday 07 November. This is one week prior to the release of the album Confessions On A Dancefloor.

madonnalicious visitor Robert reports from Melbourne, Australia that the US Vogue magazine with Madonna on the cover is now available to buy for AUD$12.50 in Borders Melbourne Chadstone & Chapel St stores.

Fans voted Madonna the Most Elegant Woman in June in an online poll at Hello! magazine. She beat the second-placed woman by more than 30% of the votes.
Madonna now goes forward to the Grand Finale at the end of the year to votes for 2005's Most Elegant Woman.

80 pictures have been uploaded to the galleries, you can view these pictures here.

Liz Rosenberg talked to MSNBC's The Scoop Jeannette Walls and has started the build-up to the album, saying that fans will go insane when they hear the new album, and she also dismisses the rumour mentioned in UK newspaper the Daily Record that Madonna was working with Christina Aguilera either:

Don’t believe those reports that Madonna is teaming up with Christina Aguilera. 'Christina is working on an album in the (same) building (as Madonna) but they have not seen each other,' Madonna’s spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, tells The Scoop. She went on to debunk another rumor. 'Gwen Stefani is not guesting on the record either. It’s all Madonna, all the time - a total dance record called 'Confessions on a Dance Floor.' No ballads, no messages. Her fans will go insane when they hear it. It’s back to Madonna the queen of the dance floor.'

Madonna was photographed in Los Angeles on Sunday 24 July arriving at her pilates gym wearing an all blue outfit with a trucker cap saying Home of Space Paranoids ENCOM - to view the pictures click here, here and here.

The music press have picked up on the news released yesterday that Madonna's new single (due out late August/early October) is called Hung Up, here is an article from dotmusic.com:

Madonna has announced details of the first release from her new album, 'Confessions On A Dancefloor'.
The comeback single will be 'Hung Up', which has been produced by Stuart Price, aka Jacques Lu Cont, reports madonna.com. An autumn release is expected.
Lu Cont is understood to have produced 'Confessions On A Dancefloor', Madonna's first new album since 2003's 'American Life'. The album is apparently currently being mixed in Los Angeles.
According to reports, Madonna will shoot the album cover next month with Steven Klein, who is also expected to direct the video for 'Hung Up'.
Producer Lu Cont was the musical director for Madonna's 'Re-Invention Tour' last year and also co-wrote the track 'X-Static Process' from 'American Life'.

The August 2005 issue of US Vogue is now available for fans to buy in the UK.
It has already been spotted in a central London Borders bookstore and should be available in large WHSmith's stores and many independent newsagents.

Madonna.com have confirmed that Madonna's new single, produced by Stuart Price is called Hung Up. Although no details on when the single will be released have been given yet.

Madonna.com is happy to announce the name of the first single off of the new album is called HUNG UP (produced by Stuart Price). The album, Confessions on a Dancefloor, will be released this fall. Stay logged in to Madonna.com for more exciting album news!

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page to celebrate this week in Madonna history in 1987 when the Who's That Girl tour was playing in the US.

UK newspaper the Daily Record published today a new picture of Madonna in Los Angeles, and also mentioned that she had just left a recording session with Christina Aguilera.

madonnalicious had heard from an anomymous source that Madonna was working with Christina on the new album, and this source also mentioned that Madonna was also working with Gwen Stefani on a track for the new album.

Click on the image to enlarge and read the article.

UK magazine OK! (26 July issue 479) features an article on celebrity diets, and of course whenever macrobiotic diets are mentioned so is Madonna!

Madonna features on the front page splash about the article and a fantastic picture of Madonna in action at Live 8 illustrates the article. Click to enlarge.

 

Madonna was photographed again in Los Angeles, leaving a recording studio with Stuart Price, who is currently working on the final mix of her new album.

To view a larger version of the picture visit fellow fansite DrownedMadonna

Armenian magazine TV MOL features an interview with Armenian dancer Mihran Kirakosian who worked with Madonna on the Re-Invention tour last year and was one of her two dancers at Live 8.

The magazine also published on it's front cover a previously unseen shot (see below) of Madonna and Mihran, who has also danced with Britney Spears and Pink.

A specially edited version of Hamish Bowles US Vogue interview is now available to read online at www.style.com - the online home of Vogue magazine.

The online article also includes pictures not published in the magazine version - including a picture of a builder's surprise gift to The Ritchies of some lead guttering inscribed with the initials MR GR 2004 and some pastel-coloured sheep!

Madonna has hired a team of fashion experts to catalogue her famous costumes.
The pop superstar has kept every outfit from her career and now she wants them all displayed and conserved.
She says, 'I've kept everything - the Like A Virgin dress, pieces that Jean-Paul Gaultier made for the Blonde Ambition tour, all the costumes from all of my shows, all the dancers' costumes.
'My goal is a travelling exhibit, like the Jackie Kennedy show - not just costumes but video imagery and film and interviews and concert footage.'
And Madonna has been careful to destroy any costume she doesn't want to keep: 'We didn't want anything to end up on the internet.'

Madonna arrived in Los Angeles last week to put the finishing touches to her new album, Confessions On A Dancefloor. For larger versions of the pictures visit M.Nu

A short news piece on the August 2005 issue of US Vogue was featured on US TV show E News. The show has pictures from the magazine shoot and featured Sally Singer, the fashion news editior of the magazine talking about the article and photoshoot.

You can download this clip from fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com

Madonna is convinced the former owner of her English country estate often visits her - in the form of a bird.
The pop superstar was drawn to buy Ashcombe Manor in Wiltshire because it was the home to celebrated photographer Cecil Beaton in the 1930s and 1940s - and she's a huge fan of his work.
She even recreated party-loving Beaton's summer fayre when she invited friends including Gwyneth Paltrow and Stella McCartney to celebrate her fourth wedding anniversary to film-maker Guy Ritchie.
And she thinks Beaton often visits his old home in the form of a bird.
The homesick spirit even showed up during a recent Vogue magazine expose on Madonna's country life.
Madonna mused, 'Maybe that's Cecil Beaton. He did show up timely for the Vogue shoot, I have to say. I'm sure Cecil would be very happy to know that I lived in his house. He probably does know.'

UK newspaper the Daily Mirror published this full-page article on Madonna's US Vogue photoshoot. Click to enlarge.

Coldplay star Chris Martin and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow teamed up with designer Stella McCartney to poke fun at famous pal Madonna by mocking her American Life hit at a recent party.
Madonna invited her famous chums to her Ashcombe Manor home in rural England to celebrate her fourth wedding anniversary with director Guy Ritchie and asked them all to perform a song, a poem or a short acting performance.
Cheeky Martin and his wife rewrote the lyrics to American Life and renamed it American Wife - and performed it in the Ritchies' living room.
Madonna recalls, 'Gwyneth did fantastic rap and Stella sang background vocals and, well, Chris played the piano.'
Another musical interlude came when Sting performed on a lute and Madonna herself performed a scene from Restoration play The Town Wench Or Chastity Rewarded.
The evening's entertainment was designed by Madonna to relive the days of party loving photography legend Cecil Beaton, who lived at Ashcombe Manor in the 1930s.

Due to site upgrades there will be no updates on madonnalicious until Friday 22 July.

Here is another article about the August 2005 US Vogue feature which was published in today's edition of USA Today:

Don't look for Madonna to return to her Midwest roots anytime soon. England, she tells the August Vogue, is home forever.
'The last thing I thought I would do is marry some laddish, shooting, pubgoing nature lover - and the last thing he thought he was going to do was marry some cheeky girl from the Midwest who doesn't take no for an answer!'
In the interview, which arrives Thursday, Madonna says she has mellowed. She says she wears sensible shoes around her country estate and caters to a beloved flock of chickens, and her children, Lola, 8, and Rocco, 4, don't watch TV.
She even shows off her whopping wedding album (until now seen only by her 'closest friends') from her 2000 marriage to director Guy Ritchie. So, for the record: She was married in a traditional, cinched-waisted gown with a long train and veil.
She acknowledges that she didn't fall in love with England initially, but since meeting Ritchie, 36, Madonna, 46, has learned to ride horses, shoot and fish. Her preferred mode of transportation: bicycle. And she 'could be a connoisseur of ales if I wanted to.'
Ashcombe, the 1,000-acre estate the family calls home, was once the home of the late photographer Cecil Beaton, and Madonna says she and Ritchie were immediately in love with it.
'To me, Ashcombe is a reflection of me and my husband in many ways, because it reflects our willingness to make a commitment. Not necessarily to each other but to the idea of having a home somewhere, instead of living like gypsies.'

As if Madonna's bid to reinvent herself as an English country wife hasn't gone far enough, the queen of pop has now turned to horse riding....
But in true Madge style, it hasn't been without some diva-like behaviour. We hear the 46-year-old star recently booked an hour-long lesson at the Stag Lodge Stables, in Richmond Park, South-West London. And the novice rider quickly decreed that no one, apart from her instructor, should see her ride in the arena.
'Madonna didn't want to be recognised at all, so she booked the place out,' says our source. 'She was adamant and insisted that she have the arena to herself.'
Despite her uncharacteristic shyness, Madge was so taken with her latest pursuit that she even borrowed two nags from the stables, to ride at her country estate. 'Madge asked for two horses - Fifi and Phoenix. She also hired equipment, including hats, saddles, reins etc. After three days, the horses were sent back to the school. 'She seems really keen on riding now.'
'She's already very muscly and the riding will firm up her thighs even more,' continues our source. 'Madonna has really embraced country living and, after changing her mind about shooting, she feels riding is a much less brutal hobby.'

To read the full article, click on the image to enlarge.

Madonna isn't the person she once was - and that's the way she wants it. These days, the former Material Girl spends more time with her two children than she does performing. She collects art instead of boyfriends, and she's traded in her leather and lace undergarments for more demure outfits.
In the August issue of Vogue magazine, Madonna is featured in a lengthy interview and a photo spread at the English country estate she shares with her children, 8-year-old Lourdes (Lola) and 4-year-old Rocco, and her director-husband, Guy Ritchie ('Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels').
The photos include Madonna feeding chickens on the lawns of Ashcombe wearing a cream-colored Grace Kelly-inspired chiffon dress and cashmere cardigan and playing dress-up with her children in her sitting room while wearing a yellow cashmere cardigan and multicolored polka-dot silk dress.
She shares her wedding album with writer Hamish Bowles, finally allowing an outsider to see her in her gown, an ivory duchesse satin dress with an hourglass corset bodice and crinoline skirts. (Madonna and Ritchie were married in December 2000.)
The 46-year-old singer-actress says she's different from the sexed-up star featured in 1991's 'Madonna:: Truth or Dare.' In some ways, that film is hard for her to watch, she tells Vogue.
'I was a very selfish person. You go through periods of your life where the world does revolve around you, but you can't live your whole life that way,' she is quoted as saying. 'On the other hand, I kind of admire my spunk and directness!'
Madonna stars in a new documentary, 'I'm Going to Tell You a Secret,' that is due out later this year. She says the film 'starts with the struggle of a dancer trying to get into a show' and ends with her visit to Israel.

The press department at US Vogue have finally released the August 2004 issue of their Madonna cover story magazine to the general media, and in the process have caused a media frenzy.

The magazine should be available to buy in US stores from Thursday and is usually available in larger stores worldwide a week or so after.

Three pictures from 18-page article have been released to the Associated Press, of which two were previously seen on madonnalicious.

To view the pictures click here, here and here.

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page with the 1989 Herb Ritts outtake that features on the front cover of the latest issue of the fanclub magazine, ICON.

Madonna, Guy and Rocco were photographed as they arrived at London's Heathrow Airport this weekend to go away on the holiday Madonna talked about during her interview with Jo Whiley backstage at Live 8.

To view the pictures click here.

madonnalicious visitor Judith has sent in these fantastic pictures she took from the front row at Live 8 during Madonna's performance.

 

An iconic image of Madonna from the Herb Ritts Like A Prayer photosession from 1989 can been seen on this Saturday Unpro Josh Frazier skateboard deck.

For more information on the board visit www.360skate.com

madonnalicious was lucky enough to attend the show and took these pictures on Saturday 02 July at the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park.

 

 

 

 

Fans can vote for their favourite Live 8 performance at AOL - the poll has a choice of U2, Madonna, Kanye West, Green Day and Pink Floyd.

You can vote here (scroll down the page) and also watch highlights from the show.

madonnalicious friend and visitor Nikki took these pictures from the Golden Cirle section of the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park.

 

 

Fans in New York City can celebrate Madonna's upcoming birthday at a Madonnathon on Monday 15 August at 8.00pm at B.B King's Blues Club and Grill.

For more information click on the flyer or visit www.bbkingblues.com

madonnalicious visitor Amar has sent in these pictures he took during Madonna's performance at Live 8.

For the first time since last year's Re-Invention tour, Madonna has made it into the Top 11 of AOL's Most Searched For Artists.

Madonna is placed at number four, behind Jessica Simpson, Pink Floyd and Britney Spears, and this is probably down to her show-stealing performance at Live 8.

During an unseasonably warm and sunny week at the end of March, Madonna spent the day in London with Ladies' Home Journal. As part of her publicity efforts for her fifth children's book, Lotsa de Casha, she agreed to pose for Ladies' Home Journal's cover, an exclusive that will reach the magazine's readership of 14 million women.
In preparation for the cover shoot and what became a 15-page inside photo portfolio, Madonna and her team collaborated for weeks with the Ladies' Home Journal creative team, as well as with photographer Lorenzo Agius, on the elaborate costumes and set. The shoot took place at a prop house in North London that specializes in international antiques. The room that was created for the Madonna shoot was meant to suggest a 15th-century library, in keeping with the underlying theme of the classic power of books and reading.
'We were transported in time. The set looked like Nostradamus meets Alice in Wonderland,' says Ladies' Home Journal's editor-in-chief, Diane Salvatore, who was present for the eight-hour shoot. Madonna wore a series of gorgeous dresses and outfits, including Chanel and Vivienne Westwood, not to mention posing playfully with an assortment of monocles, top hats, and even taxidermy mice. 'She was the consummate pro - she worked hard, she was focused, she was polite, she changed outfits more swiftly and immaculately than I ever seen anyone do,' says Salvatore.
When her daughter Lourdes stopped by the set, she lit up and began telling her stories about how she was a princess at a ball who had escaped to a library because she was bored with the party.

The new issue of UK magazine OK! (19 July issue 478) features a small piece on Madonna's new album, and another tongue-in-cheek piece on Madonna's big knickers....maybe she is a fan of Bridget Jones!

 

The latest issue of the Madonna fanclub magazine ICON has been shipped and is already arrived in some US fan's homes.
The magazine cover features a previously unseen outtake from the 1989 Herb Ritts photoshot, and more of these outtakes are featured inside (note the white marks on the pictures is from a camera flash).

     

In Madonna's letter to her fans she talks about working on her tour documentary and her new album and also talks about the frustrations some fans have had with her official fan club. Here is an extract from the letter that was written in May.

Dear Fans,
I have been burning the midnight oil, finishing up my tour documentary and this has been consuming most of my time since October 2004. Being a perfectionist, I can't stop making last minute changes and revisions!
A film is such a different process than an album or a tour and I've learned so much. It has been exciting reliving the tour again and again....and I look forward to sharing the finished product with all of you.
I am going back in the studio to finish my album next month and I hope to put the album out by the end of the year. It has been a lot of fun collaborating with Mirwais again, and my musicial director, Stuart Price.

I wish you all the best and send you lots of love.

Madonna

Fans can also see some behind the scenes shots from the Ladies Home Journal photoshoot that was shot earlier this year.

 

There is a Madonna party taking place this Saturday in Hamburg, Germany.

Date: Saturday, 16th July 2005, 11 pm
Location: PIT Club, Pulverteich 17, Hamburg, Germany
Entry: 6,- Euro (Madonna Look-A-Likes get in for free)

For more information visit: www.madonnaparadise.de www.pit-male.de or www.madonnafanclub.de

UK newspaper the Daily Star published this story today, about rumours that Madonna may have resigned from her private members club in London:

Madonna is said to have quit London's Home House private members club after a fall-out with management.
Members tell us the star - who has held Kabbalah parties at the nightspot - isn't happy with the attention her visits have received. We are told: 'Last Wednesday, Madonna resigned as a member of Home House after an almighty row with the managers.'
'She's becoming increasingly riled by the publicity Home House has accured recently and has stipulated that her name should never be associated with the place. After her Live 8 performance she made it clear to friends that she would not be throwing any kind of follow-up bash there, as she might have done in the past.'
Madonna, 46, is now said to be thinking about becoming a member of the Dover Street Arts Club instead. A source told us: 'It's a really chilled out and peaceful place that places an emphasis on privacy. It would be ideal for her.'
A Home House spokesman refused to comment on the superstar's reported resignation.

Ricky Gervais has said that the press reports on his meeting with Madonna at Live 8 were accurate and that Madonna did express an interest in working with him.

Ricky Gervais and his writing partner Stephen Merchant will write an episode especially for Madonna for the second series of the BBC show Extras (if the first series is a success) - Madonna would then say yes or no to the script.

Also despite earlier rumours published in the tabloid press, Madonna was never approached for a cameo role in the first series of Extras.

Here is a picture of the meeting at Live 8 (L-R Ricky Gervais' wife, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, David Baddiel, Madonna, Stuart Price, Monte Pittman).

Thanks again to Ashley Temple for the picture.

Fellow fansite MadonnaTribe have reported that Guy Ritchie's latest movie Revolver will receive it's London premiere at one of the Odeon cinemas in Leicester Square on Tuesday 20 September.

You can now vote for Madonna as the most elegant woman that was featured on Hello! magazine's website in the last month - she is currently in third place.

To vote for Madonna visit www.hellomagazine.com/vote/mostelegantwoman

The latest issue of UK magazine Reveal (16-22 July issue) features Madonna on part of the cover and a one-page article inside on how she manages to stay looking so good at 46. The TV advertising campaign for this magazine also highlights the Madonna article. Click on the article to read.

We have been asked by Condé Nast Publications legal representatives to remove all pictures from the US Vogue August 2005 issue from this site.

We recommend that any other fansites that have used these pictures also remove them from their sites.

The magazine will be available to buy in the US in about two weeks.

The HMV website are listing Madonna's new album Confessions on a Dancefloor as having a UK release date of Monday 14 November.

This information was posted on the peterrauhofer forum:
According to sources in Warner, Huerta and Madonna's team has contacted Basement Jaxx, Jacknife, Superchumbo, Rauhofer, Jan Driver and Fierce & Coppola about re-mixing Madonna's new single. They send a copy of the first single to them. They are not confirmed yet. Again Madonna hand picks each remix.
The single is set for September as a single with a B-side of Hollywood (Layo & Bushwacka Mix). The maxi single will be out on october, with an album on November.

Today's edition of Night and Day features three great pictures of Madonna and her dancers rehearsing backstage at Live 8.

The latest issue of Hello! magazine (14 July 2005 issue number 875) features some great pictures of Madonna performing at Live 8 and of Madonna and Sir Bob Geldof backstage.

You can now vote Madonna's performance as the best at Live 8 on a poll at hit40uk.

Madonna is in competition with U2, Robbie Williams and Mariah Carey, and Madonna is currently in second place. To vote visit www.hit40uk.com

The latest issue of Now magazine (13 July 2005 issue) features Madonna on the front cover and a two-page article inside about her Live 8 performance.

Fans in San Francisco can enjoy a midnight screening of a Sing-Along version of Truth Or Dare at the Bridge Theatre on Saturday 09 July.

For more information visit www.peacheschrist.com

The German tabloid magazines Bunte and IN both feature Madonna in their Live 8 coverage - click on the articles to enlarge.

 

Many fans were upset when watching the Live 8 coverage last Saturday on MTV/VH1 when Madonna's performance of Music was missed, now the channel is to repeat the entire show!

Your parents might not listen, your teachers might not listen, but MTV, apparently, listens.
Responding to viewers and critics, MTV Networks has announced that it will broadcast 10 hours of Live 8 performance footage - including sets from Jay-Z, U2, Paul McCartney and others - commercial-free on MTV and VH1.
MTV and VH1 will each offer five hours of uninterrupted performance footage with differing artist lineups on Saturday. VH1 will air its Live 8 highlights from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, while MTV's batch of highlights will roll out from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
'At MTV and VH1, we're in a constant and candid dialogue with our audience, and in the wake of the live events last Saturday, our viewers have resoundingly told us online they want to see full-set performances from their favorite artists,' MTV Networks Music Group President Van Toffler said of the move. 'As a result of viewer demand and thanks to the Live 8 organizers and performers, MTV and VH1 will air 10 consecutive hours from one of the most important musical events of our time.'
MTV has also announced plans to roll out a half-hour special on the issues behind the Live 8 event on Friday at 9 p.m. ET. 'Live 8: Next Steps' will re-air at 8 p.m. on Saturday immediately following the Live 8 highlights.
Both MTV and VH1 will air performances by U2, Pink Floyd, Orchestra Baobab, Coldplay and Sir Paul McCartney. MTV's coverage will also include performances by Linkin Park, Jay-Z, the Killers, Kanye West and Green Day, while VH1's coverage will add Rob Thomas, Dave Matthews Band, Sting and Maroon 5 to the mix. Viewers can also expect to see performances by Destiny's Child, Madonna, Dido, R.E.M., Shakira, Snoop Dogg, Good Charlotte, Audioslave, Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams and the Who, among others.

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated the main page with a picture of Madonna performing at Live 8 last Saturday and to send a message of peace to fans.

Apologies for the site being down over the last day, I'm not sure what happened with the server but everything seems to be working again now. madonnalicious will be catching up with all the news later tonight.

Also a kind thank you to everyone who has emailed into the site with their support and sympathy for the events that happened in London yesterday.

Pop superstar Madonna is thrilled funnyman Ricky Gervais has accepted her plea for a cameo role in his new British TV show Extras.
The Office star Gervais met the Material Girl backstage at Saturday's London Live 8 concert, and begged him to give her a part in his eagerly-awaited sitcom - which already boasts the talents of Hollywood A-listers including Samuel L Jackson, Ben Stiller and Kate Winslet.
She says, 'I bumped into Ricky earlier on and he asked, 'Who are you?' I said I'd sweep the floor for him if he would employ me.'
Gervais adds, 'I know it's a charity event but you've got to take advantage of opportunities. Madonna asked me for a part, we shook hands and I said, 'You do know that's a verbal contract.''

You can now download a small clip of Madonna performing Like A Prayer at Live 8 and a quick backstage interview asking her about the show.

madonnalicious friend and visitor Brian was another lucky fan to get into the front row at Live 8 and he has shared these great pictures with everyone.

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, it seems Madonna used her downtime at the London Live 8 show to slip in some networking.
'She was spending quality time backstage with Paul McCartney, and they had a 15-minute chat about her new CD and him possibly doing something with her for the record,' says a witness.
The Material Mom leaves this week for a 12-day family vacation in Greece and Italy that's costing a reputed $300,000. Says the insider: 'She even had pal Donatella Versace whip her up duds just for the vacation, including some hot bikinis.'

The press all talked about their meeting and now madonnalicious can bring you these exclusive shots taken of Madonna meeting her comedy hero Ricky Gervais.

Ashley Temple also shot this picture of Madonna signing an autograph for a young fan backstage at Saturday's concert.

Ashley Temple has shared with madonnalicious visitors these great exclusive shots from Madonna's dress rehearsal for Live 8 which took place on Friday 01 July.

The first picture shows Madonna, Guy Ritchie and Sting looking onto the stage as it is prepared for Madonna's set.

For more of Ashley's great candid backstage and rehearsal shots of other stars including Sir Bob Geldof, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Chris Martin, Brad Pitt and David Beckham - visit http://www.ashleytemple.co.uk/live8/

Backstage at Live 8, Madonna was interviewed by MTV. In the interview she confirmed that her new album due out in the fall was called Confessions On A Dancefloor and features a song called I Love New York.
She also said that she didn't know whether the tour documentary was going to come out before or after the album is released.

You can download the interview at fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com

UK newspaper the Daily Mirror reports that since Madonna's performance on Saturday at Live 8 sales of The Immaculate Collection have soared by 200%.

madonnalicious visitor Neil has sent in these pictures from Live 8 taken from around the 10th row in the VIP Gold Circle. Check out his blog at tragicyetdignified.com

Best-selling author and Daily Mirror writer Miranda Sawyer explains why Madonna's Live 8 performance proves the 47-year-old is still the queen of pop....

madonnalicious visitor Robert took these fantastic shots of Madonna performing from the front row of the Gold Circle at Live 8.

The Book of British Hit Singles and Albums has compiled a list of the most successful music acts in UK history based on the number of weeks the acts have spent in the British charts. Madonna is again named as the highest placed female artist at number 7 with 1032 weeks in the charts!

1 - Queen (1,322 weeks)
2 - The Beatles (1,293 weeks)
3 - Elvis Presley (1,280 weeks)
4 - U2 (1,150 weeks)
5 - Dire Straits (1,136 weeks)
6 - Simon And Garfunkel (1,114 weeks)
7 - Madonna (1,032 weeks)
8 - David Bowie (1,005 weeks)
9 - Sir Elton John (989 weeks)
10 - Michael Jackson (966 weeks)

Fernando, the webmaster of fellow fansite Madonna Online Brasil and madonnalicious visitor has shared these pictures he took at the Live 8 concert in London.

 

 

Fans can now view streaming footage of Madonna's performances at live 8 on AOL.

Like A Prayer

Ray Of Light

Music

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror published this great picture of Madonna backstage at Live 8.

Check out photographer Andrew Kendall's site for some absolutely stunning pictures of Madonna performing at Live 8 - you can visit his site at www.andrewkendall.com

Today's UK newpapers continued with their extensive Live 8 coverage, and again Madonna was featured a lot.

 

 

 

 

 

madonnalicious visitor Steve was lucky enough to attend Live 8, here is his report and some pictures from the day:

The atmosphere when Madonna came on was amazing, The crowd roared and there was a surge of thousands of people behind me.
She was amazing and had the crowd dancing and jumping. When Like A Prayer started you could hear all 200,000 people singing the opening lines, just going to show what a well known and popular song it is. Whilst it was playing, I gave a wave to Mike McKnight and he waved back which was cool, he was smiling as I punched the air and sang the chorus.
Ray of Light was equally brilliant and it amazed me how a chorus as strong as the one Ray of Light has gets people so hyped. Whenever her amazingly powerful voice sang 'and I feel' people were jumping and shouting it back, having watched it back on TV I can see myself dancing and singing at this bit.
The of course Music, the song could have been made for the event, and hers was the only performance I noticed that the meaningful part of the song was written across the top of the stage. Everyone was singing it, and I have to say, it sounds very strange when 1/4 million people sing bourgeoisie.
It was the best performance of the day in my opinion, it takes a woman like Madonna to get the press photographers to clap and sing with her....and they did, pretty much all of them.

 

Madonna's most memorable moment from the Live 8 concert in London was meeting her hero - British comedian Ricky Gervais.
The veteran superstar pleaded with The Office actor to give her a job, however menial, when she met him at Hyde Park, because she is so desperate to spend time with him.
Madonna, who wowed the crowd with her performance at the show watched by five billion people worldwide, says, 'My highlight of the day was that I got to meet my favourite, favourite, favourite comedian in the whole world, Ricky Gervais.'
'I worship him and I told him that I would sweep his floor for him if he would employ me in such a fashion and he agreed with it, so that was cool.'

madonnalicious visitor Jody has sent in these pictures from Saturday's show.

 

 

 

 

Birhan Woldu, the famine survivor who joined Sir Bob Geldof on stage at Saturday's London Live 8 concert, was intimidated by the worldwide audience watching her until Madonna held her hand.
Woldu, who was reminded of her dead mother and sister when she took to the stage, was terrified by her appearance until the Ray Of Light superstar's calming influence made her realise Live 8 will help provide salvation for her troubled continent.
She recalls, 'The crowd seemed to stretch for miles, but I'd been telling myself not to be nervous. There was just a huge picture of me as a child on the screen. That photo still upsets me.'
'It was 20 years ago when both my mother and sister died. I knew I must be strong for them but when I walked on I could feel my body shaking. Then Madonna took my hand and looked into my eyes. The crowd roared and I realised the world wanted to save my continent. I felt myself grow stronger.'
Woldu survived Ethiopia's terrible 1985 famine thanks to aid supplied by 1985's Live Aid fundraising, organised by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure.

Madonna was definitely one of the stars of the show, if her press coverage in today's UK newspapers is anything to go by - below are scans from The Daily Star On Sunday, Sunday Express, Sunday Mirror and The Sunday Telegraph. Click on the scans to enlarge.

 

 

 

The BBC has apologised to outraged viewers after stars including Madonna and Snoop Dogg peppered their performances with swear words at yesterday's UK Live 8 gig.
The British broadcaster was bombarded with complaints when the Ray Of Light singer bellowed, 'Are you f**king ready, London?' to a stunned family crowd in London's Hyde Park. Meanwhile, rap star Snoop Dogg made no attempt to clean up his expletive-riddled lyrics.
A BBC spokesperson says, 'We have received a number of complaints regarding offensive language. Unfortunately it is a live broadcast, passions are running high and many celebrities are emotional. We apologise to anyone who is offended.'

You can now download a video clip that madonnalicious visitor Jody filmed of Like A Prayer and Music at yesterday's show.

During yesterday's concert a banner at the top of the stage would rotate with different messages about making poverty history. This banner changed during Madonna's performance of Music to say Music makes the people come together.

Madonna wowed crowds at live 8 this evening with a spectacular performance. The star kicked off her set with 'Like A Prayer', backed by the a full choir, who - like the star and her band - were dressed completely in white. Madonna was also joined onstage by an Ethiopian woman who had been, in Bob Geldof's words '10 minutes from death,' until the money raised at the first Live Aid concert helped save her.
'Are you ready to start a revolution,' Madonna asked the crowd. 'Are you ready to change the world?'
Running through 'Ray Of Light' she finished with an extended version of 'Music' bringing break-dancers to the stage and leading 200,000 fans in a singalong. The concert marked a return to the Live 8 stage for the singer. Speaking about her involvement with the 2005 concert, which aims to raise alleviate developing world debt and establish fairer trade, she said she wanted to thank Bob Geldof for making the whole thing happen.
The singer is currently working on the follow-up to 2003's 'American Life' album and her appearance marked her first live engagement of 2005.

Visit fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com to download a backstage interview by Jo Whiley with Madonna. Int he interview Madonna talks about how he got involved with the show after Sir Bob Geldof wrote her a letter and how she nearly didn't perform as it clashed with her tight schedule.
She also talks about her putting together her new record, editing her documentary and going on holiday with the family later this month.

The BBC website scored all the performance from the show - Madonna got 10/10!

She's not the queen of pop for nothing. During Music, she got everyone clapping in unison the way Freddie Mercury did in 1985. This will be remembered as one of the Live 8 moments, with the crowd desperate to worship her regal presence. 10/10

You can also vote for Madonna as the best Live 8 performance on the BBC's website here - she is currently in second place behind Pink Floyd.

A special Live 8 program was on sale at the show with a page dedicated to each artist performing at all the Live 8 venues all over the world - here is a scan of the cover and the page about Madonna.

 

Fans attending the concert last night were also all given special Live 8 passes as they walked into the venue - see picture below.

For many people at last night's concert, one of the most emotional moments of the show was when Birhan Woldou was introduced to the crowd by Sir Bob Geldof and was greeted with a hug by Madonna.

Madonna performed 'Like a Prayer' hand-in-hand with Woldu, an Ethiopian woman who as a malnourished toddler appeared in some of the most wrenching footage of the 1984-85 famine. Her life was saved, Bob Geldof said, in part through donations from Live Aid viewers.

The Queen of Pop sent over 200,000 Live 8 music fans into delirium this evening, performing three souped-up versions of her biggest hits.
Before the hits though, we got a glimpse of Birhan Woldu, the child featured in the 1985 Live Aid film, which touched the world. Recently qualified as an agricultural student, Woldu was just weeks from death when featured in '85, according to Geldof, who used her appearance as an example of how just one life had been saved due to Live Aid.
Taking to the stage in a silver satin suit, Madonna was rousing, passionate and demonstrated clearly why her 'Queen of Pop' tag is so deserved. Opening with 'Like A Prayer', the star questioned the crowd 'Are you ready to start a revolution!', 'Are you ready to change the world'. Accompanying her was a full choir, also dressed white.
By the time 'Ray Of Light' and 'Music' came, the mix had changed into a bass-heavy breakbeat hybrid, with a myriad of b-boy dancers invading the stage. 'Music' weighed in at six minutes running time, with an extended chorus of 'Music, makes the people, come together' in which Madonna convinced pretty much every one of Hyde Park's 200,000 crowd to clap along.
The 15-minute set was received by many as the day's standout performance - so far that is. Madonna also performed at the first Live Aid concert in 1985. Then, the set list included 'Holiday' and 'Into The Groove'.

Here are some pictures from Madonna's performances of Like A Prayer, Ray of Light and Music during Live 8 yesterday.

Mega-stars from U2 to Madonna mixed smash hits with powerful political messages on ending poverty in Africa, as the heart of a global music spectacle rocked and inspired a record crowd in London.
Adding weight to the words, UN chief Kofi Annan and US software billionaire Bill Gates made surprise appearances on a stage in Hyde Park to back the global effort to erase debt, double aid and boost trade in the impoverished continent.
Bob Geldof, the Irish rocker-turned-campaigner who spearheaded the original Live Aid charity concert in 1985, hopes to use the new Live 8 concerts to focus on pressuring the Group of Eight (G8) world leaders to strike a deal for Africa at a summit in Scotland next week.
'It has been a glorious and magnificent day,' Geldof told a crowd of 150,000 at the park, with 55,000 more watching on big screens and some three billion others tuned in across the planet.
At about midnight, industry icon Paul McCartney wound up ten hours of music with the Beatles' classic 'Hey Jude'. He was joined on stage with the mouth-watering cast of other acts from U2 to Mariah Carey.
Together they echoed a plea by Geldof for one million people to travel to Edinburgh to take part in a series of rallies during the July 6-8 summit of G8 leaders at the nearby resort of Gleneagles.
'We rock and roll, we strut and stroll all the way to Edinburgh,' shouted McCartney from the stage, itself an impressive symbol of the event, framed by two enormous Live 8 logos, a guitar that uses the shape of Africa as its body.
'We hope the heads of the G8 are listening hard, they can't avoid this, they can't have missed it.'
Industry icons such as Pink Floyd - who for the sake of Africa set aside 'petty' squabbles to reunite for the first time in 25 years - and younger crowd pullers Coldplay whipped the crowd into a cheering frenzy throughout the day.
Pressing home the cause, tragic images of Africa's suffering were weaved into the show, including a clip that was broadcast during the original Live Aid gig, which showed a baby who had been given 10 minutes to live.
Highlighting the fact that people can make a difference, Geldof brought the striking young woman - now 20 and a student - on to the stage where she said thank you before being greeted by Madonna, who was the next act.
Commanding one of the biggest cheers of the night, the queen of pop pulled off an electric performance, singing 'Like A Prayer', 'Ray of Light' and 'Music', accompanied by two male dancers who also wowed the crowd with their acrobatic dance moves and head spins.
Waving flags and banners emblazoned with slogans such as 'Make Poverty History' - the central campaign behind Geldof's quest for justice in the developing world - most fans stayed until the very end to savour every moment.
Two screens on either side of the stage beamed images of concurring concerts in Berlin, Johannesburg, Moscow, Paris, Philadelphia, Rome and Tokyo and Barrie, outside Toronto. An Africa-themed event also took place in southwest England.
The organisers said some three billion people were watching the show worldwide on television.
At one point, attention focused on Philadelphia, where a sister gig was in full swing, as US singer and actor Will Smith led a finger-snapping exercise around the linked concerts, clicking his fingers at three-second intervals to symbolise the fact that poverty kills a child once every three seconds.
Many other artists on the London stage added their rallying cry to support the Live 8 cause, while Gates, US actor Brad Pitt and England football star David Beckham also put in an appearance to push the message.
Despite the passionate performances, it was unclear how many people would heed Geldof's call to head for Edinburgh or simply slink off home.

Madonna was rehearsing onstage last night in London at about 8.00pm, during her rehearsal a BBC News report was going out live and some of Ray Of Light was heard.
Fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com has the footage to download.

madonnalicious will have correspondents both in General Admission and the Gold Circle at tomorrow's show and hopes to bring you news and pictures from the day.

If you are going to the show and want to sent in pictures and reviews from the day then please contact us at madonnalicious@gmail.com

If anyone can record Madonna's performance at the show in a computer-ready file format and are willing to share it with fans via madonnalicious then please contact us at the same email address.

Madonna is featured on the covers of three UK TV listing magazines this week (02-08 July issues) to advertise the Live 8 concerts taking place around the world on Saturday. Click on the covers to enlarge.

This is the running order/set list for London's Live 8 - this list was based on the rehearsal yesterday and is of course subject to some change. It was published in most of the UK daily newspapers. Each artist is scheduled 15 minutes, although it is highly likely that times may overrun.

1 Paul McCartney & U2 (Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band) Approximately 2pm
2 U2 (One, Make it On Your Own, TBC)
3 Coldplay (In My Place, Fix You)
4 Richard Ashcroft (Bittersweet Symphony) Duet With Coldplay
5 Elton John (Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, Bitch is Back)
6 Pete Docherty (Children of the Revolution) Duet With Elton John
7 Dido (Life for Rent, Thank You, White Flag)
8 Stereophonics (TBC)
9 REM (The One I Love, Imitation of Life, Everybody Hurts, Losing My Religion)
10 Ms Dynamite (Dy-na-mi-tee, Judgment Day, Redemption Song)
11 Keane (Everybodys Changing, Somewhere)
12 Travis (Why Does It Always Rain on Me?, Sing, Turn)
13 Annie Lennox (Broken Glass, Sweet Dreams, Sisters)
14 UB40 (Food For Thought, Red Red Wine)
15 Snoop Dog (TBC)
16 Razorlight (Somewhere Else, Golden Touch, Vice)
17 Madonna (Like A Prayer, Music, Ray of Light)
18 Snow Patrol (Chocolate, Rain)
19 Joss Stone (I Had a Dream, Super Duper Love)
20 Scissor Sisters (Take Your Mama, Laura)
21 Velvet Revolver (TBC)
22 The Killers (Somebody Told Me, Mr Brightside)
23 Sting (Message in a Bottle, Desert Rose, Every Breath You Take)
24 Mariah Carey (Vision Of Love, Make it Happen)
25 Robbie Williams (Let Me Entertain You, Feel, Rock DJ)
26 The Who (Fooled Again, O Riley)
27 Pink Floyd (Money, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb)
28 Paul McCartney (Long and Winding Road)
29 Finale (Paul McCartney And Others) Approximately 8.45pm

In today's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror they feature a full page advertisement for a Live 8 special magazine they are publishing tomorrow which features Madonna on the cover.

Tonight's issue of the Evening Standard also used a fantastic picture of Madonna performing to illustrate another article on Live 8.

 

The stage in London's Hyde Park has now been assembled and a large crew of people are helping get the venue ready for a large influx of fans tomorrow.

Some fans have already begun waiting for the gates to open in the hope of gaining a good vantage point to see the show from tomorrow.

A rehearsal/sound check took place today and a running order/set list is know known, although is always subject to change.