The April 2006 issue of UK music and lifestyle magazine notion features Madonna on the cover.

Click on the cover to enlarge.

Radio Energie in Montreal announced that Madonna would be performing in the city on Wednesday 21 June and the tickets will be on sale from Saturday 08 April.

German newspaper Bild are trying to find the hottest video in an online poll - fans can vote for Madonna's Hung Up and Sorry at www.bild.t-online.de

Here are some rare pictures first published on Towleroad taken on Friday 07 September 7 1990 and show Madonna relaxing after a performance at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles for an AIDS Project benefit.

Madonna is seen here with boyfriend Tony Ward and Donna DeLory.

A national newspaper in Brazil published this news about Madonna visiting Brazil:

Rio City Hall prepares this week to announce a Madonna concert in August on Copacabana Beach. Four managers are currently in talks about this, although it looks like Luís Niemeyer, who brought the Rolling Stones to Brazil, is probably the one who is going get the deal.

UK tabloid newspaper The Sun published an article today on the working set list and about the various themes rumoured to be featured on the tour - to read the article visit www.thesun.co.uk

Madonna's tour documentary will be airing on Latin American TV station A&E on Sunday 16 April at 10:00pm - madonnalicious now offers for download this advert which the TV station is using to promote the event.

Yesterday evening the Arion Awards - which are equivalent to the Grammy Awards for the Greek Music Industry - took place in Athens. Madonna was awarded with Best Selling International Single Of The Year for Hung up and Best Selling International Album Of The Year for Confessions On A Dance Floor.

For more information on the awards visit www.arionvraveia.gr

Madonna fans in New York City should pop into the new Z Gallerie that opened in Soho this week. Z Gallerie carry three exclusive Madonna prints, and they now have a 4th one called Confessions on a Dancefloor Disco Lights (which is not yet showing on their website) but it's hanging on the wall in the Soho store with the other three prints. All are limited editions of 500 each.

The four prints hanging in the New York City Soho store are signed by Madonna herself selling for $2500 each, they are the only four signed and exclusive to Z Gallerie. They come with a certificate of authenticity of Madonna's autograph (regular price for unsigned is $699 each).

Z Gallerie Soho
443 Broadway, between Grand and Howard Streets
Subway stop at Canal Street
Open Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm
212-343-1045

The world's press are rife with rumours about when and where Madonna will perform on her new tour - we will only finally be sure when the tour and dates are announced officially by Madonna's team.

According to www.esmas.com the official webpage of the biggest TV Network in Mexico (Televisa) Madonna’s world tour will have two stops in Spain, Madrid and Barcelona. They also report that there maybe a Latin American stop possibly in Mexico, Argentina, Chile or Brazil (maybe not all but some of them).

FoxFM a Melbourne, Australia radio station announced a new competition to see Madonna on tour in Europe BUT interestingly in the promo for the competition the presenters stated see Madonna before she comes to Melbourne!

Some newspapers and TV channels are also stating that Madonna will be performing in Belgrade during the tour - check out www.eusky.co.yu and www.nezavisne.com

Madonna donated two autographed copies of Lotsa de Casha for a silent auction in aid of The Retired Greyhound Trust. This is a charity that looks after discarded or rejected racing greyhounds and also looks to finding homes for them. This is a project of Rui Paes, the illustrator of Lotsa de Casha, which he vowed to promote while he was doing the illustrations for the book. As we all know, Lotsa is characterised as a greyhound and the situation of these racing dogs is very difficult once they stop being needed. Madonna was great and signed and offered those two autographed books for the auction!

Anyone interested can phone (0870/4440673) or fax (0870/9082525) the RTG to bid on the Madonna signed books until Friday 31 March 2006. From Monday 27 March 2006 you can ring the RTG to find out the latest bid, you may want to go higher.

To support The Retired Greyhound Trust you can also buy a 'regular' copy of Lotsa de Casha for ££11.50 (including postage and packing within the UK). The first 25 copies sold will be personally signed by Rui Paes.

Also check out their website at www.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk

Get Together is listed as Madonna's next single on website www.radio1.gr
The website lists the release date for the single as Monday 29 May in the UK.

Popjustice Idols is a brand new range of illustrated pop biographies lovingly created by leading pop website Popjustice.com and popular artist David Whittle (Channel 4’s Bromwell High).

Madonna is the star of one of these books in A Girl Called Madonna - read how she shows the world how to kiss, fall off horses and wear underwear on the outside....

Popjustice Idols books are published by Friday Books, priced £3.99 and will be available soon at Waterstones, Virgin, HMV and all good book outlets.

For more information about the books in the series visit www.popjustice.com

Madonna's Sorry remains at number one on the European single charts.

French magazine la connaissance des arts (spécial photo, nr 7) has chosen a photo of Madonna photographed by Bettina Rheims for it's latest cover.

Fans can order this magazine online at www.journaux.fr

Czech Radio Impuls (which is the Czech media partner for the tour) have announced that Madonna will appear in Prague on Tuesday 05 and Wednesday 06 September 2006. This would be Madonna's first ever appearance in the Czech Republic.

madonnalicious now brings you an even rarer Mitsubishi advert Madonna made for download. This advert features Madonna and Who's That Girl tour dancer Chris Finch dancing to Causing A Commotion.

Sorry is #1 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay for the 8th week in row surpassing Hung Up.

Sorry is #1 Billboard Hot 100 Eurochart Singles chart for the 4th week.

E! Latin America will broadcast a half hour special TV program about Madonna on Tuesday 28 March at 7:00pm.

Fancy some tea and biscuits....then why not have some Madonnas biscuits? madonnalicious visitor John has sent this picture in of the biscuits which are available in Ireland.

UK newspaper The Sunday Telegraph published a story today looking at why US radio is not playing Madonna anymore even though Confessions... is a worldwide hit, in the article there is an interesting quote from Liz Rosenberg:

Dance music isn't getting the recognition that it deserves on radio stations in America right now, but Madonna really doesn't evaluate the success of a record by its chart position. She likes to come out of a studio feeling she has done the very best work she can and earning the respect of her peers.
She would love American radio to come on board in that way and show the same sort of commitment that European radio has done, but that is not a decision for her. She is about to go on tour and when radio stations are reminded that she is the most phenomenal performer of our time, I am sure they will tune into her again.

To read the full article online visit: www.telegraph.co.uk

Madonna.com is thrilled to confirm that the creative collaboration which brought the world Confessions on A Dancefloor, have teamed up again! Designing genius Giovanni Bianco from Studio 65 in New York will again work with Madonna as she prepares to dance her way across the globe for the upcoming tour! Stay tuned to Madonna.com for more news about this summer's tour!

For the first time on madonnalicious we now bring you for download these Japanese commercials for Mitsubishi from around 1987.

This tour rumour was published on gossip website contactmusic.com:

The theme for Madonna's costumes for her upcoming tour will be 'English riding clothes, lots of black, including black riding coats.' She will re-team with fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who created the singer's famed conical bras for her Blonde Ambition tour.

Apologies to all those visitors who have been trying to join the madonnalicious mailing list and have found that it is full.
A new version is up and running so please try joining again as the problem has now been solved.

US TV show Entertainment Tonight broadcast this Madonna interview with Mark Steins in October 2005 - the clip has Madonna showing Mark how to disco dance and also takes a look back at the filming of the Borderline video back in 1984.

Madonna's documentary film I'm Going To Tell You A Secret will be broadcast on Polish TV (tvp2) on Monday 27 March at midnight in two parts.
The first part airs from 00:05-1:00am and second part from 1:05-2:00am.

Madonna's 'Sorry' dropped out of the countdown on MTV's TRL Wednesday March 22 2006. We need to keep Madonna on the countdown!
Keep voting for Madonna at www.mtv.com/onair/trl/vote or by calling 1-800-DIAL-MTV (1-800-342-5688) you can vote as many times as you want.

Madonna's video for Hung Up won the Best International Video award at the 10th Space Shower Music Video Awards in Japan. This award was voted for by professionals in the music industry.

This report is just in from madonnalicious visitor Miguel:
A teaser trailer for the I'm Going To Tell You A Secret tour documentary is being shown on A&E Latin America. The documentary will air mid-late April.

Update: The documentary will be broadcast on Sunday 16 April at 10:00pm.

Entertainment Weekly are asking in an online poll who people would like a future American Idol episode to build a theme around.

Madonna is currently in first place in the poll by a narrow margin - to vote and keep her number one visit www.ew.com

An article in French-language Canadian newspaper La Presse talks about Madonna's upcoming tour, and about a possible tour stop in the city in the city of Montreal.

Interestingly the article also claims that the official tour announcement and release of dates will be made by Madonna's team on Monday 27 March!

UK fans should pick up the latest edition of Reveal (25-31 March issue) as it features two pages of pictures of Madonna and Guy at the fancy dress party to celebrate Purim. Madonna is also featured briefly on the magazine's cover.

Madonna's Sorry has dropped to #9 on yesterday's MTV TRL countdown, so please vote to keep the video in the top ten. To vote:

Call 1-800-DIAL-MTV (1-800-342-5688) or vote online at mtv.com/onair/trl/vote

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

Madonna's Sorry continues to top these Billboard charts:

Sorry still #1 Billboard's Dance Airplay for a 6th consecutive week
Sorry still #1 Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Eurochart for 3rd week
Sorry still #1 Billboard's Dance/clubplay for 2nd week

Madonna's 1990 greatest hits album The Immaculate Collection re-entered the UK Top 40 album chart at number 38 last week - this is a great achievement for an album which is over 15 years old!

madonnalicious now brings you the chance to download two US TV interviews (Access Hollywood and Extra) with Madonna on the red carpet at the New York premiere of her tour documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret

Madonna's 'Sorry' dropped from #6 to #8 on MTV's TRL yesterday. We need to keep Madonna on the countdown!
Keep voting for Madonna at www.mtv.com/onair/trl/vote or by calling 1-800-DIAL-MTV (1-800-342-5688)

The latest issue of German magazine In Touch features a feature of Madonna riding again in the Simi Valley in California - click to enlarge.

Sorry is at #1 for the 3th consecutive week in the Italian singles chart while Hung Up is still charting at #8.
Confessions On A Dance Floor is at #6 after 17 consecutive weeks in the top 10!

Today's editions of UK newspapers, the Daily Mirror and Daily Star published pictures of Madonna and Guy attending a party to celebrate Purim earlier this week.

 

Madonna continues to dominate the European music scene, holding on to top position in the single chart for another week. The queen of pop stays at number one with Sorry, while her disc Confessions On A Dance Floor remains at number two in the continent's albums chart.

The Parkinson interview which recently devoted the whole show to Madonna will be shown on Australian TV Channel ABC Saturday 18 March night at 9:25pm.

Please note this program screens at 12:15am in South Australia, due to the SA elections.

Madonna was beat out by Kelly Clarkson for the top spot on Tuesday 14 March 2006 edition of MTV's TRL. Please keep voting and to get and keep Madonna at #1!

Call 1-800-DIAL-MTV (1-800-342-5688) or vote online at mtv.com/onair/trl/vote

On Monday night Madonna and Guy attended a party to celebrate Purim at the Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles. Madonna and Guy attended in fancy dress as the custom states. Madonna dressed up as a maid, complete with black wig, and Guy dressed as a Native American Indian.

Jeannette Wall's The Scoop column picked up on the story madonnalicious revealed on Monday - that Madonna's Sorry video was too much for TV:

Madonna is still being provocative. The 47-year-old singer’s original video for 'Sorry' was apparently too much for TV.
In the original video, Madonna makes an obscene gesture at the camera. A toned-down version was edited for TV, but the 'director’s cut' can be seen at the production designer's website.
'I guess it was too vulgar for general audiences,' says a source. 'Besides, it is a rather unseemly gesture for a mother of two who, when she’s not making obscene gestures, is singing the praises of Kabbalah and writing inspirational children’s books.'

Another UK magazine worth picking up this week is Hello! (21 March issue 910), which features three pages of pictures of Madonna out horseback riding in the US.

From Ian:
'Sorry' is now at the #1 spot on the South African charts. Just a few weeks ago 'Hung Up' was at the top spot but over the weekend left the top 40. 'Hung Up' did wonderfully herein South Africa with a good few weeks at the #1 spot and spending months in the top 40. I hope 'Sorry' can do the same!

From Liam:
Madonna's 'Sorry' has debuted at #4 on the ARIA charts in Australia. 'Confessions On A Dance Floor is still in the ARIA Top 20 albums at #17, she has not dropped out of Australian top 20 album charts since it was released.

From Micheal:
'Sorry' debuts at #36 at Adult Top 40 Radio according to Billboard radio Monitor. This means that radio is finally discovering this outstanding track. This should help the song's performance on the Billboard Hot 100.

UK fans should pick up the latest copy of OK! magazine (21 March issue 512) which features the latest pictures of Madonna and her family at the Los Angeles Kabbalah Centre and a look at Madonna's macrobiotic diet.

 

Madonna was the only artist to win two awards at the ECHO German music awards last night in Berlin, however she did not attend the ceremony. The awards are based on music sales figures from March 2005-February 2006.

Madonna won the Best International Female Artist category and the Hit Of The Year award for Hung Up.

There is a director's cut version of the Sorry but the only difference between the other versions we have seen and this one, is that at about 1m30s into the clip Madonna gives 'the finger' to the camera, instead of just dancing in the versions sent to TV (see pictures below).

Madonna surprised Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall when she phoned to tell the British royal they are distantly related. The 47-year-old Hung Up hitmaker - who has also discovered blood-links with Canadian singer Celine Dion - is urging her 'relations' to join her and genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner in their quest to trace their entire family tree.
Reitwiesner explains, 'Camilla and Madonna are both descended from Zacharie Cloutier, who lived from 1617 to 1708. And Camilla and Celine descend from Jean Guyon, who lived from 1617 to 1708. 'Both Jean and Zacharie died in Chateau-Richer, Quebec. Because of their unusual French-Canadian ancestry, they are all blood relations. Madonna is absolutely fascinated by this.'

Billboard are reporting that for only the second time in history, one artist is #1 on all four of Billboard's dance charts. The single is of course Sorry, which is #1 on the Club Play, Dance Singles Sales and Dance Radio Airplay surveys while Confessions On A Dance Floor rules the Top Electronic Albums list.

The only other time this happened was the week of December 03 2005, when Madonna's Hung Up was in charge on the three dance singles charts and 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' was #1 on the Electronic chart.

Madonna is the cover star of the latest edition of UK women's magazine best (14 March issue 10) to advertise an article on how to look 15 years younger!

Click on the cover to enlarge.

The April 2006 issue of UK Vogue features 24 hours in the life of designer Matthew Williamson, during his day he receives a call from his PA to tell him about a present that has arrived from Madonna:

....some amazing pink orchids in a vintage cut-glass vase arrived this morning from Madonna as a thank you for making her a sequinned jacket for the Japan leg of her album promotion.

Matthew also made the pink sequinned jacket that Madonna wore at the G-A-Y concert, and was there himself to watch Madonna in action in his jacket!

Madonna was photographed leaving the Los Angeles Kabbalah Centre with daughter Lourdes yesterday lunchtime.

Madonna was wearing her favourite stripey beanie hat and a Juicy Couture tracksuit.

From Alex:
Sorry is new entry on No. 5 this week in the German singles chart.
Confessions On A Dance Floor goes up to No. 5 for it's 16th week in the top ten.

From Joshua:
Please help me to continue to get Madonna’s latest single 'Sorry' played on Electric 94.9. I really need help with requests, and I appreciate it very much.
It’s easy to vote at the links www.electric949.com/waez/h8 and www.electric949.com/waez/request
You can use any of the following cities as your location: Abingdon VA, Bristol TN, Bristol VA, Damascus VA, Gate City VA, Glade Spring VA, Jonesboro TN, Knoxville TN.

From K:
Sorry moves 70-58 with a bullet on The Billboard Hot 100 for the March 18 chart.

From Michael:
The HMV midweeks are pointing towards a #1 Debut for sorry in Australia.

The latest edition of the UK version of the National Enquirer (13 March issue) features these great shots of Madonna partying at a friends house in Los Angeles. This party took place after the Grammys, and Madonna is seen wearing a tshirt saying You're Not On The Guestlist - click on the article to enlarge.

VH1 Europe are having a Madonna Weekend this Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 March, for more information on the programs visit www.vh1e.com

April 11 will see the release of a new and highly collectible Madonna item. 'Confessions Remixed' is the name of the three 12" vinyl single set to be released on Warner Bros records and featuring some new and amazing remixes of Hung Up, Sorry and more Confessions On A Dance Floor tracks.
This release will be limited to 3,000 units only and will come in an exclusive black and silver sleeve. Track-listing goes as follows:

1. Hung Up (SDP's Extended Vocal)
2. Hung Up (SDP's Extended Dub)
3. Sorry (Man With Guitar Mix)
4. Get Together (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
5. I Love New York (Thin White Duke Mix)
6. Let It Will Be (Paper Faces Mix)

The tour may have no name and no dates announced yet but madonnalicious can reveal that insiders on the tour have confirmed that along with many songs from Confessions On A Dance Floor, some classic tracks will be included on the set-list.

Two of the tracks being discussed at the moment for inclusion on the set-list are Dress You Up and Borderline (although of course this is subject to change).

Madonna's 'Sorry' was #1 on MTV's TRL for the 8th time yesterday. Kelly Clarkson debut at a record #3 and now the number 1 spot is between Madonna and Kelly.

Be sure to keep requesting Madonna's new single by calling 1-800-DIAL-MTV (1-800-342-5688) 24/7 or vote once daily at www.mtv.com/onair/trl/vote

Here is the latest news from the Billboard Charts:

No.1 Hot Dance Club Play - Madonna - Sorry
No.1 Hot Dance Airplay - Madonna - Sorry
No.1 Hot Dance Singles Sales - Madonna - Sorry
No.1 Eurochart Top 100 Singles - Madonna - Sorry
No.1 Hot 100 Singles SALES - Madonna - Sorry

The latest edition of UK magazine OK! (14 March issue 511) features a one-page article on Madonna and Guy in Los Angeles - click to enlarge.

Sorry debuts at #1 on Hot 100 Eurochart Singles Chart.

Sorry hits #1 on Billboard Dance/Club Chart - this is her 35th #1 on this chart!

Madonna got back in the saddle yesterday at a ranch in the Simi Valley in California.
UK newspapers of course carried this story in today's editions - pictured below are scans from the Daily Mirror and the Daily Record. Click to enlarge.

On Radio Énergie, one of the biggest radio stations in Québec, said Madonna will visit Montréal on tour on Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 June at the Bell Centre.

They also said she will do 3 clubs in Canada, and she will do the Stereo Nightclub here in Montréal, the biggest popular gay after-hours club in Québec.

Madonna tells Out magazine that she recently explained her on-stage kiss with Britney Spears to her nine-year-old daughter Lourdes, who asked if the kiss meant her mother was gay.
Madge says she explained the kiss was a gesture of support for Britney, saying (and we quote), 'I am the mommy pop star and she is the baby pop star, and I am kissing her to pass my energy on to her.'

Pop star Madonna has accused American citizens of being afraid of electing a female as president of the United States. The Hung Up singer believes while other countries embrace female leadership, Americans are frightened by the concept.
She explains, 'In Europe and Asia and elsewhere, women have ruled over millions; it's not an abstract or frightening or out-of-the-box concept. But in America, men are still afraid of women. And women, I don't think, trust women. I find that amazing.'
The star, who famously portrayed Argentine political icon Eva Peron, would support senator Hilary Clinton if she chose to run for president. She adds, 'She should go for it, definitely. I don't think maybe now is her time, or the Democrats' time, but she should certainly go for it. You've got to start somewhere in terms of women leading the US.'

Madonna's 'Sorry' was #1 on MTV's TRL for the seventh day in a row yesterday!

Be sure to keep requesting Madonna's new single by calling 1-800-DIAL-MTV
(1-800-342-5688) 24/7 or vote once daily at www.mtv.com/onair/trl/vote

When it came to the unofficial awards for the most eyecatching Oscar party guests yesterday, the result was a dead heat between Madonna and Mick Jagger. Fellow guests could not keep their eyes off the Material Girl and the Rolling Stone when they arrived at a post-awards bash.
In 47-year-old Madonna's case, the main reason was her dramatic pink gown, revealing acres of cleavage which seemed likely to break free at any moment. But vying for the limelight were her arms, heavily muscled following a punishing regime of exercise in the gym.
Madonna drew the biggest cheer of the night from the crowd waiting outside Morton's restaurant in West Hollywood, where the Vanity Fair Oscars party is held. Her British husband Guy Ritchie joined her soon afterwards, putting on a united front following recent rumours that their marriage is on the rocks.

UK music retailer HMV have got Madonna's Re-Invention tour DVD slated for a release date of 03 July 2006 - see online at www.hmv.co.uk

Please remember (as we have seen many times before) this date is always subject to change!

Madonna and Guy attended the post-Oscars party hosted by Vanity Fair magazine at Morton's Restaurant in Los Angeles last night.

From Anthony:
Rochester, New York, is the 4th largest city in New York State. I would like to recruit you guys in helping me get her played out here. Contact the following DJ's, and tell them how much you would 'love to request Sorry on Rochester's hottest radio, 98PXY!'

* Spezanno & Sandy in the morning scott@98pxy.com
* 98PXY's At Work Invasion with Mayor Pete Kennedy pete@98pxy.com
* 2pm-6pm 4 Play @ 4 The 4 most requested songs in Rochester while you're at work with Mike Dangers danger@98pxy.com
* The JB Kasper show @ 6pm-12am HI 5 @ 9, the 5 most popular songs in Rochester jay@98pxy.com or kasper@98pxy.com

From Jeffrey:
XM Channel 20 does contribute data to the Billboard Radio Monitor Mainstream Top 40 Chart. Let's all vote for Madonna's 'Sorry' on its Top 20 on 20 Countdown. Vote as many times as you can - the countdown changes contiuously with each 20-song cycle. Use all ways to vote:

1. Call toll-free 866.553.2020
2. E-mail twentyontwenty@xmradio.com
3. Online @ www.20on20.xmradio.com (vote once every 5 minutes)
4. Online www.xmfan.com
5. Online @ www.xmxp.com/songrequest (Choose Hits, then Top 20 on 20)

From Michael:
Madonna needs votes in Cleveland to get 'Sorry' on the rotation list.
Please contact these two radio stations and request them to play 'Sorry':

www.kissfm965.com
www.wqal.com

Here are the latest pictures of Madonna in Los Angeles, first she is pictured with Guy at a pre-Oscars party at Soho House.
In the other picture Madonna is pictured with Arianne Phillips at a party to honour Arianne on being nominated for an Academy Award for her work on Walk The Line.

The New York Times also did an interesting article on Madonna's stylist, Arianne Phillips, to read the article visit: www.nytimes.com

Madonna playing Murrayfield in Edinburgh this summer? Word is the show is ON. A fortnight ago, we told you the Material Girl had checked out venues in Scotland. Now, our spies tell us the date being penned in is July 28 - but her schedule is changing daily.
A Madonna insider said: 'UK tour dates are under discussion. Scotland is certainly being discussed but it's still a bit away from being cut and dried.' Some ticket agencies claim to be selling briefs for the Capital gig already. One offered us VIP tickets at £400 plus VAT - while another had best seats at £125. But Madonna's people blasted the touts yesterday. The insider said: 'These tickets don't exist and these agencies are stealing your money.'

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Sunday Mirror features a one-page look at Madonna's latest penchant for a certain style of hat.

Vote for Madonna at the 21st Annual International Dance Music Awards at www.wmcstore.com/idma - Hung Up is listed in the following categories:

Category 10: Best Pop Dance Track
Category 18: Best Dance Video
Category 25: Best Dance Artist Solo

Also make sure you vote Madonna in the last category - Special Lifetime Achievement.

If you have no particular preference in any category, simply leave it blank. Only one ballot per person. Entries from participants submitting more than one vote will be discarded. Voting ends March 17 2006.

Madonna is featured on the cover of the April 2006 issue of US gay magazine Out.

In the five-page article Madonna talks about her upcoming tour stating that: It's based on 'Confessions', and it'll be one big disco club wherever we go. And I want to do small and large venues. Smaller gigs in big cities, and then stadiums in others. But no stadiums in America.

Madonna is set to make a guest appearance on The Simpsons.
According to the Daily Star, the Queen of Pop will take a liking to Homer before going head-to-head with Marge in a battle for his heart.
'It's Madge versus Marge, and Madonna will certainly show Homer a thing or two that Marge has never attempted,' a source told the newspaper.
The singer is following in the footsteps of U2, Elton John, Tom Jones and Paul McCartney, who have all made visits to Springfield in the past.

Rather strangely Madonna and the history of her hairstyles are adorning selected cartons of milk in Sweden! Here is the translation of the feature:

Madonna is the most famous female star in history. During her career she has had many different clothes styles and hairdos.
While she was a teenager in Bay City, Michigan, she cut her hair short and it stood right up. Later in New York she put olive oil in it and used ballet tights as a hairband. After her breakthrough in 1984 began her fans began to copy her hairstyle - the short bob blonde hair with dark roots.
When she introduced her long blond ponytail in 1990 she was a superstar. The inspiration for this haird? It came from a make-up doll with hair you could pull out.

Popstars have a big influence on the world in different ways, not only with their music. By being seen in a newspaper, magazines and television it is THE example for young people. Hair is the most important accessory for a popstar - in the pop industry you can find the most fantastic hairstyles ever.

While rumours may be abuzz that pop diva Madonna’s marriage to Guy Ritchie is on the rocks but the couple presented a happy picture at a pre-Oscars dinner hosted by Jamie Oliver in LA’s Soho House.
As other celebs such as Helena Christensen and the Hilton sisters looked on, the film director nestled up to his wife of five years, putting an affectionate arm around her and then planting a kiss on her sleek blonde locks.
The pair and their family are in America for months of rehearsals before Madonna’s Confessions tour. And those close to her, including father Silvio Ciccone, are confident they will ride out any difficulties.
'I think she’s trying to be a good wife. I’m proud she’s been able to keep the marriage going, and she’s a good mother, too,' he was quoted by Hello magazine, as saying.
Despite the clashes of two strong personalities, the Material Girl also regards her English husband as essential to her happiness.
'Guy and I are happy. Yes, we have our problems, but we have so much more,' he added.

Madonna is featured in latest issue of Spanish trends magazine Fake. The magazine features 10 pages of exclusive photographs by Miguel Villalobos of Madonna at the MisShapes club night back in October 2005 in New York City.
This magazine is not available in regular news stores so fans in Spain may have to search quite hard for this magazine.

Sorry is now #1 on the United World charts with the largest point increase and replaces Hung Up (down to #2) which spent an amazing 15 weeks at #1.

Hung Up was the joint longest holder of the #1 spot since these charts begun in 1999 (with Cher's Believe). For more information visit www.unitedworldchart.de

Madonna appears in the cover of the March 2006 issue of Mexican magazine Glow!.

A ten-page article is featured in the magazine entitled Madonna 'the wife' by Guy Ritchie (the husband).

Click on the cover to enlarge.

Madonna is nominated in the Favourite Female Artist category in the 2006 MTV Asia Awards that take place on Saturday 06 May in Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand.

Fans can vote online for Madonna at www.mtvasiaawards.com

Madonna will be interviewed tonight at 6:00pm on French radio station Fun Radio.
For more information visit www.funradio.fr

Madonna remained #1 for the 5th straight day on MTV's TRL on Wednesday 01 March - let's keep her at #1 by voting online at www.mtv.com/onair/trl/vote or call 1-800-DIAL-MTV (1-800-342-5688)

Madonna also needs votes on Latin America's MTV TRL (Los 10 Mas Pedidos) - vote online for Sorry at www.mtvla.com/canal/los10/

madonnalicious now offers fans the chance to download this 1992 UK Jonathan Ross interview with Madonna. This was filmed in London during Madonna's promotional trip there to promote the Sex book.

From Danny:
Madonna's new single Sorry enters at number 30 in the Flemish chart of Belgium, and Hung Up is still number 10.
On the French part of Belgium chart Sorry enters at number 16, and Hung Up is still number 7.

From Dieter:
Madonna´s new single Sorry has reached the number one in Mexico, according with the station ALFA RADIO at www.alfaradio.com.mx

From MaverickJ3:
We know that Madonna loves New York, but we need your help to call the local radio stations in NYC. Please request 'Sorry'!

Z100 100.3 - www.z100.com or call toll free 1-800-242-0100
WKTU 103.5 is spinning the song a lot so let's keep requesting it
WPLJ 95.5 - call 1-800-321-9755

From Robert:
There is a form online to easily submit requests to Boston's KISS-108 FM for Madonna's Sorry at www.kiss108.com

From Thijs:
Madonna's 'Sorry' has reached the # 2 position in the Dutch Mega Top 50 chart.

Tickets for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival are already available to buy. For ticket details and links to buy them via Ticketmaster visit coachella.com/tickets

Coachella Music and Arts Festival
Empire Polo Field, Indio, CA
Saturday 29 April - Sunday 30 April 2006.

Madonna performs in the Sahara Dance Tent (after Paul Oakenfold) on Sunday 30 April 2006. She will be playing while Tool headlines on the main stage.

The promoter would not speculate on capacity of the dance tent, but several thousand people managed to fit in there for a performance by Beck in 2004.

This poster was emailed out to fans on the Coachella mailing list:

Just weeks after announcing that she is planning a scaled-down U.S. tour, Madonna has signed on to play her first-ever festival date. The singer will set up under the big top at this year's Coachella Festival in Indio, California, to perform a set with her band in the massive DJ-heavy Sahara Tent on April 30.
'I've never performed at a festival,' Madonna said in a press release announcing the rare gig. 'And I'm especially excited about playing at Coachella before I start my own tour.'
It's an unexpected move for the pioneering festival, which has booked everyone from hardcore dance/electronic acts Fatboy Slim and Kraftwerk to the Chemical Brothers and Prodigy as headliners in the Sahara Tent in the past, but never an international pop star on the level of Madonna. But that's kind of the point, according to Goldenvoice's Paul Tollette, the show's promoter.
'I love things you don't see all the time,' Tollette said. 'And we're always trying to make it so it's something you don't see anywhere else.' The booking of Madonna adds to a lineup that Tollette said is already packed with some rare treats, including the first-ever major festival appearance in the U.S. by headliners Depeche Mode, the first U.S. gig in nine years from Daft Punk and the first trip to the states in eight years for pioneering trip-hoppers Massive Attack.
Madonna's appearance will be a warm-up of sorts for her upcoming summer tour, which she has said will be a more intimate affair than her past extravaganzas.

During a meeting at DIRECT TV they showed a promo with Madonna saying she would be doing a concert for Direct TV on the new channel CDUSA in the near future! This is very likely to be a show on the new tour.

Argentinian news agency DERF is saying that Warner Brothers are about to confirm Madonna's visit to this country on tour after the Soccer World Cup. Madonna has not visited Argentina on tour since The Girlie Show in 1993.

A&E Mundo, a cable TV channel, will broadcast I'm Going To Tell You A Secret at 10:00pm hours (local time) on Sunday 16 April.

Madonna's video for Sorry is losing places on the Top 10 on Canada's MuchMoreMusic - fans can vote for Sorry and Hung Up at muchmoremusic.com