madonnalicious was very lucky to attend the London premiere of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret last night at the Chelsea Cinema and here is a report from the night:

The Kings Road in Chelsea last night witnessed another case of Madonna-mania, fans with the all important premiere ticket and wristband queued one side of the street, fans without tickets watched and waited from the other side of the street.

A small red carpet and a battery of press photographers and TV crews awaited anyone who entered the cinema.

Thanks to Suedehead for the picture of the cinema.

Some lucky fans who had queued outside the cinema just to watch Madonna arrive found themselves being handed tickets and wristbands which allowed them in!

Once in the cinema fans also found they all had an I'm Going To Tell You A Secret goodie bag each, containing crisps, popcorn, sweets, chocolate and water.

Madonna and her guests had the back row of the cinema, and while we were waiting for her to arrive, we saw Stella McCartney, Sharleen Spiteri, Tracey Emin, Guy Oseary and Stuart Price all arrive and take their seats.

When Madonna arrived with Jonas Akerlund, all the audience stood and cheered, they made their way to the front of the cinema and introduced the film.

Madonna laughed when she said her dress probably cost more than the film!

She said that editing this film was very traumatic and that they all ended up with more wisdom and less hair, but then said Well actually I pulled out Jonas' hair instead! He laughed and motioned to his very long hair!

Madonna then walked up through the auditorium towards her seat where Guy was waiting, fans stood and cheered and Madonna shook a few hands.

Madonna took her place next to Guy in the back row, and then tucked into the large basket containing champagne and cans of lager that had been placed by their seats earlier.

The couple stayed for the entire film and left to applause again at the end of the screening with their friends.

The fans who had got their tickets courtesy of queuing all those hours to get into the Koko gig inevitably queued up at the cinema as soon as they picked up their tickets. But once we got inside found that the first five rows had been cordoned off for us anyway!
And we all got 'goodie bags' with an I'm Gonna Tell You A Secret branding, stuffed full of snacks to enjoy during the movie.
Then it was time for celeb spotting. Mel C, Jo Whiley, Sharleen Spiteri, Donna Air, Tracy Emin, Stella McCartney and Gwyneth Paltrow all came in before Madonna herself arrived with Jonas Akerlund.
She was wearing a black chiffon style dress with diamante trim and, as with all recent appearances, looked stunning. She introduced the movie, speaking about the difficulties she and Jonas had editing down all the hours of footage, which had proved a 'traumatic experience'. 'And like all traumatic experiences, we all ended up with more wisdom and less hair,' she added.
She then turned to the fans and said she knew that the people who had camped out to see her at Koko were in the audience. 'Without you guys, I wouldn't be where I am today. You guys are crazy but I love you.'
She also revealed that she had hoped the premiere could have been held in a West End cinema and said (perhaps jokingly) that the only reason she went to the Harry Potter premiere a few weeks ago was to try to land a West End slot for herself but that she was happy that it was in Chelsea instead.
There were lots of other thank-yous to Warner Brothers, Channel Four and her management before she sat down. One of the fans shouted 'Keep doing it Madonna because we love you', just as the lights went down. She then stayed for the whole film, which is quite unusual for stars who attend premieres of their own films (they often escape as soon as the lights go down).

Here are scans from today's editions of the Daily Mirror and the Evening Standard which both contain features on Madonna's documentary premiere which took place in London last night.

 

'Me and Elvis? Are you kidding?! I'm gonna tell my dad. Maybe that will impress him.'
That was Madonna's reaction when we told the Queen of Pop that she has now tied the King of Rock 'n' Roll with the most top-10 singles ever — 36 each. (Her latest being the crazily infectious 'Hung Up.') M had not heard the news yet. I guess she really does stay away from media! And at 47, touchingly, she still looks for Daddy's approval. The star called from London. I wanted her reaction to 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' reaching No. 1 status in 25 countries, including the good old United States of America.
'It was my husband, Guy, who told me the album was No. 1 in America. I was shocked, stunned, happy. I said, 'We have to celebrate.' So we opened a bottle of champagne — not something I usually do, though I probably should do more of that - I had a glass, and then I sat and cried for 20 minutes. Really. So many conflicting emotions, but basically tears of joy. Don't let anybody tell you commercial success doesn't matter.'
M ('everybody calls me M now, I never hear my own name!') is busy planning her next video for the second single, 'Sorry.' She says, 'I want it to be a sequel to the 'Hung Up' video - what happens after she dances the night away because her boyfriend is so unavailable.' And M is thinking about her 'Confessions' concert tour, which might include smaller venues 'where I can hear myself singing; I can see the faces!'
Madonna also wants to build a film around her current troupe of dancers, which includes the phenomenally talented Cloud and Hypnosis. 'They are not just dancers. They're filmmakers and artists. Creative cyclones. I adore them.' We spoke of broken bones - I recently shattered a wrist, she quite a few more — and she said it was terribly difficult coming back from that, to dance again. 'Your 46th comeback!' I joked. She laughed, 'Yes, I've lost track of how many times I've been written off.' She paused. 'Maybe that's the reason I cried when I heard about the record. Here's a big scoop. We're human, too.'

Here are the first pictures from Madonna's appearance at the London premiere of her documentary at the Chelsea Cinema yesterday.

News is coming in from Warner Japan (although it has yet to be confirmed by Madonna's management) that Madonna will visit Japan from Monday 05 to Friday 09 December.

She will use this time to promote Confessions On A Dance Floor and there are talks of a special promotional appearance on Wednesday 07 December to which fans can go via competitions (to be announced).

Madonna was present at Stella McCartney's central London store on Monday night for the turning on of the stores Christmas lights. Also present were Little Britain characters Lou and Andy.

Here are two scans of the events from the Daily Mirror and Daily Star.

From Brad:
I just wanted to let you know that Madonna's SORRY was played in Toronto's z103.5 pump it or dump it feature and it was pumped by 92%!

From David:
Madonna sold 214,686 copies of Confessions on a Dancefloor last week to come in at #4 in the U.S. She is on track to sell more copies of COADF in three weeks than the total U.S. sales of her previous album, American Life.

From Evil Bliss:
Hey, I got great news from Portugal. Confessions On A Dancefloor just turned to Platinum! It's the album second week on number one spot! It sold more than 20,000 copies in only two weeks!

From Gonçalo:
Just wanted to say to you that 'Hung Up' is in #1 at Antena 3 radio in Portugal. And this is voted by our audience, check it out here.

From Jason:
Can you please post this address on your website again so people can vote: www.muchmoremusic.com/top10 as Hung Up is only at #3.

From Jeromey:
Santa Baby is #2 as Madonna's Most Downloaded on US iTunes. Hung Up is of course #1. Thought I would spread the word incase you guys want to go and download it for charity at only 0.99 cent.

From Jose:
Just wanted to advise that Z103.5 in Toronto is already playing Madonna's next single 'Sorry'.

From Liam:
Well Madonna's single 'Hung Up' has not only reached #1 on the Top 30 count down, she is also now number #1 on the South African Top 40 the biggest chart show in South Africa.

From Matthew:
The Confessions On A Dance Floor album has stayed at #1 for over 2 weeks already in both the international and local charts at all Hong Kong Records company stores (they have 3 big stores in Hong Kong). These stores are the biggest local records company in Hong Kong.

From Tore:
Madonna is still #1 on both the album and singles charts in Norway. 'Hung Up' stays on top for a third week, while 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' takes the lead for a second week.

madonnalicious visitor JBCarlos took some pictures of the various Confessions On A Dance Floor promotional displays in several large record stores in the Phillipines.

madonnalicious visitor Freya has sent this news in from Australia:

I've just seen an ad on Channel 10 in Australia. They will show the Andrew G interview with Madonna this Saturday 3 December at 6:00pm AEDST. This is a free to air channel where as it was previously only shown on cable, so now everyone will be able to watch it!

madonnalicious is just back from the London premiere of Madonna's documentary and will bring you all the secrets from the event tomorrow...so stayed tuned!

If any fans have pictures from the event and would like to share them with madonnalicious readers then please email them here.

Fans in the UK have two more chances to win tickets to the London premiere of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret tomorrow.

T4 are giving away 25 pairs of tickets here.

Captital Radio will be giving away tickets during their shows tomorrow - for more information visit www.capitalradio.co.uk

Heart FM will also be giving away tickets during Jamie Theakston's Breakfast Show tomorrow - for more information visit www.heart1062.co.uk

The latest issue of French magazine Elle features Madonna on the cover and contains a gorgeous photoshoot by Gilles Bensimon - click images to enlarge.

 

 

madonnalicious visitor Alyssa is an advanced computer graphics art student and would like fellow Madonna fans to help her complete this very interesting project:

I am a student in an advanced computer graphics course, and I've also been a devoted Madonna fan and visitor of madonnalicious.com for quite some time now.
I am in the middle of a project for my course. Inspired by Madonna’s new Confessions On a Dance Floor album, I decided to go out and about around town with the new CD, taking pictures of fans holding this precious gem.
I’ve planned on editing all these photos with a photo-editing program, and then turning it into a gigantic mosaic of Madonna from this lovely era!
I like the idea of taking hundreds of fans and putting all their photos together to make one big picture of Madonna, but I cannot get enough photos by simply going around town. I was wondering if you could post this on your site when you get the chance so all Madonna fans can participate and be a part of my mosaic! It would really mean a lot to me!

Any fans interested in helping Alyssa out can email a photograph of themselves holding their CD, along with their name to mymadonnamosaic@aol.com

The December 2005 issue of UK music magazine Mixmag features a Madonna cover and a five page interview inside with Stuart Price. The interview looks at how he worked with Madonna on Confessions On A Dance Floor.

From Alex:
She's still #1 in Lebanon and the Miss Lebanon 2006 pageant opened up with 'Hung Up'....the show was breathtaking.
From what my friends in Beirut tell me the clubs (especially the gay ones) are playing Sorry already!

From Alexander:
According to HMV Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dance Floor reached #1 in both the international and local charts.

From Henrik:
Madonna is #1 on the Danish Album chart. The single 'Hung Up' dropped to #2 at the single chart after 1 week as #1.

From Eamon:
With all the talk about KIIS-FM in Los Angeles NOT playing 'Hung Up,' KBIG 104.3 has been supporting the single! Not only does KBIG play 'Hung Up', they also play a Madonna song about every hour!
LA area fans, be sure to listen in, request Madonna, and thank KBIG! Most times you get to talk directly to the DJ and can often get recorded for on-air time! The request line is 800-KBIG-104.

From Joe:
The very influential and most popular radio station in Sydney (Nova 96.9) has now played Sorry, Let It Will Be and Jump! It appears they love the album!

From Mette:
Hung up is the 7th most played song on over 30 NRJ radiostations in Europe.

madonnalicious visitor Dave sent in these great pictures his friend Zoe took from the balcong on Saturday 19 November at G-A-Y.

 

 

 

Confessions On A Dance Floor is #1 for SECOND week running in the Album Chart.

Hung Up is #1 for THIRD week running in the Top 40 Singles Chart.

Hung Up is #1 for FIFTH week running in the Download Chart.

Here are some screen captures from the Channel 4 interview, Confessions Of Madonna, by Dermot O'Leary which aired in the UK tonight.

Madonna has revealed that the shooting of the latest documentary about her has made her want to follow film director husband Guy Ritchie behind the camera.
'I would love to direct,' she said. 'I felt very inspired by making this movie and I learned a lot about film-making.'
'I would like to do it on my own next time,' continued the singer, whose film I'm Going to Tell You a Secret will be shown on Channel 4 on 1 December.
Her latest album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, is top of the UK charts.
Madonna's comments are part of an interview due to be screened on Channel 4.
In the programme, conducted by TV presenter Dermot O'Leary, the mother of two speaks proudly about her nine-year-old daughter Lourdes and five-year-old son, Rocco.
Viewers will see her describe Lourdes as 'very musical'.
'She sings quite well and she's an incredible ballerina,' she says.
Earlier this month Madonna attended the London premiere of the new Harry Potter film with Lourdes, also known as Lola.
There, she revealed, her daughter was left speechless after a chance encounter with one of its stars, Emma Watson.
'In the middle of the movie she had to go to the bathroom,' she told O'Leary.
'Hermione was in there washing her hands and Lola's jaw hit the ground.'
But Madonna refused to discuss her recent riding accident, which left her with a broken collarbone and three cracked ribs.
'I don't want to go there - I get flashbacks,' she said.
'I'm just starting to feel better.'

A reminder for UK fans that this interview airs tonight on Channel 4 at 11:05pm.

Here are some scans from the UK gay press on Madonna's G-A-Y concert on Saturday 19 November - featured are Boyz, Pink Paper and QX.

 

Madonna has become the first artist to have a simultaneous number one hit across Europe in every music format: single, album, download single and mobile phone ringtone.
The news, based on charts for Europe as a whole, points not only to the popularity of her single, Hung Up, and her album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, but also to the growing importance of new electronic media.
Warner Music, the US group behind Madonna, is placing more and more emphasis on so-called digital revenues from internet downloads and ringtones. Its most recent results show that digital revenues grew to $44m (£27m) in the three months to the end of June, accounting for 6 per cent of revenues, and up by 26 per cent on the previous quarter.

The latest issues of German magazines, Bunte and In Touch feature large articles on Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor European promotional events.

From Anthony:
Hello there, could you please post a link where everyone can request 'Hung Up' to KIIS FM here in Los Angeles.
KIIS is one of the biggest and influential radio stations in the US, and they have only played 'Hung Up' a few times. This is not acceptable.
Here is the link to where you can request the song for their Top 9 @ 9 countdown: www.kiisfm.com/pages/top9.html and their request line is 1(800) 520-1027.

From Byron:
A major radio station today in Australia played 'Let It Will Be' - they said that although itis not a single yet, they wanted to play it anyway because it was so good....radio never does that here!

From Fabio*Z*:
I am from Malta, a little island south of Sicily and even here Madonna's Hung Up single is at number one of the Top 40 chart of the main and most popular radio station in Malta, FM89.7 Bay Radio.
She has been on the highest level of this podium for the last 3 weeks.

From Joona:
Confession On A Dance Floor debuts at number 1 in Finland! Now Madonna has a number one single and album at the same time in Finland.

madonnalicious visitor Marcus has sent in these pictures he took at G-A-Y.

Veteran British singer Sir Elton John was inspired by Madonna to keep his upcoming marriage to long term love David Furnish a private ceremony.
The Sacrifice hitmaker, who will wed film producer Furnish on 21 December, has turned down numerous lucrative offers to publicise the wedding - just as Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie did when they exchanged nuptials in 2000. John tells Attitude, 'Madonna got it absolutely right when she got married. Absolutely spot on. Nobody has seen one photograph of that day - and that's exactly the way it should be.'

The 11 November 2005 issue of Austrian magazine Woman, featured Madonna on the cover and 8 pages of articles inside. Click to enlarge.

Fans can vote for Madonna in the Best Single (Hung Up), Best Album (Confessions On A Dance Floor) and as Best Solo Artist in the 2005 Virgin Music Awards.

To vote for Madonna visit www.virgin.net/music/awards2005

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com has published a picture of Madonna and UK TV interviewer Dermot O'Leary.

Madonna discusses her documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret with Dermot in an hour long interview to be aired on Sunday 27 November at 11:05pm on Channel 4.

The documentary will air on Thursday 01 December on Channel 4 at 9:00pm.

By moving up 14-7 on The Billboard Hot 100, Madonna's 'Hung Up' (Warner Bros.) generates a great deal of chart news this week. The most important feat is matching Elvis Presley's 36 top 10 hits, the most for any artist in the rock era.

Madonna racked up that tally in 21 years, five months and three weeks, counting back to the week that 'Borderline' peaked in the top 10. Presley scored his 36 top 10 hits in 16 and a half years, from the first week in 1956 that 'Heartbreak Hotel' made the top 10 of the Best Sellers in Stores chart until the week in 1972 when 'Burning Love' entered the top 10.

Madonna is featured in a two page article in the latest edition of OK! magazine (29 November issue 497) looking at her KoKo Nightclub appearance last week.

From Danny:
Madonna reached number one in the flemish single chart with the song Hung Up (last week #2) and the album Confessions on a dancefloor also reached number one in the flemish album charts.
In the french part of Belgium Hung Up is still number one (for his second week) in the single charts and in the album Charts, Confessions On A Dance Floor also reached the number one position.
For both the album charts Madonna already has Gold for the sales!

From Nico:
For the second week Madonna's Hung Up is at the number one in Holland. Confessions On A Dance Floor also debuted at number one here in Holland.

From Thomas:
Confessions On A Dance Floor debuted at #1 this week on the official Danish album sales chart. It has sold gold which means that it has sold at least 20,000 copies. The exact number can be anywhere between 20,000 (gold) and 40,000 (platinum).

From Tore:
The first ever official download chart top 20 saw the light of day this week in Norway. And Madonna is of course #1 here too with 'Hung up', as she is on the official singles chart. But even the forthcoming single 'Sorry' enters the download chart at #16. So the Madonna fever has hit the winter frozen Norwegians once again with full strength :)

Here is a great set of pictures and a quick report from Saturday's G-A-Y concert from madonnalicious visitors Darren and Sarah:

Darren and Sarah here, well the 5 hours queing paid off, we got our wrist bands at 12:30pm! I have to say it was very well organised, thank you to the security staff and G-A-Y staff stopping queue jumpers!
It was awesome, totally great, as you can see from the pictures we got a great view! Thanks Madonna, it was the best £20 ever spent!

Here's great report about how Madonna's Hung Up got the party started from madonnalicious visitor Phil:

I DJ'd at a club last night and it was about 11:30pm and STILL no one was on the dance floor. There was a winter storm here last night so people were crowding the room warming up with drinks and talking. So my co-DJ for the night decided it was time to get these people to dance. He blasted out Hung Up and there was a stampede for the dance floor! People ran to the front and danced their arses off - this also led into a few hours of dancing thanks to Madonna getting it started!

The latest edition of Dutch magazine Revu (23-29 November) features a great Madonna cover with a story entitled: Madonna: Sex and money machine.

The magazine also features a great picture of Madonna and Guy leaving the KoKo show after-party in London last week.

 

Fans in the UK can win one of 25 pairs of tickets to the London premiere on Tuesday 29 November of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret at www.channel4.com

Madonna has sent this Thanksgiving message to her fans via her official website:

On the eve of Thanksgiving, I have many blessings for which I am thankful. High on the list are you, my fans, whose devotion and passion have not gone unnoticed.
Although my career has been filled with many highs, I do not take having a Number One album for granted. Confessions On A Dance Floor was a joy to make but having it debuted at No. 1 all over the world brings that joy to a whole new level.
You may be proud of me but trust me, I could not be more proud and grateful to all of you for your continuous loyalty and support. I wish you all a beautiful Thanksgiving and I give thanks to each and every one of you.

Love, Madonna

Two more UK magazines have put Madonna on the cover of their TV supplements to advertise the UK TV premiere of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret - featured are Closer (26 November - 02 December issue) and hot stars (free with OK! magazine 29 November issue 497). Click on the images to enlarge.

 

As is her wont, Madonna will be stuffing plenty of stockings this holiday season. The Material Girl scored her third consecutive chart-topper with Confessions on a Dancefloor, selling 350,000 copies in the U.S. for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures.
Thanks to a worldwide marketing blitz backed by MTV, the disc opened at number one in 25 countries, including the U.K., Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Australia and despite protests over her invocation of a rabbi in the Kabbalah-inspired track 'Isaac' - Israel. All told, Confessions moved 4 million copies worldwide, per Warner Bros. Records.
The 47-year-old superstar's previous album, American Life, topped the charts in '03 with a substantially fewer 241,000 copies, and the disc became her first not to yield any Top 10 radio hits. Consequently, Madonna went back to her dance pop roots with Confessions and landed another huge radio hit with the ABBA-sampling 'Hung Up,' which also topped the singles chart this week.

Here are some more great fan pictures from G-A-Y concert last Saturday, these pictures were taken by madonnalicious visitor Mark.

 

Now that Australian Idol is over for another year, the show's co-host Andrew G can concentrate on his pet project 'Andrew G's Excellent Adventure', which is set to return to pay TV's Channel [V] on Tuesday 29 November 29 at 5:30pm. G will kick off the show's second season by sitting down with Madonna for what has been described as a very 'candid conversation' about her new album and her enduring career.

Australian fans should check their TV listings as some adverts have been shown stating that the show starts at 9:00pm.

The current edition of UK magazine Hello! (24 November issue 894) features a full page round-up on Madonna's appearance on Parkinson at the beginning of November.

Click on the image to enlarge.

From Anders:
Hung Up is #1 on the official Danish single chart (Hitlisten) and the video is #4 on our version of Top of The Pops, Boogie (Danmarks Radio).

From Craig:
I went to buy my friend a copy of Confessions On A Dance Floor at HMV here in Winnipeg, Canada and not only is it #1 on the shelves, but they're completely sold out! I guess they've under-estimated Madonna's popularity here!

From Jose:
Just to let you know that Madonna is #1 in Spain with Confessions On A Dance Floor in her first week, and is also #1 for a SECOND week with Hung up.

From Josue:
Confessions On A Dance Floor is the Number 1 selling english album in Mexico. The song Hung Up is doing great on the charts and the clubs go crazy everytime the song is played.

From Meister:
I received the official Tower Records Philippines Chart (Tower Records Top 25, Nov.14 - Nov. 20, 2005) from our friends at Warner Music Philippines, listing Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor debuting at #1 here in our country.

From Moises:
I just want to let everybody know that MADONNA has debuted at #1 in Mexico, with her amazing and incredible Confessions On A Dance Floor album!

From Santys:
Confessions On A Dance Floor entered the official sales chart of Argentina at #2!

From Tiago:
Just wanted to say that 'Confessions On a Dance Floor' debuted on number one here in Portugal, reaching Gold certification with 20.000 copies sold! Everybody dances the Hung Up choreography here in Portugal, the teens love her!

This wonderful picture of Madonna hugging the BBC's Children In Need mascot Pudsey Bear was published in the latest edition of UK magazine OK! (29 November issue 497) - the magazine also had a quick chat with Madonna backstage.

When asked if she enjoyed meeting Children In Need's very own Pudsey, she joked: 'I loved meeting him. He's a British institution and I'm hoping to become one too. And I just totally loved Pudsey's bandanna. It's very fashionable, you know.'

The UK magazine Record Collector is looking for Madonna collectors with a wide-ranging knowledge of Madonna's UK releases - most specifically from 1996 up to the present day. A good knowledge of prices will be invaluable!

Update 24 November: Thanks to everyone who emailed Record Collector, they now have all the fans they need for this article!

Today's edition of UK newspaper The Guardian featured a three page article today about Madonna's first UK TV appearance on The Tube way back in 1984.

Madonna has hit #1 with Confessions On A Dance Floor here in the USA, with 344,061 copies sold!
It's her 6th #1 album in the United States. She beat out American Idol Carrie Underwood (who sold 303,000 copies) for the top spot.

The new edition of UK magazine heat (26 November - 02 December issue) features Madonna on the cover of it's TV supplement adverising the UK premiere of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret on Channel 4 on Thursday 01 December at 9:00pm.

Fans in the UK can also catch a new interview by Dermot O'Leary with Madonna on Channel 4 on Sunday 27 November at 11:05pm.

 

From Cristian:
Confessions On A Dance Floor' is #1 in Chile - visit www.feriadeldisco.cl to see the charts.

From Dan:
Hung Up is now #1 in Israel after being the highest new entry last week at #3.

from David:
Madonna's 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' debuts at #1 in Canada with sales of 74,000, easily surpassing the numbers of 2003's 'American Life', which sold 18,000 copies in it's first week.

From Derek:
Hung Up is the #1 single in the German charts for the second week in a row earning a Gold status. Confessions On A Dance Floor entered the charts directly at #1 and is already a Platinum record!

From Pablo:
I want you to know that 'Hung Up' video is #1 on MTV´s Top 10 (ARGENTINA). Everybody loves the song!

madonnalicious visitor Brent took some great pictures on Saturday at G-A-Y.

 

In a key get for the gay and lesbian network, Madonna will be developing a primetime soap for Logo.
It was only a matter of time before a Melrose Place-like series came to Logo - MTV Networks' channel aimed at the gay and lesbian audience - and now gay icon Madonna may be the one catalyzing the process.
According to Daily Variety, Madonna's Maverick TV is working with Logo to create a nighttime soap tentatively titled San Rafael, which is currently in the early stages of development at the network.
Created by Christian McLaughlin and Valerie Ahern, San Rafael will follow the lives, loves and fights of a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered residents sharing an apartment complex.
Maverick TV's Michael Rosenberg will executive produce the new series with the company's Guy Oseary. Maverick TV, a division of Madonna and Oseary's Maverick Films, is also developing One Giant Leap: Neil Armstrong's Stellar American Journey, a mini for Fox TV Studios.

Brimming with utter euphoria and hysteria, the Astoria became the centre of the world for many fans Saturday night; the Queen was due to arrive just past midnight.
Following last week’s 'warmup' gig at Koko (formally known as Camden Palace) Madonna decided to grace the stage at club G-A-Y in London, as a special, appreciative nod to her most loyal and faithful fans: the queers.
For those obsessed and devoted enough to queue up from the early morning to seize a holy purple wristband, the sweat and tears were all worth it to see the diva of all divas....

To read the rest of this great article visit www.uk.gay.com

madonnalicious visitor Ant took some fantastic pictures at G-A-Y on Saturday.

iTunes are offering Madonna's version of the Christmas song Santa Baby as a charity download in aid of the Special Olympics.

The latest issues of Italian magazine L'Uomo Vogue and French magazine Paris Match which both feature Madonna cover and articles are now available to buy in the UK - check out your local newsagents!

 

Madonna's HUng Up was number 1 for th third time on MTV's TRL yesterday.
Fans can keep voting for Madonna at www.mtv.com

And fans should also vote for the Queen Of Pop at CNN.com

madonnalicious visitor Rob has sent in these pictures he took at G-A-Y.

 

 

It's been a close race all week between the ladies, but it looks like age and experience trumps all, as Warner Bros.’ Madonna edges her way to the top of tomorrow's chart.
Our happy number-crunchers here at HITS predict that Maddy, now a respected elder stateswoman amongst the divas, will sell 340k, beating out American Idol winner Carrie Underwood’s Arista/RMG debut release, which our crunchers predict will sell 300 to 310k, putting her way above the predicted #3 winner - Mariah Carey, who should sell between 175 and 180k copies of a new expanded version (complete with DVD) of her The Emancipation of Mimi.

Madonna is on the cover of the latest issue of the German version of Rolling Stone magazine.

The magazine features a vintage shot of Madonna from the Erotica period and contains a large article inside.

Madonna has scored a single and album at the top of the charts three times now.
Spending three weeks simultaneously number one in 1986 with single Papa Don’t Preach and album True Blue, Two weeks in 1989 with the Like A Prayer single and album, and completing her hat trick this week with Hung Up remaining atop the singles chart, while Confessions On A Dancefloor storms to the top of the album chart with first week sales of 217,610.
G4, Oasis, Coldplay, Robbie Williams and Westlife have all had bigger first weeks in 2005 but Confessions On A Dancefloor is Madonna’s first album ever to open with sales of more than 200,000, beating her previous best first week of 151,891, set by Music in 2000. Her most recent number one album, American Life, sold just 65,013 when it debuted in pole position in 2003.
Confessions On A Dancefloor is Madonna’s ninth number one album in total, the only solo artist with more being Elvis Presley, with 10, while the next highest tally for a female solo artist is five for Celine Dion.
Madonna first topped the album chart on 21 September 1985, with Like A Virgin, so Confessions On A Dancefloor extends her span of number ones to more than 20 years - good, but not good enough to take the record for a female solo artist from Barbra Streisand, who span is nearly 23 years.

Here are some more pictures from G-A-Y - taken by madonnalicious visitor Ronnie.

From Fredrik:
Confessions On A Dance Floor sold more than 60,000 units in its first week in Sweden, earning a platinum certification!

From Gillian:
Madonna's single Hung Up debuted at number 13 in New Zealand in it's first week on the chart!

From Juha:
Hung Up is number ONE in Finland's official single chart list this week, and Confessions On A Dance Floor is number #2 in official album chart list.
Confessions On A Dance Floor has sold gold already in Finland within the first week. This means 15,000 sales (to give the right perspective, in Finland there's only 5,5 million people in our whole country).

From Kent:
Wonderful news from Denmark. Madonna is #1 on the Top 20 Air Play chart. Last week she entered the chart as #14 and now she´s #1.

From madder10:
In Italy Confessions On A Dance Floor debuted straight at no.1, while Hung Up spends a second week at no.1 in the single sales chart.

from Tes:
Just wanted to let you know that Madonna's single 'Hung Up' is #1 in the Croatian charts!

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror featured Madonna on page 3 looking at her contrasting outfits she wore for Children In Need and G-A-Y.

Madonna has been nominated in the category of International Female Artist of the Year in the NRJ Awards which are due to take place in France on Saturday 21 January 2006 - fans can vote for Madonna at www.nrjmusicawards.nrj.fr

Madonna is in danger of loosing the CNN online poll asking Who is today's real Queen Of Pop? to Mariah Carey - make sure you vote for Madonna here.

Here are some more great fan pictures from G-A-Y, these pictures were taken by madonnalicious visitor Nrthnrugger.

UK music retailer HMV have already listed Sorry as Madonna's second single from Confessions On A Dance Floor, and given it a release date of 20 February 2006!

You can check it out here, but remember that dates are always subject to change!

Madonna is featured on the cover of the latest edition of David Atlanta magazine (16 November issue) a publication devoted to gay men and women in the Atlanta, Georgia region of the US. For more information visit www.davidatlanta.com

From Annika:
Madonna went straight to no 1 in both the Swedish singles chart and album chart (issue week: 46) with 'Hung up' and 'Confessions On A Dance Floor'.

From Dan:
'Confessions On A Dance Floor' is No.1 in the UK Album Charts and 'Hung Up' is No.1 in the Top 40 for a second week, No.1 in the Download Chart for a third week and No.1 in the Dance Singles chart for a second week.

From Joona:
In Finland Hung Up went straight to number 1 spot on the single chart. And, although Confessions On A Dance Floor hasn't entered the album chart yet, since it was released less than a week ago, it has sold gold (15,000 copies).

From Orli:
Madonna is now number one in the official Bulgarian air-play chart!

From Tore:
Madonna goes straight in at #1 in Norway with her new album 'Confessions On A Dance Floor'. This is her fourth consecutive #1 album (if we not include the 'GHV2' best of-album) and fifth in total. 'Hung up' is still #1 on the singles chart in its third week.

madonnalicious visitor Jacqui sent in this great picture of Madonna taking a quick drink break during her show at G-A-Y on Saturday.

Madonna has added to her singles chart success by also seeing her Confessions On A Dance floor top the UK album chart.
The singer held on to her place at the top of the UK singles charts for the second week with dance track Hung Up.
In the album charts, Madonna denied 90s pop stars Take That's Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection the top spot.

Last night at the Astoria Theatre in London Madonna graced the stage at the Astoria for G-A-Y and put on one of her most outstanding live shows....ever.

madonnalicious was lucky enough to be there and here is our report of the show:

The Astoria is packed out with a good crowd of fans, all waiting for the Queen Of Pop to arrive. For first-timers at the venue, most cannot believe how small it is and how close they will be to Madonna.

As the crowd wait for the show to start, fans were treated to a selection of Madonna's hits....the first line of Who's That Girl? is played and then dramatically stops....the band arrives on stage and the music starts....Madonna is about to appear on stage (and on time no less!). The crowd starts chanting MA-DONN-A, MA-DONN-A and stamping their feet with encouragement from Steve the drummer.

Thanks to Giuseppe for the above pictures of Madonna's entrance.

The background video screens reveal Madonna in a glitter ball, wearing shocking pink hotpants and a pink leather jacket, she walks downstage and with her dancers launches into an energetic version of Hung Up. She looks fantastically fit tonight.

During the song she takes off her sunglasses and throws them into the crowd!

After the song she talks to the crowd, sounding very American, telling fans that the Camden Palace (KoKo) concert was just a warm-up for this show, this show is going to kick the Camden Palace show's arse!

She asks the crowd if they like her new record, YES! all the fans scream, then she says 'Good, I made that record for you f*ckers!'

By now the leather jacket was off and so was the pink top, revealing just a pink vintage leotard.

Madonna was very chatty and cheeky with the crowd last night, she complained that she was oxygen deprived and that we were all stealing her oxygen.

The Astoria was very hot and Madonna joked: 'Aren't you guys hot! I should have worn my bathing suit, oh wait....I did!'

Teasing fans, she said she wouldn't start her next song until all the front row took their shirts off, of course they complied but started throwing the shirts onstage to which Madonna replied: 'No, no don't throw them at me, they're a bit smelly!'

Her performances of Get Together and I Love New York were also energetic, she seemed to be getting such a buzz off the crowd who were loving every moment of this.

Introducing I Love New York she said: 'I apologize about the title of the next song. You all know I live here now and I love the UK, and I Love New York is just a figure of speech. I f*cking love London! Because the best fans are here in London!'

Thanks to Neil from www.tragicyetdignified.blogspot.com for the above pictures.

Her performance of Let It Will Be was one of the highlights of the night, with fantastic electronic images flashing on the catwalk, Madonna writhed and gave her all in this song, the fans in the front row could even reach out and touch her.

Somehow some water had got onto the catwalk, so Madonna spoke to the crowd: 'Who threw water on my stage? Do you want me to hurt myself? Who did it? Was it you? Put out your hand! (A fan puts out his hand, and she playfully slaps it). You are naughty!'

The comes the final song Everybody, the dancers return and balloons are released, unfortunately there are a too many balloons and Madonna and her dancers get engulfed in them, leaving the dancers (and Madonna) trying to kick them off stage.

Just as the fans think the show is over....suddenly she starts singing Jump, the crowd finally go insane and start jumping to the song, it is a fantastic surprise and a great finish....with that she is gone, with a quiet 'Thank you' from Madonna once she is off-stage.

Here are the first press pictures from Madonna's outstanding performance last night at G-A-Y in London.

News channel CNN are conducting an online poll to find out Who is today's real Queen Of Pop? - you can vote for Madonna here (scroll halfway down the page).

Here are scans from The Observer Music Monthly magazine, which was free with today's edition of UK newspaper The Observer - click on the images to enlarge.

From abay85:
Confessions On A Dance Floor has just debuted at #1 on the official album charts in Australia, with gold certification in it's first week!

From Alexander:
Hung Up has hit the Hong Kong Official airplay chart, Hong Kong top 10, at #1. It also hits the Taiwan and Singapore airplay chart at the #1 position.

From Carlos:
Madonna is #6 in Mexico, she is going up with Hung Up, this is first week she entered in the Top Ten. Please support Madonna on Alfa Radio at alfaradio.com.mx and the Hung Up Video on www.mtvla.com

From Patrick:
I just wanted to let you know that Hung Up is #1 on the US Itunes Store, as is Confessions On A Dance Floor! Billboard also currently lists Confessions On A Dance Floor as #16 on the Top Electronic Albums Chart.

From Ron:
For the second week the 'Hung Up' single is #1 in the Dutch Top40 and Download Top20 and 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' entered the albums chart at #1.

From Rosanna:
Hung Up enters the Swiss Single Charts this week at NUMBER ONE. It is her 8th number one hit in Switzerland!

From Thijs:
Just to let you know that Confessions On A Dance Floor debuted at #1 in the official Dutch Album Top 100 :-)

Fans in the UK should make sure they pick up a copy of The Observer newspaper today as their magazine supplement The Observer Music Monthly features Madonna on the cover and a nine page article inside.

Fans have been queuing since the early hours of this morning to pick up a wristband for Madonna's show at G-A-Y in London tonight.

madonnalicious can reveal that Madonna will be singing five songs (Hung Up, Get Together, I Love New York, Let It Will Be), and the fifth and last song may not necessarily be Everybody (which she performed at KoKo) but another song instead!

A large mirror ball has been placed outside the Astoria, and fans that have got their wristbands are already queuing at the venue.

Thanks to Shah for the picture of the wristband.

madonnalicious visitor Josh has sent in this great news about Hung Up:

Madonna's new single 'Hung Up' is number one on all the official charts in Britain, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia.
This means Hung Up is also number one on the world singles chart!

A download is now available of Madonna's second appearance on the BBC Children In Need charity show - in this part she performs Get Together.

BBC Children In Need - Get Together - Broadcast 18 November (WMV) - 5:41 sec - 30.5Mb
Click on the link - choose FREE - then scroll to the bottom of the page - wait for the download ticket

Madonna has entered the UK singles chart at Number 1 with 'Hung Up.' In doing so, she has secured her 54th Top 10 hit and overtaken Paul McCartney - including his tally with The Beatles, Wings and various other guises. Though both artists trail somewhat behind Elvis' 76 and Cliff's 65 Top 10 hits, they are an elite group; no other artists have had 50 or more Top 10 hits.

Other significant Madonna chart facts....

Longest span of Number 1 singles for a female solo artist:
In hitting number one this week, Madonna also breaks a record hitherto held by Kylie Minogue. Madonna's chart-toppers now span 20 Years, 3 Months, 16 Days (from 'Into The Groove', 3rd Aug 1985 to 'Hung Up', 19th Nov 2005 - ie. a total span of 1059 weeks).
Kylie Minogue is on 15 Years, 9 Months, and 23 Days (ie. 825 weeks from 'I Should Be So Lucky', 23rd Jan 1988 to 'Slow'; 15th Nov 2003).

Most Top 40 hits for a female solo artist:
Madonna stretches her lead here too. 'Hung Up' is her 59th Top 40 hit, pulling away from the previous record holder, Dina Ross (56 hits) - though Ross also has nine uncredited Top 40 hits with the Supremes and Madonna has one with Nick Kamen.

Most weeks spent on The Top 40 by a female solo artist:
This is Madonna's 437th week on the Top 40 - easily more than any other female artist (though a way behind Elvis' record of 1041!)

Most number 1's by a female solo artist:
Only six acts in chart history have got into double figures with their tally of chart-toppers. Madonna is the only woman to do so, 'Hung Up' being her 11th number one.
The other artists are Elvis Presley (21), The Beatles (17), Cliff Richard (14), Westlife (13) and The Shadows (11).

Female solo artist with most weeks at Number 1:
This is Madonna's 22nd week at the top; more than any other solo woman (though a way behind Elvis' 80 weeks and The Beatles 69 weeks).

Fans can now download Madonna's first appearance on Children In Need tonight where she performed Hung Up and talked to show host Terry Wogan.

BBC Children In Need - Hung Up - Broadcast 18 November (WMV) - 5:13 sec - 30.8Mb
Click on the link - choose FREE - then scroll to the bottom of the page - wait for the download ticket

Here are some great pictures that madonnalicious visitor Phil took of Madonna performing at her KoKo concert on Tuesday.

 

 

From Alex:
Madonna enters the German Singles Charts this week at the top spot! It's her third number one Single in Germany after 'La Isla Bonita' and 'American Pie'.

From Danny:
The song Hung Up is now number 2 in the official top 50 sales chart (Flemish side), the album Confesions On A Dance Floor is a new entrance on number 3 in the album charts (Flemish side).
On the French part of Belgium the song Hung up is NUMBER 1 in the official top 40 sales chart, and in the French part of Belgium Confessions On A Dance Floor is also a new entrance at number 4.

From DS:
Hung Up is #1 on the US iTunes chart again and Confessions On A Dance Floor has been #1 since its release Tuesday.

From Kimmo:
Please request/vote Hung up. Hung up is doing well in Finland - but we need little bit more airplay, please vote at Kissfm and Ylex

Here are the first pictures from Madonna's performance of Hung Up on BBC's Children In Need, Madonna appeared much earlier than expected so fans should stayed tuned in case she appears unexpectedly again!

Madonna just finished rehearsing for her two performances tonight on the BBC charity program Children In Need:

She is wearing the same sparkly dress that she wore on Star Academy.

She will be performing Hung Up and Get Together live.

She has her full band behind her, but no dancers this time.

A stylist came and offered her a large ring to wear which she put on her middle finger and waved round giving the stylist the finger. Then she took the ring off, obviously not that keen on it!

Madonna featured on her first ever magazine cover from Jordan in the October 2005 issue of VIVA - thanks to Evan at www.KingdomtoMadonna.com for the scan.

A little-known Belgian songwriter has won a plagiarism case against Madonna.
A local court subsequently banned the megastar's song Frozen from sale or broadcast in the country.
'The judge has ruled Madonna must withdraw from sales all remaining disks, and orders that TV and radio can no longer play Frozen,' property rights lawyer Victor-Vincent Dehin told VRT television.
Dehin represented the songwriter Salvatore Acquaviva. No damages were set.
Madonna's record companies risk a fine if they fail to pull the song within 15 days, Belgian media reports said.
Acquaviva said Madonna's 1998 hit resembled the French-language song he wrote in 1993 entitled Ma vie fout le camp.
Lawyers representing Madonna's record companies have denied the accusation. The London-based singer can appeal the ruling.

On Sunday 20 November, UK newspaper the The Observer will feature Madonna on the cover of it's magazine supplement, The Observer Music Monthly.

The cover features another stunning photograph by Steven Klein.

Madonna as you've never seen her before. the singing sensation gets personal when she agrees to videotape her everyday life for ABC News - starting with good morning kisses from her kids and her first cup of coffee and breakfast to private workout sessions and getting ready for a night on the town to promote her new album.
Madonna also talks candidly to Cynthia McFadden about her recent fall off of a horse and her road to recovery; recent headline making comments in her documentary, her religion and her new dance album.
The report airs on 'PRIMETIME' on THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER (9:00-11:00pm E.T.) on the ABC Television Network.

Visit abcnews.go.com/Primetime/ to watch a small preview from the show.

madonnalicious would like to remind fans about Madonna's show this Saturday 19 November at G-A-Y. If you have a pre-sale voucher you will be able to get your wristband at 10:30am from the G-A-Y Bar on Old Compton Street in Soho.

If you do not have a voucher you will be able to buy any remaining wristbands at Midday. However you are advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Madonna has promised a spectacular show to an intimate audience of just 2000 fans. Don't miss it!

Even today, Madonna feels the pain. No, we're not talking about her horseback-riding accident, but rather the ­reelection of President Bush.
'I was just frigging devastated,' she recalls. 'It was a real sad day. I don't get how people can have all these facts and still turn away from them.' But FEMA's failure in New Orleans gives her hope that voters now see him as nakedly as, say, she was in her 1992 book, 'Sex.' She tells Rolling Stone: '9/11 was too ambiguous. You couldn't prove how the government was somehow in on the deal....You could say, 'Oh, that's just Michael Moore'....New Orleans was undeniable irresponsibility.'
She's more charitable toward Tom Cruise. '(Tom and I are) both in the take-a-lot-of-sh*t club together,' says Her Madgesty, who feels they're both persecuted for their fringe faiths.
'I don't really know what Scientology is,' says the dedicated kabbalist. 'But I don't think anybody else knows, either. They need to shut the (bleep) up.'
She also forgives husband Guy Ritchie for the behavior he displays in her documentary 'I'm Going to Tell You a Secret,' in which we see him slapping her behind, missing her concerts and boring her with his pub songs.
'I feel like we are sort of the Honeymooners, only I'm the Jackie Gleason character,' she tells interviewer Neil Strauss. 'Obviously, he irritates me on a significant basis, as everyone's significant other does.'
Meanwhile, remember last month when Jon Bon Jovi scolded Madonna for exposing her kids to the prying media at movie openings? Madonna's rep Liz Rosenberg told us at the time, 'Madonna has never brought her children to a film premiere.'
So what were Madge and daughter Lourdes doing at the recent London premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'? Rosenberg argues that it was Lourdes' first premiere, 'as far as I know,' and that she's 'a huge Harry Potter fan.'
She adds that Madonna even got a letter from pediatric legend Dr. Benjamin Spock's widow, Mary, 'applauding (her) for the wonderful way she raises her children. So there, Mr. Bon Jovi.'

Thanks to Evan at www.KingdomtoMadonna.com for the scan

It is looking like a very close contest between Madonna and Carrie Underwood for the top spot on the US album chart according to this report from HitsDailyDouble:

A pair of potentially big records from female singers from different generations streeted yesterday, with Madonna holding a slight lead over Carrie Underwood in the early going. Right now, the Material Girl’s Warner Bros. album is looking like 325k-350k, while the J/RMG debut from the 2005 American Idol winner is trending at 300k-325k.
That said, let us not forget that the CMA (Country Music) Awards were telecast last night, with Underwood singing her current Country hit, 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' and the phenomenon that industryites have dubbed 'the CMA factor' makes this race too close to call, considering said factor could easily sweep young Carrie to 350k or beyond.

Madonna is on the cover of the latest issue of Spanish magazine Shangay Express (14-28 November issue 271) - click on the images to enlarge and read the article.

From Andre:
I just learned that Confessions On A Dance Floor was made Album of the Year on the front page of German download site www.one4music.de

From Balazs:
Hung Up has two #1s on Hungarian charts! (MAHASZ is the Hungarian version of Billboard). Hung Up has debuted at #1 on Hungarian Single Sales Chart.
Hung Up is the most played song in Hungarian radios. So it's #1 on MAHASZ Editor's Choice Radio Top 40!

From Christopher:
Madonna was #1 on TRL today! Let's keep her video on the top now.
Keep voting at www.mtv.com/onair/trl/vote

From DS:
After falling to #27 last week, Madonna's Hung Up has risen to #14 this week in the US Billboard Charts. Hung Up is back to #2 on the US version of iTunes as well!

From Guillaume:
Madonna's Hung up is #1 in France and is the first artist since the 19 June who sends that 'Crazy Frog' song to #2!

From Kevin:
Keep voting for Madonna at www.muchmoremusic.com/top10/ as she is currently only in second place.

From Kevin, Sean and Roy:
Madonna's 'Hung Up' is #1 in Israel! Check out www.israel-chart.com

From Ludomado:
Vote for the Hung Up video at www.mcm.net/programmes/hit-mcm

From Rainer:
Hung Up - from zero to #1 in the official Austrian single sales charts!

From Ste:
Hung Up debuted straight at #1 in the Italian singles sales chart, and midweek figures say her album is set to be #1 next week.

Here is the UK press reaction to Madonna's performance at the KoKo nightclub in London last night - featured newspapers are Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Record, Daily Star and the Evening Standard.

 

 

Visit news.bbc.co.uk to read a great article about the KoKo concert last night.

Madonna, Lourdes and Rocco are the cover stars of the latest issue of the Italian edition of Vanity Fair magazine.

The picture featured on the cover was originally published in the August 2005 issue of US Vogue.

Madonna turned back the years with a one-off gig for just hundreds of fans at the same spot where she first performed in Britain 22 years ago.
The 47-year-old star launched her new album, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor,' in front of 1,500 people at London's Koko Club.
The undersize venue - formerly known as the Camden Palace - was where Madonna gave her first live UK performance in June 1983.
Fans camped out for more than 24 hours to get into the club - once an old-style theatre played by Charlie Chaplin and where the BBC, in the 1950s, recorded the Goon Show. Most of the crowd consisted of contest winners.
When she last performed at the north London venue - two miles from London's center - she was an unknown singer who had just released the underground U.S. club hit 'Everybody.'
In 2005 the gig by the woman dubbed 'Queen of Pop' was described by British media 'the hottest ticket in town.' Of the 1,500-strong audience, 200 had queued overnight in freezing temperatures to bag the last batch of free tickets.
British newspapers admitted to being star-struck.
'She is still the Dancing Queen - live and at her glittering best,' said the Times.
'Pelvic thrusts, high kicks....they went wild,' said the Daily Mail calling the show 'noisy, panting and mildly pornographic.'
'Never let it be said Madonna doesn't work for her millions,' said The Guardian, adding that the star 'is certainly one of the few forty something women on earth who could stand onstage playing air guitar.'
Four of Madonna's songs were tracks from the new album, including her current and 11th number one hit 'Hung Up.'
The fifth was 'Everybody' - the song that started it all.
She told the audience: 'The last time I played Camden Palace was 22 years ago. It was my first show in London and I've got to tell you it's so f...ing great to be back.'
Among the crowd were celebrities including Stella McCartney, Bob Geldof and his daughter Peaches, and Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant.
The club was a far cry from the huge venues Madonna normally plays - her last London performance was at Live 8 in the capital's Hyde Park before tens of thousands.
After arriving on stage 40 minutes late, Madonna emerged from a giant glitter ball to sing the first number dressed in an all-purple ensemble of jacket, velvet pedal pushers and knee-high boots.
She took off her jacket to reveal a tight vest and when one fan threw his shirt at the stage she remonstrated: "Don't throw your clothes at me - I took my shirt off, I don't want to put another one on.'
'Confessions on a Dance Floor' is a return to Madonna's disco roots and she performed with a four-piece band dressed in Saturday Night Fever-style white suits. Introducing her last song, 'Everybody,' she referred to the riding accident three months ago when she suffered three cracked ribs, telling the crowd: 'I feel like I'm really out of shape right now, I don't like falling off horses, so I'm going to do one more song.'
One of the new songs she performed was 'I Love New York' - a title which prompted her to apologize to the audience at the north London club. She explained: 'This next song is called 'I Love New York.' But I love London too - if I didn't, why do you think I'd live here? I wrote a song about New York because New York for me was about survival. It is more a state of mind than a place.'
And she added: 'I want to thank all of my fans who camped out all night in the freezing cold so they could see me. That's what I'm talking about. That's a New York state of mind.'
The gig was broadcast live on the Internet to a worldwide audience.
British media were quick to point out that the performance was also a chance for Madonna to prove she could sing live.
Elton John sparked a war of words at the Q Awards when he accused her of lip-synching during her last tour - a charge she denies.
According to The Guardian, this was no place to find the answer. Wrote its reviewer: 'A guttural scream in the middle of 'I Love New York' certainly suggests that her microphone is switched on, but, in reality, no one comes to see Madonna in a venue this small in order to marvel at her vocal prowess.'

Madonna's current single 'Hung Up' has broken another record, it is the most often downloaded single ever with 30,000 downloads in the first week of sale.
No other track was ever downloaded (legally) that much before. Robbie Williams hit 'Trippin' was the former highest download with 18,572 downloads.

The latest issue of heat magazine (19-25 November edition) features two pieces on Madonna - one on her 'comeback' the other an album review.

 

Fans who missed Madonna's show at KoKo last night can watch an on demand stream on AOL at www.music.aol.com/network_live/concert_videos/madonna/live

Fans who watched the CSI: New York episode last week which featured Hung Up, may also have noticed that Lourdes' father, Carlos Leon, was one of the guest star actors in the show.

A denim jacket Madonna wore in her 1983 photoshoot by Marcus Leatherdale is going to be auction in New York City.

For more details visit christies.com

There is going to be a Madonna day on TV (Channel C4) on Sunday 20 November in New Zealand to celebrate her upcoming Confessions On A Dance Floor album, which is released in New Zealand on Monday 21 November.
For nine hours straight they’re going to show all the Madonna videos ever made and also the Ciao Italia concert plus there will be a contest to win great Madonna stuff! Don’t miss out!

Here are the first press pictures from the KoKo concert last night:

This Friday 18 November, Club Blender in Århus is throwing the biggest Confessions On A Dance Floor release party. The evening will be hosted by DJs Tonny L & Danny Nova. The whole night will be nothing but Madonna songs, while drinking special custom made Madonna drinks and watching her performances and videos on a big screen next to the bar. The event is sponsered by her danish record label who were generous enough to donate lots of COADF goodies for the fans.

Well done to all the fans who voted last month in the Rolling Stone online poll for who should be their December cover star....Madonna won!

Here is the stunning picture (shot by Steven Klein) which graces the cover.

You can read the article How Madonna Got Her Groove Back online at www.rollingstone.com

This issue will be onsale from Friday 18 November.

Members of Madonna's official fanclub ICON can now download the Confessions On A Dance Floor bonus track called Super Pop.

Members should login to www.iconmadonna.com and visit the NEWS section to download the track.

madonnalicious visitor Mirco took these pictures showing the KoKo Nightclub is ready for Madonna's performance tonight.
Madonna's name is up on the venue, a projection of her album cover is being beamed onto the surrounding buildings, and the pavements are stickered.

Fans can watch the show live online at music.aol.com at 10:00pm (GMT)

 

A party is planned tonight at the Kabaret Prophecy club in Central London for Madonna and her friends after the KoKo concert in Camden.

The latest edition of US magazine Star (21 November issue) features Madonna on the cover and a two-page article inside on how Madonna's Body Rock!

According to the UK midweek sales chart, Madonna's album Confessions On A Dance Floor is selling three times more than her competitors and is headed for the #1 slot.

Her single Hung Up is still doing very well and is expected to stay at number one for a second week.

Tonight's edition of London newspaper the Evening Standard featured an article on tonight's KoKo concert and the fans who had camped overnight to get tickets to the show.

Madonna's first single, 'Hung Up' from 'Confessions On A Dance Floor,' is a No. 1 smash all over the world, which bodes well for the album itself, in stores now. The Queen of Pop has been triumphant in every European appearance where she promotes the CD. Riots, fainting fans, desperate photographers. Just like the good old days.
Today AOL/Network Live is airing Webcasts of M's mini-concert appearance at London's Koko, and Friday 'Good Morning America' and 'Primetime' offer an in-depth interview with the singer, shot in her N.Y.C. apartment. Hard to believe it's been 21 years since I looked at the cover of Time magazine and asked, 'Who's that girl?'

Madonna is set to play live back at the London club where she first wowed British fans 22 years ago.
The self-styled Queen of Pop will play five songs at the Koko Club - formerly the Camden Palace - where she gave her first live UK performance in 1983.
The songs, taken from her new album Confessions On A Dance Floor, mark a return to the singer's disco roots.
She will appear before an invited audience of 1,500 fans, made up mainly of competition winners.
When Madonna made her debut at the club she was an unknown singer who had just released the underground US club hit Everybody.
Now, with her 11th UK number one Hung Up, the 47-year-old is the world's biggest female artist, selling more than 200 million albums.
The audience will be made up of competition winners from BBC Radio 1 but fans will still be able to log-on to the mini concert, which will be broadcast live on the internet.

The latest issues of UK magazines Hello! (17 November issue 893) and OK! (15 November issue 495) both feature large articles on the MTV European Music Awards.

From Juan:
Hung Up is number 15 at the Oficial Argentinian Chart, this chart is just based on radio and TV play.

From Liam:
Just to let you know Madonna's single 'Hung Up' has stormed to the #1 position in South Africa.

Confessions On A Dance Floor Reviews:

New York Times

Rolling Stone

USA Today

A quick reminder for UK fans, the December 2005 issue of Tatler magazine with a Madonna cover and article in now available to buy in shops.

The magazine also features some previously unseen Steven Klein Confessions On A Dance Floor photographs.

AOL will be streaming a LIVE performance from Madonna's CD release party in London tomorrow night Tuesday Nov 15th at 5:00pm ET. Best of all, it's free! You don't even have to be a member. Don't miss this exclusive performance! A link will be available here: http://music.aol.com/artist/main.adp?artistid=64565

Recently, Anthony Kiedis, Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman, interviewed Madonna via AIM. Visit: http://music.aol.com/artists/aim_celebrity_interview/madonna

This afternoon BBC Radio 1 announced that 200 tickets will be available to the first 200 fans in the queue for the show at KoKo tomorrow night.

Reports are coming in that fans are already waiting in line, and that they will have to wait there until 6:00pm tomorrow when the tickets are given out

madonnalicious is trying to get more information on this at the moment.

Madonna is on the front cover of the November 2005 issue of Italian magazine L'UOMO VOGUE, the magazine article features many previously unseen photographs from the Steven Klein shot Confessions.... portfolio.

aVoir-aLire (In French)

Entertainment Weekly

New York Times

Time Magazine

Attention Inland Empire Madonna Fans! Oasis Nightclub in Upland is hosting A Madonna Album Release Party on Saturday 19 November.
DJ Wes, a huge Madonna supporter, is the organzizer, and always does a great job!
Check out www.oasis-nightclub.com/calendar for more information.

madonnalicious visitor Ray has sent in this message for fans in Munich:

There will be a Confessions On A Dance Floor Release party in Munich, Germany for Madonnas new album, but first I need to know how many people will come!
So you like to come just send me an e-mail to caimunchen@arcor.de with your name on it. All information about the party will be send back in few days.

Fans in Atlanta can celebrate the new album on Wednesday 16 November at Mary's.
Check out www.marysatlanta.com for more details.

Fans in Fresno can take party at the Madonna Madness 3 event on Thursday 17 November - for more information visit www.madonnamadness.com

 

Fans in Toronto may have seen this lConfessions On A Dance Floor promotional limo driving around downtown.

From Anthony:
Rochester NY is the 4th largest city in New York State, and I need help in getting Madonna played at our home radio station, 98 WPXY. For those of you with free long distance call (585)222-9800, or email the following DJ's: for the morning show, email hottie Sandy Waters at Sandy@98pxy.com, Noon show Mayor Pete Kenedy at Pete@98pxy.com, Cool Mike Danger at Danger@98pxy.com, evening show, talk to Kasper at Kasper@98pxy.com

From Artem:
Madonna is #1 in the Russian radio charts again. It is her 15th #1 in Russia.

From Derek: <