Fans should tune into Radio 1 NOW as it has just been announced that they are going to premiere Madonna's new single Hung Up during the Pete Tong show which airs from 6:.00-9:00pm tonight. Listen online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/

madonnalicious is unsure whether this will be the actual single or a remix of it.

UPDATE: The song aired just after 8:30pm (UK time) and was infact a Stuart Price dub remix version of the single.

It has been confirmed in a newsletter from Madonna's official German website www.madonnamusic.de that Madonna will appear on German TV show Wetten Dass...? on Saturday 05 November to promote her new single Hung Up.

Unfortunately for fans, tickets to watch the recording of the show were allocated back in August.

Here are some more pictures of Madonna as she leaves her gym in North London.

UK music magazine Q lists the Top 50 Essential Downloads for November, Madonna's new single Hung Up is included in the list at number 5, and the release of Madonna's back catalogue on iTunes prompts the magazine to put Like A Prayer in at number 6:

5. Hung Up
The return of disco-Madonna. Who else is shameless enough to sample Abba's Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) and get away with it?

6. Like A Prayer
As it is the way these days, a new single means the sudden appearance of the back catalogue on iTunes. If you don't own this gospel pop belter already, what's wrong with you?

The November 2005 issue of UK music magazine Q is now available in stores and features a free CD of cover versions of John Lennon songs by various musicians. Madonna's live performance of Imagine from the Tsunami Aid benefit in January this year is featured on the CD.
Note, it is now apparent this is not from the Tsunami Aid concert, but sounds like it was recorded during one of the Re-Invention tour shows last year.

Here are scans of the credits for Madonna's Imagine from inside the CD, and the small piece on the track from inside the magazine.

Note: The magazine comes in two different versions with two different CDs, however Madonna's version of Imagine is featured on BOTH CDs.

During his concert in Paris last night, UK popstar Robbie Williams, performed a Madonna medley. He performed parts of Into The Groove and Vogue, but it was his acapella version of part of Like A Virgin that sent the crowd wild! He also did the full American Life and called Madonna an 'old woman....but a good old one!'

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Star featured another article about Madonna's car attracting the attention of parking wardens outside her North London gym - click on the image to read the article.

Although Madonna's name was not mentioned in the list of acts announced at the MTV European Music Awards press conference earlier this week, madonnalicious has been informed that fans should listen out for an exciting announcement from MTV regarding Madonna and her participation at the awards very soon!

Here are some pictures of Madonna outside her North London gym earlier this week.

For an album that is not due for release for over another month, Madonna's latest offering Confessions On A Dancefloor is doing very well in pre-orders on online retailer store Amazon - it is currently ranked at #51 in the music sales chart.

The US music industry trade magazine Hits featured this small piece on the appointment of Madonna's new manager:
Madonna has a new manager - Guy Oseary. The two have been close since Maverick came into being in conjunction with Freddy DeMann way back at the dawn of the ’90s, but this new arrangement is likely to test their relationship as never before considering that it comes at a time when her recording career has peaked. On the other hand, Madonna’s touring business is as big as ever—her last tour was tremendously successful. Warner Bros. has an album scheduled for this fall that is said to be a return to her roots in feel-good dance music, with a new single impacting soon. Oseary’s management partner is Angela Becker.

Today's edition of the MSNBC.com Jeannette Walls Gossip Column repeated the news published yesterday on madonnalicious about MTV possibly airing the tour documentary:

The buzz is that Madonna's documentary 'I'm Going To Tell You A Secret' may debut on MTV....

madonnalicious has also found out from two separate MTV sources that 'This is going to be a DVD Special that MTV will be acquiring to air on the channel in the US. This will be similar to the Truth or Dare special.'

No other information is available at this moment unfortunately even from the MTV programming department.

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror features a new picture of Madonna at her North London gym as her car nearly got a parking ticket!

News is coming through of another release date for the much anticipated Re-Invention tour DVD. Retailers in Canada have been informed that the DVD is scheduled for release in April 2006, although no other details have been issued.

US TV and Cable listings site www.tv-now.com has just published the monthly schedule for October 2005.
Several Madonna movies are listed but interestingly there is one film called Madonna: Secret which is due to be shown on MTV at 10:00pm on Friday 21 October and is 120 minutes long. Could this be the world premiere of Madonna's tour documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret?

Adding extra interest to this news is the fact that back in August MTV premiered a small clip from the documentary during the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show....maybe they were giving us a hint of things to come!

The UK press and music media will get to listen and review Madonna's new album on Thursday 20 October. Soon after that date fans should hear what the press think!

Madonna and Guy were snapped as they left their Paris hotel on Friday 23 September after spending the night before in Paris at the premiere of Revolver.

Entertainment Weekly have published a feature on the 10 Albums We Can't Wait To Hear, Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dancefloor is of course included:

Why is someone whose last album contained an embarrassing rap about a roomful of Pilates hotties on this list? Easy: We know better than to underestimate Madonna's ability to craft dazzling pop. Her latest album trades folktronica for high-octane, hook-savvy dance music, as evidenced by the ABBA-sampling first single, 'Hung Up,' a throbbing blend of Giorgio Moroder, New Order, and fun-loving Ciccone youth.

Here is the invitation to the opening night of the Madonna Nudes 1979 photographic exhibition taking place in Adelaide, Australia.

Level 3 @ miss gladys sym choon
235a Rundle St Adelaide 5000
Ph: 08 8223 1500

The exhibition runs from Thursday 29 September to 11 October.

Today's edition of UK newspaper The Sun featured an article stating that Madonna will be touring Japan during her next world tour.
They also state she is due to appear on US TV shows Oprah, Ellen, The Today Show and David Letterman to promote her new album Confessions On A Dancefloor.
The newspaper also states that Madonna will be appearing at the European MTV Awards in November in Portugal performing her new single Hung Up.

Greek newspaper TA NEA featured this article today on Confessions On A Dancefloor and the Abba sample in Hung Up. Stuart Price's appearance at the Billboard summit last week was also featured. Click to enlarge and read.

A press conference for the MTV European Music Awards will take place tomorrow.
There has been rumours around for some time that Madonna will appear at the show and perform Hung Up which takes place on 03 November in Lisbon, Portugal.
It is understood to madonnalicious that Madonna's appearance is confirmed, although whether that will be announced tomorrow or kept 'secret' is unclear.

madonnalicious visitor Ben TI sent in these great pictures from the Paris Revolver premiere, and said she was very happy, smiling and signing autographs.

For the VIP after-show party Madonna arrived with her staff at 11:00 pm without Guy and she stayed till 1:00am. She was very happy and relaxed at the party and stayed sitting down and speaking with Luc Besson and friends.

Madonna.com is pleased to confirm that the video director for Hung Up is Johan Renck. Hung Up is the first single off of Madonna's highly anticipated all dance album, Confessions on a Dancefloor.

Here are three flyers for Madonna parties taking place soon in Canada, Germany and Peru. Click to enlarge the flyers for more information.

 

Disc Jockeys from all across the U.S. converged in a small, chic backroom down at 14th Street's Lotus restaurant last Wednesday afternoon. They were there to listen to three tracks from Madonna's soon-due 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' album, and to meet the CD's brilliant British producer, Stuart Price. Although it was all very casual, with cocktails and munchies, the music men - and women - listened intently, in their own hectic, head-bobbing way. (And most of them looked like fresh-faced college students!)
M's sound went over big time, and Grammy-winner Price, only 30 years old, was mobbed. There were at least three dozen people in this confined space — Price could hardly move from all the handshaking, shoulder slaps and hearty hugs. He is worshipped in the dance community and uses another name on some work — Jacques Le Cont. He's produced for No Doubt and many others.
Talking about the songs, Price, who also has a very naughty sense of humor, said: 'When dance music was young, there was a strong vocal, and the beat was underneath. Now, the vocal is not so prominent. Madonna and I wanted to make a dance album for today, which would satisfy everybody — those who want to really hear her voice and those for whom the driving thump-thump is the thing. I think we've succeeded.'
Music scribe Maggie Stein, who also writes under the nom de plume Odyssey Jones, said, 'This is hopeful dance music. It has a positive message, in that it's fun. Just fun. It's what Madonna needed to do.'

Fans in the Netherlands can now download the Hung Up ringtone onto their mobile phones at www.msnmusicexperience.nl

This month's issue of US music magazine Blender featured a list of the top 500 songs of all time. Madonna charted highest with Like A Prayer followed by Borderline at 84, Into The Groove at 87, Don't Tell Me at 285, Ray Of Light at 401 and Papa Don't Preach at 468.

Madonna is also featured in part on the cover and has a full page pin up inside the magazine to introduce the feature.

The latest issues of German magazines Gala and In both feature two page articles on Madonna. Gala looks at Madonna and Guy's relationship, and In Style takes a look at Madonna's style through the years. Click to enlarge.

Madonna's husband Guy Ritchie told last night how she is still in pain after falling from her horse last month and breaking eight bones.
The fall on her 47th birthday left Madonna with five broken ribs, her shoulder blade broken in two places and a broken little finger.
Film director Ritchie said: 'I didn't see the accident, but I felt incredibly worried about it.'
He added: 'She was white as a sheet. Eight broken bones is a bill that can only be settled with pain. You have to lie in bed, or in her case you don't, you walk around for the next two months in pain.'
But he said that although it was 'horrible' seeing Madonna suffer he has not advised her to give up horse riding.
He also revealed that despite her vast fortune they split the gas bill. He said: 'We split the bills. That's normal, isn't it?'

Yesterday's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror featured this picture of Madonna leaving the Hotel Meurice in Paris where her and Guy stayed after the Paris Revolver premiere.

Mark Malkin reported on Entertainment Tonight that Madonna has definitely replaced David LaChapelle as the director of her new video with Johan Renck. Madonna's representative also confirmed that the shooting of the video will take place early in October in London.

Madonna was photographed as she managed to squeeze in a pilates session at her North London gym on Thursday 22 September before jetting off to the Paris premiere of Revolver later that evening.

 

Madonna is now in second place in the Hello! magazine Most Attractive Woman online poll - keep voting for Madonna here.

After the London premiere of Revolver Madonna and Guy attended a private party at Waxy O'Connor's, here are some pictures of them leaving the venue.

 

A controversial collection of nude photographs of Madonna will be displayed in Adelaide in an Australian first.
The pictures feature the star in 1979 when she posed for international photographer Martin Schreiber in New York.
An unknown dancer at the time, the star has since tried to distance herself from the images, including their use in a new range of lingerie to go on sale in Britain this year. She was paid only $US30 for the three hour session and signed over the rights to Mr. Schreiber.
Miss Gladys Sym Choon, Rundle Street, Adelaide, South Australia, will host the exhibition in its Level 3 Gallery, re-oppened by owner Joff Chappel three months ago. 'There is a youthful naivety there but you know it is Madonna, there's all that determination and strength' Mr Chappel says 'It's Madonna before she went to the gym, she's just gorgeous.'
Czehoslovakian-born photographer Mr Schreiber arrives in Adelaide on Wednesday for the opening.
He says the photographs now are part of history. 'They are photos of a girl who became and is a famous singer and rock star, otherwise they would not be exhibited today' he says in an email interview. 'They are also an exercise of straightforward nude photography in a studio, which is what I was teaching at the time.'
Madonna was recently quoted in the Australian magazine New Weekly: 'When I came to New York, I sold donuts at Dunkin' Donuts right across the road from Bloomingdale's. I was also happy to earn $10 an hour posing for art students - but never in the nude!'
A total of 22 limited edition prints will be displayed for sale.
The three series - Madonna Nudes 1979, Band Aid Morality and the Pink Patch - have been shown in London and Moscow.
The exhibition opens on Thursday 29th September and the photographs will be on display for just 13 days. The shop's display window on Rundle Street also will hold 'something special' to do with Madonna.

Here is a scan La Semaine a magazine from Quebec in Canada. Click to enlarge.

'I want people to jump out of their seats! My record about having a good time straight through and non stop,' says Madonna, still the ultimate disco queen, as she describes the 12 delicious tunes on her album of pure 'unapologetic' dance music.
'She has a dance halo over her head' says Madonna’s co-producer and partner in crime, Grammy-award winner Stuart Price 'It’s in her blood. The music came straight from the gut - no preconceived notions - unencumbered - not over edited - just very spontaneous. We sat in my little studio at home and the songs just flowed very quickly,' concluded Price.
With one foot in the early roots of her career as a 'dance artist' and the other foot planted firmly into the sound of 'future disco', Madonna returns to the clubs with a vengeance 'CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR' is scheduled to be released on Warner Bros. Records, November l5th, 2005.
Recorded in London, 'Confessions' features songs primarily co-written and co-produced by Madonna and Stuart Price, producer, mixer and DJ-supreme ( Les Rythmes Digitales, Jaques Le Cont). Price was Madonna’s musical director on her 2002 Drowned World Tour and last summer’s Reinvention Tour.
Additional producers and co-writers include Henrik Jonback, Grammy Award-winning team Bloodshy & Avant, and Anders Bagge + Peer Astrom from Murlyn Music collective. In addition Mirwais Ahmadzai, the producer of Madonna’s last two albums American Life and Music, contributed two songs and co-produced one track. The song Jump was co written by previous Madonna collaborator, artist and producer, Joe Henry (Don’t Tell Me)
The album’s first single Hung Up is scheduled to be released on October l7th.

Track Listing and Credits

Hung Up
Written by Madonna, Stuart Price, B.Anderson, and B. Ulvaeus.
Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.

Get Together
Written by Madonna, Anders Bagge and Peer Astrom.
Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price. Original production by Bagge & Peer.

Sorry
Written & produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.

Future Lovers*
Written and produced by Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzai.

I Love New York (Album Version)
Written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.

Let It Will Be*
Written by Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzai and Stuart Price.
Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.

Forbidden Love
Written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.

Jump
Written by Madonna, Joe Henry and Stuart Price.
Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.

How High
Written by Madonna, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winberg and Henrik Jonback
Produced by Madonna, Bloodshy & Avant and Stuart Price.

Isaac
Written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price. Spoken Word by Yitzhak Sinwani.

Push
Written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.

Like It Or Not
Written and produced by Madonna, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winberg and Henrik Jonback.
Additional production by Stuart Price.

(*Indicates contribution by Mirwais Ahmadzai)

madonnalicious visitors Jul and Fred took this great picture of Madonna at tonight's Paris premiere of Revolver, they also stated that Madonna was very happy and was chatting to both journalists and fans.

News has just come in that Madonna has indeed accompanied Guy to the Paris premiere of Revolver at the Le Gaumont Marignan cinema on the Champs Elysées.

Here are the first two pictures from the event, click here and here to view them.

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page with another new flash movie teasing fans about the upcoming release of Confessions On A Dancefloor.

UK fans can catch an interview with Guy Ritchie on GMTV tomorrow (23 September) during the show which airs on ITV1 from 6:00-9:30am.

Today's edition of The Scoop By Jeannette Walls gossip column reprises the news that madonnalicious brought you a few days ago about the new video director for Hung Up:

Madonna may have found a new director to replace David LaChapelle. The two parted ways, citing 'artistic differences' over her video 'Hung Up.' The buzz is he’s being replaced by Johan Renck, who worked with Madonna on 'Nothing Really Matters.'
Speaking of Madonna, Guy Ritchie confesses that he was 'always soft' and that his wife is the tough one in the marriage. 'She was up and running in no time,' he said of Madonna’s riding accident. 'We went off to France the next day - much against my advice. She’s definitely the tough side of the family.'

Visit fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com to download TV news reports from the Revolver London premiere.

During one of these interviews with an Access Hollywood reporter, Madonna was asked about new mother Britney Spears, Madonna said she hadn't been asked for any advice but she had spoken to Britney since the birth.

UK fans can now purchase the Hung Up ringtone via Vodafone at www.vizzavi.co.uk, although you will have to do a search for Madonna to find the ringtone.

Dutch public radio program RabRadio www.rabradio.nl now offers a *free* Polyphonic ringtone based on Madonna's Hung Up. Just type this URL http://ring.lifeblog.nl/ into your mobile to download the ringtone.

The new edition of UK magazine OK! (27 September issue 488) features a small piece on Madonna and Guy's appearance at the Toronto premiere of Revolver.

Fellow fansite MadonnaTribe are reporting that Madonna will be the cover star of the November 2005 issue of UK magazine Tatler, the pictures featured will be from the new Steven Klein portfolio.

While the audience waited for the film to start, footage was shown on the screen of all the stars arriving and being interviewed in the foyer. This footage was exclusive to those in the cinema and was not available elsewhere.

The madonnalicious team were lucky enough to be at the Revolver premiere in London last night, here are some pictures from the event featuring the cinema, the waiting press photographers and the cast and director on-stage.

Here are some pictures taken by madonnalicious visitor Giannavi, of Madonna and Guy and the stars of Revolver Jason Statham and Ray Loitta as they arrived.

 

 

Here are today's editions of UK newspapers the Evening Standard, Daily Express, Daily Mirror and Daily Star - click to enlarge and read the articles.

 

 

Here is a picture taken by madonnalicious visitor Jacob of Madonna and Guy and their entourage as they arrived at the premiere last night:

madonnalicious visitor Madonna Man in NYC has sent in this report from the Q&A Billboard Summit that took place in New York City last night, lots of new information about the new album and tour were also revealed:

Stuart Price did an hour-long Q&A at the Billboard magazine dance summit at Union Square Ballroom in New York City. In attendance were a number of music celebrities including Sissor Sisters (who's song Stuart had remixed), Keo Nozari (a recording artist who's big in NYC), DJ/Producer Chris Cox (of Thunderpuss), DJ Ralphi Rosario (who did a Love Profusion remix), and singer Joi Cardwell.

Stuart arrived with a celeb all his own - Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg - who later asked him questions of her own! Stuart was very down-to-earth and surprisingly humble and was wearing a pink shirt (that perfectly matched a floral arrangement he was sitting by) and had a mod British haircut. Interviewed by Billboard's Michael Paoletta, Stuart said Confessions On A Dancefloor was written and produced quickly - Madonna said from the start she wanted an all dance album after being inspired by her last tour. What I thought sounded most cool is he said the whole album was mixed together like a DJ set!

When asked about how they wrote songs, Stuart said the songwriting process was embarrassing because you have to do a lot of bad things to get to the good stuff. So, he said the reason he and Madonna could collaborate so well was she felt very comfortable with him after being on tour for so long. He originally began working with Madonna after she was looking for a keyboard player and Mirwas suggested him (Stuart had remixed one of his songs before).

What was the biggest misconception about Madonna? Stuart said it was that she wasn't involved in the production. He insisted she was an excellent producer and had a great ear for dance music and that she was there working with him day and night. All the vocals he said were done in his home studio on a fairly in-expensive microphone cause they liked the vibe, and that an old lady that lives down the street that cries all day can be heard on some of Madonna's naked vocal tracks!

Liz said the plan was for Madonna to tour next summer but it depended on her recovering from her injuries. Stuart said Madonna had called him four days after the horse fall and was already in pilates class working her legs, as they weren't injured! When asked what was life-long lesson he had learned from Madonna, Stuart said it was 'Shut the fuck up!'

Here's another article in the UK press about the cover of Madonna's new album, this time it is from Scottish newspaper the Daily Record.

Get Madonna's brand new single, 'Hung Up,' as your ringtone now before the track hits radio next month! In the US, the ringtone is available exclusively at mtv.com and vh1.com this week (and coming soon to Madonna.com). International customers should please check with their local carriers for details.

From MTV for Virgin Mobile subscribers:
Dial *mtv from your Virgin Mobile phone or go to mtv.com/starmtv/ringtones

From VH1 for Cingular, AT&T, and T-Mobile subscribers
Visit VH1.com to purchase the ringtone at vh1.com/mobile/ringtones or vh1.com/mobile

madonnalicious visitor Anna-Lisse also have this news from Australia:
This is just a note to inform everyone that the new Madonna Single 'HUNG UP' has been released as a ring tone on VODAFONE LIVE AUSTRALIA. This ring tone can be purchase for $4.50 AUSD.

UK madonnalicious visitor Neil also have this news on the ringtone:
Hi - just to let you know that a great clip of 'Hung Up' is now available as a ringtone on the UK Orange network. www.orangedownloads.co.uk/downloadshop and search for Madonna...

Here is a look at the tickets for last night's London premiere of Guy's film Revolver. Although the film was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last week, it was stated last night that it was described as a World Premiere Screening!

A new director has been linked with the Hung Up video, it is Johan Renck, who previously worked with Madonna on Nothing Really Matters.

Here are the first pictures and reports of Madonna and Guy attending the premiere at London's Odeon Leicester Square cinema tonight. madonnalicious was present at the screening and will be bringing you more exclusive coverage tomorrow.

Madonna and Guy turned up very much later than expected, Madonna was wearing a black sequined Roberta Cavalli tuxedo dress and with her arm in a matching sling. In an exclusive interview inside the cinema, Madonna stated that the sling would be off from next week!

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have revealed the full tracklisting for Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dancefloor:

Speculation from excited Madonna fans has produced tons of rumors about the new album track listing. Fans, Madonna has heard you and now wants to share with you the line up for Confessions on a Dancefloor! The final version of the Confessions on a Dancefloor album tracks are available right here!

1) Hung Up
2) Get Together
3) Sorry
4) Future Lovers
5) I Love New York
6) Let It Will Be
7) Forbidden Love
8) Jump
9) How High
10) Isaac
11) Push
12) Like It Or Not

Today's edition of UK newspaper the Daily Star has published the cover of Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dancefloor:

Queen of pop Madonna has turned into a disco diva redhead for the launch of her new album. Madge, 47, ditched her blonde locks for Confessions On A Dancefloor, out on November 15. Single Hung Up is also due out next month.

Madonna and photographer/filmmaker David LaChapelle won't be teaming up on the video for her single 'Hung Up.' The pair confirmed to us yesterday that 'artistic differences' foiled the collaboration.
Just Wednesday, at an H&M/Interview party for his film 'Romeo and Juliet,' LaChapelle told us, 'It's going to be major. It's just the hottest Madonna song.'
Yesterday, his rep explained that LaChapelle 'wanted to approach the video in a documentary style, like he did in 'Rize' [his movie about ghetto dancers]. Madonna didn't see it the same way.''
Some claimed both talents turned diva. 'Madonna had to control every little thing,' said one tipster. 'She wanted to be shot so she looked very young.'
The 47-year-old goddess certainly looks youthful on the Steven Klein-shot cover of her new CD, 'Confessions From the Dance Floor.'
But her rep, Liz Rosenberg, insists Madonna bears no grudge against LaChapelle: 'She loves him and said she would work with him again in a minute.'
Her Madgesty was in New York last weekend. Besides having doctors check out her riding injuries, she had dinner Sunday at Blue Hill with Christiane Amanpour.

Madonna is to scoot over to Paris from her London home to accompany husband Guy Ritchie to the French premiere of his latest movie, 'Revolver', the film's press people told AFP.
The US entertainer, who last week travelled to Canada for the movie's showing at the Toronto film festival despite recovering from an August horse-riding accident that left her with several broken bones, was making her appearance in Paris as a supportive spouse, not a sultry superstar singer, they stressed.
'We can confirm that Mrs Ritchie is expected. It's in that capacity she will attend the screening,' one of the publicity employees said.

The Paris premiere of the film takes place on Thursday 22 September.

Madonnas can express themselves big time on Monday with a sneak preview of her new single before it is globally released to radio on October 17th. It’s a ringtone, it’s only on Vodafone and only Vodafone customers can hear it first. Yes first!
Vodafone customers will be the first in New Zealand and among the first in the world to wrap their ears around the first single from Madonna’s 13th album 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' which is due for release in November.
The ringtone of the single - aptly titled 'Hung Up' – will be available exclusively from Vodafone live! from Monday 19th September. It’s the first time Warner Music in New Zealand has launched a single exclusively as a ringtone prior to its official release to radio.
'It is such a massive endorsement of mobile music that the world’s must powerful female artist is launching her album in New Zealand with Vodafone,' said Vodafone’s Kieren Cooney. 'This gives further evidence of mobiles becoming a prefered way of obtaining the very latest in music.'
More than 100 Madonna singles are among the 300,000 full music tracks currently available on Vodafone’s MusicStore. Full music tracks from 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' will be added to the Madonna collection on Vodafone’s MusicStore for fans to download, buy and listen to directly on their mobiles when the album is launched commercially.

New Zealand fans can find out more information at www.vodafone.co.nz

Madonna was Google's Most Popular Celebrity search for August 2005. The top five list as stated on Google Zeitgeist are:

1. Madonna
2. Jessica Simpson
3. Pamela Anderson
4. Paris Hilton
5. Jessica Alba

'The Insider' correspondent Marc S. Malkin reports that Madonna wants to premiere the video for her new single, 'Hung Up', simultaneously on MTV, VH1 and the new gay network, Logo.

Here is a look at some wine produced by Madonna's father Silvio, and stepmother Joan at the Ciccone Vineyard and Winery in Michigan.

Each bottle of wine has a dedication to Madonna's grandfather and grandmother:

These wines are dedicated to the memory of my father, Gaetano Ciccone, and my mother Michelina Dijulio who emigrated to this country from Pacentro, Italy and begat six sons: Guido, Rocco, Neilo, Peitro, Gaetano, Sylvio. We are forever greatful for their love of Italian wines and for the sacrifices they made for all of us.

Fans can vote for Madonna in an online poll asking which female star that has the most on-stage sex appeal - to vote visit www.getlive.co.uk

Fans can also keep voting in the Hello! magazine poll to name the Most Attractive Woman - Madonna has a a very narrow lead at the moment so click here to vote.

The UK premiere of Guy's latest film Revolver takes place on Tuesday 20 September in London at 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:15pm) at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema.
ITV.com are reporting that Madonna will be attending the event with her husband.

Are you attending the event? Lucky enough to have tickets, or just planning to stand in the crowd? Then madonnalicious would love to hear from you with any pictures or videos from the event - send your submissions to madonnalicious.com

An shortened version of the Motorola ROKR phone commercial can be viewed online at www.boardsmag.com

Now that Madonna's official website Madonna.com have premiered the Confessions On A Dancefloor album cover, madonnalicious can now offer fans a wallpaper of it to brighten up their desktops.
Right click and save target as for the size you want:
    600x800 Wallpaper    768x1024 Wallpaper

Fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com have a clip from the UK version of ET looking at the making of the Motorola commercial with some footage not previously seen.

Madonna wanted her fans to be the first to see the cover art for her new album, Confessions on a Dancefloor. Madonna collaborated with Steven Klein and Giovanni Bianco to create this dazzling album artwork. Confessions on a Dancefloor will be released on November 14 in international markets, November 15 in the USA.

Capital Gold DJ David Jensen recently interviewed Sir Paul McCartney, during the interview he asked him about a rumour in the press that he would be collaborating with Madonna at some point, here is his answer:

'Madonna certainly hasn't rung me up so I suspect it's not true. It may be but I haven't heard anything about it....I'm not very keen on doing collaborations normally unless there's something inspiring behind it....if it was true with Madonna, if she had some great idea, that's what's likely to intrigue me. It wouldn't just be the idea of singing with someone - yeah that's a good idea but what do we do? That can ruin it. It's like, 'let's do one of my old hits' - No! (laughs).'

You can listen to the interview at www.capitalgold.com

The latest issue of Vogue magazine in Brazil features the Lady of the Manor photoshoot that was featured in US Vogue in August.
However the Brazilian magazine also features a previously unseen shot from the photoshoot of Madonna and a little lamb!

Confessions On A Dancefloor producer and Madonna tour collaborator DJ Stuart Price will sit for The Billboard Q&A on Tuesday 20 September at the 2005 Billboard Dance Music Summit in New York.
Visit www.billboardevents.com for more details on the event which takes place from Sunday 19 to Wednesday 21 September at New York's Union Square Ballroom.

Warner Music Japan have published a picture that they state is a current album picture, giving fans the first hint at how the artwork for Confessions On A Dancefloor will look.

USA Today online are running a poll to see which fall album fans are most looking forward to - you can vote for Madonna's Confessions On A Dancefloor by clicking here and then scrolling down the page.

Music site dotmusic.com provide more information on when UK fans will see the Motorola advert starring Madonna:

The first mobile phone which plays music via Apple's iTunes software has been launched by Madonna.
The queen of pop fronts a star-studded advertising campaign for the Motorola ROKR which will air later this month.
She appears in the commercial with Alanis Morissette, Iggy Pop and 10 other musicians and singers who try to squeeze into a phone box.
The Motorola ROKR phone can hold up to 100 songs, take photos and access the Internet. Users can transfer music from the iTunes jukebox on their Mac or PC onto the phone. Music can be instantly accessed via a single button. Songs will pause if the listener answers a call.
The phone will go on sale at The Carphone Warehouse.
Greg Estell, vice president of Motorola Mobile Devices Europe, said at the launch: 'Music is hugely important to people the world over and we all have a soundtrack that describes our life. We want to give music lovers the opportunity to enjoy their favourite sounds on their mobile wherever and whenever they like.'
Other artists in the Motorola ROKR commercial are: MC Common, The Bravery, Michelle Branch, Amerie, Little Richard, Boosty Collins, Mya, Burt McCracken, Sonny Sondoval and the Notorious BIG.
The phone costs £209.99 on a pay-as-you-go basis, including £10 free airtime.
It can be bought on a contract basis with O2 for £99.99 plus a monthly tariff of £16 or £19. The handset is free with various O2 monthly tariffs of £20 and above, The Carphone Warehouse said.
It will later be available from Orange, Virgin Mobile, and BT Mobile.

Many fans have been writing into madonnalicious to say that www.amazon.co.uk has got the cover of Confessions On A Dancefloor on their site. Infact this is a fake fan-made creation which uses a photo taken by Luis Sanchis for the January 1999 issue of Arena magazine (see the picture on the right below).

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

UK magazine OK! (20 September issue 487) features this small snippet on Madonna filming the Motorola ROKR advert.

Madonna was photographed with her arm in a sling in London with Rocco earlier this month - to view the pictures click here, here and here.

Guy Ritchie is interviewed in the October 2005 issue of UK magazine Glamour about his latest movie Revolver and life with the missus. Click to enlarge and read.

Madonna has been sparing no expense to make her husband, director Guy Ritchie, happy. If only she could buy him some good movie reviews. The other night, we hear, Her Madgesty splashed out close to $60,000 for a birthday bash at London's Momo, where she presented him with several white kabbala robes from Paris.
Stella McCartney was there. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin sent their best wishes, via a video in which the Coldplay star ribbed Ritchie, who, at 37, is a ­decade younger than his wife.
Whatever their age gap, Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie acted like newlyweds at the party. Still sporting a sling after her birthday riding accident, Madonna asked him to cut her food. Taking advantage of her bum arm, playful Guy is said to have smooshed roast lamb in her face.
She retaliated by dumping couscous in his lap. The couple capped the food fight by devouring each other in a steamy makeout session that left some of their Brit guests agog. (The Ritchies may prefer Moroccan restaurants for lovemaking, since Guy admitted recently that Madonna has exiled him to his own bed because of his snoring.)
The good times ended, however, when the couple reached the Toronto Film Festival last weekend for the premiere of Ritchie's "Revolver." Two years after critics mugged his - Madonna-starring Swept Away, they gave his latest crime tale another working over. 'Guy Ritchie shoots a blank with ­ Revolver, said Variety's Todd McCarthy. The Hollywood Reporter's Kirk Honeycutt derided the filmmaker's 'pretentious style and fractured storytelling.'
Madonna shrugged off the attacks, saying that it is 'definitely' his best film yet. Despite her firm upper lip, she confided to friends that her eight broken bones are still torturing her. Refusing to take painkillers, she's pressing on. Next week, sling or no sling, she's due to shoot the video for her song 'Hung Up' with David LaChapelle.

Fans can watch another clip of Madonna and Guy at the Revolver film premiere in Toronto at www.aftonbladet.se

Madonna.com is pleased to announce that David LaChapelle will be reuniting with Madonna to direct the Hung Up video! David & Madonna's previous collaborations include a photoshoot for Rolling Stone Magazine in 1998 and the cover of the Video Collection 93:99. Based on their beautiful past creations, we can be sure that the Hung Up video is going to be a work of art!

The video is slated to be shot in and around London, utilising famous London imagery such as double decker buses and the tube. Some hidden camera work will be used to record the reactions of people when they see Madonna on the street/bus/tube. The final set piece of choreography in the streets will be staged by Jamie King.
At the moment there is even a tongue-in-cheek reference to her broken bones!

Here is a look at how the UK press reacted to Madonna's appearance at the Toronto premiere for Guy's new film Revolver - featured newspapers are the Daily Express, Daily Record, Daily Star and the Metro. Click scans to enlarge.

 

R&B superstar Usher is calling on Madonna and Michael Jackson to join the line-up for his upcoming Hurricane Katrina benefit concert in Houston, Texas.
The Yeah! Hitmaker admits he has already been in negotiations with Jackson about the odd couple doing 'something together', but he refuses to confirm that will be a duet onstage on October 2.
He says: 'We haven't spoken but our people have been speaking.'

madonnalicious visitor and fan Vladimir Byazrov has sent in this information about Russian magazine Neon and an article he created for it about Madonna fansites, including madonnalicious:

I am known as a big Madonna's fan. Last month the editor of Russian pop music magazine Neon, where I work as a photographer, asked me if I could collect best resources about the queen on the net to make an article about it - so I put few of my fave ones.
The issue of Neon that tells about your wonderful sites will be out in a week or two.

The new Madonna single is to be released as a ringtone before it comes out as a single, it has been announced. 'Hung Up' will be available as a ringtone, in a 30-second extract, from September 19, almost a month before it comes out as an official download on October 17.

madonnalicious visitors Sonny and Frank were lucky enough to attend the Toronto premiere of Revolver and sat 5 seats away from Madonna and Guy during the screening. Here are their pictures from the premiere.

 

 

Yesterday Madonna's album The Immaculate Collection was in the top ten album download list on iTunes.

Visit fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com to download a clip from the Revolver premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday.

Megastar Madonna literally stole the show at the premiere of husband Guy Ritchie's film, Revolver yesterday night in Toronto.
Hundreds of fans lined up around the downtown Roy Thompson Hall hoping to catch a glimpse of the material girl and they were not disappointed.
Madonna and Ritchie arrived just minutes before the scheduled 9:00 pm premiere start time. Although Madonna is still recovering from a horse riding accident which left her with three cracked ribs, a broken collar bone and a broken hand, she says, 'You would have had to broken both my arms and both my legs for me to not come here.'
She even wore a black sling (which matched her outfit) that was designed by a friend. Madonna joked that she was feeling good - after drinking a glass of wine before the premiere. Ritchie seemed to be feeling as good as his wife.
Revolver, Ritchie's fourth film, is a crime caper starring Ray Liotta, Jason Statham and Andre Benjamin. After seven years in jail, Jake Green (Statham) has learned all of the secrets of manipulation and deceit. Upon his release, he is determined to take down Macha (Liotta), the most ruthless gangster in town.
Macha is the man who killed Jake's sister-in-law and helped to put him in jail. Jake tries to take Macha down, but his enemy is stronger than he anticipated.
The mysterious dup Ari (Benjamin) and Zach (Vincent Pastore) enter Jake's life. The question then becomes: are these men there to help him on his mission, or there to destroy his life?
Three out of the four films Ritchie has directed have been crime capers. He says he keeps exploring this subject because, 'I am interested in the philosophy behind crimes and cons. This film takes it to a whole new level. Just how big is the con? It is the ultimate con. That is what I was looking for.'
The night was filled with celebration, but the mood turned somber as Madonna discussed the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks in New York City and Hurricane Katrina.
'We have had another natural disaster that it's kind of making that look like nothing in comparison. Well not nothing, but it's worse in a lot of ways,' Madonna says.
She even filmed a commercial with other musicians (stuffed into a phone booth) asking for people to help the hurricane victims. Next up for Ritchie and Madonna: he will continue to promote Revolver, while she prepares to release a new album.

Madonna's official website www.madonna.com have updated their front page with a new flash movie celebrating Madonna's back catalogue which is now available to download from iTunes.

Broken bones could not keep US pop diva Madonna from travelling to Toronto to support her husband, director Guy Ritchie, in his quest for a distributor for his latest film 'Revolver,' he said.
'The wife is very good, thanks. Eight broken bones and she's come with me,' Ritchie told reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival where his movie premiered.
However, Madonna shied away from the spotlight while Ritchie went to work pitching the movie he completed only one week ago about con artists, starring Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, and Jason Statham.
Madonna fell off a horse in mid-August and suffered three cracked ribs, a broken collar bone and a fractured hand. She was celebrating her 47th birthday with her two children and Ritchie at their sprawling 1,200-acre (485-hectare) country estate in Wiltshire in southwest England when the accident happened.
Specialists expected it would take her three months to make a full recovery.
Ritchie's 'Revolver' is reminiscent of his earlier gritty crime thrillers 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' (1998) and 'Snatch' (2001), but with many more twists and turns that can easily confuse or entice viewers to watch it several times to uncover its many layers.
Audiences are encouraged not to blink or risk missing key story elements.
'The script was not easy to digest on the first read,' Ritchie conceded. But, too many movies are 'designed not to make you think.'
'I think I got fed up with films that don't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film. So, the idea was really to put five films in one,' he said.
The 'tricky' action also reinforces the idea that a con is just a slight of hand - nobody is sure in this movie who is playing who, not even the audience.

Madonna attended the premiere of husband Guy's latest film Revolver at the Toronto Film Festival last night.

The Motorola advert has already begun showing on US TV. madonnalicious visitor Jack has seen it twice this morning on the Comedy Central.

Madonna was snapped leaving her North London gym with artwork under her arm, this maybe one of the ideas she is considering for the artwork of the new album.

Visit fellow fansite www.madonna-tv.com to download a clip from US TV show Entertainment Tonight which featured a small piece on Madonna shooting the Motorola commercial.

The new Madonna single is to be released as a ringtone before it comes out as a single, it has been announced.
'Hung Up' will be available as a ringtone, in a 30-second extract, from September 19, almost a month before it comes out as an official download on October 17.
Madonna's label, Warner Music, have taken the unprecedented step in anticipation that the track, which features an Abba sample, will conquer every format of chart in the UK.
Marketing director Adam Hollywood told Music Week: 'People respond to music and want to have access to it immediately.'
'This is certainly the first time a major artist has made their music available as a ringtone first, and one of the first times a major artist has allowed the download date to coincide with the radio date.'
'Hung Up' is out in shops on November 7 ahead of new album, 'Confessions On A Dancefloor', on November 14.

Madonna and Guy joined Stella McCartney for dinner at a Morrocan restaurant in London last night. For larger and more pictures of the night visit fellow fansite M.Nu

Madonna became the first celebrity to get a call on the new Apple iPod cellphone when she thrilled fans at a launch party in San Francisco, California yesterday by appearing live from London.
The pop star joked about her recent horseback riding accident, suggesting her new album would be called Revenge Of The Broken Arm, during her brief iPod phone chat.
Madonna insists she'll use the new technology to download her own back catalogue.

You can watch the press conference featuring Madonna's call here.

Fans can now listen to the opening 1min 20sec of Madonna's new single Hung Up on www.motorola.com and see an image from the MOTORokr advert as well.

NOTE: From 08 September, the clip does not appear on the site anymore :-(

 

Fans can now legally download all Madonna's albums and individual songs from the iTunes Music Store website after they were made available today.

The announcement was made this morning in a press conference in which Apple Steve Jobs took to the stage and had a video chat with Madonna in London, in which he personally thanked her for putting all her albums and individual songs online finally. Madonna herself said: I just couldn't wait anymore. I got tired of not being able to download my own music!

British film director Guy Ritchie often has to sleep alone because superstar wife Madonna can't bear his snoring.
The showbiz couple, who married in Scotland in 2001, spend most of their time at their $16.2 million (GBP9 million) country estate in the West of England - but they rarely spend an entire night together.
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels director says, 'She doesn't seem to like my snoring, so she boots me out of bed. It's quite funny. We've got four houses, but in every one of them I end up sleeping in the cleaning cupboard or the corridors because all the other bedrooms are being used.'

madonnalicious visitor Andrew sent in this story about the Like A Virgin veil which he purchased in auction last year:

I purchased the veil in December from an auction at Christies. The veil was in terrible condition due to the general deterioration of age and this was not helped by the way it was stored over the last 20 years.
I sent it to a textile conservationist where it spent a couple of months being treated and restored to its former glory which will hopefully slow down and further deterioration.

The English Roses Fall collection, based on Madonna's hugely successful children's book The English Roses, currently available at major retailers, will soon be available on www.englishrosescollection.com, it was announced today.
The English Roses new Fall/Winter girl's apparel, jewelry and a beautifully adorned jewel box will be added to the already existing line of girl's apparel, rainwear, collectable dolls, teas and tea sets, hot chocolate, charm bracelets, charm necklaces and calendars which were originally launched in Fall 2004.
Created by Lipstik, the fashion-forward children's apparel manufacturer, the new girl's clothing collection continues in the tradition of the first collection, basing its motifs on the characters and images in the book. The collection's vibrant style incorporates zebra-trimmed and rose-embroidered jeans with a smocked cotton bell top or for the sophisticated young lady, a lavender tweed suit with trendy raw edges and jeweled purple flower buttons.
This season's must have item for every little girl is the long velvet jacket with hand embroidered flowers and jeweled flower buttons. The clothes retail between $50 - $175.
Little girls all over the country will be following the latest celebrity trend with their English Roses charm necklace and bracelet sets. A teacup, an umbrella, a vintage shoe, a butterfly and a crystal rose adorn silver chain link necklaces and bracelets, and pink beads, crystals, and enamel roses surround a crystal butterfly on a silver link chain bracelet and a pink suede necklace. The necklaces retail between $15 - $20, and the bracelets retail between $14 - $18.
'We're especially happy with the very exciting new additions for the Fall season. I think it's stuff that kids will really love. We look forward to yet another successful season for The English Roses collection,' stated Madonna.
Madonna is currently working on the sequel to The English Roses.

madonnalicious has received this information about iTunes and the release of Madonna's new single and album:

Madonna's new single Hung Up will be available via download from Apple's iTunes Music Store a week before it's sold in retail outlets.

The full album will be released at the Apple iTunes Music Store a day in advance of retail stores with a bonus song that's not to be included on the CD.

Amazon.com are already listing Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dancefloor for pre-order. Click here to view the details.

They list a release date of 08 November (although Madonna's official site states it is 15 November) and list that is it to be released by Maverick.

Madonna's full set of Like A Prayer, Ray Of Light and Music will be featured on the upcoming 07 November (08 November in the USA) DVD release of Live 8.

More information can be viewed at www.live8dvd.com

ICON magazine editor Johann has confirmed on the ICON message boards that the ticking sound you hear when you enter Madonna's official website www.madonna.com is from Madonna's new single Hung Up.

It is believed that this ticking is the actual intro to the song.

An interview with Guy Ritchie by Robert Crampton was featured in UK newspaper The Sunday Times' magazine supplement yesterday.

Guy Ritchie is not quite what you expect. Not the posh public schoolboy turned geezer-bloke, and not truly the macho man, despite his interest in karate, hunting and shooting ganster movies. Robert Crampton talks to Mr Madonna about the super-string theory and life with the missus.

Guy Ritchie is desperate to have more kids with Madonna.
The sexy Brit film director - dad to five-year-old Rocco and stepfather to eight-year-old Lourdes - said: 'I'd like to have more children. I love it. I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids for ever,' he says.
Guy also 'explained' what he loves about Madge. 'She's a manifester. She has an idea and then manifests it.' Right you are, Guy.

Today's edition of UK newspapers the Sunday Mirror and The People featured a picture of Madonna as she left the London Kabbalah Centre yesterday.

 

madonnalicious has put some links online in response to many fans showing an interest in donating money or time to help with the clear-up of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the USA.
Fans have also been asking if Madonna will be helping in the same way she did for the Tsunami Aid appeal.....hopefully we will hear soon if any fund raising event is organised.

 

Here are a couple of pictures of Madonna leaving the Kabbalah Centre a few days ago in London - visit fellow fansite M.Nu for more pictures.

 

Here are some more behind-the-scenes shots taken during Madonna's Ladies Home Journal photoshoot featured in Madonna's official fanclub magazine ICON.

To join Madonna's official fanclub visit www.icon.musictoday.com

 

Madonna.com have reprised the news about the free CD available with UK music magazine Q in tribute to John Lennon:

On Oct. 1, Q Magazine will hit stands with a special tribute to John Lennon. In addition to the magazine, a special CD will be released featuring Madonna's cover of Imagine. Madonna first performed this song live during her Re-Invention Tour in the summer of 2004. She later reprised the performance in for the Tsunami Benefit in January 2005. Be sure to pick up a copy of Q Magazine!

With news this week that the live Re-Invention tour DVD had been postponed from a late 2005 release, fans were anxious to know the fate of the DVD. Johann the editor of ICON has posted this message on the ICON forum:

What I can confirm is that both the tour documentary and live DVD will be released but that the documentary will be released first (by the end of the year). You know, Madonna has worked like crazy on the documentary and she's so excited about it. So releasing it first sounds logical to me. No release has been confirmed for the live DVD yet, but it will see the light of day, believe me!

The picture of Madonna on the set of the Motorola commercial featured in UK newspaper the Daily Star today.

The press have now caught up with the Motorola advert news adding extra details to what madonnalicious already published. Interestingly this article below states that the adverts could even start to play next week:

Motorola has signed up Madonna, Iggy Pop and generations of music stars to promote its first iPod music phone, the Motorola Rokr, which is due to be unveiled next week.
It is reported that Motorola has signed an artist from every generation to appear in the ads, including Little Richard, Bootsy Collins, Lil' John, The White Stripes, Sleater-Kinney, Sum 41, Mya, Pussycat Dolls and Billie Joe from Green Day.
Look-a-likes of Beethoven, Jimi Hendrix and Biggie Smalls are also featured.
According to a report in The Sun, the mobile giant is in negotiations with The White Stripes, Alanis Morissette and The Bravery to appear in the spot, created by Ogilvy & Mather, which will see the music stars confined in a phone box.
It is believed the celebrities involved will be filming the ads at different times.
Madonna, who was recently in the press after falling from her horse during her 47th birthday celebrations, filmed her piece for the ad at Shepperton Studios yesterday.
A Motorola spokesman refused to comment on the ads but confirmed that Madonna and Iggy Pop were to star.
Reports this week hinted that Apple is due to make a major announcement - believed to be the new phone - on September 7.
The ads may debut from next week, at the same time the Motorola phone with iPod personal music system is launched.
The new phone will be in direct competition with Nokia, which recently unveiled its combined phone and personal music player called the N91, described as a 'mobile jukebox' by the company.
It will also let users download songs while they are on the go, instead of only when they are connected to a computer - a feature that may not yet be included on the Motorola/iTunes version, according to reports.

The September 2005 Mexican edition of Elle magazine features both a Madonna cover and feature inside.

Click to enlarge the cover.

Fans can now vote Madonna Most Attractive Woman of the month in the Hello! magazine online poll - click here to vote.

Madonna's so psyched about her upcoming dance album that she can't wait to see how fans will react to it. 'I want people to jump out of their seats,' she said.
Though a few lucky clubgoers have already heard a taste of Confessions on a Dance Floor - since Madonna's DJs and remixers like to test out unreleased tracks on actual dance floors - the rest of us will have to be patient. The 12-song album is due November 15, while the first single, 'Hung Up,' hits radio October 17.
Madonna hasn't released a track list yet, but she recently confirmed the title of at least one other song, which is called 'I Love New York,' a city she once spent a lot of time in.
'The reason I don't spend more time there is because my kids are in school (in London) and my husband likes it in London and, you know, I'm being a good wife!' she told MTV News. 'But I get him to come to New York. We make it happen in the Big Apple, don't you worry.'
Just as Madonna can't escape New York, she also can't escape her dancing days - she did make her living with her feet first, after all. 'She has a dance halo over her head,' her co-producer and DJ Stuart Price (a.k.a. Jacques Lu Cont) said. 'It's in her blood.'
Price, who previously lent his electro-pop sound to American Life by co-writing 'X-Static Process,' did 'a lot' of work on Confessions with Madonna. He said they started 'without any preconceived notions' and ended up making 'unapologetic dance music'. 'It was straight from the gut, unencumbered, not over-edited, very spontaneous,' he said.
Madonna also worked on her 10th studio album with Swedish producers/songwriters Bloodshy & Avant as well as French producer Mirwais Ahmadzai, who collaborated with Madonna on both Music and American Life.
'It's all about having a good time straight through and nonstop,' Madonna said.