Author: MadonnaTribe

30 Years Ago Today: Live Aid

Thirty years ago today, on July 13, 1985, from the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to the Wembley Stadium in London, England, the world experienced what a 16-hour music show live via satellite is like.

The Live Aid benefit concert was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to support the starving people of Ethiopia and set a milestone for the music generation of the 80’s. To many, it also helped giving a face – and a body – to a female artist who had just started to set the world on fire. Read More

Alec Keshishian with Madonna

With Alec Keshishian behind the scenes of Truth or Dare

On the verge of its 25th anniversary, Madonna’s Truth or Dare will be screened on July 13 in L.A. as part of  Outfest’s Legacy Project, which preserves films that offer indelible images of LGBT people.
Queerty.com chatted with director Alec Keshishian about how Madonna chose him to make the film, the chaos of shooting the life of a superstar and their relationship today. Read More

Stadio Flaminio

Basta Per Favore!

25 years ago in July, Madonna was touring Europe with her most famous show ever, the Blond Ambition Tour, a show that generated excitment, and controversy all over the world. Those amazing days were then captured on film by director Alek Keshishian in the Truth or Dare documentary.

On July 10th, 1990 Madonna brought her Blond Ambition Tour to the Stadio Flaminio in Rome, Italy.

The show was welcomed by an extra dose of controversy in Italy, with a criticism to which Madonna responded with the now-famous “Vatican speech” she addressed the press with when she had just landed in Rome’s Ciampino airport. 25 years later, many things have changed, but many also haven’t at all. Read More