On June 30, 1986, Madonna released her third studio album with Sire Records, True Blue. A few years ago the MadonnaTribe Team had a chat with Jeri Heiden, the woman in charge of the cover design of this and many other Madonna albums.
Celebrating True Blue ‘s 40th anniversary, let’s have a look back at what Jeri told us about the making of one of Madonna’s most iconic covers. Read More
In a far-reaching, nearly 100-minute interview with Variety recorded at his longtime home base, Power Station Studios in NYC, Nile Rodgers, co-founder and leader of Chic shares stories about walking out on Madonna, meeting David Bowie, advice From Frank Sinatra and more. Read More
After the success of his previous photobooks commemorating Sticky & Sweet Tours in 2008 and 2009, MDNA Tour and Rebel Heart Tour, Neil Symons is proud to release The Celebration Tour photobook – containing 440 pages of photographs taken from the 50 shows Neil attended during 2003 and 2004. Read More
A Milan-based international music artist manager, media-consultant and cultural-events-planner with a background of 25 years in the recording industry, Giulio Mazzoleni has worked with many artists and on many records, including Madonna’s MDNA and Rebel Heart. Giulio, who is also a longtime Madonna fan – and a MadonnaTribe friend – worked for a long time to deliver a book that finally critically acknowledges Madonna’s songwriting and producing talent: Madonna Songbook. Read More
Congratulations to B. Åkerlund for her award for Excellence in Short Form Design for Madonna X Vanity Fair – The Enlightenment (Short Film) at the 26th Costume Designers Guild Awards honoring achievement of excellence in Costume Design in film, television, short form design, and illustration. Read More
Tribers and Madonna fans travelling to Milan for The Celebration Tour have a golden chance to visit the firt solo exhibition by photographic duo and longtime Madonna friends and collaborators Luigi & Iango at Palazzo Reale in Milan, Italy as the show runs until Sunday, November 26, the day after Madonna’s second show at the Forum. Read More
In a long and in-depth interview for Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends, Kiley Dean shares her experiences about singing on tour with Britney, Madonna – for three tour in a row – recording with Flo Rida, Timbaland, and Bubba Sparxxx, and beating breast cancer. Read More
For the first time in 17 years, Rolling Stone have completely remade their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Check out the Madonna songs that made it. Read More
New York, New Music: 1980-1986 is a just-opened museum exhibition on view at the Museum of the City of New York, exploring the peak years of the Big Apple’s musical renaissance which changed the local cultural landscape and eventually found its way to a global stage. Read More
On May 10, 1991 – thirty years ago today – Madonna: Truth or Dare (or In Bed with Madonna if you live abroad) was released. The documentary film directed by Alek Keshishian premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival the same year. It followed the Queen of Pop on her 1990 Blond Ambition Tour and lead the path to generations of tour documentaries. Read More
In honor of Women’s History Month, Variety‘s Pat Saperstein talks to director Susan Seidelman, who’s diving back into television with a project hatched during the pandemic, discussing what was like working as a woman director in the ‘80s, shooting the Sex and the City pilot, casting Madonna for Desperately Seeking Susan, and much more. Read More
