25 Years of Blond Ambition!
The Madonna tour easily remembered as her most controversial started in Japan 25 years ago today, in the middle of the rain season. Read More
Category: Time Machine
The Virgin Tour 30th Anniversary
Madonna kicked off her first major live show, The Virgin Tour, at the Seattle Paramount Theatre thirty years ago today. Read More
‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ Turns 30: An Oral History of the Downtown Classic
Back in 1984 Carrie Rickey was on the Desperately Seeking Susan set and interviewed the producers, director Susan Seidelman, and the movie stars Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. Last week, in anticipation of the 30th anniversary of the film’s release on March 29, 2015, Carrie spoke again with everyone but Madonna – “who’s busy with her new tour”, Carrie explains – about the movie and their memories of two young women out to take a much grittier Manhattan. Read More
Jose & Slam Strike A Pose
Facundo Gabba shot and filmed a fantastic tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Vogue video with Jose Gutierrez and Salim Gauwloos (Slam), the fantastic performers all Madonna fans remember for being part of... Read More
25 Years Striking A Pose
On March 20, 1990, Sire Records released Vogue as the first single from Madonna’s second soundtrack album, I’m Breathless.
The song was written by Madonna with producer Shep Pettibone; it was recorded between December 1989 and January 1990; the music video was filmed by director David Fincher at The Burbank Studios on February 10 and 11 and premiered on MTV on March 29, 1990.
Both the song and the video quickly became some of the most iconic works in Madonna’s career. Read More
Isabella Rossellini and why ‘SEX’ wasn’t shocking
HuffPost Live’s Ryan Buxton from HuffPost Live asked actress grilled Rossellini on her feelings on her collaboration with Madonna on “SEX” 22 years after its release. This is what she had to say about Madonna and photographer Steven Meisel. Read More
Behind Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ performance at the 1984 VMAs
From Billboard.com: Ahead of MTV’s first Music Video Awards, broadcast Sept. 14, 1984, the network was having difficulty booking top talent. Co-hosts Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler were in their 30s, old for the... Read More
A Bedtime Story retrospective
As Bedtime Stories turns 20 this month (Madonna’s “forgive me” follow up to her “Erotica” album was released by Maverick Records on October 6, 1994), Billboard’s Joe Lynch takes a trip down memory lane... Read More
When Francesca Tolot met Madonna
“My first memorable job in Los Angeles was working on a music video with Madonna, which was the beginning of a long collaboration and such a fun and joyful good time.” Make-up artist Francesca... Read More
Billboard: Patrick Leonard talks ‘Like A Prayer’ at 25
We couldn’t find a better way to celebrate the first 25 years of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” album than the one that Billboard’s very own Keith Caulfield came up with: talking to the one... Read More
Like a Prayer at 25: Billboard Track-by-Track Review
To celebrate its 25th anniversary today, March 21, Billboard.com features their track-by-track look back at Madonna’s classic studio album, 1989’s “Like A Prayer.” By early 1989, the world had come to know Madonna as... Read More
Official Charts Flashback: 30 years of Holiday
1984: A song called “Holiday” jets into the Top 10 for the very first time – but certainly not the last. Madonnas debut UK hit and signature song has been a Top 10 hit... Read More
