Alexandre Marain at Vogue France shares their thoughts on the Parisian concerts of The Celebration Tour and reports that Madonna, who performed for a total of two and a half 30 hours of pure joy, built a show that confirmed her status as an incomparable performer, a talented dancer, and a legendary singer. Read More
The press generally reacted to the opening night of The Celebration Tour with very positive reviews. Here’s a selection of the ones we loved the most. Read More
Robin Givhan at The Washington Post, discusses how The Celebration Tour will be a testament to Madonna‘s legacy and a test of cultural boundaries, with the performer pushing against timeworn assumptions about gender and age at a moment when public dialogue can be very mean and very unforgiving on those very subjects. Read More
Fans bought up 600,000 tickets in a matter of hours for Madonna‘s retrospective tour in North America and Europe, Billboard.com reports. The Queen of Pop’s return to touring was a thunderous success this morning, with 23 concerts added to the 37 dates already announced for The Celebration Tour thanks to massive fan demand. Read More
Rolling Stone magazine announced today their new list of The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. The magazine first published its list of the 100 Greatest Singers in 2008. In today’s list, Madonna is nowhere to be seen. Read More
Throughout Madame X, Madonna is in total command of the stage as she follows her own mantra: “Don’t go for second best, baby,” NME reports. Read More
The advantages of the intimate environment Madonna cultivated throughout the tour – her first small-venue dates since 1985 – are showcased in her frequent interactions with the crowd. “I love to irritate people,” she tells fans with a wicked grin, USA Today reports. Read More
An impressively designed production from a star hoping to convey the deep empathy she feels for pretty much every group suffering during these troubled times, Madonna’s Madame X showcases the eponymous album, in which she draws on new influences ranging from Colombian rap to Portuguese fado, writes The Hollywood Reporter. Read More
In Madame X, we see Madonna toggling between two poles, Variety reports. Read More
On the verge of this Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards — the one time a year where we’re still guaranteed to celebrate one of media’s most influential-but-under-recognized artforms – Billboard wanted to take a look back at the artists who have given the most to the music video, whether through heavy rotation on MTV, millions of views on YouTube, or other mediums that predate both. Read More
Ben Mawson, co-founder of Tap Music, the management company behind Lana Del Rey, Ellie Goulding, Dermot Kennedy and Dua Lipa, speaks to Music Week and teases of a possible Madonna collaboration. Read More
