Woman In The Mirror
Madonna‘s Re-Invention Tour was her first since 1987 not to feature Nikki Harris as backing singer. Her replacement was semi-familiar to casual fans and a welcome, if surprising choice to the die-hards. Siedah Garrett...
Fact of the Day
The Blond Ambition Tour…sponsored by US Air Force
Ever wondered why everyone seemed to have the bootleg of the Dallas date of the Blond Ambition Tour in edited, but absolutely lovely audio quality? Well, that’s because it was specially recorded for a...
When you’re shedding a tear sidewalks will hear…
One of the many lesser-known Madonna tracks is Sidewalk Talk. Released by her early 80s boyfriend John ‘Jellybean’ Benitez, the track is a frenetic hundred-words-a-minute tale of living on the streets and the paranoia...
Why’s It So Hard…indeed!
1994 was Madonna‘s 12th year as a successful solo artist. By then she had completed four sell-out tours, however, despite healthy sales of the home videos for ‘The Virgin Tour LIVE’, ‘Ciao Italia :...
Her name wasn’t actually Dita either
Madonna‘s 1992 album ‘Erotica‘ and ‘Sex‘ book enabled our heroine to take on the character of ‘Dita Parlo‘ to live out her fantasies. The opening line of the album and lead single was ‘My...
The Raoul Factor
Madonna‘s 1999 Max Factor campaign was a huge successs with a widespread media blitz covering TV ads, instore displays and a massive poster campaign. Following in the footsteps of her heroines Jean Harlow and...
Nothing like a good spanky!
Hanky Panky was the second single released from Madonna‘s Dick Tracy inspired ‘I’m Breathless‘ album. A surprising choice perhaps, considering the strength of the Sondheim penned ballad ‘Sooner Or Later‘ which featured so prominently...
Mind if I call you Dick?
Contrary to popular belief Madonna‘s two characters in the 1990 movie ‘Dick Tracy‘ were not specially created for the director/star’s girlfriend at the time. Madonna played two characters in the movie – Breathless Mahoney...
The First Album
Madonna‘s first album was going to be quite different under the original plan. The full album was originally produced by Reggie Lucas The original tracklisting ran: Side One Lucky Star (5.10) Borderline (5.18 )...
Dear ‘Dear Jessie’!
Madonna‘s most valuable commercially available CD Single was also her first one available in the UK. Like most other Madonna CD singles that are sold as UK product, the limited release of her Christmas...