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Madonna, absent from fashion’s front row for years, unleashed pandemonium at the couture shows here Wednesday afternoon when she arrived at Jean Paul Gaultier.
The paparazzi surged dangerously, with camera crews sneaking in between the rows to get footage of the pop superstar. Dressed all in black with wraparound sunglasses, Madonna told WWD, “Gaultier is going to design the costumes for my next show. We are going to discuss the details tomorrow.”?
Once her bodyguards cleared the runway, Madonna jumped from her seat to greet French photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino before the show. As it turns out, the queen of pop is quite the polyglot, finding time to exchange a few words in Spanish with her front-row neighbor, flamenco dancer Joachim Cortez.
Gaultier is also designing costumes for Cortez and his 17 musicians for his upcoming Paris show dubbed “My Loneliness.”? After Gaultier’s Greek-themed confections exited the runway, Madonna exited with her entourage, with camera crews trailing aggressively, getting into tussles with editors also eager for a look at the celebrity.
source : wwd.com

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier showered pop icon Madonna with white rose petals on Wednesday at the end of a spring-summer haute couture collection that was inspired by Greek mythology and culture.
Models wearing outfits named Poseidon, Athena and Midas weaved around chairs clustered as Greek islands. Glass lanterns hung overhead which Gaultier said resembled those of Orthodox churches. Hairstyles were piled high or fell almost to the floor.
Parthenon was a jacket cut away to look like a column, embroidered with antique wire over a tight silk skirt. Cyclops was a long tunic with trousers covered in black organza petals.
“It’s a marvellous country with a big culture and I go there quite often and one day I knew would need to do a Greek collection,” Gaultier said.
After the final wedding dress, a huge ruffle joined onto a skirt with strings of pearls, Gaultier came running out with rose petals for his old friend Madonna.
“I’m excited, I’m really in love more with her. I’m very happy that she came,” he said.
Madonna was wearing a black jacket and skirt sat next to Spain’s top flamenco dancer Joaquin Cortes.
French actress Catherine Deneuve was also there.
“It was so beautiful. Such extraordinary colours, classical, and refined and very structured as well. A superb collection,” Deneuve told Reuters afterwards.
Gaultier’s show was the penultimate one of three days of haute couture collections in Paris. The outfits are made-to-measure and cost thousands of dollars, so there are only estimated to be between 200 and 300 clients in the world.
The dresses can take weeks to make and Gaultier said some were finished only just in time.
“It was almost a Greek tragedy … some arrived three minutes before,” he said.
Lebanese designer Elie Saab was the last event on the official calendar.
His models walked out to the tune of Erotica, a song by Madonna, in romantic glittery gowns with bows and tulle skirts. The audience was filled with potential clients from the Middle East, including many princesses.
The final bride wore a bustier dress with a 3.5-metre tulle train with latticework embroidery of pearls, silk and organza flowers and iridescent sequins.
source : reuters

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The first details of Madonna’s 2006 world tour have been leaked on the internet, with full confirmed dates expected to be announced this week.
According to unsubstantiated claims appearing online, the pop superstar will play shows throughout June and July in America, including five dates at Shea Stadium in New York City.
The news comes amid industry reports that promotional king-pin Arthur Fogel has been signed for the live follow-up to last year’s “Re-Invention” tour.
Fogel, who put together the “Re-Invention” jaunt and the 2002 “Drowned World” tour, is said to be fronting the 2006 outing, which will promote last year’s “Confessions On A Dancefloor” album, reports Billboard.
The tour, which is set to commence in America, apparently spans the globe, concluding with shows in Australia in mid to late September.
Meanwhile, Madonna’s spokeswomen in the US and UK have dismissed claims that her marriage to film director Guy Ritchie is in trouble. Both have released statements following speculation in the UK press.
Speaking about the video shoot to Madonna’s new video, “Sorry”, her US spokeswoman commented: “Guy came to the set to visit – once with the children Rocco and Lourdes, and once without.
“Mr and Mrs Ritchie seemed perfectly comfortable and adoring of each other. My sense is that they’re quite a happy, content couple.”
Her UK spokeswoman added: “There have been a lot of silly stories which are all untrue.”
source : yahoo

Madonna’s massive hit single Hung Up has been nominated for a Danish Music Award for Best international Hit. The ceremony will take place in Copenhagen’s Forum on March 11th.
source : drownedmadonna

Madonna has accepted Jon Bon Jovi’s apology for criticising her parenting skills, but is still waiting for Sir Elton John to apologise for his regular attacks on her.
The Bon Jovi frontman slammed the Material Girl last year for bringing her children Lourdes and Rocco to public events.
After Madonna’s spokeswoman denied the superstar had ever brought the kids to a film premiere, Bon Jovi apologised, saying, “Let me apologise because I don’t know the woman.”
In response to Bon Jovi’s apology, Madonna’s rep Liz Rosenberg tells the New York Daily News, “Now that is a gentleman – unlike Elton John, whose favourite hobby is trashing Madonna.”
John hit the headlines in 2004 when he falsely accused Madonna of lip-syncing on her Drowned World tour and berated her for failing to attend his pre-’wedding’ bash before his civil partnership ceremony to David Furnish last month.
source : contactmusic

Rumours of Madonna’s second ever Australian tour are gathering momentum following dates expected to be announced for the US this week.
According to sources, the Madonna tour will end in Australia with mid to late September being the preferred dates.
A US tour is not far off being announced but leaked dates suggest the following venues and cities:
June 2,3 Dodger’s Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
June 9,10 Soldier’s Field, Chicago, IL
June 16,17: Fenway Park, Boston
June 22,23,25,27,29: Shea Stadium, NYC
July 3,4,7: Ford Field, Detroit
US ticket prices are expected to peak at $600 with the volume of tickets coming in between $150-$250.
Her new single “~Sorry’ will be released next month.
source : undercover.com.au

Meanwhile, a much thinner creature, Madonna, is doing the sure-to-be-awards-bound video for the fabulously catchy “Sorry,” which I hear will involve her bouncing out of a Pimp-A-Ride van with tons of dancers and proceeding to roller skate into your mind. She’s kabbalah on wheels!
source : village voice

Alison Goldfrapp has lashed out at her fans for dubbing her idol Madonna, ‘Oldfrapp’.
The Number One hitmaker was thrilled when the 47-year-old superstar named the second Goldfrapp album Supernature as her favourite disc of 2005, but her delight quickly turned sour when fans pilloried the ageing singer.
She says, “It’s nasty and unfair. It’s great to see a woman of her age still performing and producing such fantastic work.”
Of the queen of pop’s comments, Goldfrapp says, “I take that as a real compliment.”
source : contactmusic

from DrownedMadonna : The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) just released their updated figures. The top 20 is noted below. Note that Madonna is the highest selling female artist ever and also the only artist in the top 5 who didn’t have a release prior to 1980.

01. The Beatles 400,000,000 (1962-1970)
02. Michael Jackson 350,000,000 (1979-)
03. Elvis Presley 300,000,000 (1956-1977)
04. Madonna 275,000,000 (1984-)
05. Nana Mouskouri 250,000,000 (1959-)
06. Cliff Richard 250,000,000 (1959-1969,1977-1979,1986-1999)
07. The Rolling Stones 250,000,000 (1964-1981)
08. Mariah Carey 230,000,000 (1990-)
09. Elton John 220,000,000 (1972-1976,1989-1991,1997-)
10. Celine Dion 220,000,000 (1990-)