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Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour in Lisbon (September 14 2008) – Picture by Akos

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Sam Sparro has defended his harsh attack on Madonna – insisting she’s “made a career” out of cutting comments like his.

The Black & Gold star caused a storm earlier this year when he called the pop veteran “vulgar” for attempting to be “hot again” at the age of 50.

And while he doesn’t regret blasting Madge, he believes his bitter words will have done her more good than harm.

He said: “I don’t regret saying it. Everyone took it a bit seriously. She can be vulgar.

“I find her a bit hard to believe sometimes. There’s a bit of a contradiction in what she’s presenting – she’s still trying to be this sexed-up thing.

“People say nasty s*** about Madonna all the time. She’s made a career out of it.”

However Sam – who’s currently working with Lindsay Lohan on some tracks for her comeback album – would be reluctant to collaborate with the Like A Virgin star, even if she forgave his criticism of her.

He added: “I know what I like to do creatively and if she’s willing to collaborate then maybe – but I don’t want to work for a dictator.”

source : the sun

South America fans! Madonna is nominated for the “Best International Pop Artist Award” at this year’s MTV VMAS Latin America. The ceremony will take place on October 16 and you can already vote for your favorite artist. Make sure to cast your vote by visiting MTV’s website now!

source : madonna.com

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The ‘Get Stupid’ video featured as an interlude during Madonna’s ‘Sticky & Sweet’ show is now available from the ‘videos’ section of the site. Madonna wanted to share the important message from this video with everyone.
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The Material Girl does it again! With a sell-out crowd of over 74,000 fans and a gross of over 12 million USD, Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour easily surpassed all previous grosses at both the old and the new Wembley Stadiums. This record breaking performance adds another first following last week’s confirmation that Madonna’s Zurich performance in front of 72,000 fans was the largest audience ever for a concert in Switzerland. With upcoming European sell-outs in Lisbon, Paris and Athens, the beat definitely does go on and Sticky & Sweet is certainly destined to be the tour of the year.

But it’s not just Europe that is enthralled by the world’s tastiest sweetheart. In South America fan demand has been so great that multiple dates have now been confirmed everywhere dates were announced, resulting in three performances in Buenos Aires, two in Santiago and Rio de Janeiro and a final three performances in Sao Paulo before the tour wraps up on December 21st.

The North American continent is no exception. Sticky & Sweet kicks off October 4th in New York with over 66,500 tickets sold for five consecutive sold out arena performances including one at New Jersey’s Izod Center and four Madison Square Garden events before heading throughout the US and Canada and culminating in Mexico City where Madonna’s two Sticky & Sweet concerts November 29th & 30th sold out in record time.

Sticky & Sweet boasts two hours of non-stop hits that include new twists on old favorites (”Vogue,” “Borderline,” “La Isla Bonita,” “Like A Prayer”) coupled with sensational versions of modern classics (”Music,” “Hung Up,” “4 Minutes,” “Give It 2 Me”).

Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.

source : prnewswire

Pop superstar Madonna has dismissed controversy over her recent London concert – insisting the late start was within the venue’s guidelines.

The holiday hitmaker was due to begin her show at the city’s Wembley Stadium on Thursday at 8:30pm, but she didn’t launch into her first song until 9:10pm, meaning the two-hour event ran late.

Madonna now reportedly faces a fine from the venue, as artists are given a 10:30pm curfew to help local public transport systems cope with the large numbers of concert-goers all exiting at the same time.

Last year British singer George Michael was fined $240,000 when his Wembley gig over-ran by 13 minutes.

But a spokesperson for the star insists that the rules are not binding, telling British publication The London Paper, “Stage times are only guidelines.”

The singer has also come under fire for the poor sound quality at the gig, with many fans complaining that they could not hear most of their favourite songs.

But the representative insists there was nothing wrong with the equipment, saying, “I was at the gig and the sound was fine.”

Madonna’s Sticky + Sweet tour concludes in Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 21st.

source : wenn

Madonna going to the gym in London (September 12 2008)