Rome 'unites to condemn Madonna'



Posted: 03 August 2006 - From BBC News Online
Religious leaders in Rome have united against the mock-crucifixion featured in US pop star Madonna's latest show.
In the sequence, Madonna appears on a giant cross wearing a crown of thorns.
Father Manfredo Leone of Rome's Santa Maria Liberatrice church told Reuters news agency it was 'disrespectful, in bad taste and provocative'.
Muslim and Jewish leaders have also raised objections. Madonna performs in Rome on 6 August ahead of six further dates at London's Wembley Arena.
The 47-year-old received similar complaints during the American leg of her Confessions world tour, with one critic accusing her of 'blatant insensitivity'.
The singer has defended the imagery by saying it forms part of an appeal to her audience to donate to Aids charities.
'Being raised on a cross with a crown of thorns like a modern Christ is absurd,' continued Father Leone. 'Doing it in the cradle of Christianity comes close to blasphemy.'
Mario Scialoja, head of Italy's Muslim League, told Reuters Madonna would 'do better to go home', a sentiment echoed by a spokesman for Rome's Jewish community.
Madonna has invited controversy before, notably with her 1989 Like a Prayer video, which featured a black Christ-like figure and burning crosses, and a 1990 tour in which she simulated masturbation on stage.




in other news.....

Madonna gives $3 million to Malawi orphans
Posted: 03 August 2006 - From contactmusic.com
Pop superstar Madonna has donated at least $3 million (GBP1.7 million) to help orphans in Malawi. The Hung Up singer hopes her joint venture with economic guru Jeffrey Sachs will help feed up to 1,000 children every day.
She tells Time magazine the project is 'a privilege....the ultimate gift of being famous, or a byproduct....I know that, yeah, this is why I am famous.' And Madonna insists having her own children - Lourdes, nine, and Rocco, five - has changed her 'perspective on life', and she is fully committed to doing all she can to help underprivileged youngsters.





Madonna gets first Wembley honour


Posted: 02 August 2006 - From BBC News Online
Madonna has unveiled a bronze cast of her hands outside Wembley Arena, becoming the first star to be honoured in the venue's new Square of Fame.
The singer, who played the first of eight dates at the venue on Tuesday, said it was a 'great honour' that made her 'feel like an honorary Brit'.
Venue owners Quintain Estates wants the square to be a 'Hollywood-style feature' to honour top performers.
It hopes to add Kylie Minogue and George Michael casts in coming months.
Madonna said: 'I look forward to seeing other artists adding their handprints alongside mine.'
Following the unveiling, she returned to rehearsals for the first London show of her hit Confessions Tour.
'No matter how many concerts you do, you still have to do rehearsals,' the 47-year-old said.
Cast-makers had taken imprints of the star's hands in New York during the US leg of her world tour.
The tour began in Los Angeles in May, and 21 European dates kicked off in Cardiff on Sunday.
The European leg will include Madonna's first concert in Russia, at Moscow University, on 11 September.
Quintain Estates deputy chief executive Nick Shattock said: 'Madonna is officially the greatest female star in the world and we are delighted that she is the first of what will only be a few major names to be celebrated in the Square of Fame.'
Wembley Arena reopened in April following a £35m refurbishment.[/i]

This is nothing new. Remember when she did that video for "Like a Prayer"?

Same old shit

luv4u said:

what video???

article read:

Like a Prayer

The first thing I thought when I read this thread title:


http://www.amazon.com/gp/...74&s=music

And Im probably the only one.



I was like "WTF Why is Rome back in the spotlight and why is he hating Madonna? "
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Trickology said:

As usual the church turns Madonna into a hot topic!

CHIC0 said:

He thanks you sir.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/...F8&s=music







The photo background looks similar to some ruins of Rome! Madonna is gonna sooo get it!


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Trickology said:

Eww look at how her arms are bending back in that pic of her hands...freaky

ABeautifulOne said:

She's very limber.

Justin1972UK said:

Hi Chico!

How r u?

"Being raised on a cross with a crown of thorns like a modern Christ is absurd. Doing it in the cradle of Christianity comes close to blasphemy. And besides, on the real, her shit is straight up wack."

miguelbulcao said:

your signature

Madonna has changed her show





this is now what it looks like during Forbidden Love

ehuffnsd said:

Kinda reminds me of this:

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's Orthodox Church accused US superstar Madonna of exploiting Christian symbols for her own ends and called for a boycott of her first-ever concert in Moscow.

"The US singer Madonna exploits Christian symbols -- the cross, rosary beads and the crucifix -- and tries to equate human passions, including her own personal passions, with something sacred," the spokesman for the patriarch of Moscow said.

"I don't think that Orthodox believers should support this lady by going to her concert," father Vsevolod Chaplin said on Echo of Moscow radio station.

She "needs spiritual help because she swings between Christianity and Kabbalah," he said, referring to a branch of Jewish mysticism that the singer follows.

Madonna will perform in Russia for the first time on September 11 as part of her "Confessions" world tour. The concert will take place on a specially constructed stage on Sparrow Hills overlooking the city centre, close to Moscow State University.

The pop diva will arrive in the Russian capital with 57 trucks and 200 tonnes of equipment in tow, the organisers said. Tickets cost between 1,500 rubles (55 dollars, 45 euros) and a hefty 25,000 rubles (930 dollars, 730 euros).

Madonna kicked off the European leg of her world tour in the Welsh city of Cardiff on July 30 where she gyrated on a saddle floating above the stage and sang from a crucifix in a performance involving provocative dance routines.

She has often sparked outrage among religious leaders with raunchy video clips, notably when she kissed a black Christ in front of a burning cross in her 1989 hit "Like a Prayer".

Axchi696 said:

cool.