errant said:

SoulAlive said:

Girl Gone Wild Remix EP about to hit iTunes

Great news from the United States, where Interscope Records has put together a Madonna "Girl Gone Wild Remixes EP" which could hit iTunes and other digital music stores as soon as today, Friday April 20.

But even better news is that Universal Music is also putting the finishing touched to a physical release for the remixes which will come out in the form of a Remix CD EP very soon.

Fans of the talented Avicii will be happy to know that the "Madonna vs Avicii" mix of "Girl Gone Wild" will be part of this long-awaited release.

Oh wow, already? Gee, what's the rush LOL

1 Madonna vs. Avicii – Girl Gone Wild (Avicii's Umf Mix) 5:16
2 Girl Gone Wild (Dave Audé Remix) 8:05
3 Girl Gone Wild (Justin Cognito Remix) 4:48
4 Girl Gone Wild (Kim Fai Remix) 6:33
5 Girl Gone Wild (Lucky Date Remix) 5:06
6 Girl Gone Wild (Offer Nissim Remix) 6:49
7 Girl Gone Wild (Dada Life Remix) 5:15
8 Girl Gone Wild (Rebirth Remix) 6:49

http://itunes.apple....xes/id520949085

at one point she admits that she sayin' no to some opportunities 2 promote the album in order 2 spend more time with her children.

with the tour set to kick off next month,we are now getting an idea of how the stage will look...

It's so nice to like a new Madonna album again! After the doldrums that was 2008-09, it's such a relief!

Mexican Magazines: 'OK!'

The Mexican version of 'OK!' magazine (April issue number 220) featured Madonna on the cover and a full eight-page article inside. Click on the images to enlarge.

SoulAlive said:

with the tour set to kick off next month,we are now getting an idea of how the stage will look...

Another view...

*gasp* it's a triangle!

alphastreet said:

*gasp* it's a triangle!

What a revelation, eh?

alphastreet said:

*gasp* it's a triangle!

And there's a circular step that looks like an eye

A huge promotional campaign has started in Italy by RDS the official radio sponsor of the Madonna 2012 Tour.

Starting next week fans can win tickets for all three Italian stops (Rome, Milan and Florence) of the new Madonna tour! click on image below to enlarge!

Two pictures of the MDNA Tour ads they're running in Miami, Florida at the American Airlines Arena where Madonna will perform on November 19 and 20.
Click to zoom.

The Madonna Tour is selling fast in Colombia, where the most of the tickets for the November 28, 2012 concert at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellinbasically sold out during the 14 hour pre-sale.

A very small amount of tickets is left for the public sale - about 2,000 units - and Luz Ángela Castro, CEO from local promoter b>Ocesa Colombia stated there will not be any additional date in the country.

US TV: 'America's Best Dance Crew'

Things are heating up on America’s Best Dance Crew, and this week, the nine remaining crews will bow down to her Madgesty with performances set to the music of Madonna.
The episode, airing Wednesday 25 April on MTV, will also feature the show’s first-ever double elimination.

In the exclusive clip below (click on the image to view), 8 Flavahz, an all-female crew, Vogues for its life. But will it be good enough? You be the judge - until we hear from the actual judges, that is.

Another massive drop for madonna from 21k to 12k

MDNA drops 18-34 on the Billboard 200, with 12,000 (rounded number).

Thirty years ago today, on April 24th 1982, Madonna’s first Single “Everybody” was released in the US!

Madonna's 2012 Tour 'On Track' To Be Among 'Top 10 of All Time'

Ongoing chatter that the Madonna tour, and by extension her multi-rights deal with Live Nation, are underperforming is “baseless,” according to sales figures provided by tour producer Arthur Fogel, chairman of Live Nation Global Touring.

The precipitous drop of MDNA in its second week, while certainly not something an artist would want (though the nature of the beast when pricing strategies are geared toward impressive first-week sales), actually has little to do with the performance of Live Nation’s 10-year, $120 million multi-rights deal with Madonna. The days of tours supporting records are long gone; for some time now, touring drives record sales, not the reverse, and the Madonna touring business is more than solid.

As for the multi-rights deal, while MDNA is the first album under the 360, the upcoming trek is not the first tour. That would be “Sticky and Sweet” of 2008-2009, which grossed $408 million, according to Billboard Boxscore, the third-highest gross all-time and the highest ever notched by a solo artist. Merchandising is also a component of this tour and in Madonna’s case is a significant revenue producer. Finally, given that the entire 360 deal is, at its core, performance-based and assuredly tour-driven in its concept, Madonna is delivering.

According to Fogel — the guy who would know — these are the facts: 76 Madonna shows at arenas and stadiums are on sale in North America and Europe combined. More than 1.4 million tickets have been sold, banking about $214 million for an average in the $2.7 million per show in a mix of stadiums and arenas. And the tour doesn’t even begin until May 29 in Tel Aviv, first hitting America in Philadelphia Aug. 28.

Fogel’s not sure what to make of the detractors. “This tour is completely on track to end up in the top 10 tours of all time, especially considering we haven’t put South America or Australia on sale,” he tells Billboard.biz. “To say this tour is not performing is so off base I don’t even know what to say. When this tour is said and done, combined with ‘Sticky and Sweet,’ you’re talking $750 million in gross ticket sales. That sounds pretty impressive to me.”

If tickets are still available for certain shows, that by no means spells disaster. “One of the things some people don’t get is, I don’t necessarily want to be sold out at this point; I keep trying to find tickets to sell,” says Fogel. “Every day our people are trying to fine-tune the site lines and production kills. That’s my job. It’s great when you can say ‘sold out,’ but right now I want to keep finding tickets to sell. That’s the game.”

European dates, which are mostly in stadiums, have come under particular scrutiny. Fogel says the $214 million gross banked so far is spread “pretty evenly” between North America and Europe, and there are 43 shows on sale in North America versus 33 in Europe. “You can do the math,” Fogel says, reeling off sales figures. “46,000 in Istanbul, 44,000 in Milan, 39,000 in Florence. We sold out two arenas in Barcelona, two in Berlin, two in Amsterdam, we sold 42,000 in Edinburgh, 40,000 in Helsinki, 51,000 in Paris. If that’s trouble, give me more.”

Fogel concedes Europe didn’t blow up the way North America did, but cites buying patterns for stadium general admission tickets in Europe, and the huge promotional boost of the Super Bowl performance in America as key factors in that disparity.

“She’s at the top of her game and she ain’t goin’ away,” he concludes.

Billboard

purplethunder3121 said:

yeah, yeah, I'm only 30 days late (or more, lol), but I've finally listened MDNA...

the way I say it

a) same mistakes as HC: modern dance/pop production but that's not a good thing, since post-2004 music sucks, and the same annoying/unnecessary collaborations/cameos: the already pedestrian Give Me All Your Love is totally ruined by Nikki and MIA...

b) a couple of tracks that are an embarrassment: Gang Bang (can't believe some fans saying this is a late career classic ), and I'm a Sinner

c) many just ok/blah ones: Turn Up the Radio, I'm Addicted, Superstar, Some Girls...best fast/upbeat jam: Girl Gone Wild

d) not surprisingly, the very best tracks are the slow, dark and/or weird numbers: Love Spent, Masterpiece, Falling Free, I Don't Give A

e) the bonus-tracks were just ok, nothing to write home about, "unless" B-Day Song, which is one of the DULLEST song she has ever recorded...

f) surprisingly good lyrics about Madonna and her +50 years old status, and about the sorry world we're living in: bitches, idiots, money, ego, decadence, soulless neo-religion, and similar bleak stuff. Too bad the music is not as good..

verdict:

not a bad album, but it's a very cold modern pop/dance album with some interesting lyrics. 3/5

a far cry from Confessions...but probably better than HC, American Life, Evita and I'm Breathless...

[Edited 4/25/12 17:04pm]

you think 'I'm Addicted' and 'Some Girls' are "just OK" but yet you think 'I Don't Give A' is one of the best tracks??