MADONNA’S LOUIS VUITTON ADS — FIRST LOOK

• News Captain: Jay
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Dec 4,2008

Check out the new Louis Vuitton ads featuring Madonna in a smoky French bistro setting, as photographed by Steven Meisel. After attending one of the Queen of Pop’s concerts in Paris, inspiration struck LV’s creative director Marc Jacobs for the label’s next fashion advertising campaign.

“I just blurted out, ‘I think we should do Madonna,’” Jacobs told WWD. “I was totally just blown away by it, and moved by her performance, by what she had to say, and her energy.”

And the rumor about Madonna raking in $10 million for the campaign? “It’s very far away from that,” he assured.

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/12/04/madonnas-louis-vuitton-ads-first-look/

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LATEST STICKY AND SWEET BOXSCORE CONCERT STATS

• News Captain: Amazing Guy.
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Dec 4,2008

Below are the official and confirmed stats (grosses, attendance) for some recent Sticky And Sweet concerts as published in Billboard Boxscore.

Rank / Artist / Event / Venue / City/State / Event Dates / Gross Sales / Attend/Capacity / Shows/Sellouts / Prices / Promoters

Madonna, Paul Oakenfold
Dolphin Stadium
Miami, Fla.
Nov. 26, 2008
$6,137,030
47,998 /47,998
1 / 1
$350, $55
Live Nation Global Touring

Madonna
Minute Maid Park
Houston, Texas
Nov. 16, 2008
$5,170,100
41,498 /41,498
1 / 1
$350, $55
Live Nation Global Touring

Madonna
Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, N.J.
Nov. 22, 2008
$3,231,000
13,293 /13,293
1 / 1
$350, $50
Live Nation Global Touring/Caesars Atlantic City

Madonna
Philips Arena
Atlanta, Ga.
Nov. 24, 2008
$2,632,952
14,843 /14,843
1 / 1
$352, $57
Live Nation Global Touring

Madonna
Ford Field
Detroit, Mich.
Nov. 18, 2008
$2,395,900
30,119 /30,119
1 / 1
$350, $25
Live Nation Global Touring

Madonna
Wachovia Center
Philadelphia, Pa.
Nov. 20, 2008
$2,318,530
13,790 /13,790
1 / 1
$350, $55
Live Nation Global Touring

These 6 sold-out concerts in the U.S. grossed $21,885,512 and played to an audience of 161,541 people. Added with the $185,696,018 in grosses and attendance of 1,357,906 people from the previous Sticky and Sweet shows reported in Billboard Boxscore, the tour has so far grossed in total an astonishing $207,581,530 and played to an audience of 1,519,447 people. This tour has surpassed the concert grosses record for a solo artist and female artist that Madonna achieved on The Confessions Tour. That tour grossed $194,754,447 and played to an audience of 1,210,294 people.

There are still at least 13 Sticky and Sweet shows remaining to be reported to Billboard Boxscore. In a recent article in Billboard, it is stated that the tour is “on a pace to hit about $282 million when Mexico/South America wraps.”

Source: Billboard.com

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GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

• News Captain: Jay
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Dec 3,2008

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Lesson Learned
  Alicia Keys & John Mayer
  Track from: As I Am
  [J Records]
• 4 Minutes
  Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
  Track from: Hard Candy
  [Warner Bros.]
• Rich Woman
  Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  Track from: Raising Sand
  [Rounder]
• If I Never See Your Face Again
  Rihanna & Maroon 5
  Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
  [Def Jam]
• No Air
  Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
  Track from: Jordin Sparks
  [Jive]

Best Dance Recording
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.)

• Harder Better Faster Stronger
  Daft Punk
  Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter & Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers
  Track from: Alive 2007
  [Virgin Records]
• Ready For The Floor
  Hot Chip
  Hot Chip, producers; Dan Carey, mixer
  Track from: Made In The Dark
  [Astralwerks/DFA]
• Just Dance
  Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis
  RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, mixer
  [Streamline/Interscope/Kon Live]
• Give It 2 Me
  Madonna
  Madonna & The Neptunes, producers; Andrew Coleman & Spike Stent, mixers
  Track from: Hard Candy
  [Warner Bros.]
• Disturbia
  Rihanna
  Brian Kennedy, producer; Phil Tan, mixer
  Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
  [Def Jam]
• Black & Gold
  Sam Sparro
  Jesse Rogg & Sam Sparro, producers; Jeremy Wheatley, mixer
  Track from: Sam Sparro
  [Universal Republic Records]

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
(A Remixer’s Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Closer (StoneBridge Radio Edit)
  StoneBridge, remixer (Ne-Yo)
  [Def Jam]
• Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
  Justice, remixers (MGMT)
  Track from: Oracular Spectacular
  [Columbia]
• 4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix)
  Junkie XL, remixer (Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake)
  [Warner Bros.]
• Just Fine (Moto Blanco Remix)
  Moto Blanco, remixers (Mary J. Blige)
  Track from: Growing Pains
  [Geffen]
• The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix)
  Deadmau5, remixer (Morgan Page Featuring Lissie)
  Track from: Elevate
  [Nettwerk]

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BUENOS AIRES - CONCERT DATE CHANGES!

• News Captain: Jay
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Dec 3,2008

T4F has announced that tonight’s engagement of Madonna on December 3 at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires has been postponed due to unforeseen technical difficulties. However, in order not to disappoint any of her fans, Madonna has moved around her schedule so that all four shows in Buenos Aires will be performed.

The new schedule will be as follows: Madonna will perform at River Plate Stadium on December 4, 5, 7 and 8. Please note that tickets for tonight’s performance, December 3, will be honored on Friday, December 5. In addition, please note that tickets for Saturday, December 6 will be honored on Monday, December 8.

With this revised schedule, Madonna is happy to accommodate her many fans. The shows will continue to be filmed for later broadcast. The support and understanding of the many fans of Madonna is most greatly appreciated. She looks forward to performing all four shows on this historic run at the famous River Plate Stadium.

To recap:
* Fans holding tickets for Wednesday, December 3 will attend the show on Friday, December 5.
* Fans holding tickets for Thursday, December 4 will attend the show on Thursday, December 4.
* Fans holding tickets for Saturday, December 6 will attend the show on Monday, December 8.
* Fans holding tickets for Sunday, December 7 will attend the show on Sunday, December 7.

Madonna fans wishing to purchase tickets to the rescheduled performances may do so at: http://www.ticketek.com.ar/madonna

madonna.com

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MADONNA MEETS PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERNANDEZ AND INGRID BETANCOURT

• News Captain: Amazing Guy.
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Dec 3,2008

Madonna met with a president and a former guerrilla-held hostage Tuesday at Argentina’s presidential palace, where she filmed “Evita” 12 years ago.

The pop star, in Buenos Aires on the Latin America leg of her “Sticky & Sweet” world tour, showed up early for a visit Argentine President Cristina Fernandez — who was then meeting with one of the world’s best-known ex-hostages.

Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt was freed in July after being held more than six years in jungle camps by leftist rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. She was visiting Argentina to thank its government for working to free hundreds of other hostages left behind.

Fernandez brought Madonna and Betancourt together for a brief meeting that was closed to the press.

The trip marks Madonna’s third visit to Buenos Aires, where in 1996 she played Eva Peron, the first lady of Argentina from 1946-52, in the musiscal film “Evita.”

Then-President Carlos Menem permitted her to film one of the movie’s most famous scenes on the balcony of the palace, where she sang “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina.”

Source: madonna.com/ap

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MADONNA POSTPONES CONCERT IN BUENOS AIRES

• News Captain: intothegroove
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Dec 3,2008

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Madonna has postponed the first of four shows in Argentina.

Representatives of River Plate Stadium say they have postponed the pop star’s opening concert at the request of the production company. She will still perform as scheduled in Buenos Aires on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Local news media are reporting that some of Madonna’s sound equipment hasn’t arrived due to flight delays, so the concert could be rescheduled for Monday.

Local production company Time 4 Fun wouldn’t comment when contacted by The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Madonna kicked off the Latin American leg of her “Sticky & Sweet” world tour last week in Mexico City.

From Buenos Aires she heads to Chile and Brazil.

The Associated Press 

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MADONNA ON BRITNEY SPEARS

• News Captain: Amazing Guy.
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Dec 2,2008

Madonna in Britney’s new documentary :

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PICTURES FROM MADONNA S&S TOUR STOP IN MEXICO

• News Captain: Amazing Guy.
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Dec 1,2008

Pictures from Mexico’s First Sticky & Sweet Tour show, and some of the merchandise they had from sale out side of the foro sol.

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MADONNA, ALEX RODRIGUEZ IN MEXICO CITY

• News Captain: Amazing Guy.
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Nov 30,2008

MEXICO CITY —  New York Yankees third-baseman Alex Rodriguez appeared in Mexico City on the same weekend as Madonna — a turn of events he called “very good.”

The 33-year-old baseball star spent two hours Sunday teaching kids to bat at a new sports center built on a landfill in the poor suburb of Nezahualcoyotl.

Pop star Madonna meanwhile prepared to perform for a sold-out second night in the capital as part of her “Sticky & Sweet” tour.

When asked what he thought about being in the sprawling capital at the same time as Madonna, Rodriguez said it was “very good,” without elaborating.

Rodriguez and his wife divorced in September, months after he made tabloid headlines for a rumored, but denied, dalliance with Madonna.

Less than four weeks later, Madonna and filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie announced their own split after nearly eight years of marriage.

Rodriguez, known by fans as “A-Rod,” was invited to inaugurate the sports center by Mexico’s richest man, Carlos Slim, whose Telmex Foundation sponsored its construction. The site includes two baseball diamonds and 25 soccer fields.

“It’s a pleasure to talk about baseball, to talk about the importance of keeping children off the streets, out of drugs and out of all the bad things that there are in this life,” the New York City-born Rodriguez said in Spanish.

It wasn’t immediately known of Rodriguez and Madonna met while in Mexico City.

Source: AP

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AUSTRALIAN PROMOTERS CONFIRM MADONNA CANCELLATION

• News Captain: Jay
• Filed under: Madonna
• Date: Nov 29,2008

PROMOTERS have scrapped Australian tour plans for superstars Madonna, Neil
Diamond and Paul McCartney because of the weak dollar.

Madonna had agreed to multiple dates in Sydney and Melbourne in late
January, and was holding talks about possible gigs in Brisbane and Perth,
with tickets expected to go on sale two weeks ago with a top ticket price of
$400.

“It got as close as anything ever gets,” a tour industry source said.
“Madonna was coming to Australia, the dates were resolved but then the
economics got in the way.”

The revelations follow a growing list of postponed tour plans by the world’s
biggest superstars.

Concert industry sources say Diamond, McCartney, The Eagles, Green Day and
Metallica have put visits on hold because of the bad economy.

“It’s unknown territory at the moment,” said promoter Michael Chugg. “A lot
of tours went on sale before the dollar crashed.

“We are only starting to see the effect of the economy on the tour
industry.”

Mr Coppel said the weak dollar had made promoters and touring superstars
cautious. “The risk level has gone up substantially for US-based acts
because our dollar is 35 per cent down from where it was three months ago.

“A lot of us have been caught out on deals that don’t make any sense. You
can sell out a tour and still lose a seven-figure sum.”

But there are exceptions.

Promoter Michael Coppel is touring US singer Pink, who has broken box office
records, including an 11-night stand in Melbourne. She will be in Brisbane
in July. Mr Chugg, touring Coldplay in March, says the right acts always
will do well. But Mr Coppel warns the weak dollar and exchange rate will
push ticket prices up.

While some superstars adopt a wait-and-see approach on the economy, top line
acts AC/DC and Tina Turner are set to include Australia in their world tour
plans.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,24725578-5003421,00.html

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