Sex, strippers and scandal: Inside Madonna’s ‘The Girlie Show’ tour 30 years on

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The philanthropic organization Global Citizen is teaming up with Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s company, pgLang, in an ambitious effort to establish a major music touring circuit across Africa. A kickoff event, “Move Afrika: Rwanda,” will take place Dec. 6 with the hip-hop superstar as the headliner.

They're known for a shared love of sport as well as a bit of healthy competition, so the Prince and Princess of Wales wasted no time in getting stuck into a mountain biking challenge on a trip to Scotland. Prince William and Kate Middleton, who are known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when visiting Scotland, have been spending the day in Burghead, Moray and Inverness and looked thrilled at the chance to get competitive with each other again.

Madonna is opening up about her health scare during her latest concert in Belgium, as part of her Celebration Tour. The iconic singer shared her thoughts with the audience on Saturday night, revealing that it is a “miracle” to be performing for her fans, and showing her appreciation after going through a full recovery.MADONNA BRINGS DAUGHTERS LOURDES, MERCY, AND ESTERE TO THE STAGE ON CELEBRATION TOUR CONCERTGLORIA GAYNOR REACTS TO MADONNA’S COVER OF ‘I WILL SURVIVE’LOURDES LEON RELEASES NEW SONG AND VIDEO PAYING TRIBUTE TO MADONNAThe 65-year-old got emotional while opening up about how she felt during the difficult moment.

A Dancing on Ice couple has revealed they have quit the show, as they hit out at the 'stressful' environment. Alexandra Schauman from Finland, 43, and Lukasz Rozycki from Poland, 44, have been married for 15 years.

Dancing On Ice professional Matt Evers has announced he will not return for the new series. In a statement, the 47 year old wrote: “I have some news to share. I knew this day would come at some point but I won’t be returning to Dancing On Ice this series… After 15 series of the show it was sadly time to hang up the skates for now.

Madonna‘s musical director Stuart Price has said the icon’s singing on her current ‘Celebration Tour’ is “all live vocal”.The Queen Of Pop began the UK and European leg of her 40th anniversary tour at The O2 in London last Saturday (October 14). She has since played a further three nights at the arena, and will return for two more in December.During a new conversation with Billboard, Price – who served as a producer on Madonna’s 2005 album ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor’ – reflected on the opening gig, and shared further details about the dates.The interviewer at one point told Price that Madge’s voice “sounded amazing”, singling out her performance of the 1998 single ‘Ray Of Light’.“In terms of building the show, top of the list is got to be, ‘Can we make something that is enjoyable to perform? Can we make something you feel confident doing?’ The number one reason for doing that is it’s all about the vocals,” he responded.“To give a singer the platform to sing and be themselves is the number one goal.

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Kirsty Wark will step down as a lead presenter of Newsnight after the next election after 30 years at the helm of the BBC's flagship nightly current affairs show, as she spoke of the "enormous privilege" in being involved with the programme.

Madonna on stage during her Celebration tour in London after sharing she auditioned for the pop icon’s biopic.The Italian-American model and actor made a guest appearance during the final night of Madonna’s six-date residency as part of the Ballroom Interlude, in which the pop star’s dancers compete in a vogueing competition.Fox was invited on stage to be one of the judges. Check out footage of the moment below.life doesnt feel real right mow.

Madonna’s Celebration Tour was worth the wait. On the first show of her tour, in London, Madonna performed Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” prompting a thrilled reaction from Gaynor herself.

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Martin Scorsese was two years into writing the script for Killers Of The Flower Moon when Leonardo DiCaprio requested an overhaul, the filmmaker has revealed.Speaking to The Irish Times, Scorsese revealed that he had been working on the upcoming true crime film’s script for two years when Leonardo DiCaprio read it and asked for it to be reworked.Killers Of The Flower Moon is based on a series of murders in the Osage tribe in 1920s Oklahoma and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone and Brendan Fraser.While the film is now being told from the perspective of the Osage tribe, that wasn’t always the case. According to Scorsese, the film’s original script was told “from the point of view of the bureau agents coming in to investigate”, which prompted DiCaprio’s issue with the script.Scorsese explained: “Leo came to me and asked, ‘Where is the heart of this story?’ I had had meetings and dinners with the Osage, and I thought, Well, there’s the story.

Madonna performing her 1978 hit ‘I Will Survive’ during the opening of her ‘Celebration’ tour in London over the weekend.The disco singer wrote on X that she was pleased the Queen of Pop is “in good health” following a serious bacterial infection that caused the postponement of the ‘Celebration’ tour, and then noted with a wink Madonna’s “excellent taste in music”.“…@Madonna congratulations on the launch of #TheCelebrationTour at the @TheO2 So happy that you are in good health and ready to have a holiday with fans around the world! By the way, you have excellent taste in music! #gloriagaynor #madonna #iwillsurvive,” Gaynor wrote online in reference to the ‘I Will Survive’ cover.Madonna performed ‘I Will Survive’ after praising her children for supporting her while she was ill earlier this year.

Madonna proves she is a proud mom. The singer started her highly anticipated Celebration Tour in high spirits at the London 02 Arena, singing her hit songs and surprising the audience with an incredible performance and a sweet moment, bringing her daughters Lourdes Leon, Estere, and Mercy James to the stage.Fans of the singer showed their excitement after Madonna invited her kids to take the stage, with Estere showing her dance moves and making the crowd go crazy, while Lourdes and Madonna cheered.

TV star Jean Johansson is known for showcasing luxurious properties on the hit show A Place In The Sun – the show she’s hosted for over five years - and her very own stunning, five-bedroom sandstone building is no different.The home in Ayrshire, that the 41-year-old shares with her husband of 15 years, former professional footballer Jonatan Johansson, 48, and their 12-year-old son Junior, is a glorious 19th-century mansion. And it really is Jean's sanctuary. "Of all the decisions I’ve ever made, this house is by far one of the best.

Blue Ivy practically stole the “Renaissance” Tour from Beyoncé.Now it’s Madonna’s 11-year-old daughter Estere showing that she got it from her mama, at the opening of the Queen of Pop’s “Celebration” Tour at the O2 in London on Saturday.Estere — who has a twin sister, Stella — demonstrated that she most definitely knows how to strike a fierce pose when she worked the runway to her mother’s classic dance anthem “Vogue.”In a nod to the underground ballroom culture that Madonna brought to the masses with her 1990 No. 1 hit and its iconic video, Madge and her oldest daughter, Lourdes — who celebrated her 27th birthday on Saturday — served as judges for Estere and her fellow voguers.And Estere certainly scored big with the familial panel, with her hand handiwork especially deserving of 10s across the board.She wasn’t the only one of Madonna’s children to perform on their mother’s big comeback stage after a serious bacterial infection sent her to the ICU for several days in late June, forcing a three-month postponement of her 40th-anniversary tour.The pop superstar’s son, David Banda, 18, also joined the Material Girl, making like Prince on guitar for a bit of “Let’s Go Crazy” that had the audience doing just that.

Madonna has revealed that she 'didn't think she'd make it' during her terrifying hospital dash in June.The superstar was taken ill earlier this year with a “serious bacterial infection” which saw her admitted to intensive care for several days and forced her to postpone the tour, which had been due to begin in Canada in July. During the opening night of her Celebration Tour, the 65 year old music legend spoke about her health scare, as she praised her children for 'saving her'.The Like a Virgin singer is mother to six children, Lourdes and Rocco, who are her biological children, as well as four adopted kids, David, Mercy, and twins Stella and Estere.

Madonna kicked off her ‘Celebration Tour’ in London last night (October 14) and said that she “didn’t think I would make it” after she was admitted to intensive care with a serious bacterial infection over the summer.The Queen of Pop performed over 40 songs from her back catalogue including her most famous hits and a number of deep cuts.During a rendition of ‘Mother And Father’ – a song about the death of her own mother – midway through the show, the star addressed her recent illness before she covered Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’.She told the crowd: “I didn’t think I would make it, and neither did my doctors. That’s why I woke up with all of my children sitting around me.”Madonna continued: “I forgot five days of my life, or my death, I don’t really know where I was.

Madonna’s Celebration Tour that kicked off at the O2 in London Saturday.But the most special moments revealed the humanity behind the 65-year-old woman that sometimes has been overshadowed living 40 years as not only as the Queen of Pop but one of the famous people on the planet.There was when she sang an capella “Little Star” — from her 1997 classic “Ray of Light” — instead of “Happy Birthday” for oldest daughter Lourdes, who turned 27 the same day her mother launched her 40th-anniversary tour.And then she talked about the Israel-Hamas war in a way that made you feel that she was just like all mothers out there, frightened for their children.“It breaks my heart to see children suffering, teenagers, elderly people suffering. All of it is heartbreaking,” the superstar said.

what she really thinks about Hollywood, sexism, Ozempic and everything in between.“Hollywood has changed a lot because it’s been taken over mostly by corporations, and corporations are the ones that are making the films now and choosing almost as if by rote,” she says, her inimitable British accent still able to cut glass.“I don’t know how they choose the subjects to make, but there’s been very few films that I have wanted to go to. I don’t want to be lectured.