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Just released, original studio version of Nothing Compares 2 U.

I don't see this as something new. Nobody was ever an "automatic add" year after year. Madonna did it because she kept evolving and she kept delivering great songs. Her era of automatic adds was probably over at the start of the 90s. Apart from Katy's CTTR, which was successful, no song released by the mentioned artists was so irresistible that radio had to play. The difference today in my opinion is not streaming but the great fall of sales. At the past established artists relied on sales. They had loyal fans who supported all their releases. Even casual fans, people who used to buy only a few albums a year, they would usually trust well known acts over new comers. All this is gone now because sales are practically non existent.

Too many songs crammed in 13 minutes ruined it for me. This just isn't entertaining. I thought that the half time show was supposed to be a kind of a mini concert. Not the fast forward trailer of a concert.

Oh no, so sad and unexpected. Last year they cancelled a lot of tour dates and the reason given was that Dolores has problems with her back. But they did some shows and the fans loved them, it was an acoustic greatest hits tour.

I've been listening to the (double) CD non stop since Friday. I think it's her best live album. It captures the live show atmosphere and contrary to MDNAT it works as an audio only experience.

No, I find it definitely better than MDNAT. I would prefer less crowd noise but the sound quality is very good.

Any new info on the Tears of a Clown extra?

Finally an official release for the live version of LFL. I prefer it to the album version.

There's nothing wrong with the mix, it sounds great. Good choice for a promo track.

Gorgeous new video for I Dare You. Paris Jackson is in it!!!

I'm a big fan of them too. I'm very happy they have a new album, for a while I was afraid that they'd split.

The first one is different because it is filmed on a different date. The other one I don't know if it's from HBO, but I cannot see how the final one is an improvement over it. Or that it required significant effort and a highly paid army of professionals to produce it. If you are happy with the final result fine. I know very well how "lucky" Madonna fans would feel if she delivered a show filmed like this.

Look at the date. It was posted some days before the televised show. And the official DVD video demonstrates very well what I'm saying. Weird angles, shots of Bono's back, shots through the crowd were Bono is barely visible. The handheld camera shots look a lot like the videos fans shoot with their mobile phones.

I don't think this is from the HBO broadcast, it's probably a pro shot from an earlier Paris show. Even in the official VEVO clip the live directing is very obvious. Just watch the 3:25-3:28 part.

Yes it is true. Hamish Hamilton directed live for HBO and that's what is on the DVD. If you don't believe me watch it. It has a very lo-fi feel to it, low resolution and blurry images from blown up remote shots, even shots where the band is partially obscured by a hand or head from the crowd. Just watch it and try to think what the comments would be if a Madonna show was filmed like that.