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Yet, the cheering lulled when she was raised on the cross
LIES
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acko do you spot yourself in there?
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Associated Press video newsreport (plays after the ad): -link-
They seem to always interview the disgruntled ones
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http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20060810/52469385.html
Opinion & analysis
Clergy vs. Madonna
11:51 | 10/ 08/ 2006
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Vladimir Simonov) -Tuesday August 8 was yet another triumph for Madonna. The star will have her first-ever concert in Russia on September 11, and tickets went on sale yesterday. Young Muscovites started queuing as early as Monday night, and four thousand tickets were sold within a few hours.
Madonna will sing at Vorobyevy Hills, one of the city's most picturesque spots, known to all sightseers who come to Moscow. The event will require 250 metric tons of sophisticated equipment, which will come by 57 huge trucks.
The upcoming pop spectacle has come up against fierce resistance from the Church, and religion unexpectedly proved to have none of the formidable public impact ascribed to it-or else the concert would be banned.
The Church's leaders have been busy for the last several weeks shouting invectives more embittered than those they might use against the Antichrist. Calls on the flock to boycott the concert descended from the pulpits. Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, second in command of the Moscow Patriarchate external church relations department, came down on the singer for the Christian symbolism which abounds in her shows. Father Vsevolod says she uses it to quench her sinful passions, and says that Madonna would be better off giving her confession to a priest.
All Christian denominations, and other religions for that matter, bear grudges against the star. Cardinal Ersilio Tonini, for one, accuses her of blasphemy, while a group of distinguished rabbis fulminate against her cabbalistic hobby. The Russian Mufti Council went even farther, saying a woman ought not to appear on stage in outrageous attire-meaning her trademark black tights plus crown of thorns. While wearing all that, Madonna was raised high on a crucifix at each of her European concerts to advertise Confessions on a Dance Floor, her latest CD. Muscovites will certainly see the sacrilegious stunt on September 11.
Meanwhile, boys and girls in Russia and Western Europe joyfully extol their idol, never mind the clergy, showing that something is wrong with the Church's attitudes towards the younger flock. Madonna's triumphs indicate that the piety sweeping the Old and New Worlds alike is not so profound as theologians may assume.
The latter point is especially true of Russia. Religion went through several appalling decades of Communist rule here, with houses of prayer turned into stables and pigsties. Now is the time of religious renaissance-yet that turns out to lie only on the surface. Churches may be chock-full of worshippers on Sundays, and Christmas may have become a national red-letter day, with the president and other VIPs in the congregation. Statistics may be right when they say the number of people who consider themselves religious has grown more than threefold since the late 1980s: 16% of the population in 1986 did so, as opposed to the 50-80% offered by the latest opinion polls.
Be all that as it may, the percentage of true practicing Christians-people who regularly go to confession and communion-remains the same scanty 1.5-2% it was before Mikhail Gorbachev launched his perestroika. In fact, the rediscovered Christianity of an overwhelming majority is no more than a social whim compensating for our recent godless past.
Church attacks on Madonna come to us Russians as deja vu. Communist reprisals against cultural figures and events are fresh in our memory-suffice it to recall an avant-garde art show bulldozed in Moscow, or a cruel campaign against Boris Pasternak after he dared to publish his Doctor Zhivago abroad. Paradoxically, the Church has now adopted secular authorities' ways to strangle free artistic expression. Many see the Madonna story as an alarming sign that the clergy is trying to rule the public mind in a country whose Constitution has freedom of conscience among its pivotal guarantees.
The crazy laser effects in Madonna's concerts spotlight the weak points of current religious life. The generation raised on mobile phones and the World Wide Web regards the Church as something archaic. Rock, pop and rap are far closer to the young soul than sermons. Many Russian Orthodox Church leaders are aware of that. For instance, Metropolitan Cyril often has lively discussions with rock-music crowd.
Meanwhile, clerical wrath will only serve to give Madonna some free advertising.
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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060810/52466905.html
A third of Madonna Moscow concert tickets sold in 2 days
11:03 | 10/ 08/ 2006
MOSCOW, August 10 (RIA Novosti) - More than a third of the tickets for U.S. pop star Madonna's sole Moscow concert had been sold by the end of the second day of sales, organizers said Thursday.
Some 16,000 tickets for the September 11 show, part of the diva's world tour to promote her 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' albums had been sold by the end of August 9. Ildar Bakiyev, responsible for ticket sales, said the most expensive tickets would be distributed by order and members of the Madonna fan club would be able to buy tickets to the dance floor in front of the stage.
"We agreed that they would write an official letter with a list of all the fan club members, so that I was sure that the tickets would not go to touts," he said.
A total of 10,500 tickets were sold Wednesday and 6,000 for the dance floor were sold for 1,500 rubles ($56), well under the European-low of $90, on Tuesday when sales began. Tickets for Madonna's concert in Moscow are the cheapest in the world.
The 40,000 tickets for the show fall into six price categories, from 3,000 rubles ($110) to 25,000 rubles ($935).
Anton Artashkin, Russia's PR manager of Madonna's tour, said Web sites selling tickets experienced many technical failures as many people were willing to order tickets online.
Religious leaders, however, have been less enthusiastic about the 47-year-old's controversial show, which features a song in which she is apparently crucified during her concerts on a giant cross studded with small mirrors.
Vsevolod Chaplin, head of the Moscow Patriarchy's department for external relations, said Tuesday, "For an Orthodox believer there is no point of attending her [Madonna's] concerts or helping her propagate her spiritual problems via self-advertisement."
Damir Gizatullin, deputy head of Russia's Council of Muftis, echoed him, saying, "I believe Islam believers in Russia will not support Madonna's show, and she will not be a success here contrary to her expectations," he said.
A total of 200 metric tons of Madonna's stage equipment will arrive in Moscow in 57 trucks after her September 6 concert in Prague. The singer will be accompanied by a staff of 200 and will perform onstage with a team of 27 people.
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MOB of fans waiting outside Madonna's hotel:
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Moscow queue panorama.
Here's a panoramic photo of the queue to the ticket office.
http://www.drownedmadonna.com/images/2006/...ue-panorama.jpg
Tickets went on sale yesterday at 10am local time. There are 30,000 general admission tickets + 10,000 seated tickets. There were two goofs, however. Despite the information that general admition tickets can be purchased online, via the phone and in 2 tickets offices, it's not true! The only way is through the single ticket office that is opened 10am-9pm. Fans started to queue at 6pm the previous day - 16 hours before the actual sale begun! Another goof is the price of approx. 44 Euro per ticket - both 27,000 general admission and 3,000 front-stage ones. It's clear that there are so many fans willing to be closer to the stage and therefore to pay more then 44 Euro. Needless to say all those front-stage tickets were sold within minutes.
Anyway, fans are cheering and happy. Media reports are very positive and in a big time sensuality.
Special thanks to our correspondent Mosdog from Moscow.
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Fans queueing for tickets in Moscow.
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grazie acko!
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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060808/52376364.html
Madonna fans line up all night for Moscow concert tickets
11:34 | 08/ 08/ 2006
MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - About 300 Madonna fans gathered in central Moscow in the small hours of Tuesday to buy tickets for the pop diva's concert on September 11.
The first fan appeared on Monday afternoon and by 7 p.m. (3p.m. GMT) people had started signing up to a long list for their chance to make it to the ticket office.
About 2,000 cheapest tickets will be sold for the dance floor Tuesday for 1,500 rubles ($56), well under the European-low of $90, said Mikhail Shurygin, president of St. Petersburg's concert agency NCA organizing the concert.
The other 40,000 tickets for the show, part of the controversial Confessions tour, fall into six price categories, from 3,000 rubles ($110) to 25,000 rubles ($935).
Organizers of Madonna's tour in Prague, where the pop icon will perform on September 6, said the 36,000 tickets sold out in nine minutes.
Shurygin said that free tickets would be provided for disabled people, but the singer's management would set the number available.
A total of 200 metric tons of Madonna's stage equipment will arrive in Moscow in 57 trucks. The singer will be accompanied by a staff of 200 and will perform onstage with a team of 27 people.
Shurygin said, "The newest security equipment from Europe will be used during Madonna's show in Moscow." He added that the stage, which will be set up in front of the huge Moscow University building on a hill overlooking the capital, would be protected with police cordon and a fence.
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Madonna revered and reviled in Rome
Star puts pope and Berlusconi on video of world's 'baddies'
(ANSA) - Rome, August 7 - Madonna's concert in Rome on Sunday sparked conflicting reactions here, with fans revering the star and the Church blasting her "blasphemous" performance .
Some 70,000 people crowded into the capital's Olympic Stadium for the sell-out gig, in which the singer 'crucified' herself on a huge cross, while singing Live To Tell .
The stunt, a controversial part of her Confessions Tour set, attracted the wrath of many religious groups, including Rome's Muslims, before and after the concert .
Another controversial part of the show was a video clip in which Pope Benedict XVI and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi were shown alongside people like Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein .
"An Artfully-Created Scandal" read a headline in Avvenire, the Italian bishops' daily, on Monday. Avvenire also published an opinion piece which argued that, while Madonna aimed to amaze her public, all she really served up was "kitschness that tastes of middle-aged trickery" .
Madonna fans, on the other hand, thoroughly enjoyed the concert, despite the provocation and dubious taste .
One fan's banner called for Madonna to be made a "Saint Immediately", while another chided the Church by declaring "I missed mass to come to see you" .
"Crowds and Applause, Madonna enchants the Olympic Stadium," read a headline on the front-page of Rome daily Il Messaggero .
While admitting the singer made extensive use of gimmicks, another Rome newspaper, La Repubblica, gave her a warm review .
"If you manage to avoid being offended, there is fun to be had," wrote La Repubblica's top music critic, Gino Castaldo, who praised the 47-year-old's stamina .
The crowd was dotted with VIPs, including Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and actress Penelope Cruz, American rock star Lenny Kravitz and heroes of Italy's World Cup-winning soccer team, Francesco Totti and Alessandro Del Piero .
Deputy Premier and Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli was there too .
Rutelli defended Madonna's act, even though the Daisy party he leads has Catholic roots .
"Freedom in the world of show-business should not be touched," he said .
"But the public's freedom to criticise is just as important. Everyone is free to judge shows and singers" .
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Despite facing the wrath of the Vatican for mock-crucifying herself on stage, Madonna was a gigantic hit last night with Roman audiences during the latest stop on her "Confessions" tour.
And while she was at it, Her Madgesty couldn't resist making a political statement about the war raging in the Middle East.
La ragazza materiale was hounded by fans outside her hotel and on the Via Condotti, according to the Italian dailies, and the fervor didn't stop there – many of the 70,000 fans of the pop queen camped out for hours outside the Olympic Stadium to get their spot near the stage. Lenny Kravitz, film director Pedro Almodovar, and Italian soccer star Francesco Totti were just a few of the celebrities who came out to see the show.
Meanwhile, during the concert, the always-provocative singer painted a large Star of David and the Muslim star and crescent onto the torsos of her dancers, uniting them in an armlock to make her own comment about the current Israeli-Hezbollah conflict.
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Pepi_Mcdoodle: ~~~~BACK FROM ******ROME******, CRAZY MAN! CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Had the best time EVER...
Hoped everyone who went had a brilliant time too - Shopgal, MotherSuperior, Tintle_Tantle, Mad_Man et al. Were you near the front? Did you make the golden circle?
And I swear Rome has serious issues- are there like 50 taxis in the whole fucking city? We had to wait FOUR HOURS for one after the show finished!
And why is there rubbish everywhere? And graffiti on all the monuments?ANYWAY... show was fucking wicked. We got there at about 11, and it was HOT. We had to wait behind a metal barrier but there were people further ahead, who presumably slept the night (was that anyone here?). At about 3, somebody fainted a few metres behind me in the queue. When the security opened the barrier to see what had happened, people went wild and ran through, jumping over the body and ramming people in to the gates!! CRAZY!
I was talking to some Italian who could speak English. I asked why Italians loved Madonna's music if they couldn't understand the words! I'd find it really strange going to a concert and not knowing what everything meant. I suppose they just enjoy the melodies!
Then the rain started (why does Italian rain hurt? lol) but everyone got in okay... I didn't make it to the golden circle but was in the front row after that (if that makes sense!.
STADIUM IS FUCKING MASSIVE!
Paul Oakenfold was really good actually and really got the crowd pumping. Loved how he played that Sweet Dreams remix, Satisfaction and Maneater!
There seemed to be some commotion when a celebrity sat down with people taking photos. Somebody said it was some Italian director or something but people were taking photos like it was fucking Madonna.
People literally died when Madonna appeared from the disco ball. Loudest noise I have EVER heard! Her accent when she first spoke before Jump was the most English I have EVER heard... I thought she was putting it on as a joke. I'm sure other's noticed this... she seemed to drop it when she spoke to the crowd again!
Then... the CRUCIFIX scene! People cheered extra loudly for that! And Sorry was like a mosh pit from where I was standing! People jumping up and down and knocking people out of the way! Same with ROL!
The lighters filled the stadium for DW (did that happen in the arenas)... that was nice! And then Music- people went crazy for that! HU too!
What happened to the CRAZY FOR YOU sing-a-long? Went a bit wrong! Nobody did it! OUCH!
AND DID MADONNA SAY SHE'S GLAD TO SEE ITALIAN FAGS AND FAGS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD? OR WAS IT FLAGS?
When you come out, it's like you're high on Madonna- it makes you want to better yourself!
FUCKING BRILLIANT!
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It's true, I love New York, but I also love Rome!
Posted: 07 August 2006
Madonna played her one and only show in Italy last night at the Olympic Stadium in Rome - here are some fan reports from the show:
From Adam:
I went to see Madonna in Rome last night and I must say she was great. I've seen all her concerts and I must say that although the Blond Ambition remains my favourite, it's getting harder and harder to make a list.
Even in Rome, as in Cardiff there was the Golden Circle but unfortunately I wasn't a part of it as people had been sleeping by the stadium since Friday night. However she does a lot of walking up and down the catwalk, so if you manage place yourself by it and you'll have a great show. For sure!
From endriu76:
In Like A Virgin she sad 'Ciao Roma!' and later in the show she said there was two miracles in Rome: First Italy won the world football cup and second the rain stopped to fall just before her show!
In Ray Of Light she had some problems with her guitar, which didn't work from last quarter of the song, and in the maxi screen for a few seconds we saw Stuart Price trying to adjust the guitar sound on a panel.
She was not worried and finished the song giving some joking punches at her guitar!
From Francesca:
When she got out of the disco ball for the opening song the entire stadium went crazy. She kept asking people to dance 'cause everybody seemed like hypnotized looking at her, just adoring her and taking pictures instead of dancing. She said 'It's true, I love New York, but I also love Rome! I've been waiting to play in a stadium in Rome for my entire career, ok, so....'
From Taylor:
I just got back from the August 6th show in Rome, which was incredible.
But throughout the show I got the feeling that the controversy surrounding this particular performance got to the show.
I met Lenny Kravitz at the show and he was super nice.
'Sorry' is as always one of the highlights, it was practically a sing along where I was sitting.
From Trevor:
The show was excellent, she was on top form, and very professional. She mentioned the 'two miracles', Italy winning the World Cup and rain disappearing as soon as she got on stage.
Sadly, the crowd was disappointing: people were staring at her, rather than singing, dancing and having fun, expecially during the LIVE TO TELL thing: no one in my row was singing except a few, and you could hear a coin drop, because they were all busy taking pictures on their mobiles - the weirdest thing I've ever witnessed.
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It seems like we have recieved the least amount of info about the Rome show. I am dying to hear all about it! It sounded like it was incredible from the little bits and pieces I have heard.
There are TONS of news articles/reviews and info @ other fansites/forums now, but most of it is written in Italian.
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Why hasn't this repulsive mmmm troll been banned yet? What part of "STOP STIRRING SHIT UP" do you not grasp? You contribute absolutely nothing on this site besides your Kylie baiting. This is not a Kylie forum, go obsessively defend her and pick fights with Madonna fans at Saygay. Stop infesting my section with your shit and FUCK OFF. It's idiots like you that give Kylie fans a bad name.
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Drownedmadonna
VIPs attending the show in Rome.
There were several vips attending last night's show in Rome, enjoying Madonna in her greatest shape. Not only Italian stars (Claudio Baglioni, Elisa, Lorella Cuccarini, Francesco Totti, Alessandro Del Piero, among others), but also internalional stars, among them Lenny Kravitz, P. Diddy, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz and Lionel Richie. Guy Ritchie was attending the show.
Below we shows you Lenny Kravitz and P. Diddy, outside Le Grand Hotel, the hotel where Madonna and her crew stayed.
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The video above is now on youtube too: -link-
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Jamesy captured this from the Rai Uno Italian TV news this morning.
They showed good chunks of Get Together and Like A Virgin from the Rome concert with a journalist talking over them.
Check out madonna-tv.com for links to the video report - you can choose between MegaUpload and RapidShare with more download options to follow.
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My Italian translation skills suck, but they'd sound less goofy than running it through Babelfish
Anyway the gist is that they basically summarize the show, say The QUEEN OF POP's show was a triumph and that the delirious crowd loved it. Penelope Cruz saw the show toohttp://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/spettacolo/ar...olo322188.shtml
Roma, 70mila stregati da Madonna
Trionfo per l'unico show italiano
Camaleontica, travolgente, super-tonica nonostante le 48 primavere, Madonna ha conquistato i 70mila fan accorsi all'Olimpico per l'unica data italiana del suo "Confessions Tour". Dopo 5 anni di assenza dall'Italia (e 16 dalla capitale), l'ex Material Girl non ha mancato di provocare, spaziando dai frustini sadomaso alla chiacchierata scena della crocifissione. Cantate tuttele hit, da "Like a Virgin" a "Live to Tell".
L'Olimpico esplode in un boato impressionante quando si spengono le luci, poco prima di tramutarsi in un enorme dance hall. "Ciao Roma, are you ready?", chiede la regina del pop alla folla urlante. Sale su un cavallo meccanico, si contorce, sensuale e ammiccante cantando "Like a Virgin".
Molti i brani attesi dai fan in delirio, poi il momento più atteso dello show, diviso in quattro atti, e "Live to Tell", che arriva dopo "Jump", nel quale la diva appare con una corona di spine d'acciaio sul capo e appesa all'ormai celebre crocifisso che ha unito contro di lei esponenti cattolici, musulmani ed ebrei.
Il gusto della provocazione si accende anche quando la cantante, durante "Future Lovers" gioca a fare la dominatrice-sadomaso soggiogando i suoi ballerini-acrobati con tanto di frustino.
Non manca la pagina dell'impegno, quando sulle note di "Sorry" la popstar ha lancia messaggi politici contro i potenti della Terra (e sullo sfondo appaiono le immagini di Papa Ratzinger, Condoleeza Rice, Bin Laden, Mussolini, Hitler, Tony Blair, Nixon, Saddam e Bush), quando ricorda i milioni di bambini malati di Aids e parla di pace: "E' possibile avere la pace in questo mondo - dice Madonna, sempre in inglese - Dovete credere che cambiare il mondo è possibile".
Per chiudere, Madonna, in body, corpetto di paillettes e occhialetti, sceglie quattro canzoni simbolo della sua carriera: "Erotica", "La Isla Bonita", "Lucky star" e "Hung up", cantata assieme al pubblico adorante.
Lunghissima la lista dei vip che hanno assistito all'unica data italiana dello show di Madge: da Francesco Totti e Ilary Blasi a Piero Chiambretti, da Baglioni a Pino Daniele, da Stefano Accorsi ad Alex Del Piero, fino a Irene Grandi, Elisa, Francesco Renga con Ambra Angiolini. Fra gli stranieri, si sono visti Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz e Lenny Kravitz.
Tutti incantati da uno show mastodintico e tecnologicamente perfetto, che ha confermato che Louis Veronica Ciccone (250 milioni di dischi vendutio in 20 anni di carriera) non ha ancora nessuna voglia di passare il testimone di regina del pop.
Moscow is happening
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
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http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?N...5&PageNum=0
Tickets to Madonna's show in Moscow sold out
11.08.2006, 18.15
MOSCOW, August 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Tickets to Madonna's concert in Moscow have been sold out a month before the scheduled concert in Moscow, PR manager of the US singer in Russia Anton Atrashkin told Tass.
A total of 34,000 people will be present at the Confessions show that will be held in Vorobyovy Hills in Moscow on September 11.
Thousands of tickets to the show were booked by the singer’s Fan Club on the Internet, so that people from many countries will arrive in Moscow to enjoy Madonna’s show. Most of the singers' foreign fans are from the Baltic and Scandinavian countries.
Russia will watch the show of the US pop star after the Czech Republic, where Madonna will perform on September 6.