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Madonna performs Physical Attraction, Everybody, Holiday and Burning Up during a PA at Uncle Sam's Club, Levittown, New York State, USA.
Madonna makes her first British appearance when tv show The Tube broadcasts from The Hacienda, Manchester, England, UK, Europe. The Factory All Stars (including Vini Reilly, New Order's Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner and ACR's Donald Johnson) perform Shack Up, Confusion and Love Will Tear Us Apart. Morrissey of The Smiths also appears.
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On her very first live tour, The Virgin Tour, Madonna plays the last of three nights at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.
Weird Al Yankovic releases a new single, Like A Surgeon, on Epic Records in the UK. The track is a parody of Madonna's Like A Virgin.
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the first of three shows at The Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.China Radio, the national Chinese station, begins broadcasting Western popular music for the first time, ranging from Glenn Miller to Madonna.
Madonna makes her Broadway, New York City, USA, debut, playing a temp in a new play, Speed The Plow. The critics are distinctly underwhelmed by her thespian accomplishments. One describes her as “a joke, but not a funny one.”
On her Blond Ambition tour, Madonna plays the last of three nights at Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium, Nishinomiya, Japan, Asia, supported by Technotronic.
On her Blond Ambition Tour, Madonna plays the last of three nights at The Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California, USA.
The Top Five Billboard chart singles in the USA are all by female artists, with the No1 position being held by Madonna's Vogue. The other songs are by Sinead O'Connor, Heart, Wilson Phillips and Janet Jackson.
I'm Breathless (Dick Tracy Soundtrack LP) by Madonna peaks at No2 in the UK albums chart.On her Blonde Ambition tour, Madonna plays the first of two nights at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
It is announced that Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty and Madonna, grossed $23m at the box-office during its opening weekend in the USA.
Hanky Panky, the second and final single from Madonna's album I'm Breathless, is released in the USA.
On her Blonde Ambition tour, Madonna plays the third of four (non-consecutive) nights at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
Madonna's Drowned World tour, her first in eight years, sets off from Palau Saint Jordi Arena, Barcelona, Spain.
Madonna treads the boards of the Wyndham Theatre, London, UK, starring in the play Up For Grabs, which opens today.
Madonna wins the Michael Jackson International Artist of The Year Award, at the American Music Awards.
The Annual Q Awards ceremony is held in London, England, UK. Elton John, on hearing that Madonna has been nominated as the best live act, accuses her of lip-synching.
UK concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith CBE is honoured with the Music Industry Trusts' Award in a ceremony held at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London, UK. Goldsmith is best-known for his involvement with Live Aid, Live 8 and artists including Pavarotti, Queen, The Who, Madonna and Eric Clapton.
On her Sticky And Sweet tour, when Madonna over-runs the venue's curfew by forty minutes at Wembley Arena, London, England, UK, she is fined more than $250,000.
Children in six orphanages funded by Madonna in Malawi, Africa, receive boxes of toys, chocolate, other sweets and clothes, with a handwritten note from the star, reading, "To my Malawi children on Christmas and Boxing Day. I wish I was with you. See you soon M."Schizophrenic Madonna stalker Grezgorz Matlock is detained indefinitely in a secure psychiatric facilty by Judge Deborah Taylor in London, England, UK, Europe.
it is announced that Madonna has signed a new $3m deal to release her next three albums through Interscope Records, in collaboration with Live Nation.
It is announced that Madonna's Give Me All Your Luvin' has topped the iTunes chart in 50 countries since her Super Bowl appearance a few days earlier. 112.6m viewers watched the Madonna performance at the Super Bowl making it the most watched Super Bowl ever. Her halftime performance drew 4m more viewers than the 2011 broadcast and surpassed Michael Jackson's 1993 halftime performance.
It is reported that French far right leader Marine Le Pen is considering suing Madonna if she uses a video depicting the Front National president with a swastika on her face during upcoming performances on her MDNA Tour in France, Europe. Madonna had used the imagery during a concert in Israel just a few days earlier.
On her World Tour 2012, On her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria, Europe.
Speaking on Australian news and current affairs programme Sunday Night, Sir Elton John rekindles his public feud with Madonna, claiming that her recent album MDMA was a "disaster". He also states that "she looks like a f*cking fairground stripper." He completes his tirade by predicting the end of her career, while saying, "it couldn't happen to a bigger c***."On her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Olimpiski Arena, Moscow, Russia, Europe.
On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Madonna's Rebel Heart tour begins with the first of two nights at The Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Scott Weiland, vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver dies, aged 48, in his sleep in his tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. Weiland's life had been blighted for many years by drug abuse.
On her Rebel Heart tour, Madonna plays at The BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, supported by Mary Mac.On her Rebel Heart tour, Madonna plays the first of two nights at The Allphones Arena, Sydney, Australia, Oceania.
Radio station HITS 105 in Texarkana, Texas, USA, announces that it has banned Madonna from its airwaves in response to her comments at the Women's March four days earlier in Washington DC, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the fifteenth of sixteen shows at Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the fourth of seven shows at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the last of four shows at The Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the third of fourteen shows at Le Grand Rex, Paris, France, Europe.1968 |
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