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Jack Waldman is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA. He will
find success as a jazz and rock studio musician, composer, producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, working with artists
including Robert Palmer, Billy Idol, Madonna, Joe Jackson, Foreigner and Whitney Houston.
24-year-old movie star and rebel without a clue James Dean dies when his Porsche collides with another vehicle at a crossroads
on Route 466 in California, USA. His legend will inspire mentions in popular songs by The Eagles, Taylor Swift, Don McLean, Madonna, David Essex, R.E.M. and more.
Madonna sets off on her very first live tour, The Virgin Tour, with a show at The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.Madonna plays the final night of her very first live tour, The Virgin Tour, with the second of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA.Madonna, supported by Level 42, plays the second of two nights at The Forum, Montreal, Canada.
Madonna, supported by Level 42, plays at the Sullivan Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
On her Who's That Girl tour, Madonna plays at The Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA, supported by Level 42.Madonna, supported by Level 42, plays the first of two nights at Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Madonna is filmed by director Herb Ritts in Malibu, California, USA, as a video for her single Cherish.
On her Blond Ambition tour, Madonna plays the last of three nights at Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan, Asia.
On her Blond Ambition tour, Madonna plays the third of five nights at The Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA.On her Blonde Ambition tour, Madonna plays the second of two nights at The Palace Of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. During this show, Madonna invites her father, Silvio Anthony Ciccone, onstage to sing Happy Birthday to him.
Madonna's Blonde Ambition tour plays the last of four nights at Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA. The four shows have grossed almost $3.4m, and she donates profits from the final show to the American Foundation for AIDS research. The after-party is held at La Palace de Beaute, New York City, USA.
Madonna is honoured with the Commitment To Life Award at The Commitment To Life IV Benefit for AIDS Project (APLA) at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA. During the event she performs her current hit, Vogue.
At an auction to raise funds for UNICEF, the bed used in the movie, In Bed With Madonna, is bought for $7,700 by a fifteen year old Dutch girl.
While serving a four-and-a-half year sentence for sexual assault, in a prison in New York, USA, Tupac Shakur writes a letter to his then girlfriend, Madonna, ending their relationship, because of the racial and social tensions inherent in that relationship.Madonna plays at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK, Europe, with guests Richard Ashcroft and Sharleen Spiteri. DJ slots are filled by Liam Howlett of Prodigy and Goldie.
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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.
It is reported that Madonna has applied to close the seas around the island of Jatkasaari, Helsinki, Finland, Europe. She has a gig on her Sticky And Sweet world tour planned to take place on the island in August and hopes to prevent fans from seeing her show without paying.It being April Fools day, Los Angeles radio station Latino 96.3 hoaxes listeners by announcing the impending marriage of Michael Jackson and Madonna, complete with impersonators of the happy couple phoning the station to confirm the news.
The Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100 list reveals that Beyonce is set to earn an estimated $87m from publishing and music sales, touring and other performances, film work, her fashion collection and endorsement deals. The only other singer ahead of her is Madonna, at No3 in the list with Beyonce at No4.Madonna delays the start of the first European date on her Sticky And Sweet tour show at the O2 Arena, London, by half an hour because she feels the air conditioning is not working to her satisfaction.
Madonna announces that her second Hard Candy Fitness Center has been opened, near Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Madonna sells a 1921 abstract painting - Trois Femmes a la Table Rouge by Fernand Leger - for $7m at Sotheby's in New York City, USA. The money is earmarked to fund girls' education projects worldwide via her Ray Of Light Foundation.
Madonna attends a preview of Holler If Ya Hear Me, a musical inspired by the music of Tupac Shakur, at The Palace Theatre, New York City, USA.
On her Rebel Heart tour, Madonna plays the first of two nights at The IMPACT Arena, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia, supported by Mary Mac.Madonna loses a legal custody battle in the State Supreme Court, New York City, USA, with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie over which of the pair should look after their son Rocco. It is decided that the boy should continue to live with his father in London, England, UK, Europe. Shortly afterwards, Madonna posts an image of herself in a black hoodie, with an image of a crown over her head and the word "bitch" scrawled across her front, on social media outlets. This is interpreted as a 'defiant' response to the court decision.During her speech at the Women's March in Washington DC, USA, Madonna states that she had thought about "blowing up the White House" following Donald Trump's election win in November. The comment sparks some angry responses, causing Madonna to clarify the statement on Instagram the following day, explaining that the remark was purely metaphorical.
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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 first of seven shows at The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the ninth of ten shows at The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the second of six shows at The Fillmore, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the fifth of six shows at The Fillmore, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the first of seven shows at The Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the eighth of fifteen shows at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the third of fourteen shows at Le Grand Rex, Paris, France, Europe.1952 |
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