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Cher is playing during seven nights at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Madonna and actor Sean Penn have their first date at the club Private Eyes in New York City, USA.
On her very first live tour, The Virgin Tour, Madonna plays the first of three nights at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA. The show had made history by selling 19,000 tickets in 35 minutes.
Madonna, supported by Level 42, plays the first of two nights at Grant Stadium, New York City, USA.
The Tokyo Dome stadium is opened in Tokyo, Japan, Asia. It will be used for major sporting events and also concerts by superstars including Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Michael Jackson, David Bowie and the Backstreet Boys.
Italian tv refuses to broadcast Madonna's Pepsi commercial, featuring Like A Prayer, on the grounds that it is deemed blasphemous.
On her Blond Ambition World Tour, Madonna plays the second of two nights at Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas, USA.On her Blond Ambition World Tour, Madonna plays the second of five nights at Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Madonna cancels a third scheduled 'Blond Ambition' tour concert at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, USA, due to laryngitis.
Madonna is featured on the cover of Interview magazine in the USA, posed controversially with one hand between her thighs and the other on her breast.
On her 
The 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by Arsenio Hall, are broadcast live from Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California, USA. Video Of The Year is Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O'Connor, and the Video Vanguard Award goes to Janet Jackson. Madonna performs Vogue live, and the video wins in the categories of Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography.
The hit single Hanky Panky by Madonna is certified gold (for shipment of 500,000 units) by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.Madonna's Justify My Love video, recently banned by MTV, is aired in full on ABC-tv's Nightline.
Madonna treads the boards of the Wyndham Theatre, London, starring in the play Up For Grabs, which opens today.
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, Madonna plays the second of two nights at Vallehovin, Oslo, Norway, Europe.
On her 
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.Robert Dewey Hoskins, who was convicted of stalking Madonna in the 90s, escapes from a mental health facility in Norwalk, California, USA. Police later describe him as highly psychotic and violent when not taking his medication.
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, Madonna plays at The Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe.
On her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland.
On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at Yankee Stadium, New York City, USA.
On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. During the show, she is booed when she urges her audience to vote to re-elect President Barack Obama. Members of the audience are also seen to walk out.Diamonds by Rihanna reaches No1 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA. This makes it
Rihanna's twelfth number one single on the Billboard chart and ties
her with Madonna and The Supremes for the fifth-most number ones in
the chart's history.
When Madonna's 16 year old daughter Lourdes and her boyfriend, Homeland actor Timothy Chalamet, dine at Brother Jimmy's BBQ, New York City, USA, observers report that the couple are accompanied by a bodyguard - a pre-requisite of the date set by Madonna.
It is announced that Madonna is to contribute funds to three organizations attempting to improve conditions in her home city of Detroit, Michigan, USA.
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the seventh of sixteen shows at Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the eleventh of sixteen shows at Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the twelfth of sixteen shows at Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the fourteenth of sixteen shows at Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the last of sixteen shows at Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the last of three shows at The Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, California, 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 tenth of fifteen shows at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the fourteenth of fifteen shows at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the seventh of fourteen shows at Le Grand Rex, Paris, France, Europe.1980 |
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