Sandra Bernhard met en boîte Madonna et Sarah Palin.


Bernhard riffs on 'scary times'
By Chris Jones | Tribune critic
October 28, 2008

At the top of Sandra Bernhard's Steppenwolf show Monday night, we heard rapturous pre-recorded applause and a delighted woman's voice. "Thank you," it said. "Thank you very much."
Ah, we thought. Bernhard is recycling some glorious live moment from the past. She is having a little fun with her own craving for celebrity. But then the voice started to talk about a nomination and being honored to accept and …
This wasn't Bernhard. This was Sarah Palin! Happy Halloween!
Funny how alike the two of them sound.
Bernhard then walked out onstage in top hat, shorts, tails, pearls and fishnet stockings, sporting a riding crop—but also made up for beauty, looking more glamorous than we have ever seen her.
Funny how alike the two of them look too.
In case you've failed to notice, urban liberals are in a state of abject terror one week out from the election. It's as if they're up at blackjack but convinced the run is going to come to a sudden, terrible end. Bernhard has always been chipperish onstage—even when in the throes of the Letterman thing or the failed TV show thing—but her constant refrain Monday night was "scary times, scary times."
"I just wanna blow up all the television sets," she said.
Palin has turned into the ubertext of every female comedian in America. For Bernhard, hell isn't hard to define. It's a White House where "Trump and Tiddlywinks" are running around with their mother, and Levi stops by the refrigerator for a can of Red Bull. Any time he wants.
Bernhard is, of course, a mother now, and her tours are more isolated gigs than long road sojourns where she gets into a manic groove. And this brilliant stream-of-what's-on-her-mind performer is now talking about hamsters and cupcakes. If you remember, say, her "I'm Still Here ... Dammit" tour, all that gives you pause. But life marches scarily on. Her audience has aged. And time has increased her vulnerability and honesty.
At one hysterical, full-circle moment Monday night, Bernhard recounted hearing Madonna instructing her kid, "You have to learn to share."
"Pot," Bernhard said, wickedly, like the old times, "meet kettle."

Source: Chicago Tribune.

Sandra Bernhard s'en prend à Madonna à Toronto.


MADONNA'S EX-PAL LETS LOOSE
July 1, 2008 --

GUY Ritchie might want to look up his wife's former close friend, Sandra Bernhard, for a shoulder to cry on.
While Ritchie was jetting here from London - perhaps to try to save his foundering marriage to the Material Mom - Bernhard just ripped her in Toronto, going off on a rant when one fan shouted, "Are you still friends with Madonna?"
"She . . . descended into this mad, dark, five-minute freestyle, where she mercilessly mocked the Queen of Pop by repeatedly chanting, 'We Only Got Four Minutes to Save the World,' [and] at one point screamed, 'My chicken is raw!' " reports Toronto columnist Shinan Govani. "After all that, she paused pregnantly and asked, deadpan: 'Does that answer your question?' "
Bernhard also mentioned Madonna "when Sandra began to crap on all the celebrities who like to brag that they 'work out three hours a day,' " Govani writes. "Like Madonna, she said. Like Gwyneth Paltrow. 'Yeah, why don't you rub some salt in the wounds of the people who have to work 14 hours a day?' Bernhard thundered."
Meanwhile, Madonna's been rehearsing daily for her upcoming "Sticky and Sweet" tour at Steiner Studios in Williamsburg, and her drivers are racing like madmen to get her there and back. "They are constantly using lights and sirens, running reds, it's very dangerous," said one eyewitness. In 2006, Page Six reported Madonna's drivers zipped through 40 red lights in four days.
And Saturday, while Madonna sat in Kabbalah class on East 48th Street, her longtime driver, Abel, blocked a parking garage for 30 minutes. "The garage attendant was trying to get him to move," said our spy. "He was totally blocking the sidewalk, people had to walk in the street. She just doesn't care."
"I can't imagine they would go through red lights unless there was a dire security emergency," said Madonna's rep, Liz Rosenberg. "But I'm sure she is transported with utmost respect for other people."

Source: New York Post.

Madonna reprend Pantera en concert au  Radio 1's Big Weekend.


Madonna Rocks Pantera in Concert
05/13/2008

(Blabbermouth) Pop superstar Madonna paid tribute to "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott by playing what sounds a lot like the main riff to Pantera's classic song "A New Level" during her May 10, 2008 performance at Radio One's Big Weekend at Mote Park in Maidstone, UK.
Blabbermouth has the footage and says the "A New Level" riff can be heard six minutes and 20 seconds into the video.
Madonna's current touring guitarist and guitar teacher is none other than Monte Pittman, who has also recorded and toured with Prong.

Source: antiMUSIC News.
 


MADONNA Rocks PANTERA During UK Concert - May 13, 2008
Last Updated: May 13, 2008 2:32 PM

Pop superstar MADONNA paid tribute to "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott by playing what sounds a lot like the main riff to PANTERA's classic song "A New Level" during her May 10, 2008 performance at Radio One's Big Weekend at Mote Park in Maidstone, UK.

Watch the footage below. (The "A New Level" riff can be heard six minutes and 20 seconds into the video.)
 

MADONNA's current touring guitarist and guitar teacher is none other than Monte Pittman, who has also recorded and toured with PRONG.
According to Bug magazine, Pittman landed the job as MADONNA's touring guitarist after a man called the music store in Los Angeles where Pittman was working inquiring about guitar lessons, and Monte's name was passed along. That customer was none other than Guy Ritchie, film director extraordinaire and soon-to-be husband of Madonna. "Guy was my third student," Monte told Bug. "That was before 'Snatch' came out, and I didn't know who he was. It turns out he and Madonna were dating. He had just had some surgery done on his knee, I believe, so he was off his feet and she got him a guitar. He started taking lessons, and he got pretty good at it. I remember the day 'Music' [Madonna's CD] came out, and I taught him a few things from it. I thought it would be cool for him to play them for her."
When Guy returned the favor and bought Madonna a guitar, she started taking lessons from Monte as well. "It was the same thing as Guy — she learned everything I gave her," Monte told Bug. "She took it seriously, and worked really hard at it. She learned so much so quickly. That's one thing about Madonna — her drive is incredible."
A month after Madonna started playing guitar, she got called to perform on "The Late Show with David Letterman". "She invited me to come play with her, and I thought she was pulling my leg at first," Monte told Bug, "but she was serious."
"A New Level" originally appeared on the PANTERA album "Vulgar Display of Power", which came out in February 1992. 

Source: Blabbermouth.

By WENN
world entertainment news

Pop superstar Madonna shocked the crowd at an English music festival on Saturday by swearing live on stage.
The singer was performing at Radio 1's One Big Weekend event in Mote Park, Maidstone when she uttered the profanities during her six-song set, which was broadcast simultaneously on radio and television.
She told the crowd, "You guys are going to have to start f**king it up out there 'cos I need to feel some love. I'm going to do an old song. But not too old. F**k the present. Let's live in the past."
Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe was then forced to issue an apology to listeners and viewers.
But it wasn't the only controversy caused by Madonna - British newspaper the Mirror reports the star's 70-strong entourage ate food meant for other performers on the bill.
The publication also claims Madonna arrived late for rehearsals, and demanded to be flown to the venue, which was only 37 miles (59.5 kilometres) from her London home, by private helicopter.
Jon Fratelli, of Scottish band The Fratellis says, "Who does Madonna think she is? I'm not into all this - we're here to perform together. What happened to rock n' roll? Why is she even here?
"Everything has been changed around just for her and her ridiculous entourage."

Source: WENN.


Madonna fait des ravages au festival gratuit.

Madonna a choqué la foule au festival de musique anglais Radio 1's Big Weekend samedi en jurant en direct sur scène.
Mais ce n'était pas la seule controverse causée par Madonna - le journal britannique The Mirror annonce que le fort entourage de 70 personnes de la star a mangé l'alimentation prévue pour d'autres interprètes.
La publication prétend aussi que Madonna est arrivée en retard pour les répétitions et a exigé d'être amenée par les airs sur le lieu, qui était seulement à 37 milles (59,5 kilomètres) de sa maison à Londres, par un hélicoptère privé.
Jon Fratelli, du groupe écossais The Fratellis dit, "Qui Madonna pense-t-elle être? Je ne suis pas dans tout cela - nous sommes ici pour jouer ensemble. Qu'est-ce qui est arrivé au rock n' roll? Pourquoi est-elle même ici?
"Tout a été changé juste pour elle et son entourage ridicule."

Madonna fait son concert de retour au Royaume-Uni.


Last Updated: Saturday, 10 May 2008, 21:31 GMT 22:31 UK

Madonna has played her first UK show of the year, closing the opening night of Radio 1's Big Weekend.
Dressed all in black, the Queen of Pop performed a 40 minute set at Mote Park in Maidstone, pleasing fans with number one single 4 Minutes.
She also played a number of songs from her recent studio album Hard Candy, including Candy Shop and Miles Away.
The show came as part of a trio of live performances to launch the album, the other two being in New York and Paris.
Later in the set, Madonna reworked Hung Up for electric guitar, ending the song with a wall of noise. The show ended with another single, Music.
However, the singer didn't play any of her well known hits from the 80s and 90s.
Speaking to Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley before her performance, Madonna explained why she wanted to play the songs she picked.
She said: “Obviously, I want to do new stuff because I’m very excited about it.
"I feel that’s what people come to hear but I also want to do a few of my oldies but goodies.
"I chose Hung Up because that was the biggest hit from my last record and I chose Music because it’s a crowd pleaser, it’s anthemic and it brings people together.”
The tent was full to capacity for the show. Extra monitors played the set to fans outside.
As Madonna disappeared behind a stage prop made to look like a tube train at the end of the show, most fans left happy.
31 year old Gerard Sutton told Newsbeat: "It was great for Maidstone, she looked like she loved being here and everyone loved it."
19 year old Georgina Finch from Hastings added: "She was good but she should have sung some older stuff and should have been on for longer. She was awesome though."
Radio 1's Big Weekend is the biggest free ticketed music festival in Europe and has previously been held in Dundee and Preston.
30,000 people are expected over the two days, and more than half a million people applied for tickets.

Source: BBC Newsbeat.

Regardez Madonna en concert au Radio 1’s Big Weekend ce soir.

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Regardez le reportage de AFP TV sur le concert privé de Madonna à L'Olympia à Paris.

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by Emma Charlton
Tue May 6, 9:37 PM ET

PARIS (AFP) - Pop diva Madonna turned sexy hard-rock queen for a night at a private concert in Paris Tuesday night, telling her fans she loves to french-kiss the French as she ground away at an electric guitar. 
Wearing black from head to toe, her blonde curls loose to her shoulders, Madonna put on a high-voltage half-hour show for a privileged 1,500 fans to mark the release of "Hard Candy", her 10th chart-topping album.
"Who do you love more, me or the Rolling Stones?" she asked the crowd packing the Olympia, a mythical concert hall near the Paris opera, before launching into a ear-popping heavy-metal version of her mega-hit, "Hung Up".
"I thought you might say that," quipped the queen of pop, who turns 50 on August 16, as the adoring crowd roared back their answer.
The Material Girl made her stage entrance seated in a black-and-gold fairytale throne, wearing a black satin bodice, satin pants and tailcoat with pink lining, lace-up boots with six-inch heels, and twirling a magician's wand.
Madonna told the concert hall it was "a historical moment" for her to be performing on the same stage as the iconic French chanteuse Edith Piaf, or fellow legends Juliette Greco and Marlene Dietrich.
"Why do I have this relationship with France? I'm always drawn to working with French people -- and frenching French people," she quipped. "Vive la France!"
Despite lukewarm reviews, Madonna's hip hop-influenced new album "Hard Candy", co-written and produced with former N-Sync singer Justin Timberlake, and hip hop stars Timbaland and Pharrell Williams, shot straight to the top of the charts in France and across Europe upon its release last week.
Madonna has described the title as "a juxtaposition of tough and sweetness" -- but her performance in Paris was tough from start to finish.
Flanked by an electriying crew of hip-hop dancers and surrounded by pulsing video screens, Madonna ground, bumped, skipped and jumped her way through four of her new tracks -- including the chart-topping "Four Minutes" -- as well as the now classic "Music" and "Hung Up".
The magician's gear and heeled boots quickly gave way to dance-friendly running shoes and sleeveless black top, before she pulled out the saturated electric guitar for a heavy-metal sounding finale.
"Hard Candy" is Madonna's last album on the Warner label before she takes up her astronomical 120-million-dollar (78-million-euro), 10-year deal with US concert promoter Live Nation.
The Paris gig was the second of three private concerts being held to mark its launch, after New York on April 30 and before London on May 11.
One third of tickets went to listeners of the French radio station NRJ, which organised the French event, with the rest snapped up by VIPs and fans in the know, from France and elsewhere.
Andrew Stewart, 37, has seen Madonna 17 times on stage since 1987 and flew in from Thailand specially to catch the show.
"She's just the most amazing performer," said the British web designer. "She doesn't compare to anyone."

Source: AFP.


'I love to french the French', a dit Madonna aux fans de Paris.

"Qui aimez-vous le plus, moi ou les Rolling Stones ?" a-t-elle demandé à la foule de L'Olympia.
"J'ai pensé que vous pourriez dire çà," a-t-elle raillé comme la foule en adoration a hurlé en retour sa réponse.
Madonna a dit à la salle du concert que c'était "un moment historique" pour elle de chanter sur la même scène que la chanteuse française iconique Edith Piaf, ou des légendes Juliette Gréco et Marlène Dietrich.
"Pourquoi ai-je cette relation avec la France ? Je suis toujours destinée à travailler avec des français - et frenching les français," a-t-elle raillé. "Vive la France!"

Another chance to attend Madonna's show at the Olympia Hall
May 5, 2008

If you didn't win your tickets for the exclusive show Madonna will perform at the Olympia Hall in Paris on May 6, then here is your chance to attend this so special event!
The first 500 fans who will lineup in front of the Olympia Hall, 28 Boulevard des Capucines, 75009 Paris, tomorrow morning, will get a wristband allowing them to attend the show tomorrow night!
Wristbands will be given away tomorrow, May 6, at 10am, Paris time.
Good luck and see you at the show!

Source: Madonna.com.


Une autre chance pour assister au concert de Madonna à l'Olympia à Paris demain.

Si vous n'avez pas gagné vos billets pour le concert exclusif de Madonna à l'Olympia à Paris le 6 mai, alors voici votre chance d'assister à cet événement si spécial!
Les 500 premiers fans qui feront la file devant l'Olympia, 28 Boulevard des Capucines, 75009 Paris, demain matin, obtiendront un bracelet leur permettant d'assister au concert demain soir!
Les bracelets seront donnés demain, le 6 mai, à 10h, heure de Paris.
Bonne chance et à bientôt au concert!

Madonna au Roseland Ballroom à New York par Rosie O'Donnell.


Click here to watch Rosie's video from the concert. Cliquez ici pour voir la vidéo de Rosie du concert.

madonna at roseland
05.01.08 at 12:53 am in movies

wow what a night
justin t showed up for 4 minutes
to save the world
mo danced her almost 50 yr old butt off

3 lovely blogger gals
one from miami
  squeezed me into their standing spot
on the upper rail

a great view
an amazing show
she always delivers
mrs ritchie

for a reason i cant figure out
my flip audio didnt download
but plays on the camera
bummer deluxe

so i put music - to music
but it isnt the one she sang this evening
  and as a result - it doesnt fit the beat
but u get the feeling

hope u like it anyway
buy hard candy