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MADONNA INFORMATION REPORT 1467 November 10-15, 2006

Madonna Wins Billboard Tour Award Chris Bigham < thebigham69 (at) yahoo.com > Sat November 11, 2006 1:11 AM

Taken from www.billboard.com:

Stones, Madonna Honored At Billboard Touring Awards

The Rolling Stones` Bigger Bang tour was a big winner at the Billboard Touring Awards, which were given out tonight (Nov. 9) in the Grand Ballroom at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. The awards, based on box-office figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, wrapped up the third annual Billboard Touring Conference. The Stones` tour was recognized as the top tour, based on gross dollars, and top draw, based on ticket sales.

The band grossed nearly $230 million for the period that the awards cover (Dec. 1, 2005-Sept. 29, 2006), and drew nearly 2 million fans to shows all over the world.

Another multiple winner was Madonna, a finalist in four categories. She won the top boxscore award for her $22 million, eight-sellout stand at London`s Wembley Arena on her Confessions tour, while Madonna`s team of Guy Oseary and Angela Becker won the top manager award.

VH-1 Countdown Edward Sadtler < esadtler (at) yahoo.com > Mon November 6, 2006 8:11 PM

"Jump" moved 20-15 on the VH-1 Top 20 Countdown this week.

Jump #9 in the UK Chris Bigham < thebigham69 (at) yahoo.com > Mon November 13, 2006 5:11 AM

9. (59) Jump - Madonna

COADF is #146.

Musicweek:

Of Madonna`s 61 previous hits, only Borderline debuted lower (number 74) but Jump lives up to its name this week, springing 59-9 on sales of 13,864., and becoming Madonna`s biggest climber ever. It`s the fourth Top 10 single lifted from her current Confessions On A Dance Floor album, which is now exactly a year old, and has sold 1,178,702 copies. The album hasn`t been in the Top 75 for 10 weeks but Jump`s release has sparked only a revival in its fortunes - it climbs 192-146 this week on sales of 1,654.

Malawi to give Madonna case ruling Mandy MacNevin < dita (at) eastlink.ca > Tue November 14, 2006 12:11 PM

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/13/malawi.madonna.reut/indexhtml

LILONGWE, Malawi (Reuters) -- A Malawi judge will rule next week on whether the High Court should hear a legal challenge to pop queen Madonna`s interim adoption of a one-year-old boy from the southern African country, a lawyer on the case said.

Malawi Judge Andrew Nyirenda said he wanted until November 20 to consider the case and whether an additional plaintiff could join the suit, said Justin Dzonzi, the lawyer representing the alliance of 67 activist groups which began the lawsuit.

"All the parties have been heard and the court has reserved its ruling because the Malawi Human Rights Commission also applied to be part of the case and the judge wants more time before he can make an order," Dzonzi said.

Dzonzi represents the Malawi Human Rights Consultative Committee (MHRCC), which initiated the lawsuit against Madonna`s interim adoption of David Banda. The Malawi High Rights Commission is a government-constituted independent watchdog.

Madonna began proceedings to adopt Banda during a visit to the southern African country in October, which the singer`s publicists billed as a mission to help Malawi orphans.

Shortly after her visit, David Banda was taken from the Malawi orphanage where he lived and flown to the American singer`s London home under the terms of what was described as an "interim adoption" granted to the pop star.

The activist groups have accused Madonna of using her celebrity to cut corners on Malawi`s adoption laws as well as the appointment of a Malawi government agent to assess Madonna`s suitability as a potential parent.

"The guardian is the same person that government used to convince Yohane Banda to release his son to Madonna and he is now expected to give an objective assessment of Madonna`s suitability to raise the child," Dzonzi said.

David Banda`s father Yohane has protested the case against the adoption, but has also said he did not fully understand the 48-year-old "Material Girl" would keep his son indefinitely when he agreed to let the singer adopt his son.

The baby will stay with Madonna for 18 months, during which time his progress will be monitored by Malawi officials before final approval can be given for him to remain with her family.

Madonna funds orphanages through her Raising Malawi charity and is setting up an orphanage outside the capital Lilongwe.

Time mag interview NESTLER_ANDREW < NESTLER_ANDREW (at) smc.edu > Mon November 13, 2006 1:11 PM

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The Empress Strikes Back Madonna, facing criticism about her new son, comes out swinging By JOSH TYRANGIEL

On Oct. 12, Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, were granted temporary custody of a 13-month-old Malawian orphan named David Banda. This sparked a storm of accusations, ranging from the criminal-that Madonna used her fame to bypass adoption procedures-to the scathing-that Madonna is a dilettante, treating an African child as this season`s must-have accessory. The legal issue has been laid to rest-no laws were violated-but Madonna still had plenty to get off her chest in a rare print interview with TIME`s Josh Tyrangiel.

TIME: Why do you think people are so upset by the fact that you adopted a Malawian child?

Madonna: People or the media? Because I don`t think people really give a shit. But when you throw in things like, I`m a celebrity and I somehow got special treatment, or make the implication of kidnapping, it gets mixed into a stew and it sells lots of papers. But care? People don`t care and the media certainly doesn`t care. What they should care about is that there are over a million orphans in Malawi, and following me around is just a gross misappropriation of attention and money. But I do think there`s a certain amount of nationalism and racism thrown in there. I mean, there`s a lot of Brits-reporters on the street-who`ve said, "Why don`t you adopt a kid from Britain?" Or, "Why did you adopt a black child?" So a lot of people`s hangups and `isms` are sort of mixed into this, too. It`s just kind of a cocktail for disaster in terms of media perception.

One of the `isms` that you`re frequently accused of is dilletantism. You`re new to Africa and these issues and there`s a perception that you`re jumping on a bandwagon, and bringing a child into it, too.

Well that`s not my problem. I don`t care. I could know about the situation for two weeks and want to do something about it or I could know about it for years and deliberate on a plan of action. Which is better? That I found out about an issue and instantly wanted to take action, or that it took me years to get my shit together? Look, I could have joined the U.N. and become an ambassador and visited various countries and just kind of showed up and smiled and looked concerned. But that`s not getting to the root of the problem-and by the way, neither is building orphan care centers and giving people food and medicine. But it`s a start. I`m saving people`s lives. And whether I have earned the right to do it, or the respect of people who think I may not have the right to do it, is completely and utterly irrelevant. And in any event, no, I`m not interested in going in there like a dilettante and being an idiot and going `Ok, I`m going to build 10 orphanages and I`ll see you guys later!`

So this is a lifetime commitment?

Absolutely. I`m starting with Malawi. It`s a small, peaceful country, so I feel like it`s a safe place to start. And if it works, I`ll expand. But it is the beginning and I know I`m going to get a lot of criticism and take a lot of shit for it, and it`s kind of like, Go ahead, haze me, have a laugh, and come back and talk to me in five years.

You`ve been through other hazing periods in your career. Is this one different than Yeah, because a life is at stake. And in all those other hazing periods people were just trying to fuck with me. Now they`re going into a village and terrorizing innocent people who live simple lives, terrorizing the father, terrorizing the children that I already have. There are a lot of people who are indirectly being effected by it. That`s the difference.

You met Mr. Banda once, in a courtroom. What did you say to him?

Obviously when you`re sitting across from the father it`s really heart wrenching. He was looking down at the ground all the time and I felt so bad for him. I said, `I feel for you and I want what`s best for David. So if you want him, I don`t want to take your son from you. I just want to save his life. I can`t live in Malawi. I can`t move my family here. He would have to come and live with me and I would raise him as a son. But there`s another option. I can just give you money, and you can raise him.` And he said no. But he still had a very hangdog expression, which crushed me. It was very confusing, and I`m sure he was very confused. Look, his wife dies, his other three children die, the guy`s been grieving and been through hell. He gives his last son to an orphanage at the age of two weeks to a certain extent he was ready to move on with his life. Then suddenly I show up and someone from the village says `Hey, this white woman`-he didn`t know who I was-`wants to adopt your child!` And once the press g ot involved everyone said Oh God, now we better cross our t`s and dot our i`s to make sure we actually aren`t jumping queues, because we`re going to be scrutinized. So the process became extremely tedious and the court dates kept changing and we kept getting conflicting information. It became so difficult that every day I thought, `Ok, forget it. We`ll find a family here to look after him.` Meanwhile I had been given permission to take him to my hotel because I had to take him to a clinic to get chest x-rays and a proper medical examination to see why he wasn`t breathing properly. And I just keep thinking, `Oh god, I don`t want to get too attached because what if it doesn`t happen?` It was all very strange and weird, and I`d go to bed every night and think ok, whether someone else ends up looking after him or you end up looking after him, he`s better off now than he was. But it was one fucking thing after the next, everywhere we went. So the idea that people think I got a shortcut or an easy ride is absolutel y ludicrous. I have never worked so hard for anything in my life, and I`ve never been given such a hard time. And my celebrity has worked against me in every way And by the way, say I did cut the queue? Say I did cheat and not have to wait two years to adopt a child? Well good for me! Do you know how many children are going to die in the next two years? It`s a stupid law. Change the law.

Do you worry at all that you`ve saved this child from physical misery

>From death. Death. He would not have lived.

Ok. But do you worry that you`ve saved him only to introduce him to a much more abstract kind of misery? There were hordes of photographers documenting his arrival in England.

Well my other children are exposed to that and they`re not miserable. I think I have a very good life, and a good life to offer David. You know, it`s like the old saying, civil rights don`t mean shit if you`re dead. Even if I`m the worst mother in the world, I`m still better than death! [laughs]

Is being Madonna still as fun as it used to be?

Fun? Oh, I don`t know. Fun. [Several second pause] Fun`s kind of an overrated word. I`m not sure what you mean by that. Do I enjoy aspects of my life? Because what being Madonna is-are you talking about my professional career?

All of it.

Well, I do get joy out of it. It`s not smooth sailing by any means, but I enjoy a great deal of it, otherwise I wouldn`t do it. But I also know that if you`re going to try and change things-change anything really-you`d better be prepared to find yourself in the headquarters of hell. That`s just how it works. But with resistance comes growth. If you go to a gym and lift weights and its easy then your muscles aren`t going to grow. Your muscles grow because you`re struggling against something.

Do you enjoy the resistance as much as you used to?

Sometimes. Sometimes I do. There is a part of me that is secretly enjoying pissing people off, because I know that when you`re pissing people off you`re often doing the right thing. What I hope I`m doing better now than I used to do is picking the right battles to fight, and not just being provocative for the sake of being provocative.

Source: Time Magazine

Mabba Eugen S. Pearson < eugen.serov (at) mac.se > Sun November 12, 2006 8:11 AM

Taken from http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2006520504,00.html:

MADONNA is working with ABBA legends AGNETHA FALTSKOG and FRIDA LYNGSTAD on tracks for her new album.

Abba fan Madge is deep in discussions with the pair about recording together on her follow-up to No1 album Confessions On A Dance Floor.

And even though Agnetha has lived like a virtual recluse and Frida hung up her high-heeled platform shoes years ago - they have agreed to go into the studio.

This will be a truly massive collaboration of the music monarchy - The Queen Of Pop and the original Dancing Queens joining forces.

It should be a sure-fire hit if Madge, seen going to the movies in London`s Mayfair, chooses to release their joint studio efforts as a single. A source said: "Madonna has been in contact with Agnetha and Frida for a few months.

"Madonna was the driving force behind the idea because she was so happy with her sample of Gimme Gimme Gimme on Hung Up.

"Agnetha and Frida loved it, they really warmed to Madonna for rejuvenating one of their most famous tracks."

My source revealed they will write and record together as soon as Madge, her producing partner STUART PRICE and the ex Abba girls are all free.

Abba fellas BJORN ULVAEUS and BENNY ANDERSSON will not be involved but are believed to have given the plans the thumbs up.

Madonna made music history while writing Confessions together with Price, becoming the first artist ever to get permission to remix and sample an Abba track.

At the time she said: "I had to send my emissary to Stockholm with a letter and the record begging them and imploring them and telling them how much I worship their music, telling them it was a homage to them, which is all true.

"They could have said no. Thank God they didn`t."

Earlier this week I revealed Madonna provided a message on the sleevenotes for the Swedish supergroup`s Greatest Hits, which hit the shops on Monday.

She wrote: "Abba`s timeless music continues to inspire me. It`s joyous. Standing still when you hear Abba is impossible.

"When I started recording my Confessions On A Dance Floor album, Stuart Price and I played their music constantly. Hung Up is my homage to their contribution to music."

Madge is also working on fresh material with her ex LENNY KRAVITZ.

Price, Kravitz, Abba and Madge? It`s safe to say that will be another Madonna No 1 album then . . .

Madonna`s Dad has cancer David Figueiredo < d_fig79 (at) yahoo.com > Thu November 9, 2006 8:11 AM

British tabloids had it partly right: Rock star Madonna`s dad, Michigan vintner Silvio "Tony" Ciccone has cancer, but it`s prostate, not colon, and he`s not dying.

Reached at his winery in Suttons Bay this morning, Ciccone said the cancer was caught in the early stages and he will undergo radiation therapy after Thanksgiving. "I am not worried," said Joan Ciccone, his wife. "Everybody assures us that it`s treatable."

Meanwhile, Ciccone Vineyards is launching a new collector`s series of Madonna wines, with labels based on Madonna`s latest "Confessions" tour, priced at $39.95. There are five wines from the 2005 vintage, all produced with Michigan grapes at Ciccone Vineyards in Suttons Bay, Mich. Each is signed by the rock star and Ciccone.

The wines were launched last week at a charity event in Grand Rapids, and are available at G.B. Russo & Son in Grand Rapids, Luciano`s restaurant in Ludington, and at the winery. Plans are in the making for national distribution, including to Manhattan restaurants.

John Russo, owner of G.B. Russo, said he has worked with the Ciccones for two years on the secret "M Project," the Madonna wines, and said wine consultants from France, Italy and Chile were called in to help.

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