BlondAmbition

It's definitely one of the best documentaries released recently... quite hasty in skipping over some periods of her career... the Italian dubbing is awful ..

I saw it, and I have to say I expected more after reading Mary Gabriel's (wonderful) book. This documentary leaves me with a bitter taste because it's missing a lot about her beginning. Overall, I liked it; perhaps I would have focused more on the beginning without getting to Sex/Erotica, but compared to all the unofficial ones I've seen, this is one of the best. But it could have been better; everything was too rushed.

The documentary 'Becoming Madonna' has been available on Sky's Italian channels from June 18th, partially dubbed in Italian and with the option to choose the original language.

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the Vatican never intervened regarding the concert, certainly some fascist "Catholic" magazine did, but I never heard any direct comment from the Vatican. Only legends surely invented by journalists and then reported indirectly by Madonna's entourage themselves.
The concert in Rome was almost sold out, about 3 thousand tickets were missing, the stadium was very small. In another newspaper I read that for the second date 3 thousand tickets out of 32 thousand had been sold, for this reason they cancelled the concert and also for a general strike of the national unions. But the trigger, certainly, were the few tickets sold.
In Turin even worse, the day before the concert they had sold 12 thousand tickets sold of 60 thousand, around 30.000 were given for FREE, but the concert in Turin was beautiful, truly wonderful, she was very charged and (perhaps) content to leave Italy.
I have the Itinerary Book of the European dates won at the Ebay auction and belonged to Melissa Crow and inside it's written that in addition to Rome and Turin, another date in Italy was scheduled after Nice, Bologna or Verona, for this reason in the film Truth or Dare she says: I was forced to cancel two shows!

He said: "don't hate the black, don't hate the white, if you get bitten just hate the bite." PEACE

RAI never planned to record the Rome concert, the date was always Barcelona, but confirmed after italian dates. When the tickets went on sale, I went to the bank to pick them up expecting to find a very long line and instead the clerk didn't even know that the tickets would go on sale that day. Italy had just come out of a major sporting event that had employed economic resources from many people, in fact the Rome concert was scheduled a few days after the end of the World Cup and certainly not everyone wanted to spend money on other events. Not even Prince's concert that year was sold out, the legend that it was the Catholic Church's fault has always been a falsehood invented at the table.

The article taken from italian newspaper "La Stampa" June 5th 1990, few days after tickets on sale, it says:
"The RAI live TV broadcast scheduled for mid-July from Barcelona is not certain, Madonna has changed her mind and will decide only at the last moment"

He said: "don't hate the black, don't hate the white, if you get bitten just hate the bite." PEACE

RAI never planned to record the Rome concert, the date was always Barcelona, but confirmed after italian dates. When the tickets went on sale, I went to the bank to pick them up expecting to find a very long line and instead the clerk didn't even know that the tickets would go on sale that day. Italy had just come out of a major sporting event that had employed economic resources from many people, in fact the Rome concert was scheduled a few days after the end of the World Cup and certainly not everyone wanted to spend money on other events. Not even Prince's concert that year was sold out, the legend that it was the Catholic Church's fault has always been a falsehood invented at the table.

The article taken from italian newspaper "La Stampa" June 5th 1990, few days after tickets on sale, it says:
"The RAI live TV broadcast scheduled for mid-July from Barcelona is not certain, Madonna has changed her mind and will decide only at the last moment"

I don't think the Dallas footage has anything to do with the Miramax Docu-film, everything that was recorded by Keshishian is secretly kept in Madonna's 'bunker' somewhere unspecified.
What I know for sure is that HBO had promotional VHS of the Houston, Dallas, Worchester, NJ concerts (24-25) that I saw 20 years ago on Ebay at absurd prices, they were probably intended for TV promotion but the concerts were entire, surely the recordings were like those of East Rutherford that came out a few years ago.
"Westwood one" had the rights to both concerts, probably they had to cut a lot to make the concert acceptable, given the mistake Madonna made and the whistles from the people...
I wonder where all this footage and audio ended up...

He said: "don't hate the black, don't hate the white, if you get bitten just hate the bite." PEACE

Seeing these charts makes me vomit, how can you compare an artist from the 70s/90s with one who doesn't even sell but is only 'listened to' with digital files? Madonna at #36, not to mention Whitney Houston at #69 and the others? Tina Turner? she doesn't exist...
what kind of CHART???
Billboard.com.vomit

she looks great!

because it's the perfect concert/concept for me! I  all songs

The Virgin Tour: like a virgin
Who's that girl tour: papa don't preach
Blond Ambition tour: /
The Girlie show: Express yourself
Drowned World tour: impressive instant
Re-Invention tour: Hanky panky
Confessions Tour: live to tell
Sticky and sweet: miles away
MDNA tour: Girl gone wild
Rebel heart tour: Unapologetic Bitch
Madame x: God control
Celebration tour: Nothing really matters

in the Rebel Heart tour she sang 'crazy for you'??? is she make only for one place in Asia?

But it's got nothing to do with popularity abroad. It's based solely on the Billboard charts in the US. And it's not about comparing or "making people believe" who sold more or less in previous decades, it's purely based on Billboard chart stats 2000 - 2025:
Billboard’s Top Artists, Top Billboard 200 Albums and Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century recaps reflect performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The Top Artists category, including the Top Women Artists of the 21st Century recap, ranks the best-performing acts in that span based on activity on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are excluded, although such entries that appeared on the Billboard 200 or Hot 100 in that span contribute to the calculation of the Top Artists chart.)  
Do I think Grande, Cyrus and such are as iconic as Tina Turner or Whitney? Of course not. But they've charted more on Billboard in the past 25 years and that's what this ranking is about. 

Seeing these charts makes me vomit, how can you compare an artist from the 70s/90s with one who doesn't even sell but is only 'listened to' with digital files? Madonna at #36, not to mention Whitney Houston at #69 and the others? Tina Turner? she doesn't exist...
what kind of CHART???
Billboard.com.vomit

oh, well, I think Everybody in The Girlie SHow, is her best performance done for this song, a perfect ending of the show and perfect arrangements. I remember, during the show, when I was there I didn't know what kind of song she sang, it was so strange for me to hear it for the first time, but the second night I understood that itwas perfect and beautiful...
 

oh, well, I think Everybody in The Girlie SHow, is her best performance done for this song, a perfect ending of the show and perfect arrangements. I remember, during the show, when I was there I didn't know what kind of song she sang, it was so strange for me to hear it for the first time, but the second night I understood that itwas perfect and beautiful...
 

Express yourself - Blond Ambition tour
Everybody - The Girlie Show
Hanky Panky - Re invention tour
Holiday - Who's that girl tour
Girl Gone wild - MDNA tour

Express yourself - Blond Ambition tour
Everybody - The Girlie Show
Hanky Panky - Re invention tour
Holiday - Who's that girl tour
Girl Gone wild - MDNA tour

Express yourself - Blond Ambition tour
Everybody - The Girlie Show
Hanky Panky - Re invention tour
Holiday - Who's that girl tour
Girl Gone wild - MDNA tour

Express yourself - Blond Ambition tour
Everybody - The Girlie Show
Hanky Panky - Re invention tour
Holiday - Who's that girl tour
Girl Gone wild - MDNA tour

I just want Pedro Pascal to throw me down a flight of stairs. I'd be fine by it.

thank you very much I never seen it before!