Madonna #9: The Beat Goes On

Ik ben al blij met een ton. Dat is zakgeld voor haar...

Meer details over de Live Nation-deal:

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You can listen to the Live Nation schedules conference call today to discuss groundbreaking partnership with Madonna and Artist Nation Division. Click here. It last 2 hours.

Listening to the conference, you can find out more detail on the agreement, such as:

1. New Madonna tour within 2 years
2. The first Madonna album released via Live Nation within 2 years or 3 years maximum

Although they say in the beginning that Madonna would tour within 2 years, in a latter question asking if she will tour after the release of her new album next year, they said that if you look at Madonna’s tour history, she toured in 2001, 2004 and 2006 and each tour followed the release of a new album, hinting that she’ll probably tour after the release of her next album.

They also said that they expect her to tour 4 times within the 10 year period.

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On Warners’ end, publicist Liz Rosenberg says that the 49 year-old icon’s next record (which may feature songs from recent studio sessions with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake) could drop in March 2008, with yet another greatest hits package slated for later next year or early 2009. Rosenberg adds: "We intend to work our asses off to make them both huge successes."

Bron: Entertainment Weekly/Hollywood Insider

Hm, daar had ik nog niet bij stil gestaan. Liz Rosenberg werkt voor Warners. Geen Liz meer voor Madonna...

Muziekupdate:

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21 October - Danja hints at Madonna's new sound

In the new issue of People Magazine;

Timbaland's right hand Nate "Danja" Hills previewed his production on upcoming releases, including Madonna's new album, which he described as: "The songs are crazy. It's harder with a hip-hop influence but you can still dance to it."

Danja recently scored high with Britney's new single 'Gimme More' and he's currently producing several other artists too, meaning that the Timbaland-Danja sound is going to be prominent in 2008 as well.

Nieuws over het nieuwe album:-

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New album news
Posted: 25 October 2007

madonnalicious has some exciting news about Madonna's new album:

* It has a tentative release date in the US of Tuesday 11 March

* It has a working title of Connextion - although this will be changed for release

* It currently contains 12 tracks

* The Beat Goes On track that was leaked a few months ago actually is the finished product for the album

* Another song is a ballad, much like the tone of Promise To Try but is more about a rebirth than death

* There is another song with a strong techno 'thump' with just Madonna singing, no other musical sound and it works pretty well, almost haunting and stays with you

Van Madonnalicious.com

En van Madonnatribe wat tournieuws:-

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MadonnaTribe have received some updated info about the 2008 Tour that Madonna and her team have been working on since they were touring with the "Confessions" show last year - and that this site reported about first right after the last concert in Japan in September 2006.

From what we hear, the 2008 Tour project is alive and kicking - the time span they are working on at the moment to set tentative dates and arrange deals with the venues is basically the one of a Summer tour.
But - as the aim is to bring the tour to as many countries as possible - they are working on a scheme which includes a reduced number of concerts to take place in a single city, focusing on those who offer the best performance from a production/cost/ticketing point of view, and obviously the word "stadiums" comes to mind.

Also, there is a chance that we'll have to deal with itineraries significantly different from the ones of Madonna's two most recent tours - meaning that there's a chance that the tour will start in Europe this time around and not in California like Reinvention and Confessions did.

From what we hear plans to celebrate Madonna's 50 year birthday with a special event are still going on, although it is not sure if the much talked about Central Park concert in New York City will happen.
It also seems that the "birthday concert" is being taken into consideration for TV broadcasting and DVD recording this time again, like it happened with the Confessions Tour.

Plans are still yet to be final so we have to take all of the above with a grain of salt as things can change significantly in the next months, but the thing that excites us the most is to learn that - as of today - the tour celebrating Madonna's 25 Years in music business is a go!

Dat zou leuk zijn, al vraag ik me af of Warner veel invloed heeft op de concertreleases van Madonna.



Waar zijn die gristenen nu?

Ben erg benieuwd. 4 Minutes to Save the World klinkt een beetje gevaarlijk, maar als fan ben ik natuurlijk bereid haar het voordeel van de twijfel te geven.

Hm... interessant:



Op Drownedmadonna.com

Update!

Pharell Williams spreekt over de tracks die hij met Madonna heeft gedaan. Lekker cryptisch allemaal:-

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From BANG Media International via Monsters and Critics:

Madonna’s new song with Pharrell Williams is so "hot" it will "make the music speakers bleed".

The ’Hung Up’ singer has been in the studio with hit producer Pharrell creating tracks for her upcoming album, and he claims their collaboration will take the music industry by storm.

Speaking at the launch of his new shop Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream in New York on Wednesday (28.11.07), Pharrell said: "It was crazy. I don’t want to say too much. I’d rather wait for you to hear it. It’s awesome though. It makes the speakers bleed. It’s hot!"

Earlier this month, it was reported Pharrell had been recording with the 49-year-old singer at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles.

The pair reportedly bumped into Kanye West, who was working with Michael Jackson in a studio next-door, inspiring the hip-hop star to rap on one of Madonna’s new songs.

Last month, Madonna signed a $120 million, 10-year record deal with Live Nation Inc. and plans to release her first studio album with the label early next year.

Also set to feature on the hotly-anticipated LP are star producer Timbaland and ’SexyBack’ singer Justin Timberlake.

Intussen is Madonna zelf volgens de geruchten vast van plan van dit nieuwe album een succes te maken, met een fris creatief team:

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EXCLUSIVE - Here are some of the latest news Drowned Madonna has heard and is allowed to report.

Madonna has been in Los Angeles to discuss details with Execs at Live Nation at their Los Angeles office.

As you know, Madonna is now in New York and today, Sunday December 2, she will attend the private screening of Guy Ritchie "Revolver".

Next days, probably on Monday, Madonna will go to Warner Brothers offices to discuss her new album.

Madonna is shopping around for video directors and choreographers for her first single! She is looking for NEW people to choreograph for her and she also would like to pair with a new director... BRAND new. But she wants only top A LISTERS video directors.

Madonna want a great video for her new single. The budget for the video is huge!

Choreographer and directors will send their reels to Madonna next week. Then, Madonna will narrow down to a few. Whoever will get call to talk to Madonna, will have to fly to New York City and listen to the single in presence of Madonna at the Warner Bros. offices and discuss about the video. Security is VERY tight!

Aren't you excited?!!?

Maar het mooiste nieuws is naar mijn idee nog dit:



Dit is een screencap van een mail die mensen kregen die lid zijn van de online nieuwsbrief van Live Nation. Dat is de concert promotor en binnenkort ook zakelijk belangenbehartiger van Madonna. Ze spreken over "next year's Madonna Tour". Dat betekent dat men in ieder geval aan het plannen is voor volgend jaar. Yay!

Het nieuwe album van Madonna is AF!!

Gisteren hebben de bobo's van Warner Music de kans gehad tien van de dertien tracks van Madonna's nieuwe album op een exclusieve album listening party, die volledig in candy thema was aangekleed: champagne en snoep voor iedereen, de stoelen in zuustrok rood en wit. Verder hingen er aan de muren allemaal foto's van de Re-Invention Tour, plus een poster die mogelijk de cover voorstelde van de Lissabon-dvd van de tour uit 2004 die dus nooit is uitgekomen. Curieus...

Madonna woonde samen met Liz Rosenberg en Ingrid Casares het luisterfeestje bij.

Wat details over het album:

Het album gaat mogelijk Give It To Me heten, althans: dat vertelde Madonna. Er staat ook een nummer op het album met dezelfde titel.

Madonna liet tien nummers horen, maar ze zei dat er dertien tracks op het album komen.

Het is nog niet bekend welk nummer de eerste single zal worden. Madonna is zelf helemaal weg van Candyshop, maar het zou ook zomaar 4 Minutes To Save The World kunnen worden, welke een betere reactie kreeg van de aanwezigen.

4 Minutes To Save The World is een meer dansbare Hey You. Lyrics zijn ongeveer: "Hey girl, save the world..."

Ook The Beat Goes On verschijnt op het album, maar het liedje schijnt nogal een metamorfose ondergaan te hebben. Het klinkt in ieder geval niet meer zoals de demo die al vroeg gelekt is. Kanye West doet mee. Madonna was er vrij duidelijk in: dit wordt geen single en ze deed zelfs een beetje alsof het liedje een beetje als grap bedoeld was.

Andere liedjes op het album zijn Miles Away en The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You. Miles Away schijnt mooi te zijn: zowel dansbaar als akoestisch, met harmonieuze vocalen van Madonna. Ze schijnt erg goed te klinken in dit nummer. The Devil Wouldn\t Recognize You zat al een tijd in de koker bij Madonna en zou eerst in een door haar geschreven musical gebruikt worden. Dat feest ging niet door, maar het liedje zou daarna tijdens haar Re-Invention Tour gebruikt worden. Gebeurde ook niet, maar binnenkort dus op M's nieuwe album.

Er zaten ook tracks bij waarvan Madonna de titel niet noemde. De hooks van deze liedjes gaan als volgt: "She's Not Me", "Feel It In My Heartbeat" en "Dance Tonight".

Er is ook een liedje dat door Madonna zelf beschreven werd als een "psychological mindfuck". Met vragen zoals, "who is the master or the slave" en "if you're walking the dog or the dogs are walking you".

Het album is een paar dagen geleden afgemixt.

Madonna zei dat de albumrelease waarschijnlijk de laatste week van april 2008 zal plaatshebben.

BRON: Drownedmadonna.com

Ach, ik wacht het allemaal wel af. Van de dertien tracks hebben we nu in ieder geval al acht titels:

Candyshop
The Beat Goes On
Give It To Me
4 Minutes To Save The World
(Even?) The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You
Miles Away
Across The Sky
Dance Tonight

Het Madonna nieuws blijft maar komen. Dit keer van Madonnatribe.com:

Over Across the Sky:

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MadonnaTribe has received more info about one of the songs on Madonna's new album. One of the Five Songs we first reported on November 18 from the Timberlake/Timbaland session is a nice, mid-tempo love song with classic "Madonna lyrics" and a theme concept that loosely reminds of the idea behind the song "Like a Virgin".

Across The Sky, tells the story of a woman who is quite disenchanted by love, a woman who knows deception, a woman who lied and has been lied to quite a lot in her life. A woman who admits she is not a saint but that finally fells like a new person now that she has found a new love in her life and she is ready to travel "across the sky" with her man, poetically holding his hands in hers.

Musically the songs contains a lot of acustic guitars and has a very catchy chorus. Justin Timberlake is "oooing" on backing vocals. Apparently the song would be perfect for a third single release from the album.

Fans who might be worried that Madonna has been looking for much new musical directions with this album must be reassured that she has re-invented and adapted that genre to her own unique style.

En over Give it to Me:

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MadonnaTribe sources can bring more exclusive news about the title track of Madonna's new album. Give It To Me is a song produced by Pharrell Williams, and it's a very catchy uptempo track that reminds of early Madonna tracks from the "pre-Madonna era" such as "Love on the run". The fans who were worried that this album would be too hip-hop would be happy to know that it's very 80's in its structure and it's pure Madonna. A person who apparently heard the song said it sounds quite "cartoonish".

The "Give It To Me" phrase has nothing to do with a supposed "sexual content" as rumoured on a few Madonna forums, but it's said in the sense of "I'll handle the situation for you".

A male voice is also singing backing vocals on part of the second verse and Madonna reprises a couple of lyrics from "The Beat Goes On" on this one.

The break is very strange, the song basically stops suddenly while Madonna says "Don't Stop It" the male voice, probably Pharell himself says "to the left, to the right".

This song would also make a great single!

En over de fotosessie voor haar nieuwe album:

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MadonnaTribe has heard, and can finally report, some concrete exclusive info about the photoshoot Madonna will be doing for the cover of her new album. The Queen of Pop will be shooting the album cover on December 22nd in the United Kingdom.

She will be following again tradition, as the photographer is again Steven Klein. The album design will be once again in charge of designer Giovanni Bianco.

Stay tuned for further details.

Meer details over 4 Minutes to Save the World en Dance Tonight:

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MadonnaTribe sources can bring more exclusive news about two tracks of Madonna's new album.
Of the lot of songs produced by Timbaland and Justin Timbelake that MTribe reported about shortly after they had their final mixing in Hit Studios Miami in November, "4 Minutes To Save The World" is possibly the one with a stronger "classic" Timbaland vibe.
If there's actually some "hip hop" or "urban" vibe in Madonna's new album, we've been told that "4 Minutes" is probably the track where you can feel it the most. The song has an instantly catchy vibe, with percussion layers and hypnotic synthetized strings. While in other songs of the album Justin can be heard on backing vocals - as exclusively reported on this site in mid-November - "4 Minutes To Save The World" is actually a duet as in this song's verse Madonna and Justin basically sing one line each or better answer one to another on a back and forth basis.

On the other hand, we've been told that "Dance Tonight" sounds like the funkiest song of the lot. You could say it's a dance track from the beginning to the end - there's dance in the title, dance in the theme, dance in the lyrics, and dance in the instrumentation.
It has a captivating late 70's - early 80's disco sound - fingered bass, claps, triangle - recalling songs that made the history of dance as we know it and groups like Kool & The Gang, Skyy, Delegation, even a bit of the early Michael Jackson and huge references to the signature sound of Narada Michael Walden and to the origins of disco-rappping.
To compare it to another Madonna songs the most similar thing that comes to mind is "Don't Stop" or maybe "Your Honesty" from the Bedtime Stories sessions.

Lyrics-wise "Dance Tonight" also shares the same idea of fun of Don't Stop reprising the classic Madonna theme of letting yourself go and be guided by music, and doing positive things while you dance the night away.

Bron: Madonnatribe.com

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Op donderdag 13 december 2007 18:06 schreef Hapertje het volgende:
Madonna heeft een plekje gekregen in de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

En terecht! 2008 begint sowieso goed voor Madonna. De adoptie van David is nu ook goedgekeurd.

[ Bericht 16% gewijzigd door MadGuy op 13-12-2007 19:02:05 ]