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Celeb News: Madonna talks Adele, Prince, Trump, Australia, etc.
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Madonna talks Adele, Prince, Trump, Australia, etc.
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She’s definitely coming down under next March, her first visit here since 1993. Repeat, definitely.
“I’m finally coming and at last,” Madonna says, speaking from her London home just hours after coming off stage during the British leg of her Rebel Heart tour.
“I hear there are people there who don’t actually believe it’s true. But it is true. That’s why we’re talking. I will definitely be there. Yes I will.”
During an acoustic respite from the constant action, Madonna’s able to cherrypick older hits which either replace or accompany Who’s That Girl. So far there’s been Frozen, Secret, Substitute For Love and a song that was a notable omission from the original setlist, Like a Prayer.
Selecting which classic hit she’ll play that night is a highlight of Madonna’s day while on tour.
“A lot of time it just comes to me during soundcheck which song I’m going to do that night,” she says. “Which is fun, because it makes things spontaneous and then the show doesn’t get old for me.”
No Madonna fan expects her to come out and do a Greatest Hits set. She’s just not that kind of artist — looking forward not backwards has always been her mission.
The tour’s setlist has been precisely planned by Madonna to balance then and now in a manner she’s comfortable with.
“I don’t want to just sing all my hits, that’s so boring. There needs to be a thread that connects them all, they have to flow from one to the other seamlessly, and for me it’s always a challenge to make that happen.”
There are many hits, including classics like Ray Of Light, Frozen and Hung Up, that Australians have never seen live that were in previous tours, but didn’t make the cut in the Rebel Heart setlist.
“Well, I have a lot of songs to do. I can’t do them all,” she says. “But I can if I switch them up from night to night, then I manage to get around to most of them.”
Will Australia get to see Like a Prayer in the acoustic segment?
“Most definitely. Most definitely.”
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Rumours suggested Prince staged a private show for Madonna in October.
“That is true and it was unbelievable,” Madonna says.
“We were in Minneapolis. We invited him to the show, he said he was recording an album and he wasn’t really feeling like going out in public, he was feeling kind of shy and staying at home. But he said we were welcome to come to his house and he’d give us a private show for me and my crew. So we were like ‘OK, twist our arm’. So we did. And he did. It was amazing.”
What was he playing?
“A lot of jazz and improvisational stuff. It wasn’t like he was doing all his hits. And he played every instrument, he just moved around the stage, played piano, played organ, played synth, played guitar, played bass. It was amazing. He’s a genius, no question.”
Madonna and Prince recorded the underrated duet Love Song for the Like a Prayer album in 1989. Now they’re back in each other’s orbit could they do another duet or has the moment passed?
“I would never say that any moment has passed. Anything is possible. Why not?”
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With time running out it’s time for some rapid fire Madonna questions.
Yes, she saw Adele hail Ray Of Light as an inspiration for an artist coming back to music after childbirth.
“That’s awesome,” Madonna says. “I love it. I’m a huge fan of hers. I was really flattered that she said that.”
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Yes, she’s been tentatively following Donald Trump’s presidential campaign while on tour.
“I see bits and pieces. I try not to pay too much attention to it because it’s kind of disturbing.”
Yes, as a lifelong activist for equality she’s aware same-sex marriage is illegal in Australia.
“I will have something to say about that (on stage). I have something to say about plenty of things!”
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And no, she hasn’t selected the famous Australians she’ll pull on stage during Unapologetic Bitch, where the likes of Amy Schumer, Graham Norton, Idris Elba, Katy Perry and Stella McCartney have already been publicly spanked by Madonna.
“Is Kylie going be there?,” Madonna asks. “I thought she lived in London. If she’s in Australia at one of my shows she’d be great. Or Molly Meldrum. He’d be good. He definitely deserves a spanking.”
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Ageism
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We wind up talking about Diplo, one of Madonna’s creative collaborators on Rebel Heart.
When the album’s first two singles Living For Love and Ghost Town were ignored by Top 40 radio Madonna pointed out the ageism that sees women over 40 struggle to get radio play.
It’s an argument Tina Arena put an Australian spin on during her ARIA Hall of Fame speech.
In a recent Rolling Stone article Diplo, who has had major radio attention for pretty much every other artist he’s worked with this year including Justin Bieber, said Ghost Town would have been a hit for any other artist, but radio prejudge a new Madonna song.
“He’s right,” Madonna says. “I agree. Radio is ageist. If you’re not in your twenties they won’t play you on the radio. It’s bullsh — but that’s the way it is.
“It is disappointing. We live in an ageist society. I’ve tried my hardest to do whatever I can to change peoples’ perception of women, of age, of what is possible and why should any of us limit ourselves in any way, shape or form regardless of our sex, our sexual preference, our age, our religious beliefs, our race etc.
“So for me it’s shocking in this day and age where we’re now accepting gay marriages that we still treat women in a very sexist way. That’s one frontier that has not been conquered. Because if I was a man, things would be different ...”
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Legend praising other legends such and Adele and Kylie 
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Legend stanning for another legend
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I lowkey love her relationship with Prince. So many of her music contemporaries have publicly shaded her that it is nice to see two of the biggest artists of the 80s (and of all time) have a friendly bond in tact. Especially considering their relationship was rocky in the past.
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She had nice things to say. Iggy, get yo ass down to Australia so Madonna can bring you out during Unapologetic Bitch 
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Alright Madge.
Prefer video interviews with artists like Madonna. I read as much as I could take.
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“Is Kylie going be there?,” Madonna asks. “I thought she lived in London. If she’s in Australia at one of my shows she’d be great. Or Molly Meldrum. He’d be good. He definitely deserves a spanking.”
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...looking forward not backwards has always been her mission.
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eat this all of you boring nostalgia acts...you know who you are
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eat this all of you boring nostalgia acts...you know who you are
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Originally posted by Lover
eat this all of you boring nostalgia acts...you know who you are
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I lowkey love her relationship with Prince. So many of her music contemporaries have publicly shaded her that it is nice to see two of the biggest artists of the 80s (and of all time) have a friendly bond in tact. Especially considering their relationship was rocky in the past.
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Only the bitter and jealous ones shade...the others love her.
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