Madonna

love her album, the latest. but MAN she should get some clothes on. do NOT like that spandex wear and that hideous dancing. shes just too old for it!
 
Ibiza-girlie said:
love her album, the latest. but MAN she should get some clothes on. do NOT like that spandex wear and that hideous dancing. shes just too old for it!
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Not keen on the album at all - but let's face it, it's pop so why would I be?...I preferred the melancholic last one.

...I also think she should definately keep her kit off and her 'flange' out (Stuie) :lol:. The woman looks amazing full stop, not amazing 'for her age'.
 
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I thought she always wore cycling short type 3/4 lengths underneath her leotards!...Does she actually have a camel toe on display at 47??? 8O :lol:

If so, that's hilarious! Evidential pictures please! (pref not around lunch time though)
 
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ehmm her last one wasnt that melancolic, american life and music were happy ones - music even more - and then ray of light was the melancolic one. and the best to date.
 
I didn't think American Life was at all happy clappy - more reflective.

Stuie - granted, it's a 47 year old camel toe. ;) :lol:
 
Winners take all in rockonomics

By Robert Plummer
BBC business reporter

As Madonna fans in the UK know to their cost, tickets for rock and pop concerts keep getting more expensive.


It's been just two years since her Re-Invention tour, which saw UK tickets selling for up to £150 and grossed $125m (£71m) worldwide - more than any other star's concerts that year.
In fact, Madonna is one of the key beneficiaries of some powerful economic forces that have re-shaped the world of live music - for better or for worse.

These insights come from the work of an economist at Princeton University in the US, Alan Krueger, who has been described as "the world's first and foremost professor of rockonomics".

Before the advent of illegal downloads, artists had an incentive to underprice their concerts, because bigger audiences translated into higher record sales, Professor Krueger argues.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4896262.stm

A bit like Ibiza in some ways - music costs little but it's €50 or more to get into the clubs.
 
I'm going to see her in August - I'm not even that much of a fan but a friend offered me a spare £90 ticket he had, and I thought it would be an experience at least.

Paying in installments 8O :lol: :lol:


(to be honest I'm just going because I know it'll probably be the biggest gathering of gays in one room since erm, steps' final farewell tour :lol: )
 
Dr Mick said:
Before the advent of illegal downloads, artists had an incentive to underprice their concerts, because bigger audiences translated into higher record sales, Professor Krueger argues.
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I think what you're seeing is what's already long been the case in markets like Russia where the vast majority of CDs on sale are pirated, so the artists make little money from album sales. As a result, their main source of income is live performances and TV appearances.

So, they head out on the road. You'll even see top artists regularly doing corporate parties and casino appearances. They make more money when they head out into the regions where their concerts are viewed as important events.

Nevertheless, there hasn't been quite the same level of ticket price inflation as in the West for domestic artists (foreign artists is a different story...). Often an event sponsor foots all or part of the bill, and concertgoers usually aren't able to pay too much in regional cities and towns.
 
Morbyd said:
I think what you're seeing is what's already long been the case in markets like Russia where the vast majority of CDs on sale are pirated, so the artists make little money from album sales. As a result, their main source of income is live performances and TV appearances.

So, they head out on the road. You'll even see top artists regularly doing corporate parties and casino appearances. They make more money when they head out into the regions where their concerts are viewed as important events.

Nevertheless, there hasn't been quite the same level of ticket price inflation as in the West for domestic artists (foreign artists is a different story...). Often an event sponsor foots all or part of the bill, and concertgoers usually aren't able to pay too much in regional cities and towns.
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:roll: :roll: and more :roll:
 
Perhaps long-winded, grego, but the point simply being that there's some logic to the theory that there's a transition in progress to a dependence on concert revenue by bigger name perfomers :roll:
 
Zephyr said:
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I've been at the last two shows and granted, they were great but more because of the energy of the performers and dancers. I don't see how 2 hours should cost so much money - particularly when you can get weekend festival tickets for a cheaper price.

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