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In the news most recently for a spectacular Super Bowl halftime appearance - and the kickoff of her 2012 World Tour, Madonna has been wowing audiences since MTV first made her a video star in 1983. Born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone on August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, the future mega-star showed an early interest in dance and eventually won a scholarship to the University of Michigan on the strength of her talent. Before completing her education, Madonna dropped out of college to move to New York, paving the way to a career in dance and pop. She was quickly discovered by Sire Records and signed on to create her first three debut hits, Borderline, Lucky Star and Holiday. The new cable rock channel, MTV, quickly took began airing all three videos in rotation and...a star was born. If bouncy pop tunes were the early star's stock and trade, then she quickly found a way to make headlines with the release of her semi-scandalous album Like A Virgin, the title song garnering her first No. 1 hit in 1984. Her third album, True Blue, generated even more heat by including a bouncy anthem to teen pregnancy, Papa Don't Preach. All the while, Madonna tried to jump start a film career beginning with the promising Desperately Seeking Susan in 1985, but the aspiring actress has in every attempt since failed to score at the box office. Her flops include the screwball comedy, Who's That Girl; and co-starring with her then-husband, Sean Penn in Shanghai Surprise; and as Breathless Mahoney in Dick Tracy. She eventually won a plum role in the film version of Evita for which she won a Golden Globe as Best Actress, but the film itself was entirely forgettable. Her movie foray with then-husband Guy Ritchie in Swept Away opened to some of the most disasterous reviews of her career. In 2011, her own directorial debut for MOVIE NAME also opened to less than stellar reviews. The Roman Catholic born pop star has given voice to her spiritual belief in the Kabbalah, a mystical offshoot of Judaism dating to the Middle Ages, and she prominently featured Kabbalah images on her re-Invention Tour in 2004. The Queen of Pop's Confessions on a Dance Floor, was released on November 15, 2005 and a year later her world tour began in Los Angeles, with performances across North America, Japan, Britain and continental Europe. The pop diva also took part in a television "event" in November with the airing of Madonna : The Confessions Tour Live on NBC. Offstage, the pop singer was married to actor and director, Guy Ritchie, with whom she has a son, Rocco Ritchie, born August 11, 2000. Rumors that the couple were divorcing swept the Web in the early summer of 2008 with Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez named as the reason for the split. In October of that year, British tabloids reported that Madonna had wanted to wait until her Sticky & Sweet Tour ended in Brazil in December before finalizing the divorce. Madonna also has a daughter, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon with Carlos Leon, a personal trainer and actor. Lourdes was on born October 14, 1996. 2012 World Tour In February 2012 the pop diva took the stage at the Super Bowl game, followed shortly by the announcement of her "2012 World Tour" kicking off in May. The 2012 World Tour will play arenas, stadiums, and other major venues, stopping at more than two dozen European cities before hitting the US and North America beginning August 28. Major US venues include Yankee Stadium in New York (September 6); the Verizon Center in Washington DC (September 23); and the Staples Center in Los Angeles (October 13). Tickets are scheduled to go on sale beginning Monday, February 13 in North America and will be available at Ticketmaster and LiveNation.com. Europe: US and Canada: More about Madonna around the Web: Madonna.com - The official site with recent news and updates, touring schedule, pictures & video galleries, plus details on her childrens books, fan club registration, online store. Madonna Song Lyrics - The comprehensive collection with an archive dating back to her 1982's debut album on up to and including lyrics to Confessions on a Dance Floor . SKy Fits Heaven Madonna - Zen and the art of Madonna worship combine for an unusual fan site offering up news, factoids, a biography, album track lists, film chronology, orginal picture galleries and wallpapers, e-cards and more. Madonnapolis.com - Frequently updated fansite with news and the latest rumors, tour schedule, biography, list of films and albums, picture galleries, wallpapers, related links. madonnalicious - Get the full flavor at this huge fan site offering breaking news, newspaper scans, news archive, fan reviews, picture galleries, video clips, avatars, tour scedule, related links. |
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