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Madonna fans be sure to tune in to NBC's The Today Show on Friday September 17th!  Steven Cojocaru will be unveiling Madonna's new line of English Roses Girls Clothing,  Raincoats,  Tea Sets & Tea's, and Jewelry.  The English Roses line is designed by Madonna and based off of her bestselling children's book.

Breaking News! Madonna has just released special seats to the public for her last two shows in Lisbon on September 13th & 14th! Normally reserved for her friends & family, Madonna is offering her favorite seats to her beloved fans. This is a once in a life time chance to be seated where Madonna can look into your eyes and sing directly to you! If you are interested in purchasing tickets please email Fan Club coordinator Johann before Sept 11, 11.00am, pacific time. Tickets start at 133.82 range to 192.65 ( in euros:100 and range to 150). Hurry! There are not a lot of tickets left in these great locations.

Madonna's Track "I'll Remember" to appear on Leeza Gibbons' Compiliation CD!

Thousands of fans went wild as Madonna erupted through the stage floor to take her throne at Slane Castle.
 The Queen of Pop wowed a sell - out 80,000 - strong crowd of festival - goers with her dramatic 45 minute late entrance for her first - ever Irish concert.
 Fans who have waited 20 - odd years were not left disappointed by the technical onslaught as images moved across the stage screens as the heavily - jewelled star spoke a passage called The Beast Within.
 The atmosphere was electric as the first female to headline the County Meath Festival confidently began her hit parade with Vogue.
 There were no pointed bras in sight but the 46 - year - old mother - of - two still lived up to her sensational image as she donned a slightly camp outfit of a sparkling silver corset, thigh - high boots and black hot pants.
 Madonna's filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie watched her perform from a viewpoint close to the stage and their two children Lourdes and Rocco were also at the event.
 Other celebrities greeted by the castle owner Lord Henry Mount Charles included former Labour politician Mo Mowlam, some members of rock band U2, Coronation Street star Keith Duffy and his wife Lisa, Westlife singer Kian Egan and his girlfriend Jodi Albert, from Hollyoaks.
 Madonna's Reinvention tour is a mix of her hits which have spanned three decades, including songs from her Like A Virgin album to American Life.
 The wizardry erupted behind as the 12 - strong dancing troupe swung down from the ceiling to perform acrobatic feats including trapeze tricks and tap dancing.
 Aileen Barnes, 40, from Walkinstown in Dublin, said: 'I've been a fan of hers since the early 1980s. As a young girl I always wanted to see her. She never came so I never got a chance.

By Nicholas McCarthy
 The Irish 'do it better,' according to pop icon Madonna.
 For the Material Girl thrilled the crowd during her first appearance at Slane Castle near Dublin by wearing a T - shirt expressing exactly those sentiments.
 She later threw the piece of clothing out to a delighted audience.
 Despite initial concern about ticket sales for this part of her Re - invention tour, fans packed the outdoor venue on Sunday to see the superstar unleash hit after hit, from a repertoire spanning a entire 20 - year career.
 Crowd favourites included oldies from the 1980s and 1990s, such as Like a Prayer and Vogue, as well as more recent material such as Hollywood and Music.
 There was a heavy shower just before Madonna went onstage, but the weather remained relatively dry, much to the delight of the concert goers.
 At the beginning of the show, Madonna was raised onto the stage wearing black hot pants with a gold sequined top and black knee - high boots.
 The show featured spectacular dance routines involving acrobats and breakdancers, with an incredibly energetic Madonna incorporating complex yoga moves into the high - octane choreography.
 The stage was carefully designed to avoid delays during set changes.
 The 46 - year - old singer was lifted into the air on rising pedestals, whizzed across the stage on a conveyer belt and disappeared through trap doors for occasional, and very slick, costume changes. True to form, Madonna did not shy away from controversy, and mounted a strong anti - war protest with the song American Life.
 It was set against the backdrop of a powerful video sequence depicting the horror of war, as dancers donned military uniforms and marched around caged prisoners.
 Madonna's vocal performance was nothing short of incredible given the singer's fast - paced choreography and at times she took up the guitar herself and played ballads for her fans.
 The singer also used the occasion to perform a cover of John Lennon's Imagine, which she said was one of her favourite songs.
 Madonna crowned her 90 - minute set with a dazzling performance of Holiday which saw the singer and her dancers move out into the crowd on an elevated platform.
 They were then lowered below the stage to the sound of fireworks in the distance, confetti raining down and rapturous applause from fans.
 Supporting Madonna was DJ Paul Oakenfold who played two 30 - minute sets, and rock sensation Iggy Pop, who sent crowds wild with his antics, as he leapt off the stage to greet fans after his performance which lasted more than an hour.

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Liz's Madonna article in Vogue Magazine!

The European leg of Madonna's Re - Invention Tour is now just a few hours away. The Material girl's first European gig will take place in Manchester this Saturday. If you are still looking for a pair of tickets, good luck as most of the shows are now sold out! Thanks to her talent and popularity in Europe, a new Madonna concert is always a major event over there, challenging any other local act. English and French press seem to be highly seduced by this new Madonna tour and publish new articles and photos taken from her American venues almost every day! Madonna is also featured on the cover of many European magazines this month, including the french 'Vogue Paris', belgian "Focus",etc. The undisputed queen of pop is now on the road again, visiting 6 major cities, including Manchester, London, Dublin, Paris, Arnheim and Lisbon. This last venue is probably the most talked about event of the year in Portugal as thousands of fans fought to have Madonna visiting their country for the very first time in 20 years! Madonna and her tour's technical and production crews arrived in Manchester last week and are now ready to offer European fans a show they'll probably never forget. Are you ready Europe? You now know where's the party...!

VH1 has just launched their competition to win pairs of pit passes to all of the Manchester, London and Slane shows. All you have to do is answer one easy question and be over 18 years of age click here to enter. Good luck!

The September 13th performance in Lisbon is now sold out!
As such, er have added a second show September 14th which will go on sale Friday Juiy 30th at 10:00 am (local time).

There will not be a fan club presale for the second date.

Dear Friends,

I hope most of you already had a chance to enjoy one (or more) of Madonna's U.S shows! The new issue of Icon (#41) is about to be sent out to subscribers... Vogue Paris Magazine has devoted it's pages to the Re - Invention tour as Madonna graces the cover of the August edition. The spread includes exclusive studio and live shots taken by Steven Klein as well as an article written by Madonna's publicist, Liz Rosenberg. If you haven't gotten a copy of it yet, we have a great deal for you. Icon #42 will be entirely devoted to Madonna's new tour and will include fan reviews and pictures from around the world. Just write your own review of the tour and e - mail it to us before August 11. The best reviews and pictures will be published in Icon and their authors will receive a free copy of Vogue Paris right in their mailbox! Your review can be short or long, based on what you've seen during the show or what came to your mind right after it, etc., YOU DECIDE! Be sure to e - mail your review and pictures to the following address: icontest@moov - u.com before August 11. Please note that you don't have to be an Icon member to submit your review, but you must be Madonna fan! Fan photographers, pictures will only be accepted if they are Jpegs at least 1.000 pixels "tall" and no more than 1Mb per image. One entry per person, thanks!

Good luck and see you on the road!
xo
Johann

Check out the cover of Vogue HERE

Re - INVENTION WORLD TOUR 2004
LISBON CONCERT CONFIRMED!
13 - SEPTEMBER  PAVILHAO ATLANTICO

Lisbon, Portugal July 27, 2004 The wait is finally over, the rumours are confirmed for the first time ever Portuguese fans will get their chance to see Madonna's Re - Invention World Tour later this summer.  The tour which is currently sweeping through North America to rave reviews before launching in Europe on August 14th is confirmed to play Pavilhao Atlantico on 13 - September, 2004.
By both artistic and commercial standards Madonna's re - Invention tour is a smash hit.  The New York Times called Monday's sold - out debut, "Dense, dizzying exhilarating."  The London Sun said, "Today's generation of Pop Idol wannabees should listen, learn and take note from a woman who has no intention of handing over her crown for a good few years yet", and Rolling Stone said:  "She's putting more love and genuine passion into her spectacle than ever."    
Madonna is both a multi - Grammy Award winner and a multi MTV Award winner and has sold well over 250 million albums during the span of her extraordinary two - decade career. In addition, she has had more Top Ten Singles than any female artist in history - second only to Elvis Presley.

The tickets for the Lisbon date on Sept. 13 at Pavhilao Atlantico will be going on sale Friday, July 30th - 10 am local (5am EST/2am PST)
 
The fan club pre - sale will be Tues. July 27, 3pm local (10am EST) through Thursday, July 29th 5pm local (noon EST).

The on sale dates for the show in Lisbon on September 13th at  Pavhilao Atlantico have changed. The public on sale is now Thursday, July 29 10am (local) and the Fan Club Pre - sale is now Tuesday, July 27th, 5pm local (noon EST) through Wednesday, July 28th, 5pm local (noon EST.

By Sonia Murray

 It is so easy to get caught up in the self - generated swirl that is Madonna.
 The sexually - charged themes of her music, performances and costumes over the course of her 21 professional years. The 'sex' book. The children's book. The kiss. The Kabbalah. And the latest about her wanting to be called Esther.
 It's enough to make you weary way before you learn that attending her greatest hits concert billed as the Reinvention Tour could cost you up to 0; one of the priciest tickets this summer for a star with fading record sales.
 But then you see Madonna alone on stage confidently strutting along the moving sidewalk during 'Nobody Knows Me,' or playing the guitar exceptionally well during 'Burning Up,' and it is hard not to marvel at the force she is all by herself.
 From the moment the 45 - year - old appeared on stage at Philips Arena in Victorian costume and ageless shape, until the confetti came down two hours later during 'Holiday,' Madonna's 'Reinvention' commanded the senses.
 Sometimes it was the jarring, jittery images flashed on the ever - changing screens of her backdrop.
 Even the brief interludes packed with trapeze artists, a skateboarder, a tap dancer, a bagpipe player and a drum corps deserved ovations.
 But Madonna simply, finally, appealing to her ravenous audience by doing her ever - catchy hits 'Vogue,' 'Express Yourself,' 'Material Girl,' after 'Into the Groove' and all was without question the biggest pleaser.
 The last time she performed in Atlanta, three years ago during the 'Drowned World' tour, her focus was current - album heavy and there was little to no attempt to connect with the audience. This time around there were holes on the side of the stage, MTV Awards - show style, so that fans could dance right along  though just below her.
 And there were plenty of opportunities. In fact, even thuds like 'American Skin (LIFE)' and that awful rapping the still - capable vocalist does during 'Mother and Father' became somehow slightly more tolerable reimagined for the live audience.
 'Don't ever tell me,' Madonna sang three - fourths into the concert, almost as if she was testifying. 'I saaaiiid don't ever tell me. Don't you ever, ever, ever, ever tell meeee. Toooo stoooop.'
 Yeah right Madonna, like you would listen.
 Or more importantly, after performances like this, like someone would actually suggest such a thing.

 CONCERT REVIEW
 Madonna Saturday night and tonight at Philips Arena.

 The Verdict
 Even more seamless than one of the most well - choreographed careers in pop musi