On April 28 2010, Madonna and Lourdes attended the 2nd Annual Bent on Learning Benefit in New York
The event held at The Puck Building was organized to raise funds to offer yoga in underprivileged inner city schools.
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Today in Madonna History: April 27, 2010
On April 27 2010, Madonna’s greatest hits collection, Celebration, was released as a piano, vocal and chord songbook. The book included all of the 37 songs featured on the original 2-CD release.
Today in Madonna History: April 26, 1994
On April 26 1994, Madonna attended the Los Angeles premiere of the Alek Keshishian film, With Honors.
Madonna contributed I’ll Remember (the theme song) to the soundtrack which was distributed by Maverick Records.
Today in Madonna History: April 25, 1987
On April 25 1987, Madonna became the only female solo artist to have four Number One singles in the UK with La Isla Bonita.
Today in Madonna History: April 24, 2015
On April 24 2015, the second single from Madonna’s Rebel Heart album, Ghosttown, was released as a 2-track single in Germany.
Digital Spy had this to say about the single:
If anyone will prove themselves indestructible come the apocalypse, then surely it will be the enduring might of Madonna that survives? According to her latest single Ghosttown, that’s exactly the case. “When it all falls, when it all falls down/ I’ll be your fire when the lights go out,” Madge promises her love on the haunting pop serenade, which gradually builds into a suitably theatrical finale ready for the Queen of Pop’s forthcoming world tour. It hears Madonna significantly more subdued and reflective compared to her handbag bangers of recent years, but by doing so it makes the biggest possible impact.
Today in Madonna History: April 23, 2015
On April 23 2015, Tori Amos came to Madonna’s defense when questioned about the ageist undertones on social media – and by the media at large – in reaction to her “wardrobe malfunction” at the 2015 Brit Awards:
Madonna is an entertainer. There are very few people who could’ve gotten up off that floor. It wasn’t because of her that she fell, but it was because of her that the performance carried on. Some of the vilification comes from women as much as men. She’s making choices and she’s able to do things physically that a lot of people 25 years younger can’t; she got up and refused to allow that to shame her. I think people want her to be shamed into a role that they find acceptable for her age. It makes me sad that we can’t embrace Madonna and say, Wow, this is an artist who’s expressing herself in a certain way.”
— Tori Amos
Tori often incorporates one or two cover songs by other artists into her live shows, but there are only a handful of artists whom she has covered multiple songs, and Madonna is one of them. She has performed both Live To Tell and Like A Prayer at numerous concerts, with the most recent Madonna composition to join her live repertoire being Frozen, which made its debut in Amsterdam in 2014.
(Many thanks to YouTube user LittleQueenbee77 for the great live footage of this performance!)
Today in Madonna History: April 22, 2003
On April 22 2003, Madonna performed a special mini-concert for MTV’s On Stage & On The Record program, filmed in Times Square, New York.
Madonna performed the following songs:
- American Life
- Hollywood
- Nothing Fails
- X-Static Process
- Like A Prayer
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