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TOP TEN REASONS MADONNA’S PHILIPPINE CONCERT WILL BE A FLOP

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imageMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles®) – It’s official! The Material Girl is coming to Manila.

Madonna will hold her first concert in the Philippines on February 24, 2016. It is the only country in Asia that is included in the Queen of Pop’s The Rebel Heart World Tour which kicks off in Montreal, Canada this September.

Tickets for the Manila concert go on sale starting July 26.

Already, both fans and critics are predicting that the concert will be an absolute flop, and here are the top ten reasons why:

  1. Filipino Millennials don’t know who the 56-year-old Madonna is; they only know Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus.
  2. Religious Filipino Baby Boomers know only one Madonna, the one enshrined in their Catholic parish church holding the baby Jesus.
  3. The cheapest concert ticket will sell at P3,150 ($72). That would be six days of work for minimum wage earners.
  4. The most expensive concert ticket will sell at P57,750 ($1,313.) That would be 117 days of work for minimum wage earners.
  5. The venue at The Mall of Asia seats about 20,000 people. Imagine all the empty seats at this one-night-only concert because of Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 above.
  6.  Most Filipino concert goers will have to take Manila’s Light Railway, the MRT, to get to the Mall of Asia. Most will not get there on time because of the long lines to get to the trains, not to mention expected train breakdowns along the way.
  7. Madonna herself will show up late for the concert.  Her limousine will be stuck in Manila traffic. Existing law prohibits celebrities and politicians from using car sirens (‘wang-wang’ in local parlance) to get through traffic jams.
  8. It is much cheaper to buy a Madonna DVD. All members of Filipino families and extended families can watch it for a single price.
  9. Madonna impersonators abound in the Philippines. And they give free shows all the time. Filipino Madonna impersonators do a better job than Madonna herself.
  10. Madonna Concert promoters will have a very small profit margin, after the Philippines’ Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue Kim Henares will have collected tax from the ticket proceeds.
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NICKI MINAJ SUES MADONNA, NBC OVER SEGMENT ON ‘THE TONIGHT SHOW’

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MInaj, left, and Madonna (Photo: www.afrikakwetu.com)
MInaj, left, and Madonna
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NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – Some are calling it the ‘battle of the bitches.’ And the NBC network is caught in the middle. The protagonists: Madonna and Nicki Minaj.

The 56-year-old diva (meaning, Madonna) performed a live take of ‘Bitch I’m Madonna’ during a recent episode of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.’ The song is included in Madonna’s latest album, ‘Rebel Heart.’ The original recording also features 32-year-old  singer and songwriter Nicki Minaj, rapping to Madonna’s music.

But Nicki Minaj was nowhere to be seen during the Tonight Show performance, except for screen images of the rapper flashed in the background while Madonna twisted and twerked in the company of her dancers.

After the segment aired, Minaj told reporters she was suing Madonna and NBC for excluding her in the live performance. ‘The song is mine as much as it is Madonna’s,’ Minaj said.

‘For Madonna and NBC to exclude me from the show is not only inappropriate but  insulting,’ Minaj said, adding: “after all, I think the song is more about me than it is about Madonna.”

So, who’s the real ‘bitch’ here? We’ll let our readers decide.

Here’s the video on Madonna’s live performance.

 

 

 

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MADONNA SET TO RETIRE ON HER 57TH BIRTHDAY?

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Madonna takes a spill at the last BRIT Awards (screen shot)
Madonna takes a spill at the last BRIT Awards (screen shot)

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – There is only one Madonna and she is retiring on August 16 this year, when she reaches the age of 57.

The diva hinted on her retirement shortly after she launched her latest album, Rebel Heart, which has taken an early lead in the race for this week’s Number 1 album.

If its momentum continues, Rebel Heart will be Madonna’s 12 UK Number 1 album following Like A Virgin (1984), True Blue (1986), Like A Prayer (1989), The Immaculate Collection (1990), Ray Of Light (1998), Music (2000), American Life (2003), Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005), Hard Candy (2008), Celebration (2009) and MDNA (2012).

“I want to retire in grace while I’m on top of the music world,” Madonna said. “I’m not sure that I will have the same staying power as Cher (who is 68).”

“I may no longer be able to successfully pull acrobatic stunts during my concerts and performances,” she said, obviously referring to the last BRIT Awards in which she took a serious spill while performing on-stage.

Many had questioned whether the singer could remain relevant at a time when the music industry is packed with younger female artists like Katy Perry, 30;  Lady Gaga, 28; Taylor Swift, 25; Ariana Grande, 20; Dionne Bromfield, 17; and  Lorde, 16.

As to who she thinks will be the “new” Madonna,” she said, “I already publicly anointed my successor — Kanye West.  As I’ve said, he is the new Madonna — the black Madonna.”

As a music legend retires, will we see the rise of a new one in Kanye West?