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By Pera Her new album Hard Candy is getting the hard sell - most of the songs are drawn from there. However, few of the new tracks are particularly memorable - although one stand-out moment is a striking image of Madonna and her highly stylised male dancers moving in tandem across the stage during th...

By aishamusic It’s funny, one reviewer points out she “ripped off” her own music via the infringing song “She’s Not Me” from "Hard Candy" that knocks off her previous infringing song “Sorry” from Confessions On A Dance Floor. CD Review: Madonna 'Hard

By Pera But none of this really matters. She oozes charisma and does spectacular dance routines, the sense of bizarre occasion compounded by the fact that at the rear of the tent lurks the mayor of Maidstone, resplendent in his official bling. "We're gonna have to start fucking it up!" Madonna squa...

By Pera New York, Paris, Maidstone. For the last of three, short shows to plug her current album, Hard Candy, Madonna arrived by helicopter in the Kent countryside to headline Radio 1's Big Weekend. Clearly, the plan was to prove that a pop star about to turn 50 in August can remain relevant to the kid...

By Jade Many have commented on how obvious Madonna’s choice of producers is on “Hard Candy”, but far too little has been written about how she has made them raise their game. When was the last time Pharrell Williams delivered a slice of disco as Chic sleek as “She’s Not Me”, let alone seen it invested...

By Pera Which would be a dubious legacy, were it not for the fact she's released so many life-affirming, radio-dazzling, zeitgeist-riding songs along the way, from "Holiday" to "Hung Up", via "Virgin" and "Vogue". And yet she's never got the credit she deserves. Twenty five years after finding f...

The performance was meant to promote Hard Candy, her 11th studio album, which was released earlier this week. Sponsored by Verizon Wireless and broadcast, via MSN.com, around the world, the concert featured a handful of new songs, as well as hits from the recent past.

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By Madonnasworld Before "Hard Candy," Madonna had never before opened her legs for an album cover. Two decades ago, her patchouli-scented belly adorned the sleeve of the intimate "Like a Prayer," and in 2005 she showed a bit of derriere for the disco-nostalgic "Confessions on a Dance Floor." She played wit...

By Pera Madonna humped Justin Timberlake. Despite the fact that she's old enough to be his mother, they really do make beautiful music together. She mostly stuck to songs off the new disc Hard Candy, but the evening--including a laser light show--had a totally '80s feel to it.

By Pera A crowd far larger than the 2,200 capacity of New York club Roseland camped out overnight on the streets of midtown Manhattan awaiting the chance to see Madonna debut tracks from her new album Hard Candy on Wednesday. The audience of celebs and die-hard fans who actually made it through the...

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By Pera And at 49, Madonna remains on the entrepreneurial vanguard of the music business. "Hard Candy" is her last album for her longtime label, Warner Brothers; in October she announced a new deal with the touring giant Live Nation that will encompass recordings, tours, merchandising and vari...

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By Madonnasworld Madonna Opens Up "Candy" Shop As record release parties go, the one Madonna threw at Roseland Ballroom in New York City on Wednesday night for her new album "Hard Candy" was pretty sweet. Setlist: Candy Shop" Miles Away" 4 Minutes" with Justin Timberlake Hung Up" Give it 2 Me" Music"

Gay boys, rejoice: The Material Girl a.k.a. Madge a.k.a. M-Dolla, (as she is currently known) has returned to save us from the Miley Cyruses of the world. The diva's latest album, Hard Candy (her last for Warner Records), dropped April 29 to rabid fan anticipation and generally positive reviews....

By Jade At the end of the song the Kangol-topped crew returned to the subway and the lights came up signifying the conclusion of the set, but the beat went on — literally — as the PA blasted “Beat Goes On” from Hard Candy and fans danced their way out the door. Rolling Stone review: Madonna Debuts “Hard...

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By Naaz Dattu Naaz reviewed the album at the official Warner Bros. Canada listening party in an exclusive Toronto night club. Here is her impression of Hard Candy, track-by-track: Click here to read Robert’s listening-at-home Hard Candy review

By Maria Mercedes Lara Is Madonna still relevant? This seems to be the question that everyone is asking with the release of her 11th studio album (and final release from Warner), Hard Candy. While listening to the album, you might think Madonna is cool, if only because she refers to her coolness about 30,000 time...

By Pera It is not yet time to stick a fork in Madonna. The grande dame of pop isn't done just yet. Pop music is supposed to be a young person's game, but Madonna, as she's done so often throughout her quarter-century... DOWNLOAD THESE:"4 Minutes," "Incredible," "Give It 2 Me"

By Pera Candy's sugar solidifies by album's end: "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" is no hit, but it's intriguing lyrics and easy-on-the-ears refrain are good enough to compensate for the fact that it sounds like a rip-off of "Cry Me a River" or "What Goes Around, Comes Around." Candy closer "Voice...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NEW YORK, NY, April 27, 2008 - As digital sales of Madonna's new single, '4 Minutes' passes the one million mark, Madonna will be giving away free tickets to hundreds of lucky fans in celebration of this week's release of her new CD 'HARD CANDY' (April 29) when she giv...

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By Jade Madonna’s single “4 Minutes” has become the second single ever to have digital sales exceeding one million (Rihanna was first) units in five weeks. As of today, digital sales are 1,004,482 units. “Hard Candy” is the follow up CD to Madonna’s “Confessions on A Dance Floor” which debuted at N...

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By Jade NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire - April 28, 200 - As digital sales of Madonna’s new single, “4 Minutes,” pass the one million mark, Madonna will be giving away free tickets to hundreds of lucky fans in celebration of this week’s release of her new CD “HARD CANDY” (April 29) when she gives a histori...

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By Jade Much better is the album’s lead single, “4 Minutes,” which Madonna co-wrote with Timbaland, Hills and Justin Timberlake, who also makes a vocal cameo. It’s a busy, brassy song propelled by a detonative marching-band beat, and it’s one of the most thrilling things Madonna has done in this...

As digital sales of Madonna's new single, "4 Minutes," pass the one million mark, Madonna will be giving away free tickets to hundreds of lucky fans in celebration of this week's release of her new CD "Hard Candy" (April 29) when she gives a historic up-close and personal performance at NY...

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By Pera Madonna is coming home: Having spent a decade working with producers drawn from European club culture, Hard Candy is her link-up with the American men who've come to define global pop. Five songs with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake, six with...

By mika Madonna - Give It 2 Me (Paul Oakenfold Edit) Her Madgesty is closer to the Madonna we met in the ‘80s than she has been in years, because Hard Candy drops the art-house intentions of her recent work and gets her back to the roots. Pharrell in particular seems to understand her intimately, and i...

By Pera Anyone disappointed by that album should take a lick of "Hard Candy," out Tuesday. It's everything "Confessions" professed to be - and more: a disc that gorges on catchy choruses, nagging beats and insouciant vocals. It may be the best album of Madonna's career. Certainly it's the most cons...

By Jade http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/20…_issues/?page=2 On her 11th CD, Madonna still has control issues Madonna’s new record, “Hard Candy,” bears her indelible mark. By Joan Anderman Globe Staff / April 27, 2008 From the looks of it, “Hard Candy,” Madonna’s new album, is an unam...

Mrs. Ritchie dishes on long-distance relationships -- "You always have the biggest heart when we're 6,000 miles apart" -- over a Spanish guitar and a Latin-flecked rhythm. Ah, jess. La musica de los Madonna. While Pharrell blends flamenco guitars, a Latin rhythm and some faux toreador horn...

In the latest ELLE magazine, on which she graces the cover, The Queen of Pop describes Timberlake -- who inducted her into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame last month -- as "a gentleman," -- and Williams as "a smooth operator." Timbaland? "A Cheshire Cat."

By Jade All through her career, it has been impossible to divorce Madonna’s music from her image, as they feed off each other to the point where it’s hard to tell which came first, the concept or the songs. Glancing at the aggressively ugly cover to Hard Candy — its blistering pinks and assaultive le...

All through her career, it has been impossible to divorce Madonna's music from her image, as they feed off each other to the point where it's hard to tell which came first, the concept or the songs. Glancing at the aggressively ugly cover to Hard Candy -- its blistering pinks and assaultive l...

By Pera After Confessions On A Dance Floor, where she revived disco and brought legwarmers back in style, we thought there was no musical stone left unturned by Madge. And yet we were sure she would surprise us once again. But at almost 50, the inspiration well seems to have run dry. The solution is a go...

By Pera When in doubt, take Madonna at face value. Since the beginning of her career, she has telegraphed her intentions and labelled herself more efficiently than any observer. She has titled albums Music, Erotica and, in 2005, Confessions On A Dance Floor for a collection that mingled personal...

By Jade From the opening title track of Hard Candy, it sounds as if one of the great British cultural legacies she has readily clasped to her bosom is that of the Carry On movie. With a phalanx of heavy hitters – Timbaland, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake – onside, Hard Candy takes no chances.

By Pera From the opening title track of Hard Candy, it sounds as if one of the great British cultural legacies she has readily clasped to her bosom is that of the Carry On movie. With a phalanx of heavy hitters - Timbaland, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake - onside, Hard Candy takes no chances.

Madonna - Hard Candy In the past Stuart Price on Confessions On A Dance Floor, William Orbit on Ray Of Light and Mirwais on Music, all got it right. After Confessions On A Dance Floor which proved she was still Queen Of Disco, her hip-hop venture doesn't work.

By Pera Madonna on Her Directorial Debut and Mission to Save Malawi Madonna recently claimed that she was over New York; she still liked to stick her finger in our socket from time to time, but there were no longer so many... Madonna on Her Directorial Debut and Mission to Save Malawi

By Rob SINGLE OF THE WEEK: MADONNA feat JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – 4 MINUTES: Madonna continues to impress with her latest single, 4 Minutes, featuring a collaboration with Justin Timberlake (who really is getting about a bit). Featuring an urgent, funky and utterly pulsating beat, some tick tock ch...

By Sylar At around the same time that she was penning this blueprint for the next phase of her career, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams were bandmates in their impeccably named high-school ensemble Surrounded by Idiots. Source: Madonna Tribe

By Jade Madonna, Hard Candy Rating: 4/5 The Observer Madonna, Hard Candy Thanks to her henchmen, writes Ben Thompson, the shameless idol still has much to give Sunday April 20, 2008 Hidden away at the end of Madonna’s oft-derided 1992 album Erotica is a song called ‘Secret Garden’. Recorded befo...

By Jade scan: http://i26.tinypic.com/1fwks4.jpg ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Magazine Ear ‘Candy’ Nothing spiritual here! Madonna finally gets back into the groove with an old-school dance CD. By Chris Willman You’ve seen the video for “4 Minutes,” Madonna’s flirty duet with Justin Timberlake. Perh...

By Sylar If you want some Hard Candy, you will need to give some first! Got a camera and an e-mail account? Then, you're almost done. To maybe win a pair of tickets to one of the 2 shows, e-mail us a picture of yourself using the Hard Candy theme as main inspiration. Physical candies, boxing gloves, simil...

By Pera 3. Give It To me: Not a Furtado/Timbo cover but a Pharrell track that's going to be the 2nd single. Let us tell you now - it's mindblowingly amazing. There's cowbells, twinkles and a funny vocoder you might have heard on 'Music'. Think old school pop Madonna but fired up at 300 mph. There's a funky b...

By Pera All of which is worth dwelling on, because how will The Madonna Effect play out when Hard Candy is released? It's tempting even to theorise that Madonna has made it so that there won't be much of an Effect. Hard Candy is no disaster, but a little more of that wouldn't have gone amiss.

By Pera In this up-tempo number, previously called 4 Minutes To Save The World, she exchanges dialogue with Timberlake and Timbaland for, as the title suggests, exactly 240 seconds. Devil is a reworked mid-tempo outtake from her last album, Confessions On A Dance Floor.

Madonna has long been known as the Material Girl..But we're crowning the Queen of Pop the queen of new material judging by her forthcoming album Hard Candy. Her last album Confessions On A Dance Floor in 2005 was filled with great disco classics such as Hung Up.

By Pera Having contributed to arguably the worst films of some other big-name helmers (i.e. Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy," John Schlesinger's "The Next Best Thing" and Abel Ferrara's "Dangerous Game"), Madonna seems to have learned little about directing from her experiences in filmmaking. He...

By thehonorable Madonna - Four Minutes to Save the World (ft. Timbaland and Justin Timberlake) (Live - Low Quality Version) (listen) Madonna's new album is her "introduction" to the R&B/hip-pop world with rumored production by Timbaland (five tracks), the Neptunes (five tracks), Swizz Beats, an...

By Daryl D Now, Madonna enters the Charity Hall of Fame (or Shame) with “Hey You” and when this record arrived in my email box, I really didn’t want to listen to it. Madonna’s last album, Confessions on a Dancefloor, sold over ten million copies worldwide. Her tour in support of the album was the most suc...

By Daryl D In the past year, Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor broke chart records by becoming the first album to ever top 41 music charts throughout the world. Her single, “Hung Up” became her most successful international single ever, topping the charts in a record breaking 41 countries as we...