
Madonna fans vented their anger after the singer ended a special intimate show at Paris Olympia after just 45 minutes. Madonna said she had “a special affinity with France” as she opened the last minute concert, but drew boos from many disappointed fans. Some had camped outside the Olympia club since Wednesday in anticipation of the show. [...]
Jul 27 2012 | Posted in
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Madonna has spoken about an image used during her current MDNA tour which showed a swastika imposed onto the face of French politician Marine Le Pen. The controversial symbol was included in a video accompanying the song Nobody Knows Me, as she performed in Paris. It showed the face of Marine Le Pen, the leader [...]
Jul 25 2012 | Posted in
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Russian opera singer Yevgeny Nikitin has pulled out of a star role at this year’s Bayreuth Festival in Germany following publicity about a swastika tattoo. Yevgeny Nikitin was to have debuted in the lead role of a new production of the Flying Dutchman opera on Wednesday. He said the tattoos were a mistake of his [...]
Jul 22 2012 | Posted in
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French far-right National Front is to sue Madonna after an image at the singer’s concert in Paris showed party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika imposed on her face. National Front vice-president Florian Philippot said the party could not accept “such an odious comparison”. The image, in a video accompanying the song Nobody Knows [...]
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Madonna was today threatened with legal action and accused of being an ageing self-publicist after she depicted Marine Le Pen, the head of France’s National Front, as a Nazi during a concert in Israel. An image of Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead appeared on a giant screen at the singer’s concert [...]