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Madonna's 1990 tour remembered

Madonna's 1990 tour remembered Music, dance, homosexuality, celebrity, masturbation, religion-the explosive combination infused Madonna’s “Blond Ambition” tour with a revolutionary feel in 1990. “Blond Ambition” was a tour like none other with a fast-paced mix of choreography, fashion and controversy that set a new bar for pop music tours. Provocatively incorporating Christian imagery, the tour was denounced by the Vatican as sinful. Dancers appeared to masturbate Madonna on stage as she sang of religious experience in “Like a Prayer,” the title track of the album she was supporting, leading to threats to arrest her at her Toronto show. Almost 30 years later, a documentary traces the trajectories of the seven dancers of the tour-one of whom described their lives as chapters before, during and after Madonna. Of the dancers, six of them were gay at a time when homosexuality was much more taboo and associated by many straight people with illness. Building o...

Barca let Real Madrid off hook

Barca let Real Madrid off hook             Neymar was sent-off as Barcelona lost further ground on Real Madrid at the top of La Liga in a shock 2-0 defeat to Malaga on Saturday. Real are now three points clear and have a game in hand despite Antoine Griezmann’s classy finish five minutes from time snatching a 1-1 draw for Atletico Madrid earlier at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, Real can now afford to lose to Barca at home in two weeks’ time and still have a first title in five years in their own hands. “No matter what the table is like Madrid-Barca is always an attractive game, but winning La Liga depends on winning all the points beforehand,” said Barca boss Luis Enrique. “Today we had a very good opportunity and we couldn’t take the points.” Neymar picked up the first red card of his Barcelona career for two bookable offences as the Catalans were left to rue letting Sandro Ramirez join Malaga for free last summer. ...