As the icon embarks on her delayed Celebration World Tour, HELLO! spoke with Mary Gabriel, author of new biography 'Madonna: A Rebel Life'
and millions of fans around the world. The icon, who turned 65 in August, kicks off her Celebration Tour at the 02 Arena in London tonight ; the 84-date trek was delayed by two months after a
The most expansive and ambitious biography of the pop icon to date, Madonna: A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel goes on sale October 10; Gabriel is the author of "Ninth Street Women."it's an excuse to gather her children That mentality became the 1960s' sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. It was a time bursting with possibility, creativity, with liberation . Those four artists, Madonna, Jackson, Prince, and Bush — young women and young Black men — matured in an era when they believed they actually had a choice about who they could be and that all doors were open to them.
What has the mood been like in her family and inner circle during this crisis? To my mind, this is the most serious brush with death and illness she's ever faced. It's always hard to tell from a distance who is closest to Madonna because historically, those people she is closest to are the least visible to the press and public. I found during my many years researching her that the people most willing to talk about her were often those whose involvement with her was minimal. Exceptions, of course, are Rosie O'Donnell and Debi Mazar.
The hiatus has never lasted. Hopefully, this time it will. I hope the media is finally ready to look at the scope of her career, her impact on the world, her contributions to culture, and the courage it has taken for her to remain true to her vision despite decades of bullying. I frankly don't know how she did it. Her intense spirituality and her necessity to create gave her strength.
Madonna has been called the architect of the modern pop spectacle. I was reading the other day about the various "acts" in Beyoncé's latest tour. I don't think the younger generation realizes it, but no pop star before Madonna had ever done that. No one before her made a pop concert a theatrical experience.
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