Madonna Gives Birth to a Baby Boy

Three weeks before her due date, Madonna gave birth to a baby boy on Friday in Los Angeles. "English film director Guy Ritchie and Madonna are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Rocco Ritchie," read a statement from the singer's record label, Warner Brothers. "Overjoyed mother, father, sister Lourdes and baby are all safe and sound at an undisclosed location."

Madonna confirmed rumors that she was expecting a son during a telephone interview with a Los Angeles radio station the day before and announced her plans to give birth in the United States, calling English hospitals "old and Victorian."

Madonna's first child, Lourdes -- fathered by her former personal trainer Carlos Leon -- was born in October, 1996.

Meanwhile, new Madonna music is on the horizon. In a recorded message on www.madonnamusic.com the soon-to-be forty-two-year-old singer tells fans, "You've probably been hearing about my new record Music for a while, but I just wanted to make sure that you know the single is going to drop very soon. I worked on this track with a French guy called Mirwais and he is the shit. The album will be released worldwide on September 19 and I hope you like my music."

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“Satisfied”

Tom Waits | 2011

Only the genius of Tom Waits could combine the subject of mortality, a reoccurring theme in his work, with wordplay that name checks both Mick and Keith, whom he calls "Mr. Jagger" and "Mr. Richards," and the title of their magnum opus, "Satisfaction." And to show just how cool Waits really is, he even got Mr. Richards to play along, one of nine guest appearances the guitarist has made on three Waits albums. "This growling roadhouse stomp is a late-breaking response to the Stones' greatest hit," Rolling Stone said of the track.

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