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Madonna In Talks With Live Nation and Current Label, Says Rep

8/22/07, 4:59 pm EST

The music biz is abuzz with rumors that Madonna is planning to leave her longtime label Warner Bros. and sign a $100-$180 million deal with Live Nation that will cover all her future touring, recording and merchandising. “Madonna has a new CD coming out on Warner Bros. Records at the end of this year and early next year. She also has a greatest hits package on WB,” the singer’s rep, Liz Rosenberg, told Rock Daily. “After that she is a free agent and I believe her managers are in talks with Warner Bros. as well as Live Nation regarding her future as a recording and touring artist.”

Madonna has been with Warner Bros. since her self-titled debut in 1983. Over the past twenty-four years she’s released eleven studio albums, five compilations, two live LPs and two soundtracks, which have together sold approximately 175 million worldwide. In 2004, Warner bought out Madonna’s partial ownership of Maverick Records, the label she started in 1992 (the roster had included Alanis Morissette and Michelle Branch). In early August of this year, Warner’s revenues from recorded music fell 3.7 percent.

Madonna has had pretty good luck so far with Live Nation: her last three world tours have been produced by the company and grossed $400 million. Live Nation, the country’s largest live-entertainment and venue-management company, has been taking steps to expand beyond tour promotion and into artist development and management. The company recently signed a long-term deal with Maroon 5 that means they’ll serve as the band’s sole promoter on their fall 2007 tour and a trek in the summer of 2008. “This is what everyone has said they would like to see — the promoter taking a step in the direction of helping to grow an artist’s career,” Jason Garner, president of North American music for Live Nation told Billboard when that deal was announced.

In other Madonna-related rumors, word has it Madonna and Justin Timberlake, with whom the Material Mom is working on her next album, will make an appearance together at September 9th’s MTV Video Music Awards (Update: Timberlake said the duet at the VMAs is a no-go on Access Hollywood.)


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JUSTIN AND MADONNA ARE UGLY | 5/10/2008, 7:43 pm EST

justin and Madonna should be a couple there both look like cheap trash. without their djs and pretty lights they wouldn’t even make the cut as karaoke singers

Anonymous | 5/10/2008, 7:39 pm EST

maddona maddogga how ugly can you get when it comes to a singer. even she said money makes you goodlooking. she is a feral fugly dog that needs her a facelift. old hag comes to mind

jamieVan@aol.com | 2/10/2008, 11:13 pm EST

Madonna used to give BJ”s to Graffitti artists in the train yards in Brooklyn when she came to Manhattan, I know one of the Grafitti artists. She wanted to be kool and she f__ked anyone who would give her any connection. Her voice is 100% processed, she lip syncs her concerts. She plays no instrument, others write her songs, all she does is prance her stupid yoga body onstage for insatiable attention and needs to stay home with her kids for once! You’re 52 years old Madonna, give it up already!

mariah rules!! | 12/24/2007, 8:09 am EST

hey infinniti for starters, go shove madonna up your fat ass where she belongs coz she is shit! she is frekn crap, she has muscled arms like a man, she wears spandex and has camel toes on stage, shes rotten ugly, and she needs to stop being a fucking stupid little slut and look after her children.. ur just jealous coz mariah is HOT, shes single and yes she has so much cash and u know what?? she fucking rules!
mariah is the legend, she is the voice, a legend.. MADONNA IS A FUCKING UGLY ROTTEN PIG WHO NEEDS TO GET HER UGLY TEETH FIXED, HER GREY HAIR RE-DYED AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, NEEDS TO DIE SO THAT WE DONT HAVE TO SUFFER LOOKING AT HER AND HEARING THAT REVOLTING VOICE WHICH IS COMPUTERISED ANYWAY!! NOW GO FUCK URSELF AND HAVE A NICE DAY…
PS… MARIAH RULLLLLLES :)
PPS.. MARIAH IS ON FIRE!

infinniti | 10/17/2007, 1:42 am EST

mariah carey is fat
a stuck up snob
boring
and only got a comback cauise she rigged the system
mariah used to be a great singer until her mad ego took over her body
all she has now is a fat head and lots of cash to go spend on her guts
madonna is the true star and legeng
here in australia everyone has grown up with madonna
and she is very highly respected
shes like everyones relative
mariah is a deformed slut

infinniti | 10/17/2007, 1:33 am EST

madonna will be back wit another great recoerd soon
haters
go stick ur heads up ur asses

dazza | 9/15/2007, 10:11 am EST

Why in America is Mariah preferred than the real queen? All i can say is that americans need their heads examining. Mariah is a boring bitch who thinks shes better than anyone else. Madonna is the best and always will be - Mariah fuck off and retire!

brainwash | 8/28/2007, 4:15 am EST

infinniti,
In your case, what you don’t know won’t kill you. Thanks for shopping at WalMart.

infinniti | 8/28/2007, 3:42 am EST

BRAINWASH, GO DO JUST THAT GET YOUR BRAIN WASHED, I WIL LIKE WHATEVER I WANT, I DONT ASK SPASTICS LIKE YOU, YOUR A NOBODY ANYWAY SO AS THEY SAY, GO GET YOUR FACE DONE BITCH, LUV U KISS KISS. NOT.

brainwash | 8/27/2007, 7:54 pm EST

infinniti,
If Madonna is a religion to you, you must be praying to Ronald McDonald.

infinniti | 8/27/2007, 3:59 am EST

madonna is beautiful, shes gorgeous , pretty, talented, all this other shit you fukers are talking about,, i dont see, all i see is a very very talented woman, so please go get your faces lifted by a surgeon u sluts. luv u infinniti, not.

infinniti | 8/27/2007, 3:54 am EST

madonna is much more than just a popstar, shes a religion.
Shes the reason why todays popstars are doing there thing now, shes influenced them to be who they are,shes like the god of music,id like to see you people on here get up and so on stage and sing at her age and do the things she does, look as good as she does and have the energyt to do what she does, i doubt any of you could, your all lazy nobodys, get up off your fat arses and go and do sumthing usefull instead of bagging over people who you are jealous of because your poor and dumb, all i can say is all of you go get lost.escept the lovers of madonna haaaa u smash.

infinniti | 8/27/2007, 3:47 am EST

all i can say is love her or hate her, i dont think she really cares, she will just continue to do her thing, alot can be learned from haters, haters are usually lovers anyway,
why hate madonna, madonna has influenced not just music but fashion trends and changed alot of opinions.
Just think if there was no madonna, how boring would the eighties have been, ive heard songs from her new album and they sound like her old stuff, so goes to show you haters, the old madonna is still there and always will be. infinniti.

you oughta know | 8/27/2007, 1:58 am EST

Madonna was a trendsetter, and she is a brilliant business woman. That much you have to give her credit for.

finding nirvana | 8/26/2007, 11:07 pm EST

I dont hate her I just think shes a has-been, washed up, lets face it her music was never really that good but she was the true first to figure out how to sell mediocre music with sex…which was amazing for her but bad for us since it created britney spears.

crayola | 8/26/2007, 2:26 pm EST

i wonder why people hate her so much. has it always been this way or is it only cause the little boys are embarrased at gettin a boner from lookin at a 50 year old?

you oughta know | 8/25/2007, 2:50 pm EST

Although she is a marketing-machine, one of Madonna’s most intelligent decisions was signing Alanis Morissette, a real music artist, on to her label.

SME | 8/24/2007, 8:02 pm EST

The consideration of using Live Nation as a vehicle for her total package (tour, album, etc) is intriguing. Although I think ‘Esther” or “Madge’(or whatever this over-hyped cronk-purveyor of mainsteam mediocrity chooses to call herself) is a two-decades-plus overrated english-accent faking, pretentious fluffbunny, I will prop her for venturing into something that could open another avenue for REAL talented acts in the underground scene to posssibly utilize as exposure for thier art. The opportunity could benefit them in the near future hugely. Fuck the majors; death to them all!!!

Una | 8/24/2007, 10:35 am EST

THE LADY LIBERTY SAYS : MADONNA MY LOVE IS FOR ONE AND ALL YOU ARE INCLUDED

jason bourne | 8/24/2007, 9:22 am EST

Madonna has never made a completely crap album…but working with these guys is not promising.

Murrydonna | 8/24/2007, 6:29 am EST

Madonna Madonna Madonna! there is no denying what the lady has done for music and most importantly women in music. She has pushed the boundries and always given pop something interesting and sometimes new but what the f*@k is she doing working with some has been or should i say not even been Pharrell that new track The Beat Goes On is 100% pure rubbish! ..and i aint no hater, in fact i’ve been a fan since 1983 but even i can’t take this slice of babble. The production is lazy and the lyrics are cliche..God help her if the new album is anything like it! Come on madonna give us something we’ve never heard before and some interesting lyrics and prove the haters wrong! Cause right now I’m about to turn!

Richard Hurtig | 8/24/2007, 3:04 am EST

What’s with all the negativity on this board? All you Madonna haters trash Madonna and expect her fans not to come to her defense? The fact that Madonna still incites such a strong reaction from people is very telling. I guess the lady is as relevant as ever.

Your Friend | 8/23/2007, 10:25 pm EST

Yeah, see that picture? You fuck-tards might think she’s prompting you to sing-along, (weee, isn’t this fun!) But she’s really thinking…”Thanks for you money! Suck on that dumbfucks!!!”

Ryan | 8/23/2007, 10:17 pm EST

Thank god she is getting paid for an amount she is worth. The woman has generated probably over 2 billion dollars in revenues over the years.

I always have liked her and always will. However, I am not to to excited about her upcoming album. Justin Timberlake is a recycled, second grade Michael Jackson. I would have rather have heard that she teamed up with MJ than fucking JT..I wish he would just go away.

brainwash | 8/23/2007, 9:07 pm EST

Alberto is a cheap and useless hair care product.

gogogirl | 8/23/2007, 8:48 pm EST

ya know when you stop and really think about it. it`s only logical she should get paid more money after all she probably needs a new pair of boots or something ,maybe another house NO i know something we all can look up to her its IMPORTANT so she should have more money to buy a new jet you know to help global warming! yeah maddona saviour of the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oneofthefollowingblindsheep | 8/23/2007, 8:22 pm EST

because i can`t think for my self as most of the worlds sheep WE NEED maddona ya know the world dictators mafia & jewish illuminati put her there when it comes to that all too important musical skill of CHANGING COSTUMES well nobody does it better—madge i probably wouldn`t be able to get dressed on a daily basis—she`s should get paid so ……..we drones can exist

Anonymous | 8/23/2007, 7:46 pm EST

“Anon” is into “marketing”, and I’m the tool? Kill yourself.

bukowski | 8/23/2007, 7:04 pm EST

Whoops! Brian, Brian, Brian,tsk,tsk,tsk,tsk,tsk!

bukowski | 8/23/2007, 7:02 pm EST

Alberto, Alberto, Alberto, tsk,tsk,tsk,tsk,tsk!

anon | 8/23/2007, 6:50 pm EST

last post before this–what a tool you are. get a life man. This is good news for not just Madonna fans, but all fans who want to see a good correlation between touring and marketing. Who better to start something like this than the most phenomenally successful marketing machine ever? Madge.

Anonymous | 8/23/2007, 5:55 pm EST

Fuck adoption, she could save more lives by donating her organs to people who deserve them. She’s just wasting them, so why not? Want your chance to help humanity? There it is asshole!

Tyrone | 8/23/2007, 3:55 pm EST

Madonna can you adopt me?

brian gallagher | 8/23/2007, 3:42 pm EST

Alberto, what does it smell like?

alberto | 8/23/2007, 3:15 pm EST

Ok I’m in love with Madonna and nothing can’t change that. I get defensive when people talk negatively about my love. I wish I could have been her husband. She is the light of my life. Madonna I am here for you. I LOVE YOU MADONNA!

alberto | 8/23/2007, 2:48 pm EST

Listen, I know I can be an asshole and I apologize for the death comments, Snuffle. I’m just so infatuated with Madonna and have my head so far up her ass that it just clouds my judgement. I can accept being called a moron because I definitely can be one.

Snuffleupagus | 8/23/2007, 2:44 pm EST

Hey alberto, what the hell is up your ass and what’s up with the death talk? Talkin about losers, you’re the biggest fuckin asshole here sucking up to Madonna who doesn’t know you exist and couldn’t give two shits about you. Of course millions would mourn her, she’s a worldwide public figure you moron. I’m not and I ain’t no celebrity. This world would be better off without a hypocrite like you who goes on to bash the “negative comments” posted herewith when you fucking post negativity here yourself.

alberto | 8/23/2007, 2:07 pm EST

Brian, Lina & Snuffle: 50,000 people die everyday, why aren’t you among them? If Madonna died, millions would mourn her, I doubt anyone would mourn the death of any of you LOSERS.

juanfri | 8/23/2007, 1:03 pm EST

She has always been at the top and she just stays there while everyone else comes and goes. She is in a league of her own.

And for all the ones posting negative comments: she has pushed your buttons too, maybe with her tolerance towards those who you think are less than you or because you are a hopeless pro-war republican, etc…
Just vow before her MAD-jesty you peasants!

alberto | 8/23/2007, 11:58 am EST

I feel sorry for those posting negative comments on Madonna. When I hate someone I don’t waste my time on them. Brian, Lina & Snuffle: Get a life. Talk about pathetic. Madonna is doing her thing and am pretty sure doesn’t give a fuck what losers like you say.

Anonymous | 8/23/2007, 11:57 am EST

Oh come on, she’s such a good…uh…ah fuck it.

shepula | 8/23/2007, 11:17 am EST

hey. is she still speaking with her fake english accent? her only “talent” is marketing. oh wait she’s a very important “artist”. my mistake. worthless gap tooth skank if you ask me. ooooooh she’s so controversial. cutting edge. oooooh. ground breaking….oooooh aaahhhhh.
i love when she plays the guitar to show us all
“i am a real musician, you fuckers”.

Randall David Cook | 8/23/2007, 10:15 am EST

Brilliant back in 1983, and now even better than then. Her longevity is no accident. Viva Madonna!

Snuffleupagus | 8/23/2007, 9:25 am EST

Madonna, please just go away. Go adopt your African boys and leave us alone.

infinniti | 8/23/2007, 3:49 am EST

madonna will be around forever, she is a huge star now and forever.

infinniti | 8/23/2007, 3:45 am EST

madonna is a legend live on madonna.

Lina Wertmuller | 8/22/2007, 11:48 pm EST

She’s still around? Jesus, what a pathetic world we live in!

Lil Dick Cheney | 8/22/2007, 10:56 pm EST

Reh ruh reh…holla for kabbalah…ruh reh reh!

brian gallagher | 8/22/2007, 9:35 pm EST

How can so many people like the shit that comes out if her? Pathetic…

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