Lucy O'Brien

Writer/academic. Author of Madonna: Like An Icon, Lead Sister: The story of Karen Carpenter, She Bop, and It Takes Blood & Guts, with Skin @SkunkAnansie

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First cast announcement for Hey! Luciani, @fallfuturepast 6 June

MALCOLM BOYLE - Luciani (1)
JACK CARROLL - Mark E. Smith (2)
JONATHAN MAYOR - Marcinkus (3)
EILIDH POLLARD - Sister Monamici (4)
TOBY HADOKE - Jimmy (5)
STEVE TITLEY - Litogelli (6)
GRAHAM DUFF - Cardinal Filo (7)

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@LisaJazz @archeohistories Well observed! 😃

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Madonna on a bus, New York, 1979.... Photographed by Dan Gilroy, who was her boyfriend at the time. This was the time before she became famous.

Madonna arrived in New York City in 1978 with little money and ambitions of building a career in dance and music. Like many aspiring artists of the era, she worked various low-paying jobs while becoming involved in the city’s downtown creative scene during a period of major cultural change in Manhattan.

Late-1970s New York was experiencing financial decline, high crime rates, and widespread urban decay, yet it also became a center for influential music and art movements including punk, disco, hip-hop, and new wave. Clubs such as CBGB, Danceteria, and Studio 54 helped launch artists who would later dominate global pop culture during the 1980s.

By the mid-1980s, Madonna had become one of the world’s biggest music stars, reshaping pop music, fashion, music videos, and celebrity culture.

Madonna’s self-titled debut album released in 1983 included hits like “Holiday” and “Borderline,” helping establish MTV-era pop stardom and launching one of the most commercially successful music careers in history.

© Glam Past

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@itsreallybruno @AnitoVainilla @DrownedMadonna @Madonna No...I'm just a music writer who writes a lot about female artists

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@MDNAMafia @ari_groblox Mainly journalists/ music writers

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@PhilScribe @Madonna Yes it is quite long...difficult to say, but maybe 4 mins?

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@delirious7575 @true_blue_true @itsreallybruno @MDNAMafia Wasn't that a moment? High point of the show. Really captured the mother/daughter relationship.

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@itsreallybruno @prettieststar1 So it came out for her 60th birthday, goes up to 2018. It has a lot of interviews, and I've done more since...so clearly I need to bring out a special edition for the next big birthday 😃

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@delirious7575 @true_blue_true @itsreallybruno @MDNAMafia Frozen is one of my favourites. And the video is spooky

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@itsreallybruno @true_blue_true @delirious7575 @MDNAMafia Well I don't remember us being hustled out. There was a real carnival vibe, dancing in the aisles, that kind of thing. She had an injured knee, but I could tell she felt uplifted by the crowd.

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@MDNAMafia @true_blue_true @itsreallybruno @delirious7575 You've all made my day too. This is fun!

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@true_blue_true @itsreallybruno @delirious7575 @MDNAMafia She's so instinctive...really picks up on what's around her

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@true_blue_true @itsreallybruno @delirious7575 @MDNAMafia To me the track Dark Ballet really stood out, for that reason.

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@flowerglow9501 @besdato @Madonna 🙏

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@itsreallybruno @true_blue_true @delirious7575 @MDNAMafia Brilliant!

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@FellatioAlger @Madonna Yes it is more accessible. More 'I Don't Search I Find' than 'Batuka'

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@87colB @DrownedMadonna @WarnerPromo @madonnaHQ @Madonna @guyoseary @CL_Meadows I know. Very sad.

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@itsreallybruno @true_blue_true @delirious7575 @MDNAMafia The surreal part was how close she was. My husband looked away at one point, distracted, and when he turned back she was looking straight at him as if to say 'pay attention!' 😄

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@itsreallybruno @true_blue_true @delirious7575 @MDNAMafia I liked the intimacy of her Madame X show. Halfway through she said, 'Can someone get me a chair? I need to sit down.' Really sweet and funny. And the Celebration tour was moving, on a grand scale.

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@true_blue_true @itsreallybruno @delirious7575 @MDNAMafia Yes, the Confessions Tour...funny story, just before the show my husband and I accidentally sat in Posh Spice's seat. Her minders glared at us, but she was very nice. Mouthed 'sorry', when we had to go into the next row. Anyway, Madonna was fantastic that night.