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Madonna Announces Art For Freedom Grants Program

MaddonaMadonna has announced a grants program in coordination with Art For Freedom, the global digital initiative designed to fuel free speech, to address, respond and protest persecution around the world.

Madonna kicked off Art For Freedom on September 24, 2013 by posting Secretprojectrevolution, a 17-minute video she created with Steven Klein.  The film – ‘a call to action’ – originally premiered on Vice and remains downloadable on Bit Torrent. Artists are encouraged to submit their own work on artforfreedom.com in the form of video, music, poetry or photography to express their personal meaning of freedom and revolution.

As part of the Art For Freedom initiative, Madonna has launched a grants program to support individuals and organizations working to advance social justice. Over the course of the next year she will select one artist each month whose creative expression helps fight oppression, intolerance and complacency. Madonna will award $10,000 to a nonprofit organization or project of the winning artist’s choice.  All projects must be focused on a social justice issue and exemplify the values of Art For Freedom.

Madonna will select the winning submission each month with the help of a guest curator beginning with Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

“I want to help give a creative voice to those who have been silenced and denied their human rights.  Art for Freedom is a platform that gives artists a chance to define freedom through their art. We have already received many incredible submissions. I am inviting all people to express their thoughts on the subject of freedom whether it’s describing specific persecution they have experienced, sharing how their rights have been violated and / or sharing their ideas creatively regarding fighting injustice,” commented Madonna.

Art For Freedom, launched in partnership with Vice, received over 1000 submissions in the first 48 hours of its inception. These submissions and the ones that follow will become part of the Art For Freedom platform and will be eligible for the Arts For Freedom grants program. Contributors can join the project by uploading original artwork at www.artforfreedom.com or tagging original posts #artforfreedom.

Madonna World Tour 2012

Madonna is having a huge party and everyone’s invited. The Madonna 2012 World Tour begins May 29th 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel it was officially announced by Live Nation Entertainment, the tour’s international promoter. The shows will include arenas, stadiums and special outdoor sights including the Plains of Abraham in Quebec and a return visit to South America as well as Australia where she has not performed in 20 years. The tour will stop in 26 European cities including London, Paris, Milan and Berlin.

The first of 26 North American shows is scheduled for August 28th in Philadelphia and includes a September 6th show in NY’s Yankee Stadium and an October 10th performance at LA’s Staples Center. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale beginning February 10th in Tel Aviv and the United Kingdom, with North American tickets going on sale beginning February 13th. Tickets for North America are available at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. A complete itinerary of Madonna 2012 follows this release.

The announcement of Madonna’s 2012 World Tour follows an extraordinary week which included a monumental extravaganza of a performance at the Bridgestone Super Bowl Halftime which was seen in over 200 countries by over a billion people. Last week also saw the release of Madonna’s new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin” from her highly anticipated new album MDNA on Live Nation Entertainment/Interscope Records – scheduled to be released on March 26th. Pre orders have already catapulted MDNA to No. 1 on iTunes in 51 countries including the US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Canada, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands. The single’s  video directed by Megaforce which also stars Nicki Minaj and MIA previewed on American Idol. Additionally, the Madonna directed Golden Globe Award winning film “W.E.” opened in NY and LA with other markets to follow later in the month.

Madonna’s recent Golden Globe winning song “Masterpiece” from The Weinstein Company film  “W.E.” as well as “W.E. Music From The Soundtrack “W.E.” film have both been released digitally on Interscope Records. A physical release will be in stores in the UK on February 6th and on February 14th in the US.

US residents ordering tickets online to a US performance will receive their choice of a digital or physical copy of Madonna’s new MDNA album with every ticket purchased.

Citi® is the official credit card of the US leg of Madonna’s upcoming world tour. Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, Feb. 8th at 10am through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

NORTH AMERICA      
28-Aug       Philadelphia, PA               Wells Fargo Center      On Sale Feb. 13                       
30-Aug        Montreal, QC                   Bell Centre                  On Sale Feb. 18
       
1-Sep           Quebec City, QC                   Plains of Abraham Site     On Sale Feb. 17
4-Sep            Boston, MA                         TD Garden                       On Sale Feb. 13
6-Sep             New York, NY                     Yankee Stadium                On Sale Feb. 13
10-Sep           Ottawa, ON                        Scotiabank Place              On Sale Feb. 13
12-Sep           Toronto, ON                      Air Canada Centre                On Sale Feb. 13
15-Sep           Atlantic City, NJ               Boardwalk Hall                     On Sale Feb. 27
19-Sep           Chicago, IL                     United Center                        On Sale Feb. 13
23-Sep           Washington, D.C.          Verizon Center                       On Sale Feb. 13
29-Sep           Vancouver, BC             Rogers Arena                          On Sale Feb. 13
       
2-Oct         Seattle, WA                          Key Arena             On Sale Feb. 13
6-Oct          San Jose, CA                       HP Pavilion               On Sale Feb. 13
10-Oct         Los Angeles, CA                 Staples Center          On Sale Feb. 13
13-Oct          Las Vegas, NV                  MGM Grand              On Sale Feb. 27
16-Oct           Phoenix, AZ                     US Airways Center      On Sale Feb. 27
20-Oct            Dallas, TX                       American Airlines Center    On Sale Feb. 27
24-Oct            Houston, TX                   Toyota Center                     On Sale Feb. 27
27-Oct             New Orleans, LA           New Orleans Arena              On Sale Mar. 5
30-Oct             Kansas City, MO         Sprint Center                        On Sale Mar. 5
       
1-Nov      St. Louis, MO                      Scottrade Center          On Sale Mar. 5
3-Nov       St. Paul, MN                      Xcel Energy Center       On Sale Feb. 27
10-Nov      Cleveland, OH                  Quicken Loans Arena      On Sale Mar. 5
15-Nov       Charlotte, NC                  Time Warner Cable Arena    On Sale Mar. 5
17-Nov        Atlanta, GA                   Philips Arena                       On Sale Mar. 5
TBC             Miami, FL                    To Be Confirmed                   On Sale Soon

Madonna to Perform Feb. 5th During Super Bowl XLVI Halftime show

Material Girl and international superstar Madonna, a multi Grammy Award-winning Universal Records recording artist, will perform in the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show on NBC at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday, February 5, the NFL and NBC announced during tonight’s Sunday Night Football game between the New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions.  Madonna’s performance will be imagined by Cirque du Soleil and Jamie King.

Madonna joins an esteemed list of recent halftime acts that includes The Black Eyed Peas, The Who, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and U2.

A world class entertainer, singer, songwriter, producer, director and video visionary, Madonna has sold more than 300 million records in the course of her three decade career as The Material Girl.  She is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.  Her last tour was the most successful tour by a solo artist in history.  Madonna is currently in the recording studio working on a new album scheduled to be released next year.  Her new film W.E. which she directed, wrote and produced is opening in a limited one week release December 9 in Los Angeles and will open nationally on February 3, two days prior to Super Bowl XLVI.

Madonna has partnered with a creative team from Cirque du Soleil, Jamie King, and multimedia artists from Moment Factory, to create a signature performance. This year marks the fifth time Bridgestone Americas has sponsored the Super Bowl halftime show.  The tire company’s new brand campaign, fittingly titled “Time to Perform,” will debut during the game.