Madonna CD suffers a slipped disco
New York Daily News - Madonna Making music that's fun takes hard work. You need airborne melodies, insouciant hooks and a beat you can't resist. Such were the goals of Madonna's 'Confessions on a Dance Floor,' in stores tomorrow.

Political Madonna still stirs things up
The Detroit Free Press - ... the media have come to consider the grown-up Madonna to be as preachy as the younger one was thought ... What do you call 'preachy'?' Madonna asks. ' Having an opinion ...

Who's that girl? A Madonna retrospective
Chicago Sun-Times - BY JENNIFER NEWMAN It's been more than two decades since Madonna first burst onto the music scene. Today, she's too old to be called the Material Girl, perhaps her new moniker should be Material Matron. ... At 47, Madonna is releasing her 18th album "Confessions on a Dance ...

Madonna tops UK music charts
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Queen of pop Madonna recorded her 11th British number one in the music charts on Sunday with her new single 'Hung Up' which samples heavily from the 1979 Abba hit 'Gimme Gimme Gimme.'

Madonna dances to chart top spot
BBC - Madonna is back at the top of the charts, with her new single Hung Up going straight to number one. The track - which uses a sample from disco kings and queens Abba - knocked Westlife from the top spot.

Defining Me, Myself and Madonna
New York Times - IT was my commitment to Madonna, not Roman Catholicism, that moved me to petition my parents for a cross - not a tiny, delicate one that would nestle in the hollow of my throat, but a conspicuous, wards-off-vampires cross. ... accouterment of those determined to dress like Madonna. But I was 8 ...

Thoroughly Modern Madonna Gets Retro
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Madonna Mulling 'Confessions' Tour
Billboard.com - ... Madonna Mulling 'Confessions' Tour November 04, 2005, 3:55 PM ET Michael Paoletta, N.Y ... 125 million, according to Billboard Boxscore, Madonna tells Billboard she is mulling another ...

Lively 'Confessions'
Arizona Republic - Madonna heads back to her roots in dance music with Confessions on a Dance Floor, her first album in more than two years. Due Tuesday, the CD is mixed to flow like a non-stop DJ session.

Kids, critters find friend in author Paul
Arizona Republic - ... other recent stories penned by celebrities, among them Madonna and Jason Alexander, McCartney's High in the Clouds ...