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Sep. 11th, 2006 03:20 pm Russians Confess They Want to See Madonna
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-madonna11sep11,1,4761420.story?coll=la-headlines-world
The Orthodox Church's condemnation of the pop singer seems only to add to the hoopla. Fans buy 37,000 concert tickets in three days.
MOSCOW — In the eyes of Tatyana Myasoyedova, a pensioner who joined a recent protest against a Madonna concert set for Tuesday night, the pop icon's first performance in Russia is part of a plot against her nation.
"The United States first destroyed our great country, the Soviet Union, then they destroyed our economy and now they are sending this horrible young woman to destroy our souls," said Myasoyedova, interviewed during a recent rally of about 100 demonstrators organized by the Orthodox Standard Bearers Union, a group combining religion and nationalism.
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The Orthodox Church's condemnation of the pop singer seems only to add to the hoopla. Fans buy 37,000 concert tickets in three days.
MOSCOW — In the eyes of Tatyana Myasoyedova, a pensioner who joined a recent protest against a Madonna concert set for Tuesday night, the pop icon's first performance in Russia is part of a plot against her nation.
"The United States first destroyed our great country, the Soviet Union, then they destroyed our economy and now they are sending this horrible young woman to destroy our souls," said Myasoyedova, interviewed during a recent rally of about 100 demonstrators organized by the Orthodox Standard Bearers Union, a group combining religion and nationalism.
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Russia: Madonna's Moscow Concert Fraught With Difficulties
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/08/BD44440D-AC03-4BDF-8157-91BAA958BFC1.html
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/08/BD44440D-AC03-4BDF-8157-91BAA958BFC1.html
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| Madonna performing on 'Confessions' tour in Los Angeles in May |
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MOSCOW, August 29, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The pop superstar Madonna is accustomed to courting controversy. Her current "Confessions" world tour has already raised an uproar for its depiction of a crucifixion. But complications connected to her upcoming performance in the Russian capital have taken the commotion to a new level.
Madonna's current tour features a reprise of her 1989 hit "Like A Prayer" -- performed as the singer is subject to a mock crucifixion.
The stunt is hardly new for the 48-year-old singer. But Madonna rarely fails to spark fresh outrage among the world's Christian faithful.
In country after country, religious leaders have called on followers to reject a night's entertainment in favor of standards of decency.
Now the Russian Orthodox Church has added its voice to the detractors -- calling on believers to boycott Madonna's upcoming concert in Moscow.
But if experience is any indicator, when you're Madonna there's no such thing as bad publicity
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UPDATE
Madonna ignores Russian religious protests
The stunt is hardly new for the 48-year-old singer. But Madonna rarely fails to spark fresh outrage among the world's Christian faithful.
In country after country, religious leaders have called on followers to reject a night's entertainment in favor of standards of decency.
"It's apparent that those people who believe Madonna's concert is unacceptable will not be attending it."
Now the Russian Orthodox Church has added its voice to the detractors -- calling on believers to boycott Madonna's upcoming concert in Moscow.
But if experience is any indicator, when you're Madonna there's no such thing as bad publicity
....
UPDATE
Madonna ignores Russian religious protests
