New York Post — “I didn’t think I was gonna make it. Neither did my doctors,” Madonna, 65, said. “I forgot five days of my life — or my death … But my children were there — and my children always save me every time. more info

New York Post — In 1993, The Girlie Show tour drew protests and calls for its cancellation. Three decades later, the show is still just as shocking. more info

New York Post — From "Like a Virgin" to "Like a Prayer," here are 20 tunes that we hope Madonna gives a twirl when her Celebration Tour opens at London's O2 Arena on Saturday. more info

Stereogum — Last month, Chvrches singer Lauren Mayberry released “Are You Awake?,” her first-ever solo single. Mayberry also served as opening act on the Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie’s co-headlining tour, and she played a few headlining gigs o... more info

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Dlisted — Madonna has some very important matters on her mind, and the only person she can properly discuss then with is Pope Francis. So she took to Twitter to beg for a meeting with His Holiness. Madge is well aware she’s one of the Catholic Church’s lea... more info

Stereogum — The Columbus alt-pop duo Damn The Witch Siren have been hustling hard for years, and it seems to be paying off for them. The band is all over Poser, Ori Segev and Noah Dixon’s feature film set in the Columbus music scene, which premiered at Trib... more info

Stereogum — Maluma had a concert in his hometown of Medellín in Colombia on Saturday night, which was also streamed live on Prime Video. He brought out Madonna to do, appropriately enough, their 2019 collab “Medellín,” off of Madonna’s Madame X . The... more info

Dlisted — That dissonant trap beat you hear is the End of Watch call coming from all of Madonna‘s backup dancers, current and of yore, signaling to the universe that Ahlamalik Williams’ time as Madonna’s primary boy toy, has allegedly come to an end. Acc... more info

Stereogum — In a couple weeks, Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey is publishing her first-ever memoir. In an excerpt from it that was just released via People , Grey says that Madonna told her that “Express Yourself” was written about the actress’ breaku... more info