Starpulse — Scotland police advised Madonna not to include images of firearms and weapons themselves during a concert in Edinburgh in the wake of Friday's "The Dark Knight Rises" massacre in a Colorado cinema,... more info

Perez Hilton — This is soooooo good!!!! Like The XX mashed up with Madonna's La Isla Bonita! Moody! Pretty! Loungey! Ace!!!!!!! Check out Crystal Fighters's In The Summer (Picture House's 'Summer In The Balearics' Remix) above! Then CLICK HERE to listen to more mu... more info

ContactMusic — Madonna ignored pleas to tone down her Mdna show at a concert in Scotland on Saturday 21Jul12 and brandished a machine gun and pistol onstage Police officials advised the pop superstar not to include images of firearms and weapons themselves during t... more info

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Guardian Music — The lead singer of Against Me! talks frankly about her gender dysphoria, and what it was like to tell her bandmates, her family and her wife that she wanted to become a womanIt's a real challenge for a punk rocker to generate anything resembling actu... more info

Guardian Music — Arianne Phillips has been designing for the pop star for 15 years. Now she is helping her launch a shoe collectionFootwear, it seems, is close to the heart of the Ciccones: both Madonna and her brother Christopher announced shoe collections last week... more info

Guardian Music — Hyde Park, LondonSo Madonna's holed up in a fleapit motel, glugging shots of bourbon. She's just shot this guy, who may have been her lover, as per the lyrics of Gang Bang, one of the more arresting electronic tracks from her most recent album, MDNA.... more info

Guardian Music — I'm inordinately pleased that 'old ladies' are no longer expected to be invisibleThe Italian actress Isabella Rossellini is, at 60, the new face of Bulgari handbags. One ought to be used now to seeing older women being celebrated – and paid – as ... more info

Guardian Music — Site of Madonna's abandoned plan for an elite girls' academy in Malawi is to become 'heroes' acre' for important national figuresWhen Madonna came here to cut a ribbon and plant a tree at a groundbreaking ceremony in 2009, hopes were high for her $15... more info

ContactMusic — Madonnas brother will launch his debut footwear line at London Fashion Week Christopher Ciccone - who recently penned a best-selling book about his famous sibling entitled Life With My Sister Madonna - signed a deal with Czechoslovakian shoe comp... more info