Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Madonna Cancels Australian Tour
A disappointing news for the
Australian fans of singer Madonna. The singer’s promoter Live Nation Australia has
confirmed that the Queen of Pop will not be heading Down Under. According to
reports, Madonna has canceled her performance plans in Australia as part of the
MDNA World Tour. There has been no further comment about the cancellation and
also no statement released from Madonna’s camp.
Earlier this year, the singer’s
manager Guy Oseary said that Madonna really needs to go to Australia. “We are
long overdue for a trip Down Under and apologise for that. It will happen,''
Oseary said. Madonna’s last performance in Australia was in 1993 with her “Girlie
Show.”
Meanwhile, Live Nation is ruling out
extra dates with Madonna’s MDNA World Tour. "Madonna's tour
will end in South America in December as planned. That's all we can say,"
a spokesperson said. Also, Madonna was due in confirming summer dates earlier
this month. However, the announcement was delayed until after the Olympics.
According to the Herald Sun, Madonna’s promoter already booked out stadiums in
Melbourne and Sydney for the upcoming shows next year even though exact dates
for an Australian tour had not been announced yet.
The 53-year old Madonna is
currently on her European tour and some of her shows did not fail to meet the
expectations of a controversy and criticism. It has been reported that she
famously flashed her nipple while performing in Istanbul with mostly Islamic audience
watching. In Paris, her display of the Nazi swastika also became controversial.
Critics has claimed that Madonna’s ticket prices are way too expensive despite
several of her concerts on her world tour of 87 dates is making a record for basically
selling out.
Madonna offered a word of advice to
those who were quibbling over her world tour’s ticket price. "People
spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags," she told Newsweek. "So work all year,
scrape the money together and come to my show. I'm worth it," Madonna
said. However, this statement no longer applies to her Australian fans. Is
Madonna snubbing her Australian fans by canceling her tour?
Zac Efron Says He is No Heartthrob
Young Hollywood actor Zac Efron
has humbly insisted that he is a far cry from being the heartthrob that the
public claims him to be. Efron found his fame and army of female fans with his
stint in Disney’s “High School Musical” films.
The young actor told the New York
Daily News that he really does not see himself as a sex symbol. Efron also
shared that his family and friends helped him in many ways in order to keep his
feet firmly on the ground. "They know exactly who I am and I'm far from a
heartthrob," said the 24-year-old Efron. "That word kind of follows
you around, but I don't know how exactly one earns it," he added.
Meanwhile, Efron also revealed
how he manages to keep his real and celebrity life apart. "You kind of put
life into two parts of your mind. There's the Hollywood section and then
there's real life. One of them is more of a show but it never overshadows real
life for me. As long as you can draw a comparison between the two, one of which
you know to be more important, you're good. For me, the choice is very easy.
One is where I work, one is where I live," the actor revealed to the New
York Daily News.
Despite his humility with these
given symbolic titles of being sexy and a heartthrob, Zac Efron is still gaining
recognition, mostly with female audiences, for his looks and acting abilities.
Efron was named second on the People’s 2011 Most Beautiful list. For this year,
Efron became busy with numerous projects, which includes his voice character as
Ted Wiggins in the animated film “The Lorax” and starring in the film
adaptation of Nicholas Spark’s novel “The Lucky One.” To make him even busier,
Efron has also filmed his role in the upcoming independent film “The Paperboy”
alongside Australian actress Nicole Kidman. With that, Zac Efron’s legion of female
fans will definitely be delighted to see more of the young heartthrob actor on
the big screen.
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