Russia Gags Madonna
The Material Girl is planning on giving 16 free concerts as part of her “Sticky & Sweet European Tour.” The tour is scheduled to kick off in London on July 4, with a schedule stop in Russia on August 2 at Palace Square, home of the State Hermitage Museum - that is, if Madonna can manage to behave herself. Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky has expressed his doubt whether Palace Square was a suitable place for the concert, and has requested that Madonna guarantee her concert would contain absolutely no swearing or blasphemy. Piotrovski is also forcing Madonna to sign an agreement that would keep her from playing music too loudly. In other words Madonna, don’t be yourself and act your age for once!
Per RIA Novosti:
“Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky signed the documentation allowing the concert by Madonna on Dvortsovaya Ploshchad (Palace Square). All requirements for holding concerts on Dvortsovaya Ploshchad have been met,” the promoter Planet Plus said.
Local authorities are said to be furious about the concert plans, branding the schedule event as a “natural disaster.” The St. Petersburg’s culture committee already gave Madonna the approval for the concert, which is expecting to bring in about 50,000 fans. The Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s largest and oldest exhibition facilities. Founded in 1764, it houses some of Russia’s most important works of art. Letting Madonna anywhere near a place like that just had disaster written all over it.
Russia doesn’t have nearly as much tolerance as the US or UK. If she gets up there and starts using “naughty” words she is likely to never come out… But maybe that would be for the best!
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