Madonna Time Tunnel: Dick Tracy days and Blond Ambition

Time Tunnel: Dick Tracy days and Blond Ambition

The movie-role in Dick Tracy gave Madonna also the opportunity to record a new album with songs that were inspired by the film itself. Several songs would be written by Broadway-legend Stephen Sondheim, but the album would also include own renditions by Madonna - and it included Madonna's biggest hit until then: Vogue.

The year 1990 started calm. Filming for Dick Tracy was finished, the album was also already recorded. Madonna's next project was a world tour and she would call it Blond Ambition. If something put Madonna in star-heaven than Blond Ambition: This tour show Madonna's real talent as a performer and a singer. She took the audience on a journey which was provoking, sensual and highly entertaining.

The tour started again in Japan on April 13, 1990 - a Friday! It was raining the entire show but it wasn't a bad omen for the show: Blond Ambition was sold out everywhere in the world! As a special treat Madonna allowed a film-team to film her on stage and backstage - which ended as Truth Or Dare, released in cinemas in 1991. But first Madonna had to fight with Toronto's police for not getting arrested on stage and had to cancel a few shows in Italy because the pope had called for a boycott... everything to see in Truth Or Dare.

Madonna was again unstoppable in 1990. After her successfull Blond Ambition-Tour, Madonna announced to do a special opening-performance at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. Her performance of Vogue, in full Marie Antoinette-drag remains as one of her best performances ever. Using all her Blond Ambition dancers and back-up singers, Madonna not only gave a stunning performance - she also showed for the first time what a lady from the renissance-time is wearing under her gown...

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