Three decades on, the controversy-courting concert tour is still shaping the ways female artists express their sexualityModern Toss on Blond Ambition tour ...In
Toronto,
Madonna simulated masturbation on a velvet bed under the watchful eye of the Canadian
police, who threatened her with arrest if her show went ahead. In
Italy, unions called for a general strike if Madonna performed, and Pope John Paul II declared her concert “one of the most satanic shows in the history of humanity”. The Blond Ambition tour, which turned 30 years old last month, remains among the most controversial tours of all time.
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