BRIT BUZZ
Madonna came to England and the whole place went wobbly. Famous platinum-blonde Paula Yates, wife of Sir Saint Bob Geldoff, dyed her hair brown in a huff, analysts spouted stuff about Maddy’s marriage being all down to “Repetition Compulsion” (i.e., always going gag over guys who remind you of your brothers who used to string you up on the clothesline by your knickers at a young age), residents of the London suburb where her sold-out shows were held battled to have her banned, and photographers—what with hubby Sean unavailable for fistfights this time—scuffled daily with her bodyguards.
BRIT BUZZ
Sylvie Simmons
Madonna came to England and the whole place went wobbly. Famous platinum-blonde Paula Yates, wife of Sir Saint Bob Geldoff, dyed her hair brown in a huff, analysts spouted stuff about Maddy’s marriage being all down to “Repetition Compulsion” (i.e., always going gag over guys who remind you of your brothers who used to string you up on the clothesline by your knickers at a young age), residents of the London suburb where her sold-out shows were held battled to have her banned, and photographers—what with hubby Sean unavailable for fistfights this time—scuffled daily with her bodyguards. Clean-up campaigner Mary Whitehouse and dodgyromantic-novelist-and-close-personalrelation-of-Princess-Di Barbara Cartland even teamed up to hit out at the Girl’s “sexy” live show. “She would be well advised,” said Whitehouse, “to think about the changing moral climate in Britain. There are many young people in this country who would take exception to her extraordinarily crude act.” Although a quick Britbuzz survey failed to dig up one! Added Cartland, “I disapprove of pop stars because they all behave so badly. All this immorality onstage has got to stop.”
Meanwhile, slavering in Maddy’s celeb