Madonna has often been labeled as cheap by some of her employees. In September it was reported that many of them were upset with their accommodations on her tour. In one instance they were booked at a $92.50 a night hotel while Madge stayed in a $20,000 a night castle on the Cote d’Azur. Obviously she’s the boss and has the right to spend money on herself however she wishes. But apparently Madonna is trying to make it up to her employees – she just blew $1 million on the fanciest hotel in South America while she was performing in Argentina – booking it for both herself AND the entire concert crew.
Madonna blew a reported $1 million at a hotel in Argentina last week – so she and her crew could live in luxury during the South American leg of her Sticky & Sweet tour.
The singer spent the incredible sum at the exclusive Four Seasons resort in Buenos Aires, while she performed a string of gigs in the city.
Madonna is said to have splashed out $9,000 a night to stay in the hotel’s luxury suite – a private mansion in the grounds – while her 200 backing dancers, singers, make-up artists, choreographers, managers and security took up another 110 rooms, costing a minimum of $600 each.
A source tells Irish newspaper the Sunday World, “When they check out on Tuesday, with room service and extras the bill will top $1 million. This is the finest hotel in South America, offering every luxury you could possibly imagine, and it doesn’t come cheap.
We’ve had some pop stars and presidents before, but nothing quite like this.”
[From Starpulse via Gossip Rocks]
At least she’s loosening the purse strings a little. I’m pretty surprised Madonna was willing to compromise. She doesn’t strike me as the sort that’ll give in. Perhaps she’s a good enough businesswoman to understand that employee morale is important and can ultimately make or break the success of her concert tour. And she can certainly afford it – Media Outrage reports that Madge is going to gross $282 million for this tour – breaking her previous record of $193.7 million. Hopefully this signals the end of the $92.50 motel.
Here’s Madonna with her son David leaving a boat at river Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires today. Images thanks to WENN.
Oh God this woman is a detestible hypocrite. On the one hand she’s trying to present herself as a spiritually advanced human being as a result of her devotion to kabbala. On the other hand, she pushes her crotch in everyone’s face, sneers at and provokes everyone, treats underlings and unknowns horribly, and seems to have had her ex-husband Guy by the balls for the duration of their marriage. As for how she controls her children….scary. I’m just glad she’s not my mother – she makes Joan Crawford look like June Cleaver. Her obsessive-compulsive lust for adulation, fame, fortune (as if she needs more money….) and power is in total opposition to her “charitable work”. Sure she raises money and adopts a little black child but it stinks of another self-marketing ploy to garner attention. You look at someone like Mia Farrow who did all this and more decades ago, without all the self-promotion and media hoopla and just have to shake your head. I wish she’d just go away and quietly do more good with her gazillions instead of making the world suffer her incessant tacky and tactless self-promotion.
can’t she put young David down once in a while. Let the boy walk on his own two feet.
I came in here prepared to bitch about how she’ll spend all of that money changing the toilets out wherever she goes, but I’m happily surprised The Gristle has had at least one moment in a day where she’s not a raging narcissist.
Go Valerie! Couldn’t have summed it up better myself.
She´s gotten such bad press lately… maybe she can deduct it from taxes.
Ah, so nice to hear about such vulgar spending while most of us are hoping not to be laid off during this recession. Merry Christmas, Vadge!
She just needed a PR boost. And Heddi, she’s not the only one who carries her child around as though he’s unable to walk…The golden couple and their golden children are like this as well. I wasn’t sure for a long time if Zahara or Shiloh had learned how to use their legs.
You know, as a guy in his 30s I do have a tendency to find some older women very attractive.
I’m just not seeing it with Madonna. Maybe it’s because I grew up when she was a young superstar, but everytime I see a picture of her she just seems like a supplement freak who had one too many facelifts and collagen.
I love Madonna and always will! 😀
Why do people always complain when celebs carry their children? If I was surrounded by 25 leering strangers with cameras, I’d carry my three year old everywhere too!
Valerie said everything else I’m feeling.
I wonder if the reason we always see her carrying David is that there are always hordes of photogs around and she’s concerned about him being knocked about in the frenzy…
There, I actually said something charitable about the vainglorious skank for a change!
This woman does not do nice things for anyone without ulterior motive. I don’t give a crap how much money she throws down, she’s still a ‘see you next tuesday’
I AM SORRY, BUT THE FOUR SEASONS IS NOT THE BEST HOTEL IN SOUTH AMERICA. I THINK THIS ARTICLE IS AN ADVETISMENT! THERE ARE MUCH BETTER HOTEL IN BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA!!!!
Strictly damage control.