The Celebration Celebration: A Tour Through the Tours of Madonna & more!

This week we've got tickets to the hottest festival in the Colorado Desert, that's right we're talking about Madonna's two performances at the COACHELLA Valley Music and Arts Festival! And we're talking with Eric's nephew, Danny Mobraaten, about BLOND AMBITION! What do the kids think about the most important pop tour of all time? Give it a listen and find out! Email us: TheCelebrationCelebrat...

"Like you've never seen her before." Unless you're like us, and you've seen TRUTH OR DARE a million times! We're joined by our self proclaimed number one fan, and Eric's drag mother, BRENDEN COOPER to talk about the "pop culture holy trinity:" TRUTH OR DARE, STRIKE A POSE, and MEDUSA: DARE TO BE TRUTHFUL! Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCelebrat...

It's the holiday season, and we've got so many things to celebrate! LITERALLY? Eric saw The Celebration Tour in Brooklyn! Then John and Eric talk about Madonna's rendition of SANTA BABY! But the biggest gift of all is sharing the gift of Madonna! We talk with John's niece and nephew about the album LIKE A PRAYER! What do the kids think? Give it a listen and find out! Email us: TheCelebrationC...

What's new Buenos Aries? This episode we're talking about Madonna's biggest starring role, Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron. She sings, she dances, she changes her clothes at a Guinness World Record rate! What's not to love? Our guest is the high flying adored director/podcaster, BEN RIMALOWER! Follow Ben on Instagram: @benrimalower Check out GIANTS IN THE SKY PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/pod...

We're all thankful for Madonna! And never more so than when she's performing at a benefit! We're talking about LIVE AID, TSUNAMI AID, LIVE 8, LIVE EARTH, and HOPE FOR HAITI! Our guest is someone we're all indebted to, actor/comedian/teacher JULIE BRISTER! Follow Julie on Instagram: @bristahsouljah Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCelebration Pick...

Sooner or later we were going to get to DICK TRACY! (It's such an interesting name!) Joining us as we talk about the yellow fedora'd one is actress/writer/producer, and one of John's earliest cohorts in Madonna fandom, MERRY GRISSOM! Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCelebration Pick up a copy of Eric’s book: The Dancer https://a.co/d/0gAi3be Pick...

The Celebration Tour has launched (Hallelujah!!!) We haven't seen it yet, but we're on "the internet" (heard of it!) so we've seen some clips! This episode we're talking about what we've seen from the first two performances. And thanks to a listener suggestion, we're rating all of her tour entrances! Do we cover her in velvet kisses? Who goes for second best? Do people think that we're insane? Giv...

It's not a crime to be a beautiful woman, but this movie might be a crime! To help us litigate Madonna's Razzie Award winning performance in BODY OF EVIDENCE is expert witness PETE ZIAS! Follow Pete on Twitter & Instagram: @petezias Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCelebration Pick up a copy of Eric’s book: The Dancer https://a.co/d/0gAi3be P...

This week we're celebrating the "Definitive classic collection of 12 music videos from the Queen of Pop released along with her first greatest hits package." And to celebrate with us (as well as the work of Blondie, Olivia Newton John, and the Go Go's) we invited everyone's favorite bayou-raised, inbred, hirsute dancing phenomenon with a love for Farrah Fawcett flips, LOVE CONNIE! (Legally Blonde,...

Every time Madonna appears on MTV's VMAs (Video Music Awards) people can't stop talking about her! And we're no exception! From Like a Virgin, to Vogue, to Like a Virgin/Hollywood, and all of the tributes in between, Madonna is so many things! So it's fitting that our guest is none other than actor/director/comedian/playwright/podcaster, JASON O'CONNELL! Follow Jason on Instagram: @jasono15 Check...

This week The Celebration Celebration is collaborating with the podcast Two Old Queens to talk about Madonna's first major motion picture, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN! Follow Two Old Queens on Twitter and Instagram: @TwoOldQueens Follow Mark Rennie on Letterbox: @markrennie Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCelebration Pick up a copy of Eric’s book:...

During the final leg of The Rebel Heart Tour, Madonna performed TEARS OF A CLOWN on March 10th, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (She started four hours late, so technically it was probably March 11th) She dressed up as a clown, she burst onto the stage in a tricycle and performed stripped down versions of her songs, told stories and some "jokes." Luckily, you don't have to wait four hours to listen...

Live from New York... it's Madonna, the sketch comedian? Madonna first hosted Saturday Night Live in 1985 when she was just a baby! She returned as the musical guest in 1993, and she's made several iconic, (and some not so iconic) guest/cameo appearances throughout the years. And we're talking about all of them! Joining us is actor/writer/director/sketch teacher/comedian, NATE SMITH! He's our firs...

It’s Madonna's eleventh tour and she decided to go "small-scale" with it! But don't you worry, our guest is anything but! Like Madame X herself, he is a spy in the house of love, it's TOM RUSSELL LYNCH!!! Plus we talk about what's next for us and the podcast! Follow Tom on Instagram: @tom.russell.lynch Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCelebration...

This week we're taking the road less traveled on, but don't worry, we make it out a live. We're talking about Madonna's REBEL HEART TOUR! Our guest this week is not Joan of Arc (not yet!) but he is iconic, and an unapologetic bitch! It's JIMMY RAY BENNETT!!! Follow Jimmy on Twitter & Instagram: @jimmyraybennett Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrati...

Turn up the radio, because it's time to talk about THE MDNA TOUR! Don't play the stupid game, because our guest is a different kind of girl. S/he's writer/comedian/podcast host/drag artist H ALAN SCOTT!!! Follow H Alan Scott on Twitter & Instagram: @halanscott Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCelebration Pick up a copy of Eric’s book: The Dan...

Come on into our store because we are talking about the STICKY & SWEET Tour with the fabulous AMY LOUGHEAD! (She and John saw the show together!) Don't pretend you're not hungry! Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCelebration Pick up a copy of Eric’s book: The Dancer https://a.co/d/0gAi3be Pick up a copy of John's book: Baked! Sex, Drugs, and A...

Have you confessed? We have, and we are hung up on our guest this week! He's a writer, composer, singer, teacher, (and a dear old friend of Eric), it's DAVID BOYD! Get ready to hit the dance floor and sweat out your sins, because we are talking about THE CONFESSIONS TOUR! Follow David on Instagram: @boydascious Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCe...

Grab your soy lattes, ladies and gentlemen, it's time to talk about The ReInvention World Tour. Do you know if it satisfies? Our guest this week might be the best we've ever seen, (he's definitely not just a dream) it's DAVID CRABB! (author: Bad Kid, Groundlings Sunday Company, host: Risk LA) Follow David on Instagram: @tnedavidcrabb Check out David's book, Bad Kid: A Memoir https://a.co/d/6NnZlri...

We traded fame for love, and we haven't had any second thoughts about it, because we love our guest this week! We're sitting down with author JOHN SEARLES (Her Last Affair, Boy Still Missing, Help For the Haunted) to discuss Madonna's DROWNED WORLD TOUR! This is our religion. Follow John on Twitter: @searlesbooks Follow John on Instagram: @johnsearles Check out John Searles' books: https://www.ama...

It’s time for the good times!  This week we are DOING THE WORK! And by that we mean we are going down under to talk about Madonna's THE GIRLIE SHOW! Who is Thief of Hearts about? Who would Madonna play in Grand Hotel? How many Tony's would The Girlie Show win? Helping us answer all of these important questions, and more, is Broadway journalist PAUL WONTOREK! Follow Paul on Instagram: @paulwon...

Come on girls, do you believe in love? It's time! We're talking about Madonna's most iconic tour, BLOND AMBITION! And our guest isn't just "neat," he's boots! It's MIKE JENSEN! What does boots mean? Why are we talking so much about Jennifer Grey? Who can, in a mermaid tail, be the most ready to bottom? The answers to all of these questions may or may not be answered in this episode! Follow Mike on...

Say a prayer and kiss your heart goodbye because we're talking about Madonna's WHO'S THAT GIRL TOUR! And our guest? Well, he's let the system get him down- That's a lie! His laughter will burn you up inside! It's actor, director, Broadway baby, (and my old college roommate) Robert Anthony Jones!!! Follow Rob on Twitter & Instagram: @justcallmeraj Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com F...

It’s time for the good times!  Eric and John begin their Celebration (Tour) celebration at the beginning. We were feeling sad, blue, beat, and incomplete, but THE VIRGIN TOUR left us feeling like we’ve nothing to hide!  Email us: TheCelebrationCelebration@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @TheCelebrationCelebration Pick up a copy of Eric’s book: The Dancer https://a.co/d/0gAi3be Pick up...