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Pop Music Scene Trivia : April 8th

by DEXIE on April 8th, 2008

Pop Music Scene Trivia would be something you’ll see featured here from time to time. I’m pretty sure you guys know most of them but hey, let’s do it for the young fans of Pop Music. :)

According to this Music Trivia website:

• Madonna was protected by 10,000 soldiers and riot police at her Moscow concert after the Russian Orthodox Church staged protests against her self-crucifixion stunt, which has become an infamous part of her Confessions tour. (September 15, 2006)
• While pregnant, Madonna had cravings for peanut squash and sticky toffee pudding; Mel B(spice Girls) had cravings for peanut butter, cheesecake, ice-cream and chips, while her former band mate Victoria Beckham just craved for gerkins.

More Pop Music trivia after the fold….

• In 1987, Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, was the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, followed by The Supremes in 1988.
• Michael Jackson was just five years old when the Jackson Five played their first professional gig. Their fee for the night was only eight dollars, but they collected over one hundred dollars in money tossed on the stage.
• Madonna has MP (standing for Madonna’s Property) and Marilyn Monroe’s face tattooed on her bottom.
• Axl Rose [Guns ‘n’ Roses] used to earn $8 an hour for smoking cigarettes; for a science experiment at UCLA.
• Sonny and Cher were initially known as Caesar and Cleo.

*Image © Dexie Wharton 2008/Pop Music Scene

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