Land Adventures: Madonna's NYC Journey with Walk on the Wild Side Tours NYC

Rates

Person: $65

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Duration

3 Hours

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About

Although she is now possibly the single most successful musician to have emerged from New York City, Madonna Ciccone’s first years in the city were anything but welcoming. She lived on handouts, slept in cheap hotels and practice spaces, and struggled to gain any traction with her early bands, the Breakfast Club and Emmy and the Emmys. This walking tour will touch on several stages of her career, but it is primarily focused on these developmental years in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, in which she transformed herself from destitute unknown to a pop megastar.

Locations include: 
 - Several apartments and hotels where Madonna lived during her early years in NYC

• The practice space where she and collaborator Stephen Bray lived and rehearsed in 1980
• Clubs where she got her start as a performer, including Danceteria, CBGB, the Fun House, Chase Park, and the Mudd Club
• Sound Factory, where dancers from the House of Xtravaganza introduced her to voguing and inspired one of her most enduring songs
• Studios where portions of Madonna and Like A Prayer were recorded
• Multiple filming locations from Desperately Seeking Susan
• Sites related to key peers and collaborators, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Debi Mazar, John “Jellybean” Benitez, Maripol, Junior Vasquez, and Mark Kamins