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Twenty-six years ago, Madonna embarked on her Blond Ambition World Tour and played a series of shows so provocative the Pope himself called for a boycott. Thankfully, the director Alek Keshishian tagged along with Madge and her famous pals (Al Pacino, who knew?), capturing everything from her masturbation act onstage to behind the scenes drama with old flames like Kevin Costner. It's no wonder his documentary, Madonna: Truth or Dare, still has a cult following: Hundreds showed up to a…

Madonna has stunned fans after a snap shared by a pal shows off the singer's real skin texture in a rare unedited photo that shows off her pores and fine lines

Before Madonna was famous, she posed nude for art classes and did a few nude photoshoots. Aged 18, while Madonna was a dance student at University of Michigan in 1977, she posing nude at $10 an hour for photographer Herman Kulkens. Some of the photos were published by Playboy and Penthouse in the 1980s, but most have never been published before. In the photos, Madonna, who's brunette and looking very young, wears a variety of costumes, including various hats, and a man's tie and shirt. In…

On May 26 1984, this classic Madonna photo by Helmut Werb was featured in No 1 UK magazine, along with the lyrics to Borderline. Here are more amazing photos from that photo session:

​Rare Like A Virgin outtakes by Steven Meisel

The Queen Of Pop, whose music career has now entered its fifth decade, posed for London photographer Peter Anderson in Soho in 1983.