Portuguese medias are in a frenzy today about the possibility that Madonna’s planned concerts there might be at risk.
The re-Invention tour has two shows planned in Lisbon, the first one already announced for September 12, with tickets going on sale this week.

According to several reports, it seems that Madonna needs the venue from 9 to 11 for rehearsing and to shoot an unspecified videoclip, but the Atlantic Pavillion is already booked by the Mana Church World Convention.

The portuguese promoter of the tour, Ricardo Casimiro, is currently trying to do his best to solve this situation of conflicting schedules. Apparently he even offered € 25.000 to the Mana Church, asking them to free the space and the company who runs the venue even offered a 25% discount to the church asking them to held their convention one week earlier or later.

At the present time, reports are that the Church denied all offers, and chances are – as casimiro himself hinted to the press – that the Madonna show might not happen. Casimiro is also sad because the planned Madonna Live DVD filmed in Lisbon and possibly also a new video would have given the best publicity to his country all over the world.

Stay tuned for more about this story.

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