Wed 3/28 @ 7PM
Get schooled on the history of rock this Wed 3/28. The Rock Hall’s Rock & Roll Night School will focus on Women Who Rock (Part 8 of 8): Post Madonna Meltdown: Rock and Pop at the Turn of the Millennium. Event is free but reservations are required.
About: “Madonna’s rise to pop music dominance in the 1980s set the stage for a pop explosion – but not without its own controversies and questions regarding what was ‘acceptable’ behaviour for women in music and society. Fashioning her own image as a sexually confidant women Madonna moved the post-punk battle into the area of mainstream popular music, a move that resulted in an entire new generation of pop icons including Britney Spears, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, and Beyoncé. These performers altered the pop landscape and challenged the category of rock in the post Madonna world. This Rock and Roll Night School will explore what it means for female performers to challenge conventions while also situating themselves as icons within popular culture.”