Rehearsals for Madonna’s 2012 World Tour begin in NYC!

21 02 2012

Rehearsals for the 2012 Madonna World Tour are underway in New York city, where the band got together and is getting ready to make us dance! Kevin Antunes is the Music Director & plays keys, Monte Pittman is on guitar, Brian Frasier-Moore is on drums and Ric’key Pageot on keyboards!

Check out the photo of the band that Monte tweeted today!

(Left to right) Ric'key Pageot, Monte Pittman, Brian Frasier-Moore & Kevin Antunes

This is the 2nd Madonna tour for everyone except for Monte Pittman, who has been touring with Madonna since the 2001 Drowned World Tour!


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“MDNA is beyond phenomenal” – Monte Pittman

20 02 2012

Monte Pittman was the guest of the LA Talk Radio yesterday and took the time to chat with Priscilla Leona on her “Question Reality” Show. Monte, who has been playing with the Queen of Pop since 2001, is as excited to join her on stage as he was the 1st time and mentioned that “MDNA is beyond phenomenal. Everything is interesting all the way through, it’s really cool”!

Madonna & Monte during the Sticky & Sweet Tour

You can download the podcast from February 19th and listen to Monte’s interview! Make sure to follow Monte on twitter @Monterrific and get prepared, because he WILL rock your world in the 2012 Madonna Tour!


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Monte Pittman wins Best Solo Artist at 2012 Artists in Music Awards!

11 02 2012

Monte Pittman won the “Best Solo Artist” award last night at the 2012 Artists in Music Awards in Los Angeles! He also performed 2 songs, “Definitely” and “Close Your Eyes” from his solo album “Pain, Love & Destiny”!

CONGRATULATIONS MONTE!

Check out the videos from the ceremony via @libracatz

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Get your Monte Pittman Jarrell MPS signature guitar!

6 02 2012

You saw Monte Pittman rocking with his new axe at the Super Bowl halftime with Madonna! Now you can have one too! You can order your very own Jarrell MPS from www.jarrell-mps.com ! The MPS comes in 3 models, the MPS.1 ($1,229 – Stop Tail edition) , the MPS.f ($1,729 Floyd Rose edition) and the MPS*Classic ($729 entry model).

Gladiator Monte Pittman with his Axe on the field!

The MPS.1 and MPS.f are loaded with a custom Seymour Duncan pickup set which includes P-Rails-N on the neck,  STK-S7 Vintage Hot Stack Plus in the middle and a Custom SH-13 (custom Dimebucker) on the bridge. The neck & bridge pickups can be split which makes the MPS one of the most versatile guitars in the market.

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Madonna’s Incredible Super Bowl Half Time Show!

6 02 2012

For those of us in Europe who stayed up late to watch the Super Bowl Halftime performance, we decided that Madonna was soooooo worth it! Madonna performed a mix of Vogue, Music, Give Me All Your Luvin’, Open Your Heart and Like A Prayer. Words seem so little to describe the spectacle. Don’t believe us? See for yourselves: The Queen is BACK! (we never doubted her anyway!)

The Queen of the Super Bowl Halftime aka Madonna

Sofia Boutella, Valeree Pohl, Monte Pittman and the rest of the gang are ARMED AND READY!

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MDNA hits #1 on iTunes & Super Bowl News!

4 02 2012

Madonna did it again! In less than 24 hours her new video clip “Give Me All Your Luvin’” got more than 2.800.000 hits on her Official YouTube Channel and her album MDNA (which will be released on March 26th) hit the #1 spot on pretty much every iTunes Store! Incredible, even for the Queen of Pop, who is no stranger to huge success!

Preorder MDNA

For the Super Bowl Halftime, Madonna will have her amazing dancers (including Jason Young, Sofia Boutella, Valeree Pohl, Nicole Winhoffer and choreographers Rich & Tone) and Kevin Antunes as the Musical Director/Keyboards, Monte Pittman on guitar (with his brand new Jarrell MPS signature model) and Brian Frasier-Moore on drums (with his awesome Drum Craft kit)!

Madonna will sing “Give Me All Your Luvin’” with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. and 3 songs from her previous albums.


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Monte Pittman + Jarrell MPS + Seymour Duncan = Super Bowl AxeStasy!

31 01 2012

That’s right! Monte Pittman’s new signature guitar, the Jarrell MPS will make its debut at the Super Bowl Halftime performance with Madonna next Sunday! The MPS has a wicked Seymour Duncan pick up set and you can take a first taste of its 13 (!) tones in the video below!

Make sure to follow Monte on twitter @Monterrific and check his website at montepittman.com for all the latest news!


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NAMM Day 4 – Monte Pittman on the cover of UpBeat & Brian Frasier-Moore’s DrumCraft kit videos!

23 01 2012

Last day at NAMM and Monte Pittman is featured on the cover of the Official NAMM Magazine “UpBeat” from Saturday’s press conference. Monte also stopped by the Bourgeois Booth to try some acoustics! Check it out!

Monte Pittman on the UpBeat cover via @dougiesauris

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