Madonna's Crucifix Stunt Earns Catholic Curse

Madonna causing outrage with a crucifix is surely so 1980s, right? Not according to Irish cleric Archbishop Michael Cox, who according to this story has placed a curse on Madge for opening her Confessions tour set by being strapped to a crucifix wearing a crown of thorns. Although the curse appears to just involve shouting about the "wrath of God" befalling Madonna, which we doubt will have her quaking in her boots. Obviously, if a huge lightning strike flattens Wembley Arena during one of her gigs this August, I'll eat my words. Unless that's part of her stage show too. [Stuart Dredge]