Mad-Eyes.net, dubbed "The fansite dedicated to Madonna's beautiful eyes... and her fantastic music of course!", was launched on July 2nd, 2001. Webmaster Bartie had just seen the Drowned World Tour in Barcelona and Paris, and started writing a tour diary. That diary became very popular in the fan community. Gradually the site was extended with a news section and infopages about all her songs, films, videos and tours, among lots more. Later that year, Mad-Eyes had its first big exclusive when it was the first to reveal the album art work for GHV2. But the best recognition was when Madonna's management contacted Mad-Eyes. They had seen the pictures that we had taken at the G.A.Y. gig in 2005 and Madonna herself loved one of them so much that she wanted to buy it! Soon after she used it for the single cover of Sorry! A visit by the idol herself is the best recognition a fansite can get!

Mad-Eyes is kept up to date by Webmaster Bartie and Assis Dani. Many others have added their contributions to the site: all the wonderful avatars and wallpapers were made by Tony Z., and many concert pictures were provided by Marcin K., Daniel J., Daniel P., Josh B. and Axel P. And of course many thanks as well to the many visitors who send their suggestions, corrections, remarks and stories!

Mad-Eyes contains following sections: Home, News, Calendar, FAQ, Career overview & pix, Awards, Discography & lyrics, Charts, Filmography, Music videos, Tours, Shop, Avatars & Wallpapers, Chat, Links, Video Blog.

Hi Mad-Eyes'ers! My name is Bartie and I'm the Webmaster of this site. I'm a 30-year old guy from Belgium and I work in the field of Communication & Marketing. This website started of as a studies project and then turned out into a devoted hobby, combining my passion for Madonna with that for the Internet. I got into Madonna when someone gave me The Immaculate Collection for my 15th birthday. When Ray Of Light was released five years later, I became a real dedicated fan. After spending more than 30 hours in queu in front of the venue in Barcelona to see the first show of the Drowned World Tour, I could officially call myself a die-hard fan. Since then I've seen several shows from front row. One of the most special was the 2005 gig at G.A.Y., where my friend Marcin and I spend over 27 hours waiting in London's cold weather to see her from half a meter away! It was during that show that Marcin took some fantastic shots from Madonna, which I published on Mad-Eyes. Amazingly, Madonna's management contacted me to buy one of the pictures, coz *quote*: "Madonna loves it"! After they bought the rights, they used it as cover for the Sorry single! How cool is that! :-) Another Madonna highlight was when I got the chance to meet her during the Abdi book signing in London. She was so kind and witty and patient... absolutely proved the positive image I had of her! My good-bye phrase to her really sums up my admiration for her: "Thank you for your inspiration!"

Now it's my turn! I'm Dani from Hungary, the Assistant of this site. I'm a 22-year old guy and I'm a law student. I found this website in 2002, not long after I discovered Madonna's fantastic music and became a Madonna fan. After endlessly mailing the Webmaster with constructive criticism on the site for a while, we got to know each other and I joined the Mad-Eyes team. With him being a great teacher, I was introduced to the secrets and joys of website-managing, and since then I continue adding interesting details to the Mad-Eyes discography and try to keep the news section always up-to-date. When you need info about Madonna's chart positions or sales numbers, I'm your guy! Together with Bartie, I also try to come up with fun and original new polls and trivia questions for the homepage, and we provide answers to our fanmail. Thanks to the Webmaster, I had my first live Madonna experience on the Confessions Tour in Paris. Standing next to each other, we gazed at the gorgeous woman telling a tale to us from the cross. That's when I was finally convinced that Madonna is the best entertainer and that she looks even more beautiful in person than on pix or in videos. I love Madonna's songs, videos, shows, looks, everything (seriously, what's not to love in her?), but it was the American Life album in particular that pushed me into the die-hard fan category and since then, she can't let me go. Guess I'm not revealing a big secret when I admit it was a difficult task to pick my favourites! ;-) I applaud Madonna for entertaining and pleasing her fans for an incredible 25 years already, and I hope she still has many productive years ahead of her! My second Madonna experience was at the London stop of the Sticky & Sweet Tour, which I considered as the perfect celebration of her 25th anniversary in the music business, as she included one song from each of her albums, making it a perfectly balanced show for fans of all ages. She's still as hot as ever, even the devil wouldn't recognize her!