ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

Plans to, er, erect a 13-foottall, bikini-clad statue of Madonna in her grandparents’ hometown of Pacentro, Italy, were scrapped when local politicians called Our Lady’s “image” into question. The artlovers of Naples’ Friends Of Show Business plan to have the statue carved anyway and—Shades of Elvis’s Coat!—to then take it on a world tour.