Madonna worms to the heart of the Big Apple

Victoria Newton gets all of a twitter with news of "secret" plans for Madonna to play Central Park to mark her 50th Birthday.

Newton suggests this would be a rare, special event:

SIMON & GARFUNKEL famously performed for free to more than 500,000 people in Central Park back in September 1981.

Blimey - so would this be the first gig at Central Park since then? In over quarter of a century?

Erm, no: as Last FM's Central Park gig guide points out, the park is full of venues and Madge will be following in the footsteps of acts such as Paul Van Dyk, Underworld and, erm, Slightly Stoopid, all of whom are playing the park this month.