Madonna is backtracking slightly with regards the video to forthcoming track 'American Life'. The video was designed to communicate an anti-war message, featuring footage depicting the catastrophic repercussions and horror of war. Now America is actually dropping bombs on Iraq Madonna's people feel the video needs to be tweaked a little so as not to offend those with friends or family fighting in the Middle East. But her management are denying a complete overhaul.
Madonna's US spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg told the New York Post the video is simply being "fine tuned" in the light of current events: "Madonna is being sensitive to what's going on in the world right now. There will be some minor alterations. What might have looked right two weeks ago might not look that way now. But she's not re-doing the whole video, and it will still be out the first week of April."
'American Life' is released here on 14 Apr – the album of the same name will appear the following week.