The Lady Gaga cover of the new Q Magazine has been banned in it's full visual form in the U.S. due to what Janet Jackson's PR firm would possibly have called a 'glove malfunction'.
In the land of the free it seems there's allowable boob and non-allowable boob and Q285's cover is a textbook case of too much lower boob. Certain U.S. chains have said they will stock Q285 only if the offending area is covered up, also expressing some concerns over "crotch grabbing". New York State law also doesn't permit showing anything below the nipple.
Q have also been asked to ensure the imported issues are sealed in a bag due to the contents of the 100 Most Shocking Moments in Music feature, whilst other chains are yet to give their approval to stock the issue. Some independent magazine stockists have been happy to run with the cover in it's full glory.
We can't help wonder what Lady Gaga herself would make of this turn of events, given her prophetic quote, standing at the start of the Q photo shoot with a dildo in her hand "It'd be a real f**king story, right"...
Those interested in finding more about the interview within or to see the full cover in it's uncensored glory check out the link below.
11:47 AM | 25/02/2010
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I don't see how it's any more inappropriate than a teenage Britney Spears laying on a bed in her underwear on Rolling Stones.
Posted by CJ at 1:47 PM | 25/02/2010 | Report Abuse
I don't see how it's any more inappropriate than a teenage Britney Spears laying on a bed in her underwear on Rolling Stones.
Posted by CJ at 1:48 PM | 25/02/2010 | Report Abuse
I don't see how it's any more inappropriate than a teenage Britney Spears laying on a bed in her underwear on Rolling Stones.
Posted by CJ at 1:48 PM | 25/02/2010 | Report Abuse
Dammit. They'd better stock it. I have to get my Q fix every month, even if it does have Lady Fucking Gaga on the front.
Posted by OBoogie at 4:53 PM | 25/02/2010 | Report Abuse
Just to clarify that this issue has been approved by some US retailers so it will be available in some stores over there (Barnes and Noble confirmed), but it is likely to be in a sealed bag with a sticker over said boob.
Q - The Peel and Reveal issue ;o)...
Posted by Q Magazine at 6:25 PM | 25/02/2010 | Report Abuse
Haha, why are there so many pudes in US of A? You are the nation of porn, obsessed with love and peoples apperances. It`s only a boob, and no nippel.
Are the fundamental christians ruling the US? I just wonder..
Why don`t you rather focus on your depht..
Posted by magnus at 2:02 AM | 26/02/2010 | Report Abuse
I mean debt off course..
Posted by magnus at 2:04 AM | 26/02/2010 | Report Abuse
"New York State law also doesn't permit showing anything below the nipple."
What's your evidence? Women may be topfree anywhere in real life --- decision of the NY State Court of Appeal July 7, 1992.
Posted by Paul Rapoport at 2:57 PM | 26/02/2010 | Report Abuse
Seriously, Do you not see what is circled in red?? She's got a dildo in her pants! I got this issue when I was in London this week along with an unauthorized biography.
Btw, she's more revealing (skin) inside the magazine.
Posted by Gerard Mawn at 4:56 PM | 26/02/2010 | Report Abuse
I got the mag. during the week and have only noticed the appendage because you circled it in your newsletter. And that´s on the subscriber cover. The "general" edition is available here, in Copenhagen, in my local 7/11 alongside considerably more graphic periodicals.
Posted by Tony at 9:40 AM | 27/02/2010 | Report Abuse
The cover isn't "banned in the US." Some retail outlets won't display it, but "banned in the US" implies some sort of government action, which simply isn't happening.
While we have our very vocal prudish minority, the fact is that most of us take our free speech freedoms very seriously.
Posted by AnglRdr at 2:56 PM | 27/02/2010 | Report Abuse
Not surprising really. what's more embarrassing is that Q editors don't know the difference between "its" and "it's".
Posted by Ellen at 7:00 PM | 27/02/2010 | Report Abuse
Do female artists have to get their kit off to get on the cover of Q? Only 3 women have had the Q cover in the last year. Gaga & Lily Allen were topless, and Cheryl Cole probably only managed to keep her top on cos it was too tight to take off. You're embarrassing yourselves, Q.
Posted by J at 7:46 PM | 27/02/2010 | Report Abuse
I think I would agree with "CJ" in that Lady Gaga isn't exposing much at all; however, just to apease the minds of offended people why doesn't Q Magazine sell the mag with a blacked out plastic cover over it like Playboy or other adult magazines? I think it's trampling on Q's freedom of speech just a bit otherwise.
Posted by Tim W. at 7:03 PM | 28/02/2010 | Report Abuse
I think I would agree with "CJ" in that Lady Gaga isn't exposing much at all; however, just to apease the minds of offended people why doesn't Q Magazine sell the mag with a blacked out plastic cover over it like Playboy or other adult magazines? I think it's trampling on Q's freedom of speech just a bit otherwise.
Posted by Tim W. at 7:05 PM | 28/02/2010 | Report Abuse
Quite frankly, I was disgusted by the pornographic content in the latest issue, and immediately tore the offending pages out before my daughter chanced upon it. Q has lost its way, and if the latest ruse of bundling it with Empire for a total price of £4.99 is anything to go by, struggling as a result. This month I bought Mojo for the first time, and while not every article was to my taste, found plenty to read by real music fans and writers alike.
Posted by Stephen at 5:58 PM | 03/03/2010 | Report Abuse
I thought we got over this censoring rediculous things. God back to the days when a toilet wasn't allowedbe shown in films and you couldn't say "Girl we couldn't get mmuch higher" on live television!. Crazy people.
Posted by J at 11:44 PM | 03/03/2010 | Report Abuse
I thought we got over this censoring rediculous things. God back to the days when a toilet wasn't allowed be shown in films and you couldn't say "Girl we couldn't get much higher" on live television!. Crazy people.
Posted by J at 11:44 PM | 03/03/2010 | Report Abuse
I thought we got over this censoring rediculous things. God back to the days when a toilet wasn't allowed be shown in films and you couldn't say "Girl we couldn't get much higher" on live television!. Crazy people.
Posted by J at 11:45 PM | 03/03/2010 | Report Abuse
Quote: "You're embarrassing yourselves, Q."
well said, could not have put it any better!
Only the name Q remains the same... from a time when it was a music magazine..
Posted by Andy at 8:56 PM | 08/03/2010 | Report Abuse
Quote: "You're embarrassing yourselves, Q."
well said, could not have put it any better!
Only the name Q remains the same... from a time when it was a music magazine..
Posted by Andy at 8:58 PM | 08/03/2010 | Report Abuse
Well, you tell me.... too much or not?
Posted by Richard at 3:40 PM | 10/03/2010 | Report Abuse
I DONT CARE THAT LADY GAGA IS IN THE FRONT PAGE BECAUSE I LOVE HER I HAVE MY MYSPACE OF LADY GAGA AND BY THE WAY I DONT CARE WATH PEOPLE SAY ABOUT LADY GAGA I STILL LOVING AND SHE ALWAYS BE THE BEST POP STAR EVER BEEN FOR ME P.S I LOVE YU LADY GAGA I ALWAS WONT GET MAD ABOUT YU LOVE YU............................
Posted by giordannysoto at 7:57 AM | 20/08/2010 | Report Abuse
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