Madonna is scheduled to perform September 1st in Quebec city at the Plains of Abraham, the site of the 1759 battle between the British and French. Although music icons such as Sir Paul McCartney, Celine Dion and Sir Elton John have given concerts at the historic location, they didn’t charge admission. The Material Girl will not only be the first performer allowed to charge admission; but the park is offering the space to her for no charge. This has caused officials to come under fire, because a National Battlefields Commission policy stipulates it’s “generally forbidden” to hold commercial activities. Joanne Laurin, a spokesperson for the Commission, told The Globe and Mail, “We accepted it because we presume there will be major economic benefits for Quebec City.” André Juneau, who ran the Commission for 14 years, is against the decision, saying that they should at least have charged Madonna a fee to go towards improving the park. “It isn’t right,” he said. “I would never have agreed to do it for free. You can make an exception for one case, but then they should have to pay. Otherwise, you open the door to anyone who wants to organize something commercial on the Plains.”