Paul Oakenfold quite liked working with Madonna

DJ Paul Oakenfold has talked about working with Madonna, claiming "she was without doubt one of the best artists I have ever worked with."

The pair col­lab­or­ated on the 2009 single 'Celebration', which wasn't exactly vintage Madonna, but Oakenfold insists that she worked "tire­lessly" and "has fantastic ideas", always giving "one hundred percent".

Only the very cynical would suggest that Oakenfold is audi­tion­ing for a pro­duc­tion role on her forth­com­ing twelfth album, which is still shrouded in mystery.

So far there have been rumours of her record label advising her against working with RedOne, Dr Luke and David Guetta and mut­ter­ings of her working with Martin Solveig, Joe Henry ('Don't Tell Me', 'Jump') and William Orbit (amazing).

Some even claim she's working with Sound of Arrows.