Nighttime Comes Before The Dawn
An official poster for the night was on sale at the merchandise booth. Thanks to Marc.
Where do we start? It is not easy to report about last night’s Club Confessions New York at the Knockdown Center in Queens and most of all it feels weird to add words to the images and videos that came out in record numbers.
We didn’t count them, but they seem to be even more than those from the album release party in London last week, and while we keep reposting those that have been shared on Instagram and TikTok (thank you, all of you!), they are so many that our dedicated Highlight has already reached the maximum number of entries.
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A eight-minute highlight video from last night filmed, edited and shared by @dave_in_thebay
- One Step Away
- Love Without Words
- School
- Bring Your Love
- Thief Of Hearts
- Danceteria
- Get Together
- Feel So Free
- Hung Up
- Love Sensation
- Physical Attraction
- Vogue
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Highlights from the night shot and shared by @nickhansen.jpg
So let’s leave the images and the videos speak for themselves and make a few observations.
Club Confessions New York was announced by Madonna herself with an Instagram story on July 8, only three days before the event took place at Knockdown Center on Saturday, July 11.
While certainly many people were involved and in the know, the announcement came out of the blue for many fans, with the album already in the stores (and a date that was outside the first week of sales, promotion wise) and a major event already scheduled for next Sunday (the World Cup Half Time Show).
But as we now know, Club Confessions did not end in London on July 2nd.
Madonna hinted a few times at the possibility of setting up a series of club dates. She wondered about what happens when you walk into a nightclub or walk onto the dance floor or go to a rave? in her Interview cover story, then at the Q&A following the screening of Confessions II – The Film in Paris, where she was asked about whether she prefers playing intimate clubs or massive arenas she explained that she loves both, and then playfully teased: “what if I had a rave? The Club of Love tour.”
And again, asked by Graham Norton is she was going to tour with Confessions II, she replied:
I think I’ll do promo tours for a while, and then in the summertime something bigger…
The merch booth at Knockdown center included exclusive t-shirts and posters. Photo by Nick.
While the answer fuelled rumors of a possible Glastonbury headlining in 2027, many assumed that the promo tours Madonna was referring to when she recorded the interview in May was made of Club Confessions gigs.
The format is now in its fourth reiteration if we count the nights at The Abbey in West Hollywood, at Paradis Latin in Paris for Saint Laurent, at Magazine London for the album launch party and in New York last night. Madonna’s 10-minute surprise show in Times Square with Grindr was also labeled as Club Confessions, but it was a substantially different experience.
For the first time in Club Confessions, Madonna‘s name appeared as the headliner next to the dee-jays last night in New York. Stuart Price, Honey Dijon, FCUKERS, Junior Sanchez, and Sam-E.
Just as it happens when Madonna tours, she dives deeper into the mood after the first few dates, and last night she appeared gorgeous as ever, playful, having fun and digging the moment more than in any previous Club show. She also had the chance to perform more album tracks, now that Confessions II is released, and those became instanly highlight of the night, like School and Danceteria.
Is Club Confessions here to stay? We aren’t able to answer that, but we know for sure that Motha is having fun and the fans are full of Madonna’s love, no matter if she appears on stage for a short period of time only – in fact, we haven’t heard a single one who are not loving it.
Come to the Club, come into the Club of Love.
