Where’s The Party?
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Two different preview sessions for Madonna’s new album took place this week in New York City and in London, giving insiders and members of the media a sneak peak into a small number of tracks from Confessions II.
In NYC, the listening session was held on Monday at Club Cumming in the East Village, with reports of possibly five different songs being played, no titles given.
The listening sessions in London took place today at Lost off Shaftesbury Avenue and we know quite more exciting news about it thanks to what has been shared by Lucy O’Brien – the author of Madonna: Like An Icon, who will be writing an album preview for a new MOJO Madonna special, coming out at the end of the month, and a full review for the June issue of the British music magazine – Ellie Henman – editor of The Sun‘s Bizarre column – Jordan Lee – a DJ and presenter best known for hosting KISS FM’s mid-morning show – James Barr – a comedian, broadcaster and storyteller – and last but not least the cool folks from Madonna Fan Party, the world’s longest running Madonna fan event, supported by her team since 2003.
Today’s session was quite special as the album’s producer Stuart Price was in attendance for a Q&A and shared many details about the process behind the new record, and because it gave us some confirmed song titles such as Love Sensation (one of the songs played at The Abbey in West Hollywood), Danceteria (which mentions Madonna’s late friends Keith Haring and Basquiat and for which she wrote three pages of lyrics in one night), Fragile (about Madonna’s late brother Christopher) and Good For The Soul.
The London listening session was hosted by Jodie Harsh, who wrote on Instagram:
I’ve spent the day confessing! It was an absolute pleasure to host the world’s first album playback of Madonna Confessions II. Listening to the songs and delving into the creation of the record with Stuart Price felt like the best night out. It’s truly going to be #MadonnaSummer.
Check out the quick reports from O’Brien, Henman, Lee and Barr on their Instagram and enjoy a sneak peak of the official promo postcard and notebook set courtesy of MadonnaFanParty below.
