{"id":484455,"date":"2026-06-05T11:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484455\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:45:09","slug":"madonna-kicks-off-pride-with-surprise-times-square-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484455\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna kicks off Pride with surprise Times Square gig"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madonna has kicked off Pride Month with a performance in New York’s Times Square.<\/p>\n

It came as she prepares to next month release Confessions II, the sequel to her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor.<\/p>\n

She took over Times Square on Thursday \u2013 giving fans just a day\u2019s notice for the event, which was streamed live on YouTube.<\/p>\n

During the six-song set, the 67-year-old sung hits from the 2005 album and previewed new tracks from its forthcoming follow-up.<\/p>\n

The show featured flashing rainbow lights while photos of LGBT+ trailblazers were shown on screens flanking the stage.<\/p>\n

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\nMadonna took over Times Square on Thursday for a special Pride event<\/p>\n

They included Marsha P Johnson, a transgender activist known for her role in the Stonewall uprising, artist Keith Haring, and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.<\/p>\n

Madonna performed the hits Hung Up, Get Together and I Love New York, and then I Feel So Free, Bring Your Love and Love Sensation from Confessions II.<\/p>\n

Bring Your Love also features Sabrina Carpenter and was released following Madonna\u2019s surprise appearance at the singer\u2019s Coachella set in April.<\/a><\/p>\n

Last month Madonna said her upcoming album was a “love letter to dance music and to all the spaces and communities that create it or enjoy it”.<\/p>\n

“The dance floor isn\u2019t about a specific space or building, it\u2019s wherever we gather to dance, celebrate and connect,” she said on Instagram.<\/p>\n

“Thank-you for being a part of this moment and for supporting my music. See you on the Dance Floor.”<\/p>\n

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\nMadonna performed hits Hung Up, Get Together and I Love New York and more!<\/p>\n

Confessions on a Dance Floor won a Grammy for best electronic\/dance album.<\/p>\n

Its follow-up will be released on 3 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madonna has kicked off Pride Month with a performance in New York’s Times Square. It came as she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-484455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}