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Madonna Performs Surprise Concert in New York City's Times Square

  • On Thursday, Madonna and the LGBTQ+ app Grindr transformed Times Square with a surprise Pride Month pop-up performance at a new venue, The Square, streamed live worldwide on YouTube.
  • The Grindr-sponsored event builds on their April collaboration regarding Confessions II, the sequel to Madonna's 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor, with producer Stuart Price returning to the studio.
  • Utilizing 18,000 square feet of LED screens, Madonna delivered a six-song set featuring new tracks like 'I Feel So Free' alongside classics such as 'Hung Up' at The Square.
  • Twenty-Four hours later, Madonna will appear at the Tribeca Festival on Friday night, debuting a 10-minute 'short film' set to several songs from the album at New York's Tribeca Film Festival.
  • The Square aims to reimagine concerts as multimedia experiences in New York City; Madonna is also scheduled to headline the World Cup halftime show on July 19 alongside BTS and Shakira.
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Madonna held a mini-concert surprise on Thursday night, with a duration of 15 minutes, in the iconic Times Square commercial intersection in New York, a few weeks before the release of her new album, writes AFP. The 67-year-old American singer, wearing a pink corset and blue glasses on a raised stage with this ...

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At 67 years old, Madonna, the unstoppable queen of pop, once again proved that she had no intention of getting involved, even if she gave her audience big cold sweats. On the occasion of a memorable surprise concert for the Pride in New York on Thursday night, the star literally flirted with the emptiness, triggering a wind of panic live as on social networks.

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Pop icon Madonna surprised fans with a performance in Times Square in New York, where she transformed the famous square into an improvised nightclub. With this event, she marked the start of Pride Month, in collaboration with the LGBTQ+ app Grindr, and also announced her new album "Confessions II". She appeared on stage in an impressive outfit, wearing a pink corset with high stockings and silver lace-up boots. Her appearance on stage once again…

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