On June 13 1996, A New Madonna: The Making Of Evita special (hosted by Kurt Loder) premiered on MTV.
Today in Madonna History: June 12, 2026
On June 12, 2026, Madonna and Absolut announced a new partnership for the Confessions II era.
The campaign, titled ABSOLUT ICON., brings together Madonna’s dance floor mythology with Absolut’s long history of art, fashion and pop culture collaborations.
For fans, the biggest visual detail is pure Confessions nostalgia: the campaign, shot by Ricardo Gomes, features Madonna wearing the iconic purple corset bodysuit she wore during her 2006 Grammy Awards performance and in the “Sorry” video.
The new creative was developed with Special Offer, the design team behind the Confessions II visual identity, making the partnership feel fully connected to the album’s world.
The announcement also highlights Madonna and Absolut’s longtime support of the LGBTQ+ community, with campaign placements planned in queer publications and along Pride parade routes.
With “Bring Your Love (Stuart Price Afterhours Mix)” also out today and Madonna & Graham announced for BBC One, the Confessions II era is officially having a very busy day.
Today in Madonna History: June 11, 2026
On June 11, 2026, Madonna fans celebrated the release of Grindr’s official director’s cut of her Times Square Pride pop-up concert.
The new edit offered a sharper look at the surprise performance, with improved footage and fixed audio compared with the original livestream. Staged in partnership with Grindr, the Times Square event helped push the Confessions II era further into the spotlight, blending Pride celebration, club culture and classic Madonna spectacle.
Grindr also expanded the moment with a dedicated Grindr x Madonna merch collection, including Confessions II shirts, hats and a Grindr-exclusive picture disc vinyl pre-order scheduled to ship the week of July 3, 2026.
The momentum continued beyond Times Square. Madonna was also scheduled to appear in Madonna & Graham, a BBC One special with Graham Norton, on June 26, 2026.
For fans, June 2026 felt less like a single Pride moment and more like a full Madonna campaign.
Today in Madonna History: June 10, 2019
On Monday June 10 2019, the official Madonna store added the following new Madonnabilia items for sale (available for FIVE days only – so get in there!) in in support/celebration of World Pride 2019:
- Limited edition lithograph (hand-numbered poster)
- Limited edition t-shirt
- Limited edition Pride flag (bundled with the limited edition rainbow Madame X picture disc vinyl)
Here is the message from the official store:
Celebrate your PRIDE and help Madonna support a great cause with the Limited Edition Madame X Crave x World Pride Tee & Digital Download
In Honor of Pride, all of Madonna’s proceeds will go to The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ youth.
For more information about their life-affirming work, please visit www.thetrevorproject.org.
If you’re thinking about suicide, The Trevor Project is free, confidential and here for you 24/7 – call them at 1-866-488-7386 or text 678-678.
Today in Madonna History: June 9, 2026
On June 9, 2026, news continued to spread that Madonna had been named the new global ambassador for KIKO Milano, fronting the Italian beauty brand’s new campaign, The KIKO Show.
The campaign’s question — “Have you met KIKO?” — feels perfectly Madonna: playful, glamorous, a little mysterious, and built around transformation.
The collaboration also arrives during Madonna’s Confessions II era, with reports noting that the campaign features a Stuart Price remix of “Bring Your Love,” Madonna’s new collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter.
For fans, there are some delicious details: Madonna reportedly wears pieces from her own Confessions Tour archive, along with archival YSL by Tom Ford styling. The campaign was photographed by Rafael Pavarotti, with creative direction by Drew Elliott, makeup by Marcelo Gutierrez, hair by Eugene Souleiman, nails by Naomi Yasuda, and set design by Mary Howard.
There is also a sweet full-circle feeling to the partnership. Madonna Louise Ciccone, the Italian-American Queen of Pop, fronting an Italian beauty brand during a new dance-pop era? That is not just a campaign — that is Madonna mythology doing what it does best.
The KIKO Show has begun.
And yes — we have met KIKO.
Today in Madonna History: June 8, 2026
On June 8, 2026, Confessions II – The Film premiered globally on YouTube, giving fans their first full look at the visual world surrounding Madonna’s upcoming album, Confessions II.
The nearly 14-minute film had premiered three days earlier at the Tribeca Festival in New York. Directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase of TORSO, the project was created as a cinematic companion to the album and features previews of six new songs.
Dolce & Gabbana partnered with Madonna on the film and curated the wardrobe for Madonna and the extended cast, adding another chapter to one of her longest-running fashion relationships.
The release quickly became a fan event, with appearances from Julia Garner, Lourdes Leon, Kate Moss, Debi Mazar, Benedict Cumberbatch, Gwendoline Christie, Richard E. Grant, Odessa A’zion, Archie Madekwe, Arca, Honey Dijon, Shygirl, Sabrina Carpenter, Cole Palmer, and João Pedro.
For longtime fans, the details mattered. The film includes references to Madonna’s early New York story, Danceteria, paparazzi culture, club life, and earlier visual eras, with nods to “Lucky Star,” “Into the Groove,” “Deeper and Deeper,” and “Hung Up.” Slant Magazine called the short film a “phantasmagoric disco dream,” a fitting description for a project built around memory, nightlife, fame, and reinvention.
A Madonna visual moment that once might have lived on MTV, VHS, DVD, or a limited festival screen was now available worldwide on YouTube the same day. More than four decades after Madonna helped redefine the music video as an art form, she was still using the format to build a world around the music.
On this day in Madonna history, the dance floor opened again.
Today in Madonna History: June 7, 1986
On June 7 1986, Madonna’s Live To Tell hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA, giving Madonna her third #1 single.
Written by Madonna and Patrick Leonard, Live To Tell was Madonna’s fourth soundtrack song in two years (Crazy For You, Into The Groove, Gambler & Live To Tell), and it was also the lead single from Madonna’s True Blue album.
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