Today in Madonna History: July 7, 2026

On July 7, 2026, Madonna released Confessions II: Grindr Edition, a new digital version of the album featuring audio from her June 4 surprise performance in Times Square, presented in partnership with Grindr.

The free pop-up concert was streamed live from Times Square through Grindr and featured new material alongside Confessions on a Dance Floor favourites. The partnership also included merchandise and a Grindr-exclusive picture disc.

The alternate editions were released digitally, with several appearing through the iTunes Store:

  • Confessions II — 16-track Deluxe Album
    The complete main album, featuring 16 continuously mixed tracks.
  • Confessions II: Icon Edition
    An expanded digital edition featuring the bonus song “Hot Sauce,” named after the Absolut Hot Sauce cocktail created for Madonna and Absolut’s Confessions II campaign. The cocktail was part of the Absolut Icon promotion, which featured Absolut and Tabasco drinks inspired by the album.
  • Confessions II: Film Edition
    A digital presentation built around the music and sequencing featured in Confessions II – The Film, the short visual project directed by TORSO.
  • Confessions II: Instrumentals
    Instrumental versions of the album tracks, placing the focus on the production, arrangements and continuous dance-floor mix.
  • Confessions II: Grindr Edition
    The newly released digital edition featuring six bonus live songs from Madonna’s Times Square performance: “I Feel So Free,” “Bring Your Love,” “Love Sensation,” “Get Together,” “I Love New York,” “Hung Up.”

The release brought one of the most visible moments of the Confessions II campaign into the album’s official digital catalogue.

Today in Madonna History: July 6, 1987

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On July 6 1987, Madonna performed the first of two sold-out Who’s That Girl concerts at the Montreal Forum.  Madonna performed in front of 32,985 fans during the two dates (July 6 and 7).

Today in Madonna History: June 28, 2005

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On June 28 2005, Madonna told Britain’s Grazia magazine:

“I am perfectly happy to muck around in a pair of drawstring pants and wellies. Sometimes my daughter gets angry because I go to school with her wearing my tracksuit and she say ‘Can’t you just wear normal clothes?’ I think she wants me to be a Yummy Mummy, but that’s not me.”

Today in Madonna History: June 27, 2015

On June 27 2015, Bitch I’m Madonna earned Top Breakout and Most Added track on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play chart in the U.S.

Today in Madonna History: June 26, 2026

On June 26, 2026, LOS40 reported that a new FIFA Version of Madonna’s “Read My Lips” with Colombian artist Feid had been released as part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup music rollout.

Produced by Tainy, the new version was described as a shorter edit of the Confessions II track, blending Madonna’s dance-pop world with Feid’s urban sound, funk carioca influences and Spanish-language moments.

The collaboration had already been hinted at in Confessions II – The Film, but the FIFA version gave fans another unexpected piece of the album’s expanding universe one week before Confessions II was scheduled for release.

According to LOS40, the track appeared on the Bonus Edition of the official FIFA World Cup 2026 album, alongside new music connected to other major global artists.

For fans, “Read My Lips” becoming part of the World Cup conversation was another reminder that the Confessions II era was not unfolding in one lane. It was moving through clubs, fashion, Pride, television, film — and now the world’s biggest sporting stage.

Today in Madonna History: June 25, 1992

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On June 25 1992, Madonna attended the New York premiere of A League Of Their Own at the Ziegfeld Theatre.

Today in Madonna History: June 24, 1985

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On June 24 1985, Madonna and Sean Penn announced that they would marry on August 16, 1985.