Where it all begun
Madonna returns to the place where it all began with a live performance at London’s KOKO on November 15th in celebration of the release of her stunning new album “Confessions On A Dance Floor“, it was confirmed today.
Madonna is expected to perform hits including her current smash single “Hung Up” live for the first time in Britain to 1500 contest winners via radio contests from over 40 countries around the globe.
The international album launch event will be broadcast simultaneously to Madonna fans around the world through Network Live and will air on aolmusic.com, XM Satellite Radio and 02 Wireless as part of the first International Production and Broadcast for the new multi-platform digital entertainment company.
The show will feature music visionary, famed DJ and Madonna’s musical director and co producer of “Confessions On A Dance Floor”, Stuart Price, as well as other members of the Material Girl’s touring band including Steve Sidelynk (drums), Monte Pittman (Guitar), Marcus Brown (keyboards) and Michael McKnight (keyboards). “Just as the record is where pop meets dance, this show is where live musicians meet the DJ world,” says Stuart Price.
Madonna originally played at KOKO – formerly the Camden Palace – at the very beginning of her career in June l983, following the release of the underground club hit “Everybody“. More recently, she played to a global audience of 5 billion as part of Live 8 in London’s Hyde Park on July 2nd.
International sales for London’s other queen are in excess of 200 million. She has had fifty-eight Top Ten UK hit singles including ten Number 1s, eight Number 1 albums and has spent almost two thousand combined weeks on the UK Charts. In the US, ?Hung Up? has just become the star’s thirty-fifth No.1 dance single in the Grammy winner’s legendary career.
Recent raves for the new album include the Sun’s glowing “Anyone who thought Madonna might have abdicated as the Queen of Pop can kneel at her feet once more” and Uncut’s recent statement, “Her tenure at the top has just been extended indefinitely.”
In addition, Madonna appears in an hour-long special with Michael Parkinson which airs Saturday evening at 9.45pm on ITV.
From the Koko website