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Madonna's back: Queen of Pop's new dance album wins over critics
Confessions II, which was released Friday, takes everything that made its 2005 precursor Confessions on a Dance Floor a critical success and finds a way to make it feel fresh again. Critics are calling it her best work in decades.
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Variety
· Jul 8, 2026
A New Madonna Book Features Fresh Details About Sean Penn Romance, Ken Regan Photos, Interviews With Nile Rodgers and More
Madonna’s 1985 ascent is getting a new close-up. Insight Editions is set to release “Madonna: Into the Groove: An Intimate Portrait of the Queen of Pop,” a new photo book built around the work of photographer Ken Regan, with text by Tomás Mier. The book focuses on a pivotal year in Madonna’s career, when “Like []
WRQX – 600 AM – Youngstown
· Jul 4, 2026
Madonna Revisits the Dance Floor With Confessions II
Madonna is back in a club-focused frame of mind with Confessions II, a project built around dance-pop energy, nightlife references, and personal refle...
The Eastern Herald
· Jul 2, 2026
Madonna’s ‘Confessions II’ Is Her Best Album in Two Decades, Critics Say
Madonna's fifteenth studio album 'Confessions II' arrives Friday with unanimous critical praise — the Guardian calls it her most vital album in two decades, the BBC a hypnotic dancefloor odyssey, the Independent her best in twenty years. Produced by Stuart Price, who worked the original 2005 record, it reunites the collaboration that made Madonna the era's defining pop act.
Drudge Report
· Jun 22, 2026
FOUGHT WITH UNIVERSAL TO GET LIFE RIGHTS BACK...
FOUGHT WITH UNIVERSAL TO GET LIFE RIGHTS BACK... (First column, 3rd story, link) Related stories:MADONNA BEST ALBUM OF CAREER?VIDEO: SONGS FILL CLUBS...
Out Magazine
· Jul 2, 2026
Madonna's 15 studio albums, lovingly and unapologetically ranked
Note from the author: Attempting to rank Madonna's albums is Borderline Crazy. Nobody's Perfect, and Music is subjective, so don't take this as Me Against the Music — consider it a Celebration of the Iconic “Material Girl.”
New Musical Express
· Jul 10, 2026
Florence + The Machine live at Mad Cool: Florence Welch goes back to basics and bares her soul
Madrid, Thursday, July 9: The band strip things back and perform an exorcism of negative energy The post Florence + The Machine live at Mad Cool: Florence Welch goes back to basics and bares her soul appeared first on NME.
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