If you could get on the list, it was the place to be.
Judging from the line snaking down Robertson Blvd. into the wee hours on Saturday night, many did — but not everyone made it inside to catch a close-up glimpse of Madonna, who strolled behind the decks at 12:53 a.m., sending the packed crowd into a frenzy.
The pop icon, 67, previewed two new songs at the (not-so) surprise appearance at Club Confessions — a one-night party at the legendary Abbey nightclub in West Hollywood.
Doubling as a birthday bash for Tristan Schukraft, the CEO of telehealth company MISTR and owner of the storied gay Mecca, the event gave fans some of the earliest tastes of her next era.
Wearing a powder-pink bustier — reminiscent of the archival piece she wore at Coachella that was later stolen — she rolled out two previously unheard cuts: “Love Sensation” and a track titled “Freedom” that played like a demo and quickly became the night’s centerpiece.
Her recently released “I Feel So Free” and 2005’s “Hung Up” also surfaced in the set. Stuart Price, the architect of 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor and Confessions II — which drops July 3 and marks Madonna’s return to her previous home Warner Records — kept the beats coming.
Before him, Romy — also fresh off a Coachella appearance with her band The xx — and DJ Mez Monty took turns at the decks. Romy spun remixes of Ariana Grande’s “Into You” and her own duet with bandmate Jamie xx, “Higher Places,” while Monty teased the crowd with Madonna’s “Get Together” and “Thief of Hearts.”
From behind the booth, Madonna worked the room like a drill sergeant. “Don’t wait. Take it. Don’t wait. Take it. Take your freedom! Put your hands up! Put your hands up!” she shouted, before admonishing the crowd to “put your phones down” and be in the music. At another point, she led the room in a call-and-repeat: “There’s nothing that we cannot do!”
The guest list reflected Madonna’s enduring crossover pull, drawing daughter Lourdes Leon, boyfriend Akeem Morris, Cara Delevingne, Tom Daley, Tori Spelling, Lily Allen, Sky Ferreira, Addison Rae, Kali Uchis, Lola Young and Vivian Jenna Wilson.
RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Willam, Trinity the Tuck, Morgan McMichaels, Gottmik and Symone were also in the mix, as was TikTok creator Harry Daniels, who was reportedly waiting at the door to serenade her on arrival.
Madonna last released a studio album in 2019 with Madame X.
Invite for Madonna at The Abbey.
The Abbey
