“It could be. Why do I have to tell you everything?” That was Madonna’s answer when Graham Norton asked whether the “something bigger” she had just mentioned would take place in Britain.
The exchange came near the end of a filmed interview of almost an hour, broadcast on BBC One. Norton had asked about touring her new album, Confessions II. Madonna said she would do promo tours for a while, “then in the summertime something bigger.” Norton replied, “Oh, that sounds really exciting and good. I think I know what you’re talking about.” The two held a long, knowing look.
The Independent noted that her last run was the Celebration Tour, from October 2023 to May 2024. It also noted that the teasing fell on the weekend Glastonbury would have been held, were it not a fallow year.
The Glastonbury history
Madonna was widely rumoured to headline Glastonbury in 2024, before negotiations fell apart. The Independent reported at the time that talks broke down after organisers said they could not cover the costs of staging the Celebration Tour at Worthy Farm. Organiser Emily Eavis has made no secret that she has always wanted Madonna there.
The Independent contacted Madonna’s representative and the festival for comment.
Rest of the interview
Confessions II is a spiritual sequel to Confessions on a Dancefloor, from 2005, and reflects on her origins in 1980s New York. “That’s how I started,” she told Norton. “I was a dancer. Dancing is in my DNA.” She admitted nobody wants to dance with her because she gets carried away. “I just go crazy. I think I irritate a lot of people.”
One track is a duet with her daughter Lola, 29, the first time the two have sung together. Madonna said Lola had been reluctant to work with her, not wanting to look like she was taking advantage of privilege, until she suggested writing a song together as a healing experience.
Another, Fragile, grew out of a phone call from her brother Christopher, who died of cancer in 2024. “He was in a lot of pain,” she said. “I knew it was close to the end. And then I went upstairs and wrote a song.” She called it “cathartic,” adding: “It’s like an exorcism.”
Kylie Minogue turned up in a cameo as a barmaid. Madonna admitted she was once jealous of her, saying her then-husband Guy Ritchie had a crush on Kylie.
She also confirmed that the costume she wore when she joined Sabrina Carpenter at Coachella in April has not come back. Police said it was last seen on a golf cart at 01:30 local time. “I was very disturbed by it for a couple of days,” Madonna said. “They’re historical.”
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