Madonna's Confessions launch night: Koko, then the after-party, London 2005

London ยท 2005

Madonna has had a big autumn. Her album Confessions II won Best Album at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on 27 September, one of seven awards she took home that night, including Artist of the Year. So here is the night she launched its predecessor, Confessions on a Dance Floor, in London in November 2005. After a five-song set at Koko in Camden on 15 November she held her after-party at Kabaret's Prophecy in Soho, and these are the pictures from outside.

KABARET'S PROPHECY, NOVEMBER 2005. Madonna arrives at her after-show party at Kabaret's Prophecy in Soho on the night of 15 November 2005, after launching her album Confessions on a Dance Floor with a five-song show at Koko in Camden. The Koko set was a 30 minute showcase that opened with Hung Up and closed with Everybody, the song she played in the same building, then the Camden Palace, in 1983. Here she is in tinted glasses and a fur-trimmed coat, one hand on the wall.
KABARET'S PROPHECY, NOVEMBER 2005. Madonna arrives at her after-show party at Kabaret's Prophecy in Soho on the night of 15 November 2005, after launching her album Confessions on a Dance Floor with a five-song show at Koko in Camden. The Koko set was a 30 minute showcase that opened with Hung Up and closed with Everybody, the song she played in the same building, then the Camden Palace, in 1983. Here she is in tinted glasses and a fur-trimmed coat, one hand on the wall.
Leaving in the early hours of 16 November, with a hand held out beside her and the cameras up as she reaches the car door.
Leaving in the early hours of 16 November, with a hand held out beside her and the cameras up as she reaches the car door.
Mouth wide open in a laugh as she gets into the car, a photographer's camera raised behind her.
Mouth wide open in a laugh as she gets into the car, a photographer's camera raised behind her.
THE GUESTS. Reports of the night said the guest list included Gwyneth Paltrow, Bob Geldof and Melanie C. Stella McCartney and Sharleen Spiteri were also pictured. Here is Melanie C, formerly of the Spice Girls, in a blue shirt and jeans, a wristband on and brown boots on a pink carpet.
THE GUESTS. Reports of the night said the guest list included Gwyneth Paltrow, Bob Geldof and Melanie C. Stella McCartney and Sharleen Spiteri were also pictured. Here is Melanie C, formerly of the Spice Girls, in a blue shirt and jeans, a wristband on and brown boots on a pink carpet.
Fashion designer Stella McCartney, in a grey wrap top and black thigh high boots, a zigzag clutch in her hand.
Fashion designer Stella McCartney, in a grey wrap top and black thigh high boots, a zigzag clutch in her hand.
Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri, in a flat cap, brown jacket and trainers, gestures as she leaves.
Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri, in a flat cap, brown jacket and trainers, gestures as she leaves.
Bob Geldof, in a long black coat and pale suit, walks off down the street.
Bob Geldof, in a long black coat and pale suit, walks off down the street.