LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Madonna's postponed Celebration Tour is said to have resumed rehearsals. The Queen of Pop, 64, has been recovering at her New York home since being admitted to the hospital on June 24 with a "serious bacterial infection," forcing the cancellation of her much-anticipated greatest hits shows.
However, The Sun reports that she has returned to the Nassau Coliseum in New York and has booked the venue for two months of rehearsals. According to music insiders, she has hired a "top-secret UK venue" to rehearse in before her first night at London's O2 Arena on October 14. It is not clear yet, whether Madonna will stick to the original schedule.
Will Madonna tour in 2024?
'The Celebration' tour was set to begin on October 14, 2023, at London's O2 Arena, and was expected to end on January 30, 2024, at Mexico City's Palacio de los Deportes. It was to showcase Madonna's more than 40-year recording career as her first retrospective tour.
Diplo, Judd Apatow, Jack Black, Lil Wayne, Bob the Drag Queen, Kate Berlant, Larry Owens, Megan Stalter, Eric André, and Amy Schumer were all featured in a truth-or-dare-inspired, celebrity-studded promo video that Madonna shared. Before the general on-sale via Ticketmaster started on January 20 at 10:00 am local time, there was a Live Nation pre-sale on January 19 at 10:00 am.
What is Madonna's new tour called?
The American singer Madonna will embark on her twelfth concert tour, known as The Celebration Tour, which will make 84 stops across North America and Europe including Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, London, Barcelona and Paris.
Why was Madonna's tour canceled?
Madonna cancelled her tour due to a "serious" bacterial infection. Following the singer's hospitalization, Madonna's upcoming Celebration Tour was postponed, according to an Instagram post from her longtime manager Guy Oseary.
A source told the newspaper, “She is very much still in recovery but Madonna has been chomping at the bit to get back to rehearsals. Not only has she hired the Coliseum in New York but she's also hired out a second venue in London for the final week of dress rehearsals. Normally she would like to have the final week in the same venue she kicks off in. But due to BLINK-182’s comeback gigs at the O2, her team won’t be able to get access until the day before.”
Madonna 'lucky to be alive'
The perfectionist Madonna will have less than two days to perfect the show before lights out, according to The Sun, because of the scheduling conflict. A month after being admitted to the hospital, Madonna told her fans in July that she was "lucky to be alive."
In an Instagram post, she included three images, one of which showed her holding a framed Polaroid photograph of artist Keith Haring that had been given to her by manager Oseary. She wrote, "Love from family and friends is the best Medicine. One month out of the hospital and I can reflect. As a Mother you can really get caught up In the needs Of your children and the seemingly endless giving……….. But when the chips were down my children really showed up for me. I saw a side to them I had never seen before. It made all the difference."
“So did the love and support from my friends. If you zoom into this Picture I am holding You will see A Polaroid taken by Andy Warhol of Keith Haring wearing a jacket with Michael Jackson’s face painted on it. A perfect triangle of Brilliance.Artist who touched so many lives including my own."
In the end she added, “I sobbed when I opened this gift because I realized how lucky I am to be alive. And how fortunate I am to have known these people and so many others who are also gone. Thank you @guyoseary for this gift! And Thank you to all my angels who protected me and let me Stay to finish doing my work! (red heart emoji.)”
