Madonna announces rescheduled Celebration Tour dates after health scare

Madonna is back into the groove.

Live Nation confirmed that the Material Girl has rescheduled dates for her “Celebration Tour,” Variety reported. The 65-year-old singer had to cancel the start of her 80-show tour in late June after suffering a “serious bacterial infection” that landed her in the intensive care unit.

According to Billboard, the North American portion of Madonna’s tour was scheduled to begin on July 15 in Vancouver and end on Oct. 8 in Las Vegas. She was then slated to play dates in Europe before returning to North America.

The rescheduled tour will begin in London on Oct. 14, with dates in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, Billboard reported.

Madonna will return to the U.S. on Dec. 13 with a show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. There will also be shows in Boston, Seattle, Chicago, Las Vegas, Atlanta and Los Angeles.

The tour is scheduled to end in April, USA Today reported.

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Tickets for previously scheduled concerts will be honored on the new dates, according to the newspaper. Exceptions will be in Los Angeles and New York because of venue changes.

Several shows will be canceled due to scheduling conflicts, CNN reported. They include July 27 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Dec. 22 in Nashville, Tennessee; Jan. 15, 2024, in San Francisco; Jan. 18, 2024, in Las Vegas; and Jan. 20, 2024, in Phoenix. Those ticket buyers will receive refunds, according to the cable news outlet.

“Getting all shows rescheduled was the number one priority,” Live Nation said in a statement. “Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, a few shows noted below will be canceled. Madonna regrets the inconvenience to fans and hopes to make it up to those markets in the future.”

Madonna had hip replacement surgery in late 2020, People reported. That came 11 months after she was injured and forced to cancel several shows on the North American leg of her Madame X tour, according to the magazine.

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According to Billboard, Madonna has had 12 hits reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart, with 38 songs reaching the top 10. The tour was set to net her more than $100 million, the music website reported.

According to Billboard Boxscore, Madonna has grossed a reported $1.376 billion and has sold 11.7 million tickets at 575 shows. She is the most successful female act in Boxscore history, Billboard reported.

Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

1978: Singer Madonna is shown in New York City in fall 1978.

1984: American singer and actress Madonna poses outside the first MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on September 14, 1984.

1990: American singer and actress Madonna performs her song "Vogue" at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 1990.

1991: Madonna and Michael Jackson are shown at an after-party for the 63rd annual Academy Awards on March 25, 1991.

1993: Madonna is shown at the Madison Square Show in New York City on Oct. 14, 1993.

1996: Madonna appears at the Los Angeles premiere of "Evita" on Dec. 14, 1996.

2001: Pop star Madonna performs in concert July 25, 2001, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

2002: Singer and actress Madonna and her husband, film director Guy Ritchie, arrive with their daughter, Lourdes, at the opening of the Mario Testino photography exhibition January 29, 2002, at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

2003: Singers Britney Spears (left), Madonna and Christina Aguilera perform onstage during the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 28, 2003, in New York City.

2004: Singer/actress Madonna performs onstage during her "Re-Invention" World Tour 2004 at The Great Western Forum, May 27, 2004, in Inglewood, California. The outfit she is wearing is designed by Christian LaCroix.

2005: Singer Madonna and her husband, director Guy Ritchie, arrive at the UK Premiere of "Revolver" at the Odeon Leicester Square on September 20, 2005, in London.

2006: Singer Madonna performs live at the LTU Arena on August 20, 2006, in Duesseldorf, Germany.

2007: Madonna performs on stage during the Live Earth concert held at Wembley Stadium on July 7, 2007, in London.

2008: Singer Madonna, with special guest singer Britney Spears, performs during her Sticky and Sweet Tour at Dodger Stadium on November 6, 2008, in Los Angeles.

2009: Singer Madonna (left) and daughter Lourdes Leon attend the New York premiere of "NINE" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 15, 2009, in New York City.

2010: Singer Madonna and daughter Lourdes Leon attends the "Material Girl" collection launch at Macy’s Herald Square on September 22, 2010, in New York City.

2011: Lourdes Leon (left) and Madonna arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Graydon Carter held at Sunset Tower on February 27, 2011, in West Hollywood, California.

2012: Nicki Minaj, Madonna and MIA perform during the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 5, 2012, in Indianapolis.

2013: Madonna attends the Costume Institute Gala for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2013, in New York City.

2014: Singer Madonna (right) and son David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie attend the 56th Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014, in Los Angeles.

2015: Madonna performs onstage during the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.

2016: Madonna attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016, in New York City.

2017: Madonna attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017, in New York City.

2018: Madonna attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City.

2019: Maluma and Madonna perform onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019, in Las Vegas.

2021: Madonna speaks onstage during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on September 12, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.