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Madonna announces rescheduled dates for North American leg of The Celebration Tour
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 16 August 2023
Madonna has announced rescheduled dates for what was meant to be the first leg of her ‘The Celebration Tour’, which was cancelled after she was hospitalised in June.
At the time her manager Guy Oseary told fans that Madonna had “developed a serious bacterial infection which lead to a several day stay in the ICU. Her health is improving. However, she is still under medical care”.
While noting that “a full recovery is expected”, Oseary confirmed that the illness would mean that ‘The Celebration Tour’ would not be able to kick off in Canada on 15 Jul as originally planned.
A subsequent statement from Madonna herself confirmed that the plan now was for the tour to start in Europe with the previously announced four night run at The O2 in London. The cancelled North American dates would then be rescheduled for later in the tour.
Those rescheduled dates have now been confirmed. A few will take place in December before the Christmas break, with the rest scheduled in for early 2024. A handful of the shows have changed venues as a result of the rescheduling and a small number have been cancelled.
A statement from promoter Live Nation explained: “Getting all shows rescheduled was the number one priority. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts a few shows will be cancelled. Madonna regrets the inconvenience to fans and hopes to make it up to those markets in the future”.
Five shows in total are cancelled, in Tulsa, Nashville, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Phoenix – although there will still be some shows in the latter three, it’s just one specific night that has been pulled as part of the rescheduling process.
