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Madonna announces huge 40th anniversary tour, including London show

Tickets go on sale this week

Madonna has announced a huge 40th anniversary tour, including a show The O2 in London – tickets will be available here .

The Queen Of Pop, who released her self-titled debut album in 1983, is due to hit the road for the 35-city ‘Celebration Tour’ in July.

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“I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” Madonna said of the upcoming trek in a statement.

The tour will begin in North America, with gigs planned for New York, Chicago, Miami, Washington, Houston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and other cities up until early October.

Madonna is set to touch down in the UK on October 14 for a headline performance at The O2. That concert will kick start the European leg of the singer’s ‘Celebration Tour’ ahead of further stop-offs in Antwerp, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam and beyond.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (January 20) – you’ll be able to purchase yours here (UK) and here (North America).

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Per a press release, ‘The Celebration Tour’ will take fans on Madonna’s artistic journey through four decades and pay homage to the city of New York where her career in music began.

An official announcement video (watch above) gives a nod to the legendary artist’s 1991 film Truth Or Dare . The five-minute clip stars Madonna herself alongside the likes of Diplo , Judd Apatow , Jack Black , Lil Wayne and Amy Schumer .

Bob The Drag Queen (aka Caldwell Tidicue) is billed as a special guest opening act across all dates.

Madonna’s 2023 tour dates are as follows:

Sat Jul 15 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena Tue Jul 18 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena Sat Jul 22 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center Tue Jul 25 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena Thu Jul 27 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center Sun Jul 30 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center Wed Aug 02 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Sat Aug 05 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena Mon. Aug 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena Wed Aug 09 – Chicago, IL – United Center Sun Aug 13 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena Sat Aug 19 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell Wed Aug 23 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Thu Aug 24 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Wed Aug 30 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Sat Sep 02 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena Tue Sep 05 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Thu Sep 07 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena Sat Sep 09 – Miami, FL – Miami-Dade Arena Wed Sep 13 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center Mon Sep 18 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center Thu Sep 21 – Austin, TX – Moody Center ATX Wed Sep 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena Wed Oct 04 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center Sat Oct 07 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena   Sat Oct 14 – London, UK – The O2 Sat Oct 21 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis Wed. Oct. 25 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena Sat Oct 28 – Stockholm, SE – Tele2 Wed Nov 01 – Barcelona, ES – Palau Sant Jordi Mon Nov 06 – Lisbon, PT – Altice Arena Sun Nov 12 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena Mon Nov 13 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena Wed Nov 15 – Cologne, DE – Lanxess Arena Thu Nov 23 – Milan, IT – Mediolanum Forum Tue Nov 28 – Berlin, DE – Mercedes-Benz Arena Fri Dec 1 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome

It was reported last week that Madonna was plotting a run of celebratory shows to mark her four decades in music .

Madonna released her 14th and most recent studio album, ‘Madame X’ , back in 2019. The singer showcased that record with an intimate residency at the London Palladium in early 2020.

In a five-star review of one of her concerts in Brooklyn, New York in October 2019 , NME praised “pop’s ultimate freedom fighter [for] putting on one of the most powerful, empowering, and stunning gigs of the year”.

Last summer, Madonna said she had no plans to sell her extensive back catalogue as numerous legacy acts have done in recent years. “Ownership is everything, isn’t it?” she reasoned.

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Madonna The Celebration Tour Setlist in Full 2023: Songs for concert at London The O2 Arena

Madonna's The Celebration Tour is among the year's most eagerly anticipated live shows - here's everything you need to know about the tour as it hits the UK, Europe and North America.

Madonna 's The Celebration Tour kicked off at London's The O2 Arena on October 14 2023 as the first of six dates at the venue. Four will take place in October, followed by another two in early December after Madonna has criss-crossed Europe.

The tour was originally due to kick off in Toronto in July, but the singer was forced to postpone its launch after being hospitalised with a "serious bacterial infection" .

When the tour was announced in January, it was billed as "Madonna's artistic journey through four decades" and a show that "pays respect to the city of New York where her career in music began". The pop icon said at the time: "I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for."

Given that Madonna has 72 UK Top 40 hits to choose from – including 63 UK Top 10s and 13 UK Number 1s – assembling a setlist was no mean feat. Little wonder she has recruited Stuart Price, the co-producer of her chart-topping 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor , as part of her musical crew.

With the Celebration Tour now in full swing, here's the setlist in full. 

Madonna: The Celebration Tour 2023 setlist in full

1. nothing really matters, 2. everybody, 3. into the groove, 4. burning up, 5. open your heart, 7. live to tell, 8. like a prayer, 10. justify my love, 11. fever (cover), 12. hung up, 13. bad girl, 15. human nature, 16. crazy for you, 17. die another day, 18. don't tell me, 19. mother and father, 20. little star, 21. i will survive (cover), 22. la isla bonita, 23. don't cry for me argentina , 24. bedtime story, 25. ray of light, 27. bitch i'm madonna, 28. celebration, read more: 65 incredible madonna chart facts, feats and trivia, what are madonna's uk tour dates.

October 14 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England October 15 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England October 17 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England October 18 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England December 5 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England December 6 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England

What are Madonna's European tour dates?

October 14 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England October 15 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England October 17 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England October 18 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England October 21, 2023 - Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium October 22, 2023 - Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium October 25, 2023 - Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark     October 26, 2023 - Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark         October 28, 2023 - Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden     November 1, 2023 - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain     November 2, 2023 - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain         November 6, 2023 - Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal     November 7, 2023 - Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal November 12, 2023 - Accor Arena, Paris, France     November 13, 2023 - Accor Arena, Paris, France         November 15, 2023 - Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany November 16, 2023 - Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany         November 19, 2023 - Accor Arena, Paris, France     November 20, 2023 - Accor Arena, Paris, France     November 23, 2023 - Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy       November 25, 2023 - Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy          November 28, 2023 - Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany     November 29, 2023 - Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany         December 1, 2023 - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands     December 2, 2023 - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands December 5 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England December 6 2023 - The O2 Arena, London, England

Who is Madonna's support act Bob the Drag Queen?

Bob the Drag Queen – also known as Christopher Delmar Caldwell – is an American drag performer, comedian, TV star and LGBTQ+ activist.  He won the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and co-hosted three seasons of the drag-themed reality show We're Here.

Can I get tickets for Madonna The Celebration Tour?

Tickets for the UK dates in London are nearly all sold out but you can get your hands on any remaining UK tickets here (affiliate link*)

If you're looking to see her perform in Europe or North America there are a few still available.

Where can I buy Madonna The Celebration Tour merch?

You can pick up tour merch from the designated official stands at London's The O2 Arena. If previous Madonna tours are anything to go on, prices are unlikely to be anywhere close to rock-bottom.

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Fantastic show, but she had to cut Sorry, Oh Father and another song because of the technical issues at the start of Open Your Heart, otherwise the show wouldn't have finished by the 11pm curfew.

What is the point in calling this article the 'setlist in full' when you don't actually tell us a single track that we can expect? Just ask the cleaner to write for you, they couldn't do a worse job. 

Edit:- Some surprising omissions, equally some surprising inclusions. Would have expected to see Material Girl and Frozen. Masterpiece is easily in my top 5 favourites, it is criminal that it never did better.

and what better way to greet the one and ONLY undisputed Queen of Pop with her very own Royal Standard Flag...

https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/11/madonna-gets-epic-royal-nod-as-celebration-tour-kicks-off-in-london-19645591/

"The Queen of Pop kicks off her Celebration tour at the 02 on Saturday and to mark the 65-year-old’s arrival in the capital the world-famous venue has created a Madonna-themed flag much like the Royal Standard flag.

The Royal Standard flag is flown at full mast whenever King Charles III is in residence at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle and Madonna’s flag will let everyone in London know she’s in town.

Made by the royal family’s very own flagmakers, Madonna’s flag will stay up throughout her five headline shows, in which the A-lister will belt out four decades of her biggest hits.

Steve Sayer, vice president and general manager at the O2, said of the idea: ‘The arrival of Madonna and The Celebration Tour in London is arguably the biggest UK event in pop music this year.

‘Madonna has been at the forefront of the genre and part of pop culture for four decades, and we’re very proud that this hotly anticipated tour kicks off right here at The O2. This Royal Standard flag feels like a fitting tribute to pop royalty, and the perfect way to kick off six incredible shows."

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Madonna Finally Kicks Off Celebration World Tour In London  

By Eve Batey

It was a stressful summer for Madonna fans. Just weeks before her 78-stop career-retrospective Celebration World Tour was set to kick off in North America, the singer was rushed to a New York City hospital for a severe bacterial infection that prompted her to cancel that continent’s dates . But the 65-year-old icon and mother of six isn’t known as the hardest-working woman in show business for nothing, and on Saturday, she reclaimed the stage to rave reviews.

Madonna’s stop at London’s 20,000-seat O2 arena had been on the books since tour plans began, but when her health scare paused her Celebration schedule, Oct. 14 became its de facto kickoff date. This is her 13th tour, and her first since 2020; as the name promises, it’s intended as a celebration of her four decades of hits. An opening-night set list captured by Billboard suggests that the show lived up to its name: early songs like “Holiday” and “Burning Up,” career highs such as “Like a Prayer” and Vogue,” and 2000s-era entries like “Music” and “Bitch I’m Madonna” all made an appearance.

Of course, fans had to wait a bit to hear those hits. Technical difficulties meant the show was delayed by 30 minutes, the New York Times reports . Four songs in, yet another delay, prompting Madonna to say, “This is exactly what you don’t want to happen on your opening night, so this wasn’t planned. I’m sorry,” AFP reports . 

While her crew worked to restore order, she regaled the crowd with some early-career anecdotes, including her days of housing struggles. “I had no way to take a bath,” she said of her younger days in New York. “So I would actually date men who had showers and bathrooms. Those were the days, and that is the truth.”

“I’m pretty damned surprised that I made it this far, and I mean that on so many levels. How did I make it this far? Because of you. I’m going to take a bit of credit, too.”

She also addressed her June health crisis, saying, “It was a crazy year for me and I didn’t think I was going to make it. I forgot five days of my life.”

“But the angels were protecting me and my children were there and my children always save me every time. And if you want to know a secret as to how I survived, I thought, ‘I have to survive for them. I have to survive for my children.’”

The hotly-anticipated show was met by critical praise—not a given for the star, who noted Saturday that “To age is to sin. I think the most controversial thing I’ve done is to stick around.” According to The Independent’s critic, Helen Brown , “I’ve sat through a couple of Madonna’s more robotic stadium shows in the past, feeling as though I was bearing witness to a seven-figure PowerPoint presentation from Brand Madonna. But at 65, the woman who once sang of wanting to “conquer and deliver and despise” the world has a renewed appetite for human connection.”

Writing for the BBC , Mark Savage says that Madonna “looked and sounded incredible throughout, moving from one elaborate set-piece to the next with conviction and power.” Variety’s Mark Sutherland agrees, writing, “Madonna still doesn’t know how to quit, boy, has she learned how to come back.”

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• Date 14 Oct - 6 Dec 2023
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Madonna will bring ‘The Celebration Tour’, featuring four decades of greatest hits, to The O2.

Madonna announced the tour in an iconic viral video with a wink to her groundbreaking film Truth or Dare. The video features notable names such as Diplo, Judd Apatow, Jack Black, Lil Wayne, Bob The Drag Queen, Kate Berlant, Larry Owens, Meg Stalter, Eric Andre and culminates with Amy Schumer daring the global superstar to go on tour and perform her four decades of mega hits. Madonna, the best-selling female solo touring artist of all time, rises to the challenge announcing The Celebration Tour which will be highlighting her unmatched catalog of music from the past 40 plus years.

The Celebration Tour will take us on Madonna’s artistic journey through four decades and pays respect to the city of New York where her career in music began. “I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” states Madonna.

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Madonna Celebrates Four Decades of Hits With Career-Spanning Spectacle

After a health-related delay, the pop superstar launched her Celebration Tour in London with a performance devoted to her full catalog of hits.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor and Ben Sisario

Derrick Bryson Taylor reported from London, and Ben Sisario from New York.

They wore pearls with crucifixes, lace gloves, tulle skirts and body-sculpting corsets. Some even crimped their hair and drew on fake beauty moles, while others wore simple white T-shirts with only the letter M on the back. Spanning generations, the concertgoers arriving at the O2 Arena in London used Saturday night as an opportunity to dress in their favorite Madonna era, even if that was decades before they were born.

Madonna, 65, is on the road for the first time since 2020 with her global Celebration Tour, a stage spectacle touching on more than 40 of her hits across four decades. The show opened at the O2, a 20,000-capacity arena, three months after its planned first date, following a health scare for the pop icon. In June, Madonna was hospitalized shortly before the tour’s scheduled debut in Canada. At the time, her manager said she had a “ serious bacterial infection ” that resulted in the singer staying in an intensive care unit for several days.

Madonna swore that the tour — her first devoted to her full catalog of hits, rather than to a specific album release — would go on. In recent weeks, she has filled her Instagram account with tantalizing , and very on-brand, images from rehearsals, showing her dressed in a lacy black bustier, practicing onstage steps and resting her fishnet-clad knees .

Fans waited out a 30-minute delay before Madonna arrived onstage in London, opening with a medley of hits before acknowledging the challenges that had led to the moment. “How did I make it this far? Because of you,” she said, adding, “But I will take a bit of credit, too.”

It was clear from the beginning that this concert would be as much a journey through Madonna’s career as it would a bona fide dance party. Set on an elaborate stage that jutted out into the audience, several hanging retractable screens showed images of the singer. At other times, they displayed powerful portraits, as when she launched into “Live to Tell” and the screens displayed images of Freddie Mercury, Arthur Ashe and more people who died from AIDS.

For more than two hours, with the help of her dancers and some of her six children, Madonna blazed through her catalog of songs, singing several hits like “Holiday,” “Like a Prayer,” “Hung Up,” “Ray of Light” and “Bad Girl.” Her costumes were sexy, religious and futuristic.

Though the show had been in the works for months, it was not without technical difficulties. Early on, Madonna paused the show so the sound could be reset. She entertained the audience during the delay by speaking at length about her rise to stardom while technicians worked behind the scenes. Later in the show, between songs, Madonna expressed concern for those affected by violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip. “It breaks my heart to see children suffering, teenagers suffering, elderly people suffering, all of it is heartbreaking,” she said. “Even though our hearts are broken, our spirits cannot be broken.”

Madonna also reflected on her health struggles this year. “I forgot five days of my life, or my death,” she said. “I don’t really know where I was, but the angels were protecting me.

“If you want to know my secret, and you want to know how I pull through and how I survive, I thought, ‘I’ve got to be there for my children. I have to survive for them,’” she said. She then led the crowd in a singalong of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

The 24 performers onstage notably did not include a live band: Stuart Price, the tour’s musical director, told the BBC that “the original recordings are our stars.” The stage, which encompasses 4,400 square feet, was designed to echo Manhattan neighborhoods, as well as the wedding cake from Madonna’s 1984 MTV Video Music Awards performance of “Like a Virgin.” During the show, she is swept across the venue in a square-framed box 30 feet off the ground.

Carla Nobre, 38, of Nottingham said that seeing Madonna in concert had been on her bucket list, but that she had been disappointed with the performance.“There was too much talking,” she said.

Jenni Purple, 54, from the southern coast of England said the concert, which was her first time seeing Madonna live, had been “absolutely incredible.” “I loved all the medleys, I loved the costumes, I loved all the dances,” she said with a broad smile. “Everything was just mind-blowing.”

In the past, Madonna’s tours have been news-making events tied as much to her latest music as to her cycle of stylistic reinventions. But Celebration is essentially the pop superstar’s Eras Tour , as Taylor Swift has styled her latest outing: a staged romp through decades of hit songs and signature looks, giving fans a chance to relive her career as a stages-of-life experience. (Seventeen of Madonna’s previous costumes were recreated for the tour, and some of the merchandise for sale includes replicas from past treks.)

With her Virgin Tour in 1985, Madonna introduced herself as a punk-glam dance star whose every crucifix pendant or flap of denim was zealously adopted by fans. Who’s That Girl (1987) and Blond Ambition (1990) grew increasingly elaborate as Madonna pushed the fashion envelope with looks like Jean Paul Gaultier’s memorable cone bra and set the bar for bold, imaginative pop megatours. The Girlie Show (1993), in which Madonna appeared as a dominatrix, was the accompaniment to a period of daringly explicit material like her “Sex” book and “Justify My Love” video, which was banned from MTV.

After an eight-year absence from the road, Drowned World (2001) reintroduced Madonna as a new mother, an electro-pop heroine and an acolyte of kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism. In more recent years, her Confessions Tour (2006) cast her in late-70s disco style, and Rebel Heart (2015-16) found her playing guitar, in addition to executing the complex choreography for which she is known. Her most recent tour, Madame X, which was cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic, saw Madonna looking to reinvent her stage performance once again in a more intimate, almost cabaret form, mostly eschewing arenas for spaces like the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

For Madonna, the 78-date Celebration Tour is a chance to assert her star power in a year when live music has been dominated by Swift and Beyoncé — women who, like Madonna before them, have used talent and deep media savvy to remake pop stardom in their own image. In July, Beyoncé acknowledged the debt, when Madonna, making one of her first public appearances after her hospitalization, attended Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in New Jersey. “Big shout-out to the queen,” Beyoncé called out during a performance of the “Queens Remix” of her song “Break My Soul,” which blends in Madonna’s 1990 smash “Vogue” — another hit that mined, and honored, gay dance culture of that period.

Madonna returned the acknowledgment on Saturday, playing a bit of the same remix during an interstitial moment.

When Madonna’s latest tour was announced in January, it immediately became one of the year’s big-ticket events — and yielded a micro-flood of hot takes about the singer’s age. But the tour appears to be far from sold out; Ticketmaster still shows many seats available at some major venues like Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where Madonna will start the North American leg of the tour with three shows in December.

Back in 2009, Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour set box-office records when it sold more than $400 million in tickets. Since then, the economics of live music have exploded; Beyoncé has already well exceeded that amount with her Renaissance shows, and Swift may well sell close to $2 billion in tickets by the time her Eras Tour is completed.

Legacy has clearly been on Madonna’s mind lately. Last month, the 1989 Pepsi commercial that introduced her song “Like a Prayer” — before it was pulled amid outrage over its music video, which featured an interracial kiss and the singer dancing in front of burning crosses — was finally aired again during the MTV Video Music Awards.

Madonna, who had been paid $5 million for the promotion — and kept the money — said on social media : “So began my illustrious career as an artist refusing to compromise my artistic integrity.” She added, “Thank you @pepsi for finally realizing the genius of our collaboration. Artists are here to disturb the peace.”

It was clearly on fans’ minds as well. Aisha and Maia Letamendia Moore, 17-year-old twins from southern England, near Brighton, wore looks that drew on the Vogue and Like a Virgin eras. “I think she’s such an influence,” Maia said. “She did so many things that were so controversial. She wasn’t scared to do it, she wasn’t scared what people would say.”

Others mentioned rumors that Celebration could be Madonna’s last tour. Helen Dawson, 47, who said she first saw Madonna during the Who’s That Girl Tour in 1987, would abide no such thought. “Never, she won’t give up,” Ms. Dawson said. “This is just a new celebration, a new era.”

Derrick Bryson Taylor is a general assignment reporter. He previously worked at The New York Post’s PageSix.com and Essence magazine. More about Derrick Bryson Taylor

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Madonna Live in London: Queen of Pop Shows Why She Still Owns the Crown

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There’s a moment late on in the first night of  Madonna ‘s Celebration Tour when the Queen of Pop, acoustic guitar in hand, leads The O2 Arena in a solo rendition of Gloria Gaynor’s seminal disco hit ‘I Will Survive.’

It would be a fitting choice for any 65-year-old pop star who can still play a staggering six nights at an arena that fits 20,000 people, but for Madonna , the song seems even more appropriate. This tour, a career-spanning look back at 40 years at the top, was originally set to kick off in North America earlier this year, but a bacterial infection forced her to put the dates on ice. Speaking to the crowd, she pulls no punches when discussing the seriousness of the situation she faced.

It means that tonight’s show, a masterclass in arena production, feels an even more significant milestone for her.

She opens with “Nothing Really Matters,” performed for the first time since 1999, decked out in a throne and flanked by an army of backing dancers, before going straight into 1982’s “Everybody” and the iconic dance-pop of “Get Into the Groove.” So far, so good, it seems. But not for Madonna.

There’s a ten-minute interlude as the singer complains of technical issues, which proves the perfect opportunity for the singer to recall her early days as a broke New York star who would, she explains, head back to the homes of “cute guys” if it meant the chance to have a wash. “Blowjobs for showers,” she concisely puts it, while geed up by support act and close friend Bob The Drag Queen.

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From this point, it’s a run of hits that proves the show’s high point. “Like A Prayer” – complete with a gaggle of topless dancers on a rotating platform – is enough to send Sam Smith’s prudish critics to their immediate graves, while the canvas canopy of The O2 feels fit to blast off with the sheer energy that is devoted to ‘Hung Up’, the entire room transformed into a joyful 70s NYC disco.

But not all of the show hits with the same heft. For all of the genius production masterminded tonight by her creative director, the renowned producer Stuart Price, there are sections of the show that feel overwrought and, at one point, entirely misguided.

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Much like the singer herself, tonight’s opening show is two hours of overblown, indulgent fun that refuses to dance to the beat of anyone else’s drum. She owns this mantra herself late on, with a montage that looks back at all the detractors – Cher to name but one – who have slung insults at the Madonna throughout her career.

After all, she’s the one still standing after 40 years. In a year when Taylor Swift’s own look back at her career is proving the biggest tour in a generation, here’s a true icon who, for the most part at least, is determined to show that her throne as the Queen of Pop remains roundly intact. A celebration, well and truly delivered.

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Madonna has announced a second date in London as part of her upcoming world tour.

“Due to overwhelming pre-sale demand,” the singer will now perform a second show at London’s O2 Arena on 15 October following her first on 14 October, a statement explained.

The singer announced the tour in a video starring famous friends including Diplo, Jack Black, Lil Wayne, and Amy Schumer with a nod to her 1991 film Truth or Dare .

Madonna: The Celebration Tour will visit 35 cities across the globe, kicking off in North America in July.

The “Like a Virgin” singer will then head onto the likes of Barcelona, Paris, and Stockholm.

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The 64-year-old will finish her tour in Amsterdam in December.

“I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” said Madonna.

General release tickets will go on sale at 10am (local time) on Friday 20 January and will be available here .

This is the first time Madonna has toured since 2019, when she performed across America and Europe to celebrate her Madame X album.

THE CELEBRATION TOUR NORTH AMERICAN DATES :

Sat Jul 15 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena

Tue Jul 18 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

Sat Jul 22 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center

Tue Jul 25 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Thu Jul 27 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center

Sun Jul 30 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

Wed Aug 02 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

Sat Aug 05 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

Mon. Aug 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena

Wed Aug 09 – Chicago, IL – United Center

Sun Aug 13 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena

Sat Aug 19 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell

Wed Aug 23 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Thu Aug 24 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Wed Aug 30 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

Sat Sep 02 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena

Tue Sep 05 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena

Thu Sep 07 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena

Sat Sep 09 – Miami, FL – Miami-Dade Arena

Wed Sep 13 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center

Mon Sep 18 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

Thu Sep 21 – Austin, TX – Moody Center ATX

Wed Sep 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena

Wed Oct 04 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center

Sat Oct 07 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena

THE CELEBRATION TOUR EUROPE DATES:

Sat Oct 14 – London, UK – The O2

Sat Oct 15 – London, UK – The O2

Sat Oct 21 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis

Wed. Oct. 25 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena

Sat Oct 28 – Stockholm, SE – Tele2

Wed Nov 01 – Barcelona, ES – Palau Sant Jordi

Mon Nov 06 – Lisbon, PT – Altice Arena

Sun Nov 12 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena

Mon Nov 13 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena

Wed Nov 15 – Cologne, DE – Lanxess Arena

Thu Nov 23 – Milan, IT – Mediolanum Forum

Tue Nov 28 – Berlin, DE – Mercedes-Benz Arena

Fri Dec 1 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome

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Here’s how to get tickets for Madonna’s London shows

Bag yourself an audience with the Queen of Pop at her six London dates in October and December

Huge news, Madonna fans: Her Madge is paying a royal visit to London’s O2 as part of her fortieth anniversary 2023 ‘Celebration’ tour. It’s a rare chance to see one of pop’s biggest names doing her first London gigs in three years, and tickets are selling fast, especially after the tour’s official trailer whipped up excitement by showing big-name celebs singing snippets of her back catalogue.

So here’s our handy guide to making sure you don’t miss out. 

When is Madonna’s 2023 ‘Celebration’ tour taking place?

Madonna’s ‘Celebration’ world tour is a 58-date run in 35 cities beginning in Vancouver on July 15, and ending in London on December 6. There are now six London dates: after overwhelming interest in her October 14 show, Her Madge added extra performances on October 15, 17 and 18, plus two extra shows on Tuesday December 5 and Wednesday December 6. She’ll perform them all at the O2 Arena, which has a capacity of 20,000.

When do tickets for Madonna’s tour go on sale?

Tickets for the final date on Wednesday December 6 go on sale this week. To be in with a chance, be ready to book on Wednesday January 1 at 9am. 

How can I get Madonna tickets?

Tickets for the ‘Celebration’ tour are available via Madonna’s website . The majority of tickets are now sold out, but luckily fans will have a final chance to cop the tickets to her London December performance tomorrow. 

Why did she add five more shows?

Perhaps Madonna underestimated how much we love her here in the UK, as until recently she was only due to perform once at the 20,000 capacity O2. Thank God she added five more dates. 

How much do Madonna tour tickets cost?

The official prices for the ‘Celebration’ tour were never officially released. But during the first release they started at a relatively affordable £47, but rose to £1,307 for the VIP package. However, most tickets are likely to be touted for at least three times the price. Viagogo is reportedly selling tickets with a face value of £400 for  £2,950  – more than seven times the price. Ouch!

Who is opening for Madonna on tour?

Special guest Bob The Drag Queen aka Caldwell Tidicue aka Christopher Caldwell will warm up the crowds. This non-binary American performer, author and activist shot to fame after winning the eighth season of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’. They’re likely to perform their 2022 single ‘ Bitch Like Me ’ , as well as serving some fierce lewks (in the far distance).

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Madonna announces north american and european dates for 2023 celebration tour.

The superstar will explore her musical journey across four decades through concerts announced in a video featuring Amy Schumer, Lil Wayne, Kate Berlant, Jack Black, Judd Apatow, Eric Andre, Diplo and more.

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Madonna announced dates for her Celebration Tour on Tuesday with the help of some Hollywood friends.

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The tour will kick off this July in Vancouver and end in December in Amsterdam, spanning 35 cities in total across North America and Europe. Other major stops during the first leg include Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami and Los Angeles, with 11 additional dates outside North America — in London, Barcelona, Paris and Stockholm, among others — slated for the fall and early winter.

Produced by Live Nation and featuring Bob the Drag Queen (Caldwell Tidicue) at all dates on the tour, the music event will honor Madonna’s musical journey across four decades with a special celebration of New York, the city where her career began. “I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” Madonna said in a statement included in her tour announcement .

Celebration Tour tickets go on sale at madonna.com/tour starting Friday at 10 a.m. local time. U.S. Citi cardmembers, European and Canadian AMEX cardmembers as well as Legacy members of Madonna’s official fan club will have access to separate presales. VIP packages — featuring premium tickets, exclusive access to a behind-the-scenes tour, a group photo onstage, a pre-show reception, a limited edition lithograph and more — will also be available at vipnation.com . 

The Celebration tour arrives nearly 40 years after Madonna’s 1985 North American Virgin Tour. Madonna last toured in 2019 and early 2020 as part of her Madame X theater tour.

More on the Celebration tour, including its dates and presales, can be found at madonna.com .

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Everything you need to know about 'Madonna: The Celebration Tour'

Her tour started in London on Saturday 14th October

Madonna has now started her 13th tour, 'The Celebration Tour', which will feature music from the past four decades, across 78 shows in 15 countries . After postponing the first leg of her tour due to a bacterial infection, which hospitalised the singer, Madonna has now started the UK and European leg at the O2 Arena in London.

Ahead of her tour starting, Madonna took to Instagram to share a blurred, black and white photo of herself, writing: ' 2 more days…………… #madonnacelebrationtour 🎉'. (sic)

Details of the tour in numbers have been released including details of the huge stage, which is inspired by Manhattan, New York. The 4,400 square feet of stage is the largest for any Madonna tour, and includes Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages.

'The Celebration Tour' in numbers:

Madonna's the celebration tour in numbers.

1 Queen-sized Madonna flag outside the O2 Arena 6 Sold out nights in London 4 Rehearsal venues

17 Archived costumes recreated 50 Merch items including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours such as the Blond Ambition Bomber Jacket 40 Pairs of boxing gloves

24 Onstage performers 1 Extraordinary drag queen 8 th Tour partnering with director Jamie King 1 Stuart Price reunion (producer) 4 of Madonna's children on stage

4 Decades of unstoppable hits – prepare to dance your ass off! 330 Million albums sold, still the best-selling female artist of all time

4,400 square feet of stage, the largest for any Madonna tour. Inspired by the grid of Manhattan with Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West stages. 3 Layered circular stage where the traditional main stage would be, inspired by the wedding cake of Madonna's original VMA performance. 230 Feet of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105feet far into the venue.

14 Spotlights for Madonna and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8800 lighting cues 3600 Square feet of projection imagery to the show. The most amount of video ever used in a Madonna show. 30 Feet off the ground - Madonna is transported around the arena in an illuminated portal frame that acts as a time machine allowing her to move at 1.5 feet per second, 80 feet across and 130 feet down the length of the arena designed to symbolise looking into the past, present and towards the future.

3 Physical therapists 8 Humidifiers in Madonna's dressing room 1 Bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space 200 + Traveling crew – 25 in the costume department alone

13 th Culture shaping tour 15 Countries 78 Shows

80 Tons of production equipment 3700 Amps of show power 3 Traveling mobile gyms 45 Wardrobe trunks

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What songs are on Madonna's 'Celebration Tour' setlist?

Madonna's setlist is full of songs from the past four decades including iconic hits such as 'Like a Prayer', 'Vogue' and 'Holiday'. See the full 'Celebration Tour' setlist .

July 2023: 'Celebration Tour' update

Madonna updated her fans with the current plan for her upcoming tour, which was due to start on 15th July in Vancouver. The current plan is for Madonna to reschedule her North America dates and start the tour in October in Europe, on the dates originally planned.

These current plans mean Madonna's UK dates are still set to take place in October and December. The pop icon is scheduled to perform four dates at London's O2 Arena in October, before returning due to popular demand for another two dates in December.

'Celebration Tour' postponement

Following the news that Madonna has been admitted to hospital , her manager Guy said: "Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care. At this time we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour. We will share more details with you soon as we have them."

February 2023 update: Madonna adds new dates to the 'Celebration Tour'

In February 2023, Madonna announced that she would now perform six UK dates on her 'Celebration Tour', although this has now been postponed. The singer was planning to do four dates in October 2023, followed by two dates in December 2023, all at the O2 arena in London.

When the tour is rescheduled, the Queen of Pop, who has had huge hits over the last four decades including 'Into The Groove', 'Like A Prayer', 'Frozen', 'Music' and 'Hung Up', will be performing in London.

Madonna revealed the tour, called 'Madonna: The Celebration Tour', will celebrate four decades of her music with some of her biggest hits over the last 40+ years.

The tour will take fans on an artistic journey through the four decades she's been in the music industry and pays respect to New York City, where her career in music began.

Speaking about the tour, Madonna said: "I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for."

When will Madonna be on tour?

The 'Vogue' singer will start her 'Celebration Tour' in the UK in October, followed by two dates in December. See all the UK dates below.

October 2023

London, O2 arena - Sat 14th

London, O2 arena - Sun 15th

London, O2 arena - Tue 17th

London, O2 arena - Wed 18th

December 2023

London, O2 arena - Tue 5th

London, O2 arena - Wed 6th

When are tickets on sale to see Madonna?

Madonna tickets are now on sale, although most dates have sold out.

How to buy tickets to see Madonna

Tickets to see Madonna in the UK are on sale now at from Magic Radio Tickets. .

Who will be a special guest on Madonna's tour?

Bob the Drag Queen a.k.a. Caldwell Tidicue is scheduled to be a special guest at all dates on 'The Celebration Tour'.

When was Madonna last on tour in the UK?

Madonna's last UK tour was in 2020 for her 'Madame X Tour'. The tour started in New York City in 2019, before performing across the US and doing part of her European leg before the Coronavirus Pandemic forced her to cancel two shows in Paris.

While in the UK she performed several shows at London Palladium during January and February 2020.

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Take a look through Madonna's amazing career over the years:

1985: madonna performing on 'the virgin tour', 1985: madonna performs at live aid, 1987: channelling her inner marilyn monroe for 'who's that girl', 1990: the iconic pointy corset was worn on madonna's 'blonde ambition' tour, 1993: madonna went for a close pixie crop hairdo on her 'girlie show' tour.

Releasing Jeeves after Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew chose a biographical topic for his next musical - focusing on the life of Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. The show's most famous song is 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina', and was made into a film in 1996 with Madonna in the lead role (pictured) starring alongside Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce.

1998: She went for a more natural, stripped back look to promote 'Ray Of Light'

1998: in the same year, she went drastically dark for the 'frozen' music video, 2001: looking sleek at the mean machine premiere with her then-husband guy ritchie, 2004: she was back to curly blonde locks for the 'reinvention tour', 2008: she was looking fierce in black on her 'sticky & sweet tour', 2012: she gave the cheerleading performance of her life on the 'mdna tour', 2013: she chose a blunt black wig for the punk-themed met gala, 2015: madonna caught everyone's eye with her matador performance at the brit awards - especially with that cape, 2017: she turned heads in camo at the met gala, 2019: madonna sported an eye patch for her performance at the 2019 eurovision song contest, 2020: the london palladium.

Madonna's appearance after her performance at The London Palladium in January 2020 is one of the only times she has been photographed in the last couple of years!

2022: Madonna joins Columbian singer Maluma on stage

Madonna was the special guest of Columbian singer Maluma at his hometown show in Medellín on 30th April. They performed her 2000 hit 'Music' together as well as a rendition of their song 'Medellín' from her 2019 album 'Madame X'. Backed by a group of dancers, Madonna stood out in a pink dress and plenty of bling.

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2023: Madonna announced 'The Celebration Tour'

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Madonna tour gets underway in London after singer's intensive care stay

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• Saturday 14 October 2023 at 10:12pm

Madonna’s latest tour is underway in London, after it was postponed in June when the singer was admitted to intensive care.

The Celebration Tour – which is set to cover her greatest hits over the so-called Queen of Pop’s more than four decade-strong career – got underway at the O2 in London on Saturday evening (14 October), where she will play four sold-out dates.

Speaking to the thousands in the crowd, she said: “Am I imagining this? Oh my God, it is so good to be back London.”

“I’m pretty damned surprised that I made it this far and I mean that on so many levels… How did I make it this far? Because of you. I’m going to take a bit of credit too.”, she added.

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The show is billed as a “one-of-a-kind experience” which staff say has “no band on stage” and a setlist featuring “about 45 songs”.

Ahead of her first gig of this tour, the 65-year-old shared photos on her Instagram stories on Friday enjoying an evening with her son David Banda, Stella McCartney and talent manager Guy Oseary as well as visiting her son Rocco Ritchie’s art exhibition.

In June, Madonna postponed the original start date of her latest tour in Canada due to what her manager called a "serious bacterial infection", which led to the music artist having a several-day stay in intensive care.

The singer posted on Instagram in July, saying she was focusing on “health and getting stronger” and mentioned that the plan was to “reschedule the North American leg of the tour and to begin in October in Europe”.

Her tour is supposed to pay homage to the city of New York where her career in music began.

“I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” Madonna said in a statement before the tour.

Special guest RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Bob The Drag Queen, real name Caldwell Tidicue, is set to perform across all dates.

Madonna – the most successful female artist in UK chart history with 13 chart-toppers – has an huge back catalogue which includes her early successes 1985’s Into The Groove and 1986’s Papa Don’t Preach along with her latest hits 2008’s 4 Minutes featuring Justin Timberlake and 2006’s Sorry.

She has also had more number two peaks – such as 2003’s American Life and 1999’s Beautiful Stranger – on the British charts than any other artist, with 12 according to Official Charts Company.

Her performances have also featured shocking moments including her 1990 Blond Ambition tour, which included risque onstage antics, sexual and religious themes, and eye-catching costumes (including her famous conical bra) sparked outrage from global authorities.

Pope John Paul II declared her concert “one of the most satanic shows in the history of humanity”, causing several Italian shows to be cancelled.

Following her London show, the singer moves onto her European leg which includes venues in Denmark, Belgium and Spain – ending back in the UK for two more concerts in London in December.

Madonna will start the North American leg of her tour on December 13 in Brooklyn, New York, before she travels to cities including Boston, Toronto and Miami.

She is expected to finish at Mexico City in Mexico which she is set to be in across four dates from April 20 to April 24 2024.

This is Madonna’s first tour since her Madame X shows, which ended in 2020.

Some of these performances were called off due to knee and hip injuries.

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Madonna Sued Again Over Delayed Concerts: ‘Total Disrespect For Her Fans’

Months after she was sued by angry New Yorkers, a group of D.C. fans say Madonna made them wait hours in a "hot, uncomfortable arena" before lip syncing her performance.

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Madonna is facing another federal class action lawsuit over late starts to her concerts, this time filed by spurned Washington D.C. ticket buyers who are accusing her of showing “total disrespect for her fans.”

In a complaint filed Friday in D.C. federal court, three fans claim that the Queen of Pop broke the law by taking the stage two hours late at a pair of December concerts at the city’s Capital One Arena.

The lawsuit, which also named concert giant Live Nation as a defendant, says that the late starts amount to “a wanton exercise in false advertising.”

“Forcing consumers to wait hours for her performance in a hot, uncomfortable arena is demonstrative of Madonna’s arrogant and total disrespect for her fans,” lawyers for the fans wrote. “In essence, Madonna and Live Nation are a consumer’s worst nightmare.”

Madonna Hits Back at Concert Delay Lawsuit, Says Fans Can’t Sue Over Needing to ‘Wake Up Early…

The new case comes three months after Madonna was hit with a similar lawsuit over delayed starts to December shows in New York City. That case made headlines because it claimed the fans “had to get up early to go to work” the next day – a claim Madonna’s lawyers have since argued is not the kind of “cognizable injury” that can form the basis for a lawsuit.

In Friday’s complaint, which was filed by the same lawyers as the New York case, the fans seemed intent on heading off that same kind of backlash. “This complaint is not about unhappy fans who don’t want to stay up late, but instead, reasonable, responsible people who had commitments to babysitters, work, getting their vehicles out of parking lots that closed at 12:00 midnight, and realizing that public transportation would no longer be operating.”

Like the previous case, the lawsuit is a proposed class action that aims to represent all fans who experienced similar problems from the late start. A rep for Madonna and Live Nation did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday.

Filed by fans Elizabeth Halper-Asefi, Mary Conoboy, and Nestor Monte, Jr., the new case claims that Dec. 18 and Dec. 19 tour dates on Madonna’s Celebration Tour listed an 8:30 p.m. start time, but that the shows did not start until 10:40. When the star finally did take the stage, they say she offered no apologies: “I am sorry I am late… no, I am not sorry, it’s who I am… I’m always late.”

In the earlier New York case, Madonna and Live Nation’s lawyers have argued that “no reasonable concertgoer—and certainly no Madonna fan—would expect the headline act at a major arena concert to take the stage at the ticketed event time” and that fans cannot sue over something they knew about when they bought their tickets.

But in Friday’s complaint, lawyers for the D.C. fans called that argument “absurd.”

“In fact, reasonable consumers have seen that concerts featuring Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen, whose tours are also promoted by Live Nation, do start on the time indicated on the ticket and have similar experiences attending Broadway theater, NFL football and Major League baseball games,” the lawyers write.

The new case includes notable new allegations beyond the delayed start. For instance, the D.C. fans also claim the venue was “uncomfortably hot” and that Madonna herself had insisted on the temperature. When fans allegedly chanted “A.C.” at her, they say she responded “f**k you! I’m cold!… If you’re hot, take your f**king clothes off!”

The new case also claims that Madonna lip synched portions of the D.C. shows – another bit of alleged false advertising to fans who expected that she would “perform her music live” from the stage. “Had plaintiffs and other class members known that … the performer would be lip synching, they would not have purchased their tickets.”

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SIXTH AND FINAL LONDON SHOW ADDED

As part of her huge Celebration Tour, Madonna has added a sixth and final London date to her schedule, performing at London’s The O2 on Wednesday 6th December.

Madonna, the best-selling female solo touring artist of all time, announced that The Celebration Tour has sold-out 36 shows and counting across Toronto, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and more, with over 600,000 tickets sold. Due to overwhelming demand, 36 new dates have now been added across North America and Europe. The global run now includes second shows in Miami, Las Vegas, Milan, Barcelona and more as well as four nights in Paris, six nights in New York and Los Angeles, and a newly announced sixth and final night in London, with multiple added dates already sold-out. The Celebration Tour will kick off on Saturday, July 15th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC with stops in Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, and more before making its way to Europe where she will perform in 11 cities throughout the fall, including Antwerp, Copenhagen, Paris and Stockholm, among others. The Celebration Tour will then return to London to on Tuesday 5-December and Wednesday 6th December at The O2 to wrap up the European tour before returning to North America for additional and newly confirmed dates. Following Madonna’s viral video that announced the tour last week, the response has been outstanding, with fans looking forward to seeing the best-selling female solo touring artist of all time perform her unmatched catalog of music from the past 40 plus years in a live setting. Building off the excitement of last week’s announcement, Madonna has turned directly to her fanbase as she builds out her Celebration Tour setlist, asking her fans “What song would you like to dance to at my show?” on her social platforms. The Celebration Tour will offer a one-of-a-kind experience with special guest Bob the Drag Queen a.k.a. Caldwell Tidicue across all dates on the global tour. TICKETS: Tickets for the newly announced sixth London show on 6th December go on sale Wednesday 1st Febraury at 9am at madonna.com Tickets for previously announced shows are avalaible HERE FAN CLUB PRESALE:  Legacy members of Madonna’s Official Fan Club will have a pre-sale opportunity beginning on Tuesday, January 31st at 9am through 6pm GMT. AMEX INCLUSION FOR U.K.:  American Express Cardmembers can get access to tickets by heading to ticketmaster.co.uk/americanexpress and don’t miss your chance to see Madonna live on stage! Terms and Conditions apply. VIP: Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, exclusive access to a behind the scenes tour, group photo on-stage, pre-show reception, limited edition lithograph & more. For more information, visit vipnation.com .

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Madonna is wrapping up her current concert tour over the next few days with a trilogy of shows in Mexico City. Prices have been climbing over recent days, so you'll have to be sharp if you want to buy Madonna tickets for these dates while you can for the The Celebration Tour.

Before she takes her final bow of the Celebration Tour concert series in April 2024, Madonna will have performed 52 shows across 27 cities in the US, Canada, and Mexico. While many dates earlier in the tour were available for under $100, these final dates will cost you at least $245 at the time of writing. Still, it's a few grand cheaper than the Swifties have been paying this year.

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With the concert series being a retrospective celebration of her iconic career, The Celebration Tour's setlist unsurprisingly includes plenty of Madonna's timeless hits. Songs like "Like a Prayer," "Vogue," "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," and "Like a Virgin" have been performed across various dates on her tour.

We've got you covered if you're still looking for tickets to Madonna's Celebration Tour. Here's our breakdown of Madonna's remaining 2024 tour schedule, purchasing details, and original and resale ticket prices. You can also browse the available tickets for sale on StubHub and Vivid Seats at your leisure.

Madonna 2024 tour schedule

All concert times are listed in local time zones.

How to buy tickets for Madonna's 2024 concert tour

Madonna tickets have been on sale for a while now, so all original ones via Ticketmaster are long gone.

However, Madonna tickets are still available through verified resale vendors like StubHub and Vivid Seats .

How much do Madonna tickets cost?

The price for standard original tickets to Madonna's 2024 tour varies depending on date, location, and demand. For example, concert dates in major cities like New York City tend to be more expensive.

Standard original tickets still available on Ticketmaster a few weeks ago  were comparable to prices on verified resale platforms. However, the remaining original tickets have all been snapped up though, so resale vendors are your only hope now.

The Celebration Tour originally had VIP tickets available for premium prices. Madonna's 2024 concert series had The Immaculate VIP Package, Iconic VIP Package), You Can Dance Premium Ticket Package, and Where's The Party Premium Ticket Package. The prices for original tickets for each package on Ticketmaster started at $1,750, $895, $545, and $475, respectively.

Who is opening for Madonna's tour?

Madonna has not announced any additional opening acts for her 2024 concert dates. However, the artist is joined by Bob the Drag Queen, a special guest in each of her shows, who helps introduce the concert and interacts with Madonna as the emcee.

Madonna's 2024 tour began with the international leg in Europe, so the only remaining concerts in The Celebration Tour outside the United States are in Mexico.

In April, she'll have five performances in Mexico City, where she'll take her final bow of The Celebration Tour on April 26.

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One of madonna’s biggest hits is surging–and there are several reasons why.

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Madonna is still riding high off the success of her global The Celebration Tour, which will conclude next month. As she prepares to wind down from the road, one of the pop superstar’s biggest and most important singles is surging in popularity once more.

Usually when a decades-old cut returns to prominence in any way, it’s thanks to one special event, a milestone, or a unique pop culture moment. Madonna has both working in her favor this week.

“Like a Prayer” is currently bounding up the U.S. iTunes chart. At present, the tune reappears at No. 60 on the ranking of the bestselling individual songs in America. It just returned to the tally, and it seems like it will continue to climb in the coming hours and maybe even days.

Fans of Madonna–both casual and die-hard–may be returning to the tune after hearing it in a new movie trailer. “Like a Prayer” soundtracks the new teaser for the forthcoming film Deadpool & Wolverine . The action-packed flick is one of the most highly-anticipated of the year, and its trailer became a trending topic from the moment it arrived.

Being featured in a major movie trailer might be enough to push “Like a Prayer” up the iTunes chart–but it’s not the only thing going on with the tune. Superfans of Madonna may also be honoring the smash as it celebrates a special anniversary.

It was 35 years ago–almost to the day–that “Like a Prayer” reached No. 1 on the Hot 100. The same week, the album that shares a title with its massive single also landed atop the Billboard 200. Not many people may be aware of the importance of this week, but those who adore Madonna may very well be purchasing the cut–perhaps again–to celebrate its initial crowning.

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Madonna To Stage Free Concert On Rio De Janeiro Beach In May

Madonna announced today that she’ll perform a free concert in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, May 4, to cap her blockbuster Celebration Tour.

The concert, staged at Rio’s Copacabana Beach in front of the Belmond Copacabana Palace Hotel, “will be free of charge as a thank you to her fans for celebrating more than four decades of her music over the course of the epic global run of the tour,” a message on her website reads. The concert will be Madonna’s first show in Brazil since 2012.

No tickets are required for the event, with admission on a first come first serve basis the day of the event. The show will be broadcast live on TV Globo.

The tour launched in London last October with a six sold out shows at The O2. The tour has traveled across 14 countries.

The Celebration Tour continues tonight with the second of two shows in Dallas before making stops in Houston, Atlanta, Austin and others. The upcoming dates also include three nights in Miami at the Kaseya Center (April 6, 7 and 9) and five nights at Palacio De Los Deportes in Mexico City.

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