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Madonna spent several days in intensive care after contracting a serious bacterial infection on Saturday. Her manager said in a statement that she was postponing a world tour that was due to start next month.
The singer remains under medical supervision, Guy Oseary said on Instagram, but is expected to make a full recovery. “We’ll let you know more details as soon as we have them, including a new tour start date and any shows that have been postponed,” he said.
Madonna’s representatives, including Oseary, could not be immediately reached for comment on the severity of her condition or whether she was awake and responsive.
Her Celebration Tour, which was announced in a video in January and which also featured Amy Schumer, Jack Black and Lil Wayne, was scheduled to kick off July 15 in Vancouver, with concerts planned into next year. The tour was to include stops in Seattle, New York, DC, Mexico City and London.
“I don’t take any of this for granted,” Madonna, 64, said a few days after announcing her tour. “I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.”
The pop star has had a number of health incidents in recent years, including horseback riding accidents in 2005 and 2009. In 2020, she suffered announced She would undergo regenerative treatment for missing cartilage a few months after abruptly canceling a performance in Lisbon, saying She had to “listen to my body and rest.”
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