Madonna rushed to hospital ‘after being found unresponsive’ with iconic singer forced to postpone 2023 Celebration tour
MADONNA has been rushed to the ICU after being found unresponsive, forcing the pop star to postpone her highly-anticipated Celebration tour.
The music icon’s manager, Guy Oseary, took to social media on Wednesday to explain that Madonna, 64, stayed in the ICU for several days after a bacterial infection.
“On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which led to a several day stay in the ICU,” Oseary wrote in a on Instagram.
“Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care.”
Oseary said that Madonna’s team expects a “full recovery” but would “pause all commitments,” including the Celebration Tour.
Her manager added that more information and rescheduled tour dates would come for fans soon.
“We will share more details with you as soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows,” Oseary said.
Madonna is said to have been “strenuously rehearsing” for her upcoming tour in recent weeks.
But her condition on Saturday was apparently so dire her family wasn’t sure whether she would pull through, a relative told the .
“For the past couple of days, no one really knew which direction this was going to turn, and her family was preparing for the worst,” the unnamed family member said.
“Everyone believed that we may lose her and that has been the reality of the situation.”
The relative said the health scare has brought the family together and served as a wake up call for the singer, who has “not been living as healthy a life as she should be for her age”.
She has been “wearing herself thin over the past couple of months,” according to the source, who added: “She thinks that she is still young when, in fact, she is not.
“She also believes that she is invincible.”
Madonna was found unresponsive and then quickly rushed to a New York City hospital on Saturday, according to .
The star was intubated for an evening and is now conscious, according to their source.
“She had been putting in 12-hour days,” an insider close to Madonna’s tour production told Page Six.
“She was strenuously rehearsing and putting in the work.”
The pop star’s daughter, Lourdes Leon, was said to have been by her mother’s side throughout the health crisis.
Questions surrounding Madonna’s condition remain, and the Material Girl made an ominous to Instagram just days before her hospitalization.
She included several photos of herself backstage with somber expressions, captioning the images: “The Calm Before The Storm……….”
Last Wednesday, she took to Instagram to celebrate the elementary school graduations of her 10-year-old twins, Stella and Estere.
“2 Kweens!!!! Happy Graduation!” Madonna exclaimed in the caption.
Pictures included in the story saw the twins holding flowers in blue caps and gowns.
Madonna had only announced the Celebration Tour earlier this year, which honored 40 years since she started her music career.
It was set to include stops in 43 cities spanning the globe and would specifically “pay respect to the city of New York, where her career in music began,” per .
Live Nation produced the Celebration Tour with dates spanning other major cities aside from New York, including Detroit, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles before heading to Europe.
While overseas, Madonna was scheduled to stop in London, Stockholm, Barcelona, Paris, and more.
The tour was due to kick off on July 15 in Vancouver, Canada.
She previously detailed her excitement to delve into the entirety of her discography on tour with fans.
“I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” she told Page Six after the Celebration Tour announcement.
Madonna last toured before the height of the Covid-19 pandemic from September 2019 to March 2020.
