Ailing Madonna will dramatically scale back her seven-month-long world tour across 45 cities after her health scare
- The 64-year-old was due to begin a concert schedule in Canada in two weeks
- Plans are now being redrawn for world tour after her admission to intensive care
Madonna will dramatically scale back her seven-month-long world tour after her health scare.
The pop superstar was due to play 45 cities but plans are being redrawn after she was rushed to intensive care suffering from a serious bacterial infection last weekend.
The 64-year-old, who had been found unresponsive in her New York apartment, was intubated and put on a ventilator.
Madonna was due to begin a gruelling concert schedule in Canada in two weeks. Now sources have told The Mail on Sunday that plans are being considered to cut the number of concerts from 84 if her 40th-anniversary Celebration tour goes ahead.
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Madonna was due to begin a gruelling concert schedule in Canada in two weeks
One insider said: 'In the cold light of day, considering what Madonna has just been through, and considering she is 64, was it really sensible to book so many tour dates in the first place?
'This schedule would be gruelling for even the youngest and fittest of artists. More than 70 gigs across the world is extreme. Madonna and her team are going to have to consider cutting back on the schedule.'
One tour manager added it would be a 'logistical nightmare' to re-plan the tour in terms of finding venues that are available.
Guy Oseary, Madonna's manager, said that the singer, who was discharged from hospital on Thursday after being given the all-clear, had been forced to 'pause all commitments', including the tour.
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The 64-year-old, who had been found unresponsive in her New York apartment , was intubated and put on a ventilator (Pictured in 2017)
He added: '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.'
Sources close to the singer say she has been left exhausted by the infection. It has been claimed that Madonna, who had reportedly been in the recording studio with Katy Perry hours before falling ill, was seen looking tired in the days before she was hospitalised.
Her 12-hour days of tour rehearsals were said to have contributed to her illness.
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