Did Madonna Fake Her Health Scare? Here’s Why A Music Insider Says So.
July 16, 2023 by Carrie McCabe
Due to a recent health scare, Madonna‘s historic Celebration tour has officially been postponed—however, one music industry insider is calling the illness a “ruse,” and blaming the delay (which they referred to as a cancellation) on “dismal” tour sales.
A few weeks ago, the “Material Girl” singer’s manager, Guy Oseary, wrote on Instagram that Madonna had been admitted to her local hospital’s intensive care unit due to the infection, following extensive rehearsals for the Celebration concert tour, which was due to kick off July 15th in Vancouver. The singer herself shared a message to Instagram on July 10th expressing her regret that she would have to postpone the North American leg of the tour to focus on her health, with the tour’s beginning now scheduled for October in Europe.
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Following in the footsteps of recent mega-tours like Taylor Swift’s Eras concerts and Beyoncé’s Renaissance performances, Madonna‘s Celebration tour was meant to, well, celebrate her illustrious 40-plus-years in the entertainment industry, with more than 80 performances scheduled for all around the world, including huge dates in New York, London, Barcelona and more—and, perhaps, the pressure on the 64-year-old icon to perform may have pushed her to not seek medical help when symptoms began to emerge prior to being found unresponsive at her home on June 24th.
TMZ recently reported Madonna was battling a fever for longer than the month leading up to her hospitalization, but did not pursue treatment due to her concern that doing so would jeopardize the tour, which was to begin in less than a month. However, that delay apparently allowed whatever infection she had to spread, resulting in her admission to the hospital.