Madonna hospitalized for days in ICU with serious bacterial infection, concerts postponed

“Hope she feels better very soon!” wrote Zooey Deschanel, while Jon Batiste commented with three prayer hands emojis.

Madonna’s last tour was also marred by a series of health scares. The Madame X tour ran from September 2019 to March 2020, but several shows were called off because Madonna was injured, including an Oct. 7, 2019 performance at the Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn.

Additionally, all three shows in Boston were canceled, and Madonna ended her tour a day early in Miami because she was in “indescribable pain.”

Madonna had a brief rest period before the tour’s European leg, but that didn’t stop three shows in London and four more in Paris also getting the ax.

After the final shows were canceled due to COVID-19, Madonna later revealed that she underwent hip replacement surgery in late 2020.

“I used to be a fitness, workout maniac,” Madonna said in a documentary about the tumultuous Madame X tour. “I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but I’m limping a lot — I was in more pain that I’ve ever been in in my life.”

The upcoming Celebration tour was supposed to be Madonna’s triumphant return to the stage, with dozens of sold-out shows scheduled from coast to coast in the U.S. and Western Europe.