The Press Release:
Today, Madonna announced Madonna: The Celebration Tour, in an iconic viral video with a wink to her groundbreaking film Truth or Dare. The video (I’ve embedded it down below for easy appreciation) features notable names such as Diplo, Judd Apatow, Jack Black, Lil Wayne, Bob The Drag Queen, Kate Berlant, Larry Owens, Meg Stalter, Eric Andre and culminates with Amy Schumer daring the global superstar to go on tour and perform her four decades of mega hits. Madonna, the best-selling female solo touring artist of all time, rises to the challenge announcing The Celebration Tour which will be highlighting her unmatched catalog of music from the past 40 plus years.
Produced by Live Nation, the 35-city global tour will kick off in North America on Saturday, July 15th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC with stops in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and more before making its way to Europe where she will hit 11 cities throughout the fall, including London, Barcelona, Paris, and Stockholm, among others. The Celebration Tour will wrap in Amsterdam, NL on Friday, December 1st at Ziggo Dome.
The Celebration Tour will take us on Madonna’s artistic journey through four decades and pays respect to the city of New York where her career in music began. “I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” states Madonna.
The Celebration Tour will offer a one-of-a-kind experience with special guest Bob the Drag Queen a.k.a. Caldwell Tidicue across all dates on the global tour.
TICKETS: Tickets go on sale Friday, January 20 and Friday, January 27at 10am local time at madonna.com/tour.
FAN CLUB PRESALE: Legacy members of Madonna’s Official Fan Club will have a pre-sale opportunity for the shows that go on sale on Friday, January 20 beginning Tuesday, January 17 at 12pm ET through Wednesday, January 18 at 5pm ET for the North America based shows and from 9am GMT/10am CET to 5pm GMT/6pm CET on Wednesday, January 18 for UK and European shows. An additional Legacy pre-sale for the North American based shows going on sale on January 27th begins on Monday, January 23 (10am) through Wednesday, January 25 (5pm).
U.S. CITI PRESALE: Citi is the official card of Madonna The Celebration Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for shows going on sale January 20th beginning Tuesday, January 17 at 2pm local time through Thursday, January 19 at 6pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. The Citi cardmember presale for the shows going on sale on January 27 will begin Tuesday, January 24 at 10am local time through Thursday, January 26 at 6pm local time. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.
CANADA AMEX PRESALE: American Express Cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal beginning Wednesday January 18 at 10am local time through Thursday, January 19 at 6pm local time. Visit ticketmaster.ca/americanexpress)] to purchase tickets. Ticket limits & terms apply.
EUROPE AMEX PRESALE: American Express Cardmembers can purchase tickets to Madonna’s tour in Sweden, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Belgium before the general public. Pre-sale open from 18 January at 9am, until 19 January at 6pm.
VIP: Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, exclusive access to a behind the scenes tour, group photo on-stage, pre-show reception, limited edition lithograph & more. For more information, visit vipnation.com.
THE CELEBRATION TOUR NORTH AMERICAN DATES:
Jul 15 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Jul 18 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
Jul 22 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
Jul 25 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Jul 27 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
Jul 30 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
Aug 02 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Aug 05 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Aug 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
Aug 09 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Aug 13 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
Aug 19 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
Aug 23 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Aug 24 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Aug 30 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Sep 02 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
Sep 05 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Sep 07 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
Sep 09 – Miami, FL – Miami-Dade Arena
Sep 13 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Sep 18 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Sep 21 – Austin, TX – Moody Center ATX
Sep 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena
Oct 04 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
Oct 07 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
THE CELEBRATION TOUR EUROPE DATES:
Oct 14 – London, UK – The O2
Oct 21 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis
Oct. 25 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena
Oct 28 – Stockholm, SE – Tele2
Nov 01 – Barcelona, ES – Palau Sant Jordi
Nov 06 – Lisbon, PT – Altice Arena
Nov 12 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena
Nov 13 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena
Nov 15 – Cologne, DE – Lanxess Arena
Nov 23 – Milan, IT – Mediolanum Forum
Nov 28 – Berlin, DE – Mercedes-Benz Arena
Dec 1 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome
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Piercing Ken Thoughts: Though I’m not someone who can consider themselves a diehard supporter of what Madonna does, since I lean much heavier in musical preference, I will say one thing that is 100% true and that is how she is a creative force of nature. Growing up during the time that I did there was literally no escaping Madonna songs on the radio and since this was also a time when MTV regularly was showing actual music videos instead of “Teen Mom” and “Real Housewives” stuff, you would probably see her videos go by you a few times each hour. since she is celebrating a forty year career history during this run, there are going to be a lot of her very best tunes and again, she knows full well how to put on a show so its going to be something that no one will soon forget. I think it might be a little harder to get these tickets than the recent hoopla surrounding the Taylor Swift ones and while I don’t anticipate my seeing one of the NYC shows, I would surely go if a ticket lands on my doorstep. It’s important to see the legends of music while you can of course. I am not sure if she is viewing this as a farewell tour because that would have been in the branding if it was. I’ll wrap this up now and ask those folks at home what they think about it all. What say you? Chime in down below in the comments section and I will see you next time. Please keep safe out there.
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