On Tuesday, Madonna fans received the highly-anticipated news that the Queen of Pop was hitting the road on a massive world tour that will highlight her over 40 years of hit music.
Madonna made the announcement in a video referencing her groundbreaking 1991 documentary Truth or Dare. In the clip, the Vogue singer plays a game of truth or dare with celebrity pals including Amy Schumer, Jack Black, Lil Wayne, Diplo, Meg Stalter and Bob the Drag Queen.
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Madonna: The Celebration Tour will kick off in North America on July 15th in Vancouver, with stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, New York and Miami, and more before heading across the pond to Europe.
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.@Madonna: #TheCelebrationTour. Four decades of music – featuring her greatest hits live! Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am local time right here https://t.co/CR54A8YwKL pic.twitter.com/PepsCDngmI
— Live Nation (@LiveNation) January 17, 2023
Within minutes of the news, her legions of loyal fans were already plotting and scheming ways to get their hands on tickets to the tour.
While Madonna concerts are known for costing a small fortune, many fans were feeling the added trauma stemming from The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Debacle of 2022. The ticketing mishap for Swift’s Eras Tour has led to two federal class action lawsuits against the media conglomerate.
By Tuesday afternoon, some fans shared they were already experiencing delays and receiving error messages when attempting to purchase Madonna tickets on Ticketmaster/LiveNation during a presale for Citi cards members. Like a prayer!
Although tickets to the general public don’t go on sale until Friday, January 20th, many are already prepared to do whatever they have to successfully snag seats to the Celebration tour.
Me on ticketmaster fighting the twinks for a madonna ticket
pic.twitter.com/uqhLz3pzqu— PAPI DEAREST (@ArchiveArchie_) January 17, 2023
Madonna tickets are gonna be on Ticketmaster… pic.twitter.com/Ak9eAR0AvJ
— Seddera Side (@sedderaside) January 17, 2023
Batallando con the gays en la web de Ticketmaster para conseguir en pre-venta boletos para el show de Madonna. pic.twitter.com/DCIwCCco4C
— Andrea Refrigerio (@ElverGa50372453) January 17, 2023
me fighting off scalpers and og stans to get Madonna tickets: pic.twitter.com/p18VV9XIGu
— Dan 🪩 (@bydanram) January 17, 2023
Madonna announcing she’s going on tour as I’m trying to save up for renaissance tickets…. pic.twitter.com/41rBfEkhaT
— Cody ✨ (@Thot_Pocket) January 17, 2023
These Madonna tickets gonna cost an arm and a leg I fear pic.twitter.com/okC7AGoA8l
— hoanne (@sinnersprey) January 17, 2023
Me on the phone with Ticketmaster after the Madonna tix sales crashes the site. pic.twitter.com/TwtYy2KHzG
— BEAUTIFUL GAME (@cicconeLife) January 15, 2023
Worldwide @Ticketmaster resellers right now. pic.twitter.com/prCjGLAyWF
— Héctor Vela (@reinohvp) January 17, 2023
But fear not, at least a couple had a lucky star and were already able to secure their seats!
GOT FLOOR TICKETS TO OPENING NIGHT TO THE #MadonnaCelebrationTour in Vancouver!!!!! #Madonna #MadonnaIsComing @DavidRobert pic.twitter.com/Sw50TyAfEQ
— Philip Tetro (@PhilipTetro) January 17, 2023
MADONNA TICKETS FUCKING SECURED 😭❤️ pic.twitter.com/B1rlKgoiTU
— kyle (@kylevsthew0rld) January 17, 2023
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bachy
Roughly how much do commenters think the damage will be?
abfab
That would depend on how much X you do at the show. Or are the kids calling it Molly now? Who can say.
Nose bleed seats are great seats. You get to watch the party all taking place before you and there are fewer obnoxious cell phone camera morons waving thier gadgets in front of your face.
I HATE THAT!
sfv1971
I scored two nosebleed seats in LA for $116 a piece. Hey at least I’m in the building!
Jim
Ah! Madonna’s HasBeen Tour.
Gabby
She’s such a has been that you took the time to click and leave a comment. Do you see how that works? She announces a tour and her entire back catalogue immediately starts to chart all over the world. She presently has albums in the top 10 all over the world right now.
Chrisk
I get it that you don’t like her but come on. Lol
abfab
You’re the has been. And who uses that term anymore? Please note, lots and lots of people in the arts and entertainment industry are super happy with huge tours. Lots of people get to work and play and have fun and make MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC.
Bars and restaurants and hotels and merch and all around good vibes. Post Covid. Get happy.
Grrrowler
The husband was looking for tickets while I was working, and they kept disappearing in front of him when he’d try to buy them. I tried when I got home and the only seats even close to the stage were $2,500 each. We agreed that we should simply close the browser window and move on with life and we just don’t want to see her THAT bad.
Gabby
Worth every penny!
eboger37
Why do you need that close to the stage . You can get reasonable seats and the atmosphere will be amazing. I mean she may never do a greatest hits tour again .
abfab
Go to the box office an hour before show time. Seats almost always open up, and in the strangest of places! Do not fret!
Gabby
I literally cried when I bought mine
abfab
Don’t cry for me, Argentina~
durkadur
Pain is a warning that something’s wrong.
(Just don’t pray to god it won’t be long. Go see a therapist instead.)
bsg1967
Those prices plus she’s only toured Australia once so I will wait for concert video, better angles and not a sea of morons filming on their phones.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Wow! The comments are a clear indication that she has her publicity people scouring the internet promoting her once upon a time ass again. People, Madonna’s lifelong fans (and believe it or not I am one) are like me, late 50’s-early 60’s and many of us were not as lucky as she is to be able to cough up $1k for tickets to see a star whose last smash hit, Vogue, was thirty three years ago. She’s had a few long forgotten hits here and there but nothing like Vogue. Its sad she’s become hell bent to promote a sleaze bucket image instead of showing how she’s aged with grace like us, knows how to put on a dress and have decent pictures of her and her kids having a nice outing such as a restaurant dinner. It’s almost like she doesn’t even have kids. It’s all Madonna, Madonna, Madonna. Enough honey, Go sit your ass down somewhere.
Man About Town
You must be pulling a major Rip Van Winkle trip if you think “Vogue” was her last smash hit.
Chrisk
No once upon a time about her. She’s had a shit ton of hit albums since Vogue. I thought Madam X a couple years ago was pretty good. Rebel Heart in 2015 was probably the best though.
abfab
Grace? LOL
abfab
Madonna Madonna Madonna
Did you really have to bring up Robin Williams, Sister Mary Elephant.
Shut UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!
Thank you.
abfab
Erotica.
Gabby
“instead of showing us she’s aged with grace, like us” = HAHAHAHA I just can’t. Honey, she owes you nothing.
I’ll be honest, you sound super bitter.
abfab
I’m cringeing a little bit tho. Will her ”special guests” be worthy? I hate it when others take over someone’s show for a while. GO AWAY!
And for all those who hate it when the artist goes all political……..tough shit.
bachy
I’m pretty sure her special guest is Bob the Drag Queen, for the entirety of the tour. It’s already been announced.
bsg1967
I’m 55 and you missed a lot of “last hits” and right up to hung up after that yes agreed it’s a drought.
rover4x
so true, I’ve tried for hours for LA concert and ticketmaster system message kept on saying the seats I’ve selected and try to put in the cart has been purchased from other fans. now I know how Swift fans feel, lol. I hope she adds more dates.
durkadur
Please define ‘highly anticipated’ and ´legions of loyal fans’…. All I’ve seen so far is mild anticipation and a bunch of frustrated brazilian fans.
Gabby
She announced the tour yesterday and now her entire back catalogue is charting all over the world. She has albums and songs in the top 10 all over the world, simply after announcing a tour.
durkadur
Sure , like that time she posted on an ig story that her demo was #1 on apple global chart and she wasn’t anywhere inside the daily top 100: global?
Gabby
Dude a quick search on any world chart will confirm than her entire catalogue is charting all over the world. She never posted about this – I work in music and it’s my job to look at music charts across all platforms. Click on to iTunes in any country and you will see. Since the beginning of her career she has alway been hated, so what you are doing is nothing new but rather basic. But for someone who does not like her, you sure spend a greta deal of time thinking about her.
Claytonisahobo
I love my girl Madonna since the beginning. Was fortunate enough to see her live once. A dream come true. However, I’m good. I am happy she is going on tour but I have no interest in spending obscene amounts of money to see it.
I hope all who go have a wonderful time and it’s a fantastic show.
I will be happy to watch it on streaming or DVD at some point 🙂
abfab
I love your name!!!!!!!!!!! Dorothy to Rose over cheesecake….. “Clayton is a hobo?” Hysterical!
abfab
Drowned World and Your Subsitute For Love.
SWIM
wow