After canceling multiple shows during the U.S. leg of her Madame X World Tour, Madonna has moved on to Europe, where she has been canceling shows there as well.
After scrapping two of six performances in Lisbon, Portugal, the singer announced over the weekend that she was canceling her opening night show in London, which had been scheduled for later today, as well.
“I am deeply sorry that I have to cancel my concert scheduled for Monday January 27th in London,” Madonna wrote in an Instagram post published on Saturday.
“Under doctors guidance I have been told to rest for a few days. As you all know, I have injuries that have plagued me since the beginning of the tour but I must always listen to my body and put my health first. The last thing I want to do is disappoint my fans or compromise the integrity of my show.”
Then she vowed, “I will keep going until I cannot.”
Throughout this tour, Madonna has complained of “overwhelming” and “indescribable” pain due to a knee injury suffered during rehearsals. As a result, multiple shows had to be scrapped in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Miami, Lisbon, and now London.
But one very observant fan who had tickets to tonight’s now-canceled performance raised suspicion a week ago.
Prior to Madonna announcing the performance being canceled, John Suddes noticed that the venue hosting the concert tweeted about the show and then deleted the tweet several days earlier.
“Why did @LondonPalladium take down this tweet? Do they know something we don’t?@Madonna if you’re gonna call it off do it now please so I can forget about childcare and cancel travel plans,” he wrote on January 22, three days before it was officially announced the show would not go on.
Why did @LondonPalladium take down this tweet? Do they know something we don’t? @Madonna if you’re gonna call it off do it now please so I can forget about childcare and cancel travel plans #Madamex #MadameXTour pic.twitter.com/44XcS4i8jE
— john suddes (@johnsuddy) January 22, 2020
Fans on Twitter have had mixed reactions to the singer’s frequent cancellations.
Many just want her to get better…
Dear Madonna, we all know you’re a perfectionist and a big professional and that you don’t like giving up but PLEASE, for once be a human being not a music legend and REST.
I seriously think you should cancel the #MadameXTour, your real fans will understand! ❤️
— Gerard Matas (@grdmts) January 23, 2020
It’s heartbreaking to see Madonna walk with a cane! As much as I would love to see her 18 days time my heart tells me she needs to cancel the rest of the tour and look after her health! Xx pic.twitter.com/zTJO4A9dug
— ❌ Chris Chandler ❌ (@amaterial_boi) January 22, 2020
we love you and wish you a speedy recovery and we completely understand 💓💓
— joe (@discocontrol) January 25, 2020
Not like she reads any of these but anyway…. I do wish the rest were cancelled or rescheduled until have had whatever the issue causing her pain is treated properly. Doing a show then cancelling a show resting for one day is clearly not improving anything!
— Pauline B (@P_B_2_3) January 25, 2020
Others seem to have reached their limits…
Cancel the whole thing already… why keep messing with people’s time and money. So selfish of you…
— mauricio (@retromaury) January 25, 2020
@Madonna Not fit for Monday in London but Wednesday you’ll be right as rain again! 🙄 Either sit on a stool and sing or cancel the whole thing and rearrange for the sake of your fans and yourself!
— Soozie (@soozie0708) January 25, 2020
This is really annoying. I get when an artist is poorly but it’s like the lottery waiting to see if a @Madonna show is still on. Let’s hope the next show we have tickets for isn’t cancelled. Not great for her fans who have booked flights and hotels. After 30+ years I’m fed up pic.twitter.com/hhK8ooAg5D
— Paul McCaffrey (@PaulMacca1976) January 26, 2020
If Madonna can’t deliver the shows she needs to cancel the #MadameXTour completely. People pay a lot more than just the concert tickets and are losing shit tons of money
— Connor (@ConnorBriggs) January 19, 2020
In addition letting down fans by showing up late or entirely canceling performances, Madonna was purportedly met with loud boos from audiences and had to issue 500 refunds in Vegas. And she’s currently being sued by a fan for pushing the start time for her December 17 show in Miami from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., impacting the resale value of his tickets.
Here’s hoping she makes a full recovery soon!
Jussie_Racist_Clown
Madge’s 15 minutes of fame isn’t over yet, but she’s gotta change it up and make sure the rest of her time is spent with dignity. Live your age babe, you’re not 20 anymore.
Ronbo
1984 to today. Your watch is broken.
truthseeker
She’s faking it because her tour isn’t selling out. For example, even though she canceled the 27th because of “doctor’s orders” and being “in pain”, she still did a full rehearsal of the show on the 27th and 28th (today) which is proven by the social media posts of her dancers / crew on their personal pages.
Her tour is not selling out (as others are claiming), there are multiple tickets available yet. Her team has been selling them dirt cheap right before show time in hopes to have a sellout. She’s been canceling / refunding the first date in hopes that those people will buy tickets for night 2 to have a more packed house.
When she canceled the final night of Miami, security for the theater confirmed that she had a meltdown in rehearsals and said she’s sick of these cheap stuff, meaning her very, very low budget tour. This tour looks like a Madonna drag performance. The dancing isn’t tight and looks like it was thrown together at the last minute.
Then Madonna begs for $5000 during the show for a single Polaroid of herself to give to a fan. Sadly for her fans, they actually have been paying it.
winemaker
Old news! Like who really gives a rats tight, ripe ass about this other than the fools who paid a SHIT load of good money to see some 60 year old lady shake her ass on stage. Move on to more important things in life other than madonna’s foibles. Really people have too much free time on their hands to obcess over this unimportant news..
ScottOnEarth
Madonna has never cared about her fans, aside from their money and adulation, so why should this situation be different? She starts her shows hours late, costing fans much money and time. Now, no one knows if they’ll be attending a scheduled concert because she impetuously cancels at the last minute. She is doing serious damage to her stellar legacy.
DanTaylor
Scotty, how’s the print shop going? Still trolling Madge articles with different screen names?
iminheatlikeacat
She needs to cut back on her shows. Not only will it give her enough time to recoup but it will also make the ticket sales go through the roof and ensure she has a packed out audience each show.
The only good thing that I can think of from this is that at least she is cancelling multiple shows. I had front row tickets to Pink’s The Truth About Love tour. Out of the 100+ cities she toured, she cancelled only ONE show out of all of them and it was the one I had tickets for. To make matters worse, she didn’t return for her recent tour, so I haven’t been able to see her live for a decade. If it was Madonna, at least I could have gone online and bitched about it with loads of other people.
MISTERJETT
i went to see Diana Ross in concert in July. at 75 years old, she still sounds great and still looks great. she doesn’t move like she used to of course, but the thing is, she was there and on time for her fans. if she can do it at that age, Madonna can do it, too.
Kangol2
I saw Diana Ross a few years ago. She was spectacular!
I do hope Madonna is getting treatment for whatever ails her, though.
Dick Mayhem
Frankly, her self- victimisation is getting old. Why not rest and recover like a sane person would?
Or perhaps she simply isn’t selling out venues like she used to
howardstern
Her venues are still sold out, smaller yes but still sold out and especially all things considered what is happening she still has sold out shows. The only way she could change if her fans boycotted her gigs. She can still be late at shows if her shows are still packed. I would have never really bought tickets to her show because it is simply above my price range, I am somewhat apologist for her tho, she still gets those “oh just retire already”, if she wants to tour like everyone else she should tour. Just the thing with injury, I would have played it differenty. But obviously she does not feel the same.
Jim
Always the media whore. Instead of addressing the issue straightforward she does it in a way that keep the spot light on her.
SAD
ElPillo
I’m looking for what’s cryptic of her message. I thought it was clear
trog
I just hope she doesn’t pull a Prince on us. I mean, remember him walking around with that cane…
Regardless … I stopped seeing her live shows after MDNA, when she showed up like three hours late. I felt personally insulted.
Max
is knee injury a euphemism for cartilage harvest for cosmetic face procedure?
DanTaylor
The “TruthSeeker” guy who comments here is a sad, suicidal moron who goes by the name of DigitalFreakNYC on many Madonna message boards. Someone who posts on Tribe knows him, his name is Craig. He basically spends hours each day coming up with conspiracy theories on how Madonna and her tour are failing. He posts on several digital forums about her and messages several people with his “theories.” He was making up lies about poor ticket sales, Madonna having cancer, Madonna cancelling the entire tour, and how she was “supposed” to make a million dollars per show. He’s severely deranged and mentally ill. Here are the real box office receipts: MADAME X TOUR, @Madonna
$33,460,611 Gross ($682,870 avg.)
116,875 Tickets Sold (2,385 avg.)
$286.29 Average Ticket Price
49/83 Reported Shows
truthseeker
@DanTaylor
LOL If I had a dollar for every time someone thought I was this person or that person, I’d have enough to retire at 30. I’ve been accused on here of being a robot, a Russian agent, other commenters, and even Rudy Giuliani himself.
Sadly, I am not that guy from another forum. I am a member of a pop music forum but not a member of any Madonna forums. Plus, I’ve never ever said Madonna had cancer, more reason to show I’m not that guy. So if anyone is pushing conspiracy theories, it’s you.
Secondly, where are you getting those figures from? In the touring business, ticket reporting relies on info from the artist’s promoter. Madonna’s Miami show was billed as “sold out”, meanwhile there were entire rows empty. Fans were opting out of buying tickets (some priced at $800+) and just buying them at the door for $90 because they weren’t selling.
Accept the fact that Madonna’s career is in the gutter and don’t have a meltdown over it.
DanTaylor
Okay Craig Lenti, aka Truthseeker and many other screen names. Seriously, get help. And lose weight.
truthseeker
As previously stated, no idea who this Craig guy. I could link my Instagram and TikTok to show that I definitely don’t need to lose weight LOL, but you guys would just stalk me
BiDaddyDude
LOL, I knew the Truthseeker guy was Craig. He’s all over the internet trolling every site. He really is the poster child for sewicide.
DanTaylor
I don’t advocate “sewicide,” but Craig certainly needs to get out more often.