Madonna is recuperating in style.
Six weeks after being hospitalized for what her team said was a “severe bacterial infection,” the Queen of Pop was back to her old tricks serving face and body in a carousel of high-fashion photos.
On Wednesday, Madonna shared the stylish slideshow that began with a snap of the 64-year-old decked out in full regalia wearing a strapless black gown and diamond necklace.
A flawless beat highlighted Madonna’s impeccable bone structure as she struck a demure pose looking over her bare shoulder to perfectly emulate Golden Age of Hollywood realness.
The other images gave fans a peek at various ensembles that appeared to call back to some of Madonna’s most iconic lewks and gave some the idea that she was previewing possible costumes for her temporarily postponed Celebration Tour.
Included were shots of Madonna sitting on a toilet wearing a black bustier, another draped in a funeral veil, a close-up of her in long black fingerless gloves, dripping in bling and holding a cane, and one with huge windshield shades. The slideshow also featured a diamond-encrusted “Material Girl” T-shirt and a shot of Madonna’s legs in fishnets and black leather platform boots with buckles up the front.
The music icon captioned the photos, “All dressed up and Nowhere to go…………….…….. But Soon , Very Soon, I’ll be traveling to you” and included the hashtag #CelebrationTour.
mother is looking GOOD! see you on tour ❤️
— blondie (@bIondier) August 9, 2023
Madonna’s fabulous photo dump comes five days after she last provided fans a much-needed update on the status of her derailed tour.
“Thank you again for your incredible Support and Patience over these past few weeks,” read a note written on an image of a hand holding a yellow rose.
“I’m happy to report that the re-routed tour schedule will be coming in the next few days! See You Soon for a well-deserved Celebration!”
In lieu of actual concert dates, Madonna stans will have to make do with “soon, very soon.”
Madonna’s manager Guy Oseary was the first to disclose that the mother of six developed a “serious bacterial infection” and had a “several-day stay in the ICU” at the end of June.
After being discharged, Madonna gave a health update on July 10th and revealed the North American leg of the tour was being rescheduled.
On July 30th, the “Live to Tell” songstress penned an emotional note where she thanked her children for helping her through her recovery and alluded to the severity of her medical emergency by writing “how lucky I am to be alive.”
In addition to her social media updates, Madonna has been spotted on her feet around NYC on several occasions.
This past weekend, the Grammy winner was photographed strolling through Manhattan wearing all black and in a hat that read “Spiritually Hungry.”
She also made time to see her good friend Beyonce by attending the Renaissance Tour in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Madonna and Bey later posed for photos together backstage with their kids.
In all her photos, Madonna has been looking healthy and that seems to bode well for tour rehearsals to begin again.
While the Celebration Tour is technically set to begin on October 14th in London, that could also change once Madonna reveals the information on the rescheduled dates.
Amid all the health and tour hiccups, Madonna celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of her eponymous debut album on July 27th.
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On top of changing the face of pop music, the groundbreaking album featured five of Madonna’s most iconic singles: “Everybody,” “Burning Up”, “Holiday”, “Borderline” and “Lucky Star.”
The Celebration Tour will honor Madonna’s 40-year career and fans are burning up for the news of when it will officially launch. Fingers crossed, kids!
Rikki Roze
She’s looking more and more like Miss Peggy Lee.
mz.sam
Or rather Miss Piggy?
abfab
Watch Madonna on SNL when she did FEVER! A very very special Madonna moment. Long Live Peggy Lee…cause she’s a woman….w-o-m-a-n.
EROTICA is still my #1 Madonna LP.
ps. Miss Piggy is DIVINE and GORGEOUS.
abfab
@GABBY Watch Madonna’s bass player (SNL-FEVER 1993)…he is fantastic and it looks like he’s having fun..and the drummer kicks ass.
I hope to see her. It’s going to be one big DANCE PARTY!!!!!!!!
JayGay1
Fabulous Madonna is living the life as she desires; good for her! I am grateful that her music and talent, and my encounter with her has enriched my life.
abfab
JAY GAY! Yes! ox
sfv1971
Miss Piggy has had work done!
Just.my.opinion
Who, in their right mind, would spend a moment of their time or a dollar of their money to see Madonna?
davidpaul
I agree 100%. I don’t know why gay men literally worship her- she got her start rolling around in the street trying to be sexy. More of a desperate, horny, heterosexual teenage male vibe. In the meantime we had groups like Erasure, Bronski Beat, Culture Club, Dead or Alive, and Pet Shop Boys putting out amazing songs about OUR lives- our struggles, lives, and sexuality. Just never was able to see the allure of this woman who, time after time, falls back on nudie pics in a desperate attempt to stay relevant. Ugh. Everything she supposedly “did first” was already done by Cher, Josephine Baker, and other artists with far more talent!
smittoons
Really? All those hits and you would turn down the chance to go?
I’m aghast at her cosmetic surgery and some of her outbursts, but the woman is a goddamned legend who earned her icon status long ago. Hell, even the Madame X tour which featured very few songs from her catalog was interesting as an artistic endeavor.
abfab
”Who”, you ask? I think we’ll just let you hang there.
abfab
And another doozy from St Paul..
”I don’t know why gay men literally worship her”…ya can’t know everything david.
LumpyPillows
Madonna is a bit of a mess, but she is one heck of an entertainer.
abfab
MESSY should be the title of her next LP…………….give the trolls something to chew on. Losers.
Den
“she got her start rolling around in the street trying to be sexy.”
Now I am not a fan of Madonna, but if you are going to cast aspersions (or try, and not end up looking like a buffoon) at least get her history right. She got her start studying ballet, got a dance scholarship in college, and eventually switched to modern dance, studying under Martha Graham, one of the 20th century giants of modern dance (who gave her the nickname of Madame X). She switched to music after dancing professionally and did stints as a drummer guitarist and vocalist with two New York bands before starting her solo career. I suspect she didn’t have time to “roll around in the streets” any more than other young aspiring artists in the 70’s!
As for others doing what she did in terms of showmanship, ALL performers look to their predecessors for inspiration as they develop their style.
Gabby
I paid $2000 for my London ticket and I have never been more excited for a tour.
Kangol2
People who love Madonna’s music, that’s who, which would include millions of people across the globe. From her first, self-titled album, which included “Everybody,” “Holiday,” “Lucky Star,” “Borderline,” and “Burning Up,” she has given the world hit after hit, as well as major, unforgettable cultural moments, which you can look up if you’re unfamiliar with them. She’s also been an LGBTQ ally going back to her earliest days as a performer, when she got her start in the East Village scene, and has raised money for LGBTQ causes many times over. You may not like her, but millions of people do, and she has supplied part of the soundtrack for countless lives!
Diplomat
I don’t like her voice but her hit songs are awesome. Ray of Light is a fave. I wouldn’t pay to see her live tho. If the voice doesn’t hit it doesn’t hit. Babs has thee voice in my book, and Whitney god rest her soul. Those are pretty high bars.
abfab
Diplomat. Save it. Don’t try to over compensate at this late stage of your game. Your cultural and political reputation is shot and you’re a NERD.
davidpaul
Oh look, she’s recovered from her latest plastic surgery! WHOOPS I meant to say she’s recovered from her “illness!”
JRamonMc
I would have to agree with you. Clearly during her illness she had more cosmetic surgery as her skin now looks smoother and more refined. Plus after a near death experience you don’t walk away looking 10 years younger. Or could the bacterial infection have come from a plastic surgery healing incorrectly?
abfab
@davidpaul………….some day you too will recover from YOUR illness. Crude SOB.
Kangol2
I’m glad she’s better. She was pushing herself hard for her upcoming tour. You also probably know it’s not a good thing to mock ill people but we’ll let karma school you on that count.
Diplomat
Abcrabs, you’re such a slugger. I’m totally impressed with your surgery. Turning your mouth into a frothingly diseased cu×nt is amazing. Cost much?
craigbrew2
Madonna is past her prime and should fade away. She is only making a fool of herself at this point.
craigbrew2
Queen of pop? Please!!!
imheya
YES!
Gabby
She is so irrelevant that you continue to click and comment on every Madonna post. Dude, you’re behaviour is strange and your also obsessed with her.
abfab
Gabby, we’re dealing with children here. The only one’s making fools of themselves is this little crew of swish queens.
smittoons
Yes. Because we all know lives and careers must end at 60 and public shaming is a reasonable way to get someone to stop thinking they have anything to contribute to the world.
SDR94103
so many hateful homosexuals on here.
Gabby
It’s so strange how much hate she gets from the older/bitter gays. They saw first hand how she fought for gay rights when it wasn’t profitable. I am obsessed with her and can’t wait for the new tour.
abfab
And this line from St.davidpaul….
”Ugh. Everything she supposedly “did first” was already done”! Don’t go into the pop culture field….you’re toast.
ShaverC
Looking healthy? She looks worn out, other celebs her age or older look way better. She can barely stand on her own, no way is she doing a tour.
abfab
Better? What is this better shit? Tell us all about your 64 year old wife………the poor wretched bitch. We get it…you are an idiot. Madonna is not. That’s hard for you, Shaver. Check out already would you. Your life sounds hard.
ShaverC
abfab, My life is extremely easy, so why do you wan t me to k*ll myself as a member of the sympathetic and loving “left”.
abfab
Go to school. Learn something.
humancobras666
abfab is tired. She needs her meds.
Madonna needs a better plastic surgeon. Her music has sucked since Ray of Light.
abfab
666
abfab
Robbie Robertson died. ………….up on Cripple Creek, she sends me………..RIP. Loved The Band.
Let’s get back to talking about the MUSIC. Can we? You don’t like Madonna, then STFU and stop irritating people.
Rock stars are dropping off left and right.
humancobras666
I hate Madonna now you STFU with your terrible taste
abfab
666
DBMC
Devastated. He was brilliant! His first solo album is one of my favorites of all time.
And yes, it’s Madonna, she doesn’t care what you think.
JayGay1
Fabulous Madonna is living the life as she desires; good for her! I am grateful that her music and talent, and my encounter with her has enriched my life.
humancobras666
She’s sucked since Ray of Light
abfab
666
ScottOnEarth
Johnny Lopez is laying it on a little (a lot) thick. “Impeccable bone structure”?? Seriously? Her once-beautiful bone structure has disappeared beneath a ridiculous amount of filler and she looks nothing like she used to. That candid photo shows how she really looks and it is really sad to see what she has done to herself. I’m also wondering what you mean by “temporarily postponed Celebration Tour.” A postponement isn’t temporary.
abfab
And your point?
humancobras666
That pic you chose to use is f*cking hilarious. She’s hideous. Her lies about her reason for postponing the tour is a joke. Her music hasn’t been good since Ray of Light.
abfab
666
LumpyPillows
To be fair, she is a complete diva, the good and the bad. To be honest, she has an amazing catalog of great songs – deny it and you are lying. Give her her due, she made some of the most iconic videos of every decade since they began filming music videos. She’s been artistically provocative and pushed against outdated social norms; take no prisoners Madge. You don’t have to like her, but you certainly shouldn’t deny her due. Well, you could, but that would just make you a kunntorama.
Everyone gets old. Some gracefully and some kicking and screaming every step to the grave – that would be Madonna. Still the center of attention. Just as she likes it.
abfab
Lumpy!!! Yes!
Kangol2
In agreement with you, Lumpy, on this.
She has a catalogue of songs to rival anyone, and has given unforgettable performances over the years, on stage, on screen, you name it. She’s in her 60s now but she is still a larger than life personality and I hope that when she’s feeling up to it she’ll fully resume her tour, tailoring it however she needs to so that it suits her.
This is the woman that gave the world (in addition to the songs I listed above) “Like a Virgin,” “Material Girl,” “Into the Groove,” “Papa, Don’t Preach” (remember what a sensation that video was???), “True Blue,” “Open Your Heart,” “Live to Tell,” “Isla Bonita,” “Spotlight,” “Like a Prayer,” “Express Yourself,” “Vogue,” “Justify My Love,” “Rescue Me,” “Erotica,” “Deeper and Deeper,” “Fever,” “Bedtime Story,” “Human Nature,” “Ray of Light,” “Nothing Really Matters,” “Music,” “American Life,” and on and on!
dman
I’ve been reading these back-and-forth comments about Madonna for months now. Why do dissenting comments about this woman and the constant hype that’s pushed about her bother certain people so much? In my opinion, any gay man who gets so disturbed and upset that another gay man has a different opinion than they do about an aging female pop star clearly must have something pretty substantial missing in their life. Right now our community is dealing with pretty alarming attempts to take away gay and trans’ peoples’ human rights (including our already-established marriage equality), rageful protests about drag queens simply reading books to kids in libraries, banning gay-themed books, murdering and wreaking violence on members in our community in countries all over the world (including our own), and banning the use of the word “gay…” and instead of focusing on issues like those we have some superficial fanboys who would rather childishly tantrum because someone else doesn’t obsess over MADONNA the way they do! OMG, grow up… this may come as a huge shock, but others also have a right to their own opinions, not just you! This intense pressure from some members of our community to force others to praise a pop star or a trend they’ve frivolously decided everyone should conform to in order for us to be defined as gay men does nothing but keep us all separated… we don’t HAVE to like something just because you do, and we can express our dislike of Madonna if we want to! So if you need to pick your friends based on whether they “like Madonna or not,” go for it… not only must you be leading a sadly superficial life, but you’re useless to the rest of us in re: to the real issues we’re dealing with as a community right now. This intense need to “mommy worship” female performers goes a little too far sometimes… it’s really high time for some queens to put their big boy (or girl) pants on and look at life’s big picture in our community for a change.
abfab
abfab
”any gay man who gets so disturbed and upset that another gay man has a different opinion than they do about an aging female pop star clearly must have something pretty substantial missing in their”
WRONG dman
Please learn the difference between OPINION and pure repititious bullshit. These swish queens are NOT the best when it comes to judging people in the arts. They insult.
smittoons
You’re putting way too much effort into analyzing the people gaged in this conversation.
It’s b*tchy, ageist and crass to rag on Madonna for being a has-been no one should pay attention to, and it’s bone-headed to go nuclear someone who doesn’t like her. That’s it.
dman
Obviously my post pertains to both of you, abfab amd smittoons. Time to get a life… anybody who’s so fixated on a mediocre performer that they take any other opinion personally could use some therapy.
abfab
Oh god, another therapy consultant. That’s old. You’re tired.
Diplomat
Abvag,
You’re str8 with vag mouth. What are you doing on a gay site? You’re a total wreck. Go find your own people mister vag.
dman
What I don’t understand is why no one here has still not mentioned the real reason she ended up being rushed to the hospital and intubated. By now it’s common knowledge in the entertainment industry what really happened, but everyone here is still buying the ridiculous claim from her p.r. person that it was a “bacterial infection..!”
bachy
Please, by all means, share the “real reason”…?
abfab
Yeah, tell us dman. What really happened. Enlighten us.
abfab
Aloha, Maui. xxoxoxox Dreadful and scary. Help is on the way.
LegionKeign
I can’t help but notice that all the pathetic trolls saying Madonna is “past her prime” and should “fade away” never said anything of the sort about Elton John.
You’re sexism is showing and you should be ashamed.
And since the Qweerty mods don’t like me I’m sure this post will be deleted just like most of my other posts.
Goddess Bless.
abfab
Pathetic trolls, indeed. ox
rover4x
SHe is still making hits and great music!!! Trolls just hate her cause she still can make you guys talk nasties about her. I think she is a superb entertainer who is making history and a wonderful mother to who spend a lot of time nurturing her children. All I hear is about how she looks?! If anyone here is around her age and talking crap, that is just very sad and for those of you who are younger, just wait until the day before you laugh about her. Madonna will be forever remembered and who are you?
abfab
These swish queens are still into the Osmond Brothers and Wayne Newton.
DBMC
Madonna doesn’t care what anyone thinks. She’s Madonna.