Madonna is one of those artists who have marked the history of music. The American singer is one of the most relevant of the 20th and 21st centuries, and this year she had planned a tour that would present her most recognized songs after more than forty years of professional career. However, The Celebration Tour will have to wait, because the singer’s state of health has suffered in recent days. After a few days in the hospital, the singer is recovering at home. Now, sources close to the singer explain to the New York Post the reason that would have led the singer to see her state of health worsen.
The Frozen interpreter’s inner circle fears that the ‘Queen of Pop’ has been hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit after rehearsing hard to try to compete with younger stars, such as Taylor Swift and Pink. The 64-year-old star had pushed himself to the physical limit for this new tour. The Sun reports that this effort was what led to her sudden collapse and intubation for several days.
“The countdown was really on. Madonna had all her chips in one number, which was this tour,” the anonymous source told the aforementioned media. “She was working overtime, but she’s clearly burned out and people around her have been politely reminding her that she’s not 45 anymore, let alone 25,” she continued. “She needed to control her pace. Pushing herself so hard was extremely risky,” she sentenced.
According to the New York Post, the singer would have collapsed after making an effort to compete against the shows of some of the most renowned artists who are currently on tour. This is the case of Taylor Swift, 33, who is offering concerts of more than three hours, or Pink, 43, who stuns fans with aerial acrobatics tens of meters above the heads of her audience.
People close to the Hung Up singer have noted in recent months the physical strain she was enduring after so much rehearsal, and worried that it could lead to a fate similar to that of Michael Jackson, who died in 2009 before starting the This Is tour. It, a show that promised to be one of the best ever seen. “Nobody would say it out loud, but there were concerns about another Michael Jackson situation if she doesn’t slow down a bit,” the source told The Sun.
“Madonna was in a good mood before the incident, but some friends encouraged her to take it easy and find time to rest due to the grueling schedule ahead,” the source said. “Many of us feel that the constant comments about her age have put pressure on her to compete, so we are relieved that she was forced to take a break and put her health first. People were really worried about her.” she said.
The singer had been working 12-hour days at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, where she was preparing her show for the 84-date tour, which was due to pass through Barcelona in early November. The world tour, which was scheduled to start on July 15, has since been put on hold. It was last Saturday when the Sorry interpreter was found unconscious.
The artist was intubated in the ICU for several days, and was diagnosed with a “serious bacterial infection” that doctors believe stemmed from an unreported fever that the singer had been trying to quell while rehearsing exhaustively. Despite this, she already thinks about the tour. “She is at home, happy and attending meetings, and she has turned down a proposal to curtail the tour because she still wants to offer as many dates as possible when she gets her strength back,” the source told The Sun.