(New York) American pop megastar Madonna, 64, has returned home after days in intensive care following a “severe bacterial infection” that forced her to postpone her North American tour and in Europe, said a source close to the artist on Thursday.
Madonna “feels better”, assured this source without specifying when she was released from the hospital.
On Wednesday, her manager Guy Oseary revealed the singer’s “serious” infection last Saturday and her hospitalization in intensive care, while indicating that her health was “improving” towards a “full recovery”.
Among her many places of residence, Madonna is reputed to live in northern Manhattan.
Mr. Oseary announced Wednesday the postponement of The Celebration Tour originally scheduled from July to December in North America and Europe, including Paris and London. Madonna’s first concert, to celebrate 40 years of unparalleled career and influence, was scheduled for July 15 in Vancouver.
The tickets for the 35 dates that were to follow from Vancouver to Las Vegas via all the major cities of North America (Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, etc.) had almost all been sold out by January last.
The Celebration Tour was then due to cross the Atlantic in October for concerts in London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and Amsterdam for a final show on December 1.
In Paris, Madonna was to ignite the Accor Arena on November 12 and 13.
Madonna Louise Ciccone, born in August 1958 in Michigan, to parents of Italian and French-Canadian origins, began her career as a dancer, songwriter and singer in the late 1970s in New York, with 35 dollars in her pocket.
She has won seven Grammy Awards, including 14 studio albums as well as live records, film soundtracks, compilations… Her career as a producer, actress and film director has made her one of the artists and businesswomen for 40 years. the most influential and wealthy on the planet.
