Madonna Announces Eight Extra Dates for Winter U.S. Tour, With Focus on Trans Rights in Tennessee Stop
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Madonna is adding eight extra dates to the second leg of her U.S. tour this coming winter. The additional shows were revealed in an announcement that put a special emphasis on a show she’s added for Nashville on Dec. 22, where she plans to put the spotlight on the state of Tennessee’s recent wave of LGBTQ+-targeted bills.
The additional dates announced for this coming December and January represent a mixture of Madonna returning to cities where she already is playing concerts earlier in 2023, like New York City and Los Angeles, along with a few cities that are completely fresh additions to the “Celebration Tour” routing, like Nashville, Philadelphia, Palm Springs and Sacramento.
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The previously unannounced 2023-24 dates take place Dec. 18 in Washington, D.C.; Dec. 20 in Philadelphia; Dec. 22 in Nashville; Jan. 11 in Palm Springs; Jan. 13, 2024 in Sacramento; Jan. 15 in San Francisco; Jan. 18 in Las Vegas; and Jan. 20 in Phoenix. (See a full itinerary of all her tour dates below.)
For the Nashville show just before Christmas, to be held at the Bridgestone Arena, Madonna is vowing to donate a portion of the proceeds to trans rights organization. She did not specify what percentage, or which organizations will benefit. Tennessee is under fire for new laws that take aim at drag performances, among other rollbacks of rights affecting the LGBTQ+ community. (A multi-artist benefit concert, “Love Rising,” was held at the Bridgestone last week.)
In a statement, Madonna said, “The oppression of the LGBTQ+ is not only unacceptable and inhumane, it’s creating an unsafe environment; it makes America a dangerous place for our most vulnerable citizens, especially trans women of color. Also, these so-called laws to protect our children are unfounded and pathetic. Anyone with half a brain knows not to fuck with a drag queen. Bob and I will see you from the stage in Nashville where we will celebrate the beauty that is the queer community.”
Bob the Drag Queen, aka Caldwell Tidicue, is her opening act across the global tour.
In some of the cities that have newly added dates, she’ll be playing a different arena than the one that is hosting her earlier gigs on the tour. For instance, the January dates just announced for L.A. will take place at the Kia Forum, versus the four shows she already has scheduled for September and October at the Crypto Arena Similarly, in Las Vegas, her additional January show will be at the MGM Grand Arena, instead of the T-Mobile Arena, where she’s headlining two shows three months earlier. And in New York, she will be in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for two nights in December, on top of the four nights she’s doing at Madison Square Garden in August.
The additional dates will go on sale across two dates this week, with Citi cardholder and fan club presales happening Tuesday, followed by a general on-sale Friday, both happening at 10 a.m. local time on those respective days madonna.com. The only exception is the Philadelphia date, which goes on sale at noon ET Friday.
The full tour rundown, with the freshly added gigs in bold:
THE CELEBRATION TOUR NORTH AMERICAN DATES (PART ONE):
Sat Jul 15 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
Tue Jul 18 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
Wed Jul 19 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
Sat Jul 22 Phoenix, AZ Footprint Center
Tue Jul 25 Denver, CO Ball Arena
Thu Jul 27 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Sun Jul 30 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Wed Aug 02 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Sat Aug 05 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
Mon. Aug 07 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena
Wed Aug 09 Chicago, IL United Center
Thu Aug 10 Chicago, IL United Center
Sun Aug 13 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
Mon Aug 14 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
Sat Aug 19 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Sun Aug 20 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Wed Aug 23 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Thu Aug 24 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Sat Aug 26 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Sun Aug 27 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Wed Aug 30 Boston, MA TD Garden
Thu Aug 31 Boston, MA TD Garden
Sat Sep 02 Washington, DC Capital One Arena
Tue Sep 05 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
Thu Sep 07 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
Sat Sep 09 Miami, FL Miami-Dade Arena
Sun Sep 10 Miami, FL Miami-Dade Arena
Wed Sep 13 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Thu Sep 14 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Mon Sep 18 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Tue Sep 19 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Thu Sep 21 Austin, TX Moody Center
Fri Sep 22 Austin, TX Moody Center
Wed Sep 27 Los Angeles, CA Crypto.com Arena
Thu Sep 28 Los Angeles, CA Crypto.com Arena
Sat Sep 30 Los Angeles, CA Crypto.com Arena
Sun Oct 01 Los Angeles, CA Crypto.com Arena
Wed Oct 04 San Francisco, CA Chase Center
Thu Oct 05 San Francisco, CA Chase Center
Sat Oct 07 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
Sun Oct 08 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
THE CELEBRATION TOUR EUROPE DATES:
Sat Oct 14 London, UK The O2
Sun Oct 15 London, UK The O2
Tue Oct 17 London, UK The O2
Wed Oct 18 London, UK The O2
Sat Oct 21 Antwerp, BE Sportpaleis
Sun Oct 22 Antwerp, BE Sportpaleis
Tue Oct 24 Copenhagen, DK Royal Arena
Thu Oct 25 Copenhagen, DK Royal Arena
Sat Oct 28 Stockholm, SE Tele2 Arena
Wed Nov 01 Barcelona, ES Palau Sant Jordi
Thu Nov 02 Barcelona, ES Palau Sant Jordi
Mon Nov 06 Lisbon, PT Altice Arena
Tue Nov 07 Lisbon, PT Altice Arena
Sun Nov 12 Paris, FR Accor Arena
Mon Nov 13 Paris, FR Accor Arena
Wed Nov 15 Cologne, DE Lanxess Arena
Tue Nov. 16 Cologne, DE Lanxess Arena
Sun Nov 19 Paris, FR Accor Arena
Mon Nov 20 Paris, FR Accor Arena
Thu Nov 23 Milan, IT Mediolanum Forum
Sat Nov 25 Milan, IT Mediolanum Forum
Tue Nov 28 Berlin, DE Mercedes-Benz Arena
Wed Nov 29 Berlin, DE Mercedes-Benz Arena
Fri Dec 1 Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome
Sat Dec 2 Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome
Tues Dec 5 London, U.K. The O2
Wed Dec 6 London, U.K. The O2
THE CELEBRATION TOUR NORTH AMERICAN DATES (PART TWO):
*Newly announced dates bolded below
Wed Dec 13 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Thu Dec 14 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Mon Dec 18 Washington, DC Capital One Arena
Wed Dec 20 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center – On Sale at 12pm Local Time 03/31
Fri Dec 22 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Sun Jan 7 2024 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum
Mon Jan 8 2024 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum
Thu Jan 11 2024 Palm Springs, CA Acrisure Arena
Sat Jan 13 2024 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
Mon Jan 15 2024 San Francisco, CA Chase Center
Thu Jan 18, 2024 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
Sat Jan 20, 2024 Phoenix, AZ Footprint Center
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