Madonna's Celebration Tour Postponement Helped 'Further Enhance' Her Show — Which Includes More Than 40 Songs

The Queen of Pop will launch her tour on Saturday in London

Get excited, Madonna stans! The Queen of Pop's Celebration Tour is only days away.

After a recent health scare and subsequent tour postponement, the "Vogue" singer will kick off her highly-anticipated Celebration Tour on Saturday Oct. 14 at the O2 Arena in London.

According to her tour's musical director, Stuart Price, Madonna, 65, has "fully" recovered and used the three-month delay after her health scare to tune up the show.

“Madonna has very high expectations of how much hard work people will put into something,” Price told BBC News. “It’s very uncompromising – but she’s equally as hard on herself. So when she took a break, that pause created an opportunity to further enhance the show. And I’m sure the opportunity [for her] to focus on being 100% well was greatly received as well.”

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The superstar was hospitalized in late June for a "serious bacterial infection." In September, a source told PEOPLE she was back at work and gearing up for the launch of the tour.

"She returned to rehearsals last Monday. She's so happy to be back onstage and is feeling strong. She's working closely with her longtime collaborators, Jamie King and Stuart Price, to put the final touches on the show," said the source, adding that the run of shows is the icon's "most ambitious tour ever."

This will be the first time in Madonna's career that she does not have a band with her onstage.

“There are live musicians that perform at different parts of the show,” Price explained. “But what we realized is that the original recordings are our stars. Those things can’t be replicated and can’t be recreated, so we decided just to embrace that.”

For the setlist, fans can expect more than 40 songs from her decade-spanning career — and some special surprises that will nod to her impact on pop culture.

“A greatest hit doesn’t have to be a song,” he said. “It can be a wardrobe, it can be a video, or a statement.”

Fans can also expect archival footage and studio recordings that will help tell her story.

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The story line will reflect the evolution of her career, “from being a young woman in New York and learning the scene, all the way through to motherhood, spiritual awakenings, and all the ups and downs. The storyline was just really, really compelling.”

After her six shows in London, Madonna will make stops in Copenhagen, Barcelona, Paris, Milan and more. Wrapping up 2023, Madonna will launch the North American leg of her tour with three shows at Brooklyn's Barclays Center and two concerts in Washington before returning to the stage in 2024.

Madonna first announced the Celebration Tour in January, telling fans the concerts would commemorate the 40-year anniversary of her career and pay tribute to New York, where she first launched to stardom.

"I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for," she said in a press release at the time.

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