Pop singer Madonna spoke again for the first time after her hospital stay and gave news about her planned concert tour. “I’m on the road to recovery,” the 64-year-old wrote on Instagram on Monday. She also thanked her fans for their “positive energy, prayers and words of healing and encouragement”.
“My first thought when I woke up in the hospital was for my children,” wrote the pop diva, who, according to her management, was treated for a serious bacterial infection in a clinic’s intensive care unit in June. “My second thought was that I didn’t want to disappoint anyone who bought tickets for my tour.”
“I am now focused on my health and getting stronger and I assure you I will be back with you as soon as possible,” Madonna wrote. Her current plan is to stick to the concerts of her “Celebration Tour” planned for mid-October in Europe. The concerts of the tour in North America, which should actually start next Saturday, are to be postponed. In Europe, Madonna also wants to give concerts in Cologne and Berlin.
Madonna’s management announced at the end of June that the singer of world hits such as “Like a Prayer”, “Material Girl” and “Like a Virgin” had been hospitalized with a “severe bacterial infection”. The musician had to be treated in intensive care for several days. She was then able to leave the hospital. The singer’s planned tour has been temporarily put on hold.
The singer, born Madonna Louise Ciccone, is one of the biggest pop stars of the past decades. She has released 14 studio albums since the early ’80s and has won the coveted Grammy Music Award seven times. The mother of two biological and four adopted children also appeared in several films as an actress.
