Madonna’s ‘The Celebration Tour 2023’ Will Feature Her Greatest Hits

You can dance. For inspiration! Madonna posted a NSFW video surrounded by her celebrity friends where she announced her new tour. Unlike most of her tours which focus on her new music, this tour will see her performing music from her entire catalog, spanning back to her 1983 self-titled debut album. The world tour will be the Queen of Pop's first-ever career retrospective, featuring a compilation of her biggest hits across four decades of music.

“It’s going to be the biggest tour she’s ever done,” one executive familiar with her plans tells Billboard. The tour buzz comes just months after Madonna released her career-spanning compilation album Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, spanning her entire dance club career. In 2021, Madonna signed a deal with Warner Music Group for an “extensive, multi-year series of catalog releases that will revisit the groundbreaking music that made her an international icon.”

Madonna last toured in 2019 and early 2020 on her Madame X tour, which struggled with production delays and Madonna’s recurring hip and knee injuries. Though the tour ultimately earned strong critic reviews, its late start time often angered ticket holders and prompted two class actions lawsuits from fans. Madonna’s 2008-2009 Sticky and Sweet Tour is the highest grossing tour by a female artist ever, netting $407 million. Her most recent Madame X theater run grossed $36.4 million.

When it comes to choosing her set list for this new tour, Madonna will have 57 titles to choose from. Produced by Live Nation, the 35-city global tour will kick off in North America on Saturday, July 15th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC with stops in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and more before making its way to Europe where she will hit 11 cities throughout the fall, including London, Barcelona, Paris, and Stockholm, among others. The Celebration Tour will wrap in Amsterdam on Friday, December 1st. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 20 and Friday, January 27at 10 a.m. local time at madonna.com/tour.

See the 2023 tour US dates below:
Sat Jul 15 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Tue Jul 18 – 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
Sun Aug 13 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
Sat Aug 19 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
Wed Aug 23 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Thu Aug 24 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Wed Aug 30 – 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
Wed Sep 13 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Mon Sep 18 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Thu Sep 21 – Austin, TX – Moody Center ATX
Wed Sep 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena
Wed Oct 04 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
Sat Oct 07 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena

Madonna isn't called the Queen of Pop for no reason: she has been THE entertainer since the 80s.

We scoured through footage from her live performances over the last 40 years and compiled the best ones (in no particular order) in celebration of her birthday today (August 16).

Take a look below:

Complete with crosses and nuns, this high-energy performance took place during her Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990.

Madonna went full-on Marie Antoinette at the 1990 MTV VMA's. We love the theatrics with the fans.

During the 1991 Oscars, the song won the award for Best Original Song. Madonna attended the ceremony with Michael Jackson as her date and performed "Sooner or Later" in a look inspired by Marilyn Monroe.

Madonna was joined by The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon and The Roots in 2022 to play "Music" using classroom instruments.

In a televised performance of “Ghosttown” in 2015, Madonna was supported by Taylor Swift on guitar.

This classic performance from Madonna took place during her 1990 The Blond Ambition World Tour, her third concert featuring her fourth studio album Like a Prayer.

Madonna showed off her savvy footwork and put on her dancing shows for this performance during her 2006 during The Confessions Tour.

Joined by two other women with big hair, Madonna got "into the groove" during her 1993 The Girlie Show.

At 27 years old, Madonna performed "Crazy For You" during her debut concert, The Virgin Tour.

We absolutely love gothic Madonna, performing on France's TF1 in 1998.

Madonna brought the drama from the 80s in 1987 during The Who's That Girl World Tour.

Combining inspiration from Japan's culture, she performed "Frozen" during 2001's Drowned World Tour.

The energy and costumes for Madonna's debut tour are unmatched. This is from 1985's The Virgin Tour.

During the 2006 Confessions Tour, Madonna had a cage-like structure that her dancers climbed upon.

In 2006, Madonna performed the dance hit "Hung Up" with a little help from Gorillaz during the Grammys.

Madonna performed this classic on 1980's variety show Solid Gold.

Name a more 2000's performance than this, we dare you. Performed in Michigan during her 2001 Drowned World Tour.

The Queen of Pop took the King of Pop's "Billie Jean" and mashed it up with "Like A Virgin" in 1985 during The Virgin Tour.

5 years after 50 Cent released "Candy Shop," Madonna released her own version and her sugar is raw. Performed during her 2008-2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour.

During her 2012 MDNA tour, Madonna proved she's still a powerhouse entertainer while performing her hit, "Celebration" in Miami.

In a moving acoustic set accompanied by her friend Isaac, Madonna's voice sends chills down our spine. From her 2006 Confessions Tour.

In another great live performance from her 1985 The Virgin Tour in Detroit, Madonna incorporates a big fan to show she's a superstar.

During her 2008-2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour, Madonna keeps the dance hits going strong in this electrifying dance mix version of the song.

While "robbing" one of her dancers knocked out cold in a bit during her 2012 MDNA tour, Madonna drops their chain into her cleavage and stuffs dollar bills in their mouth.

In 2015, during her Rebel Heart Tour, Madonna whipped out the ukulele for a rare performance of "True Blue."