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Madonna announces 2023 tour dates including three Canadian shows

Madonna will Take a Bow with a new tour through North America and Europe starting this summer that will be a Celebration of the pop icon's hits, which include 38 songs in the Billboard Hot 100.

Material Girl will kick off North American leg of tour in Vancouver

A woman wearing a black latex outfit with a hat appears on a stage.
Madonna speaks onstage during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on Sept. 12, 2021 in New York City. The pop star will embark on a 35-city concert this July. (Theo Wargo/MTV/ViacomCBS/Getty Images)

Madonna will Take a Bow with a new tour through North America and Europe starting this summer that will be a Celebration of the pop icon's hits, which include 38 songs in the Billboard Hot 100.

The 35-city Live Nation-backed Madonna: The Celebration Tour will kick off July 15 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, with stops in Toronto on Aug. 13 and Montreal on Aug. 19. She'll also visit Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Denver, Atlanta and Boston, among others. That leg ends on Oct. 7 in Las Vegas.

Then the Material Girl hits Europe, where she has 11 dates throughout the fall, including London, Barcelona, Paris, Berlin, Milan and Stockholm, among others. The tour will wrap in Amsterdam on Dec. 1.

The singer will "be highlighting her unmatched catalogue of music from the past 40-plus years," according to the announcement. It will also "pay respect to the city of New York, where her career in music began."

"I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for," Madonna said in the announcement.

Tickets go on sale Friday. 

Some of Madonna's Hot 100 hits include VogueMusicCrazy For YouLike a VirginLike a PrayerJustify My LoveLive to Tell and Papa Don't Preach.

With files from CBC News