List of Madonna concerts
Madonna concerts | |
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Concert tours | 12 |
One-off concerts | 19 |
Benefit concerts | 9 |
Music festivals | 7 |
American singer Madonna has performed on twelve concert tours, nineteen one-off concerts, nine benefit concerts, and three music festivals. Madonna has been nicknamed by some publications as the "Queen of Concerts" or "Queen of Touring", recognizing her "years-deep involvement in the touring game" and stage shows.[1][2] Once the highest-grossing female touring artist according to Billboard Boxscore and Pollstar,[3][4] Madonna remains one of the highest-grossing live touring acts.
Her 1985 debut concert tour,
Madonna did not tour again until the
Madonna's next tours broke world records, with the 2006
Madonna has embarked on several promotional concerts to promote her studio albums, as well as performing award shows and benefit concerts like
Concert tours
Title | Date | Associated album(s) | Continent(s) | Shows | Gross | Gross adj. in 2023[23] |
Attendance | Ref. |
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The Virgin Tour | April 10, 1985 – June 11, 1985 | Madonna
Like a Virgin |
North America | 40 | $5,000,000 | $14,164,604 | 400,000[a] | [5] [24][25] |
Who's That Girl World Tour | June 14, 1987 – September 6, 1987 | True Blue Who's That Girl |
Asia North America Europe |
38 | $25,000,000 | $67,047,452 | 1,317,663 | [26] [27] |
Blond Ambition World Tour | April 13, 1990 – August 5, 1990 | Like a Prayer I'm Breathless |
Asia North America Europe |
57 | $62,700,000 | $146,225,471 | 2,000,000[a] | [28] [29] [30] |
The Girlie Show | September 25, 1993 – December 19, 1993 | Erotica | Europe North America South America Asia Oceania |
39 | $70,000,000 | $147,643,400 | 1,279,123 | [31] [32] |
Drowned World Tour | June 9, 2001 – September 15, 2001 | Ray of Light Music |
Europe North America |
47 | $75,000,000 | $129,054,689 | 732,606 | [33] [34] |
Re-Invention World Tour | May 24, 2004 – September 14, 2004 | American Life | Europe North America |
56 | $124,790,787 | $201,300,995 | 897,207 | [35] [36] |
Confessions Tour | May 21, 2006 – September 21, 2006 | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Europe North America Asia |
60 | $194,754,447 | $294,349,904 | 1,209,593 | [37] [38] |
Sticky & Sweet Tour | August 23, 2008 – September 2, 2009 | Hard Candy | Europe North America South America Asia |
85 | $411,000,000 | $583,700,326 | 3,545,899 | [19] [39] |
The MDNA Tour | May 31, 2012 – December 22, 2012 | MDNA | Asia Europe North America South America |
88 | $305,158,362 | $404,990,573 | 2,212,345 | [40] [41] |
Rebel Heart Tour | September 9, 2015 – March 20, 2016 | Rebel Heart | North America Europe Asia Oceania |
82 | $169,804,336 | $215,575,222 | 1,045,479 | [21] |
Madame X Tour | September 17, 2019 – March 8, 2020 | Madame X | North America Europe |
75 | $51,361,008 | $61,208,042 | 179,289 | [42] [43] |
The Celebration Tour | October 14, 2023 – April 26, 2024 | Various | Europe North America South America |
81 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
One-off concerts
Date | Event | City | Venue | Performed song(s) | Ref. |
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October 13, 1983 | Madonna promotional show | London | Camden Palace
|
|
[44] |
February 14, 1998 | Ray of Light promotional show | New York City | Roxy NYC
|
|
[45] |
November 5, 2000 | Music promotional show | Roseland Ballroom |
|
[46] | |
November 29, 2000 | Music promotional show | London | Brixton Academy |
|
[47] |
April 22, 2003 | Madonna: On Stage and on the Record | New York City | MTV Studios |
|
[48] |
April 23, 2003 | American Life promotional show | Tower Records
|
|
[49] | |
April 30, 2003 | Absolut Madonna | Cologne | RTL Studio
|
|
[50] |
May 9, 2003 | American Life promotional show | London | HMV Oxford Circus |
|
[51] |
November 15, 2005 | Confessions on a Dance Floor promotional show | KOKO
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|
[52] | |
November 19, 2005 | Confessions on a Dance Floor promotional show | G-A-Y |
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[53] | |
December 7, 2005 | Confessions on a Dance Floor promotional show | Tokyo | Studio Coast |
|
[54] |
April 30, 2008 | Hard Candy promotional show | New York City | Roseland Ballroom |
|
[55] |
May 6, 2008 | Hard Candy promotional show | Paris | Olympia |
|
[56] |
May 10, 2008 | Hard Candy promotional show | Maidstone | Mote Park | [57] | |
February 2, 2012 | Super Bowl XLVI halftime show | Indianapolis | Lucas Oil Stadium |
|
[58] |
March 10, 2016 | Madonna: Tears of a Clown | Melbourne | Forum Theatre |
|
[59] |
November 7, 2016 | Hillary Clinton campaign concert
|
New York City | Washington Square Park |
|
[60] |
May 7, 2018 | Met Gala | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
|
[61] | |
June 30, 2019 | Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC | Pier 97, Hudson River Park |
|
[62] | |
April 30, 2022 | Medallo en el Mapa (Maluma hometown concert) | Medellín | Estadio Atanasio Girardot | [63] | |
June 24, 2022 | NYC Pride March | New York City | Terminal 5 |
|
[64] |
Benefit concerts
Music festivals
Date | Event | City | Performed song(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
February 22, 1995 | Sanremo Music Festival | Sanremo | "Take a Bow" (with Babyface) | [74] |
February 24, 1998 | Sanremo Music Festival | Sanremo | "Frozen" | [75] |
April 30, 2006 | Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
|
Indio |
|
[76] |
May 10, 2008 | BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend | Maidstone |
|
[77] |
March 25, 2012 | Ultra Music Festival | Miami | "Girl Gone Wild" (as a guest during Avicii's act) | [78] |
April 12, 2015 | Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival | Indio |
|
[79] |
May 18, 2019 | Eurovision Song Contest | Tel Aviv |
|
See also
- List of performances on Top of the Pops
- List of most-watched television broadcasts
- List of most-attended concert tours
- List of most-attended concerts
- List of highest-grossing live music artists
- List of highest-grossing concert tours
- List of highest-grossing concert tours by women
Notes
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Book sources
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