Madonna's Tour by the Numbers: 4 Kids, 8 Humidifiers, 3 Traveling Gyms and More Surprising Revelations

The pop superstar is set to kick off her highly anticipated Celebration Tour Saturday at the O2 Arena in London

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Updated on October 13, 2023 11:44AM EDT
Madonna performs onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019
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The Queen of Pop is going all out forher Celebration Tour.

Afterpostponing the kickoff of her highly anticipated string of shows earlier this year, Madonna, 65, is taking London by storm this weekend with six sold-out performances at the O2 Arena.

According to a press release, the superstar will bejoined onstage by four of her children — likely David Banda, 18, who's often danced in her shows, Mercy, 17, and twins Stella and Estere, 11 — when she takes the stage to perform 40-plus songs.

The show, which sees Madonna reuniting with longtime collaborators Stuart Price and Jamie King, is expected to cover four decades of her career, which got its start in New York City.

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Paying homage to her early days, the singer's stages will be split into Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West "grids."

Known forher iconic fashion, the star will be wearing 17 looks inspired by her archived costumes — and 25 of her 200-plus traveling crew will be from the costume department alone.

According to the release, she will be traveling with three mobile gyms, eight humidifiers in her dressing room and three physical therapists for the run of her shows.

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Last month, a source told PEOPLE exclusively Madonna was focused on her tour after ahealth scare and hospitalization earlier this summer.

"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 insider of the "ambitious tour."

Following her London shows, Madonna will be making stops in Copenhagen, Barcelona, Paris and more before wrapping up 2023 with shows in Brooklyn and Washington back in the States.

"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 when the Celebration Tour was initially announced in January.

Below is the Celebration Tour by the numbers:

  • 4 decades of Madonna's greatest hits for her 13th tour
  • 1 extraordinary drag queen
  • 8th tour partnering with director Jamie King
  • 24 onstage performers
  • 1 Stuart Price reunion
  • 4,400 sq. ft. of stage — the largest of her tours
  • 1 bottle of MDNA Rose Mist Spray in each quick-change space
  • 3 traveling mobile gyms
  • 15 countries
  • 78 shows
  • 50 merch items, including vintage recreations of iconic items from previous tours (like herBlond Ambition bomber jacket)
  • 45 wardrobe trunks
  • 1 Queen-sized Madonna flag outside the O2
  • 3 layered circular stages inspired by the wedding cake from Madonna's VMA performance
  • 3 physical therapists
  • 40 pairs of boxing globes
  • 230 ft. of combined length of catwalk that gets Madonna 105 ft. into the venue
  • 14 spotlights and over 600 intelligent lights to light the stage and arena with over 8,800 lighting cues
  • 17 archived costumes recreated
  • 4 rehearsal venues
  • 80 tons of production equipment
  • 330 million albums sold
  • 3,600 sq. ft. of projection imagery
  • 200-plus traveling crew — including 25 in the costume department alone
  • 30 ft. off the ground Madonna will be transported around the arena
  • 3,700 amps of show power
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