has weighed in on ’s intense touring schedule after with a serious bacterial infection.
Madonna, 64, has put her Celebration Tour on hold after being found unresponsive and enduring a stay in intensive care.
She was due to kick off her 40th-anniversary shows on Saturday, July 15, visiting arenas across before coming to Europe and the UK later this year.
Fortunately, and resting up after reportedly spending 12 hours a day rehearsing for her upcoming gigs in a truly gruelling schedule.
Sharing her thoughts, country music legend Dolly, 77, explained that she has always found touring ‘taxing’, hence why she no longer goes out on the road for extended periods of time.
Speaking at a press event to promote and her upcoming memoir Behind The Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, Dolly admitted that getting older makes it harder for artists to tour and churn out albums.
In quotes obtained by , she said: ‘It’s always been taxing, the reason I don’t tour now is because I don’t want to be that far away from home, we’re getting older and I’ve got a lot of business that I do and the movies that I do.
‘So we’re close to home and I just really do prepare, just like coming over for this, we had a band and before I had to cancel once – my husband was sick at the time but he’s fine now but you do plan and I do not plan to tour at this time.’
The Jolene vocalist last toured in 2016 with her Pure and Simple Tour, which saw her perform in more than 60 cities in the US and Canada.
After Madonna’s own fitness regime Dolly confessed she’s not a gymgoer.
‘I hate exercise like I hated school, I do all my hard work now, but I try and diet the best I can and I do the low carb but if I see something I really want I’m gonna eat it,’ she said, in perhaps the most relatable quote of the year.
‘Because I’m so little but I still have a farmer’s appetite. I do what I have to do, I do my daily squats.’
After news broke of Madonna’s hospitalisation, it was claimed that she’d been giving her all to tour rehearsals to make the best show possible.
‘She had been putting in 12-hour days. She was strenuously rehearsing and putting in the work,’ an insider told .
Madonna – who is now ‘in the clear’ – is believed to have caught the severe bacterial infection on June 24.
Her manager released a concerned statement on Wednesday (June 28), which read: ‘On Saturday, June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which lead to a several-day stay in the ICU.
‘Her health is improving, however, she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected.
‘At this time we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour.
‘We will share more details with you soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows.’
It was confirmed on Thursday (June 29) that she had been taken back home to her house in New York via ambulance, after giving her loved ones a scare as they ‘feared the worst’ while she was under medical care.
