Madonna was forced to cancel a Miami gig at the last minute because she was in “indescribable” pain.
She said her doctors warned her that she could cause “irreversible damage” if she performed.
"I want to say how deeply sorry I am to all my fans,” she wrote Christmas Day on Instagram of her Sunday gig that was scrapped just two hours before showtime.
Madonna — who was involved with a legal dispute with ex-husband Guy Ritchie that hit courts the day after the canceled concert — spoke out to insist she had to act because of “indescribable” pain from “injuries,” without providing more details.
“I consider myself a warrior,” she wrote alongside a video clip of her struggling to climb a ladder, saying it left her “in tears of pain” at the Miami show that went ahead the night before the canceled one.
“I never quit, I never give in, I never give up!! However this time I have to listen to my body and accept that my pain is a warning,” she wrote.
“I spent the last two days with doctors,” she said, saying she had “scans, ultra sounds, Xrays.”
“Poking and probing and more tears,” she said.
“They have made it very clear to me that if I am to continue my tour— I must rest for as long as possible so that I don’t inflict further and irreversible damage to my body.
“I have never let an injury stop me from performing but this time i have to accept that there is no shame in being human and having to press the pause button.”
Thanking fans for “their understanding, love and support,” she said, “Things have got to change. And they will because MADAME is a fighter!!”
