The Queen of Pop is gearing up for her Rebel Heart tour, but has now rescheduled the first five dates (a show in Atlanta, Georgia, Miami, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico) because preparations for the jaunt have taken longer than anticipated. 

She has pushed the launch of the tour back from August to September and the aforementioned rescheduled shows will now take place in January 2016. Madonna issued a statement on the unexpected change of plans and told her fans:

"As my fans already know, the show has to be perfect. Assembling all the elements will require more time than we realised. I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause my fans. I can promise you this show will be worth the wait. Can't wait to share it with all my Rebel Hearts out there."

Her highly anticipated Rebel Heart tour will now kick off with a performance in Montreal, Canada in September and it'll wrap up with the rearranged San Juan concert in January 2016. The run is set to come to London at the end of this year and her UK dates can be seen below:

• Dec. 1              London, UK                    O2 Arena    
• Dec. 2              London, UK                    O2 Arena                                                                                          
• Dec. 14            Manchester, UK              Manchester Arena                   
• Dec. 16            Birmingham, UK             Barclaycard Arena                   
• Dec. 20            Glasgow, Scotland         The SSE Hydro          

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