Madonna — and a drag queen — are bringing the “Celebration Tour” to Nashville this winter amid Tennessee’s recent laws against drag performers.
The 64-year-old “Express Yourself” icon announced eight additional tour dates on Monday, one among which is in Music City on Dec. 22, where ticket proceeds will go toward transgender organizations.
Joining her onstage might be “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 8 winner Bob the Drag Queen — however it’s uncertain whether the favored artist would face repercussions for performing onstage for a crowd that would potentially include fans who aren’t adults.
“The oppression of the LGBTQ+ will not be only unacceptable and inhumane; it’s creating an unsafe environment; making America a dangerous place for our most vulnerable residents, especially trans women of color,” Madge wrote on Instagram regarding the many laws popping up in legislatures across the country.
“Also, these so-called laws to guard. our kids are unfounded and pathetic. Anyone with half a brain knows to not f–k with a drag queen,” she continued.
“Bob [The Drag Queen] and I’ll see you from the stage in Nashville where we are going to have fun the wonder that’s the Queer community!”
The Tennessee legislature recently passed a law regarding “adult cabaret performance” — which now includes “male or female impersonators” — that states that “it’s an offense for an individual to have interaction in an adult cabaret performance … In a location where the adult cabaret performance could possibly be viewed by a one that will not be an adult.”
A primary offense could be considered a misdemeanor, punishable by as much as a $2,500 tremendous and/or up to at least one 12 months in jail.
Additional offenses could be felonies that would bring six months in jail.
Bob — whose other skilled name is Caldwell Tidicue — was previously announced as Madonna’s opening act for the tour.
The opposite newly-added stops include Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Palm Springs, Sacramento, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Phoenix.
The Post has reached out to Bob the Drag Queen for comment.
RuPaul himself recently denounced the flurry of bills targeting drag entertainers and health look after transgender youth.
“We all know that bullies are incompetent at solving real issues. They give the impression of being for simple targets in order that they can provide the impression of being effective. They think our love, our light, our laughter, and our joy are signs of weakness, but they’re flawed, because that’s our strength,” he said in a video message, posted to Instagram on March 8, urging fans to vote in elections. “Drag queens are the Marines of the queer movement. Don’t get it twisted and don’t be distracted.”
“Express Yourself” singer Madonna — whose recent tour kicks off in Vancouver on July 15 — has been a longtime supporter of gay and trans individuals.
Within the Nineteen Eighties, she was among the many first high-profile activists during HIV and AIDS epidemic, happening to donate and raise money for AIDS research throughout her profession.
In 2019, Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD, stated that Madonna “all the time has and all the time might be the LGBTQ community’s biggest ally.”
But recently, Madonna’s nearly unrecognizable looks and bizarre behavior on social media have been making headlines.
Earlier this month, she shared a bizarre kissing pic together with her recent boyfriend, boxer Josh Popper, 29.
