A concert tour to Europe is no longer new to American singer Madonna. Her last tour was the Confessions tour which started in the U.S. and ended in Europe. Sticky and Sweet kicked off in Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium (which has a capacity of 60,000 people) and all Madonna tickets were sold out.
It was reported that her seventh world concert tour raked in a total of $194.8 million USD and this with a total of 60 shows. The attendance was well over 1.2 million throughout North America, Europe and Japan. This concert tour is currently the highest grossing tour for a female artist.
This year, we see Madonna heading out on her eighth world concert tour entitled Sticky & Sweet Tour. There is a huge sense of anticipation and critics are on their toes as they all watch if this 2008 concert tour would break the Confessions Tour record. Sticky & Sweet is set out to support her studio album entitled Hard Candy. This is her eleventh studio album and she aims to give her best once more to the series of concerts. The show will, once again, tour Europe and North America. Sticky & Sweet Tour is her very first venture from her business and recording deal with Live Nation.
Guy Oseary, Madonna’s manager, was the one who officially confirmed Madonna’s eighth world concert tour. He along with Arthur Fogel of Live Nation announced this to the public on May 8, 2008.
Madonna is a walking controversy but speculations have been brewing that equally-controversial Britney Spears might appear alongside the Queen of Pop.
Here’s a partial schedule of the Sticky & Sweet Tour:
1. August 23, 2008 at the Millennium Stadium in Wales
2. August 26, 2008 at the Stade Charles Ehrmann in France
3. August 28, 2008 at the Olympic Stadium in Germany
4. August 30, 2008 at the Military Airfield, Dübendorf in Switzerland
5. September 2, 2008 at the Amsterdam Arena in Netherlands
6. September 4, 2008 at the LTU Arena in Germany
7. September 6, 2008 at the Olympic Stadium in Italy
8. September 9, 2008 at the Commerzbank Arena in Germany
9. September 11, 2008 at the Wembley Stadium in London
10. September 14, 2008 at the Parque da Bela Vista in Portugal
The other half of September is to be spent in different stadiums from Spain, France, Austria, Montenegro, and Greece. October and November 2008 are slated for Madonna’s North American Tour. From October 4- November 30, 2008, Madonna will be touring the states of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, California, Texas, Illinois, to name a few. She will also visit Mexico, Toronto and Montréal in Canada. Madonna tickets are now being sold online (you can buy and sell on the Internet) so better hurry.
