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Madonna Homeward Bound After Triumphant and Record Breaking 17-City European Stadium Tour
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NEW YORK, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following one of the mostsuccessful runs in European concert history, Madonna returns to the U.S. forthe start of her mammoth Sticky & Sweet Tour with five sold out shows in theNew York area. The Sticky & Sweet Tour is scheduled to open October 4th atNew Jersey's Izod Arena with four Madison Square Garden dates to follow onOctober 6, 7, 11 and 12, it was confirmed today by Live Nation, the tour'sinternational promoter.
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"Now that I've warmed up in Europe, I'm ready to come home and do the showfor my U.S. fans," remarked Madonna about her tour that includes 3500 wardrobeelements, 36 clothing designers, 100 pairs of kneepads, 12 trampolines, 69guitars, a traveling personnel of 250, five keyboards for Kevin Antunes themusical director, three members of the Russian Romani (Gypsy) group theKolpakov Trio, 18 dancers, one set of Swavorski crystal encrusted ear phonesand one Material Girl.
Some of the rave reviews thus far: "In the premiere league ofsong-and-dance spectaculars, the queen of pop remains unrivalled andundefeated" raved the London Times. "Those who took in this spectacularopening to Madonna's world tour have seen anything as slick, innovative andenergetic in recent months, then please point it out. The choreography,visuals and live talent were world class and mind-blowingly well executed,intelligent and witty" glowed The Independent (UK).
Following the NY area performances, The Sticky & Sweet Tour is scheduledto play multiple dates in North America including Boston, Toronto, Montreal,Chicago, Oakland and Denver before wrapping up in Miami on November 26th.
The tour then travels to Mexico City where the scheduled November 29th and30th shows sold 100,000 tickets in just three hours. The South American leg ofthe Sticky & Sweet Tour has had a phenomenal response as well. With threeshows and over 210,000 tickets already sold, a fourth performance was justadded on December 3rd in Buenos Aires, followed by sold out performances inSantiago December 10 and 11, Rio De Janeiro on December 14 and 15 and SaoPaulo December l8, 20 and 21 due to unprecedented demand.
Madonna's current CD "HARD CANDY" debuted at No. 1 in over 33 countries. Madonna's US Sticky & Sweet Tour: Showdate: City: Venue: 04-Oct E. Rutherford Izod Center 06-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden 07-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden 11-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden 12-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden 15-Oct Boston TD BankNorth Garden 16-Oct Boston TD BankNorth Garden 18-Oct Toronto Air Canada Centre 19-Oct Toronto Air Canada Centre 22-Oct Montreal Bell Centre 23-Oct Montreal Bell Centre 26-Oct Chicago United Center 27-Oct Chicago United Center 30-Oct Vancouver BC Place Stadium 01-Nov Oakland Oracle Arena 02-Nov Oakland Oracle Arena 04-Nov San Diego Petco Park 06-Nov Los Angeles Dodger Stadium 08-Nov Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 09-Nov Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 11-Nov Denver Pepsi Center 12-Nov Denver Pepsi Center 16-Nov Houston Minute Maid Park 18-Nov Detroit Ford Field 20-Nov Philadelphia Wachovia Center 22-Nov Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 24-Nov Atlanta Philips Arena 26-Nov Miami Dolphin Stadium Central & South American Tour Dates: Showdate: City: Venue: Support: 29-Nov Mexico City Foro Sol Paul Oakenfold 30-Nov Mexico City Foro Sol Paul Oakenfold 03-Dec Buenos Aires Estadio River Plate Paul Oakenfold 04-Dec Buenos Aires Estadio River Plate Paul Oakenfold 06-Dec Buenos Aires Estadio River Plate Paul Oakenfold 07-Dec Buenos Aires Estadio River Plate Paul Oakenfold 10-Dec Santiago Estadio Nacional Paul Oakenfold 11-Dec Santiago Estadio Nacional Paul Oakenfold 14-Dec Rio De Janeiro Maracana Stadium Paul Oakenfold 15-Dec Rio De Janeiro Maracana Stadium Paul Oakenfold 18-Dec Sao Paulo Morumbi Stadium Paul Oakenfold 20-Dec Sao Paulo Morumbi Stadium Paul Oakenfold 21-Dec Sao Paulo Morumbi Stadium Paul Oakenfold The Sticky & Sweet Tour is being produced by Live Nation. For completetour information, news, contests, and more, visit: http://www.madonna.com orhttp://www.livenation.com.
ABOUT LIVE NATION:
Live Nation's mission is to maximize the live concert experience forartists, fans and sponsors. Our core business is buying and producing artistrights and monetizing those rights via our global distribution pipe. LiveNation is the largest producer of live music concerts in the world, annuallyproducing over 16,000 concerts for 1,500 artists in 57 countries. The companysells over 45 million concert tickets a year and expects to drive over 60million unique visitors to livenation.com in 2008. Live Nation is transformingthe concert business by expanding its concert platform into direct concertticketing and building the industry's only artist-to-fan vertically integratedconcert platform. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation islisted on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV."Additional Information about the company can be found athttp://www.livenation.com/investors.
SOURCE Live Nation
"Now that I've warmed up in Europe, I'm ready to come home and do the showfor my U.S. fans," remarked Madonna about her tour that includes 3500 wardrobeelements, 36 clothing designers, 100 pairs of kneepads, 12 trampolines, 69guitars, a traveling personnel of 250, five keyboards for Kevin Antunes themusical director, three members of the Russian Romani (Gypsy) group theKolpakov Trio, 18 dancers, one set of Swavorski crystal encrusted ear phonesand one Material Girl.
Some of the rave reviews thus far: "In the premiere league ofsong-and-dance spectaculars, the queen of pop remains unrivalled andundefeated" raved the London Times. "Those who took in this spectacularopening to Madonna's world tour have seen anything as slick, innovative andenergetic in recent months, then please point it out. The choreography,visuals and live talent were world class and mind-blowingly well executed,intelligent and witty" glowed The Independent (UK).
Following the NY area performances, The Sticky & Sweet Tour is scheduledto play multiple dates in North America including Boston, Toronto, Montreal,Chicago, Oakland and Denver before wrapping up in Miami on November 26th.
The tour then travels to Mexico City where the scheduled November 29th and30th shows sold 100,000 tickets in just three hours. The South American leg ofthe Sticky & Sweet Tour has had a phenomenal response as well. With threeshows and over 210,000 tickets already sold, a fourth performance was justadded on December 3rd in Buenos Aires, followed by sold out performances inSantiago December 10 and 11, Rio De Janeiro on December 14 and 15 and SaoPaulo December l8, 20 and 21 due to unprecedented demand.
Madonna's current CD "HARD CANDY" debuted at No. 1 in over 33 countries. Madonna's US Sticky & Sweet Tour: Showdate: City: Venue: 04-Oct E. Rutherford Izod Center 06-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden 07-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden 11-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden 12-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden 15-Oct Boston TD BankNorth Garden 16-Oct Boston TD BankNorth Garden 18-Oct Toronto Air Canada Centre 19-Oct Toronto Air Canada Centre 22-Oct Montreal Bell Centre 23-Oct Montreal Bell Centre 26-Oct Chicago United Center 27-Oct Chicago United Center 30-Oct Vancouver BC Place Stadium 01-Nov Oakland Oracle Arena 02-Nov Oakland Oracle Arena 04-Nov San Diego Petco Park 06-Nov Los Angeles Dodger Stadium 08-Nov Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 09-Nov Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 11-Nov Denver Pepsi Center 12-Nov Denver Pepsi Center 16-Nov Houston Minute Maid Park 18-Nov Detroit Ford Field 20-Nov Philadelphia Wachovia Center 22-Nov Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 24-Nov Atlanta Philips Arena 26-Nov Miami Dolphin Stadium Central & South American Tour Dates: Showdate: City: Venue: Support: 29-Nov Mexico City Foro Sol Paul Oakenfold 30-Nov Mexico City Foro Sol Paul Oakenfold 03-Dec Buenos Aires Estadio River Plate Paul Oakenfold 04-Dec Buenos Aires Estadio River Plate Paul Oakenfold 06-Dec Buenos Aires Estadio River Plate Paul Oakenfold 07-Dec Buenos Aires Estadio River Plate Paul Oakenfold 10-Dec Santiago Estadio Nacional Paul Oakenfold 11-Dec Santiago Estadio Nacional Paul Oakenfold 14-Dec Rio De Janeiro Maracana Stadium Paul Oakenfold 15-Dec Rio De Janeiro Maracana Stadium Paul Oakenfold 18-Dec Sao Paulo Morumbi Stadium Paul Oakenfold 20-Dec Sao Paulo Morumbi Stadium Paul Oakenfold 21-Dec Sao Paulo Morumbi Stadium Paul Oakenfold The Sticky & Sweet Tour is being produced by Live Nation. For completetour information, news, contests, and more, visit: http://www.madonna.com orhttp://www.livenation.com.
ABOUT LIVE NATION:
Live Nation's mission is to maximize the live concert experience forartists, fans and sponsors. Our core business is buying and producing artistrights and monetizing those rights via our global distribution pipe. LiveNation is the largest producer of live music concerts in the world, annuallyproducing over 16,000 concerts for 1,500 artists in 57 countries. The companysells over 45 million concert tickets a year and expects to drive over 60million unique visitors to livenation.com in 2008. Live Nation is transformingthe concert business by expanding its concert platform into direct concertticketing and building the industry's only artist-to-fan vertically integratedconcert platform. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation islisted on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV."Additional Information about the company can be found athttp://www.livenation.com/investors.
SOURCE Live Nation
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