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From The Sun :

For months Madonna has been hitting the gym ahead of her Sticky & Sweet world tour.

Madge is wearing custom-made Moschino specs for the Old School section, where she sings She’s Not Me, doffing her cap to her Eighties roots.

I’ll be there to see her tonight.

Check Monday’s column for a full review.

And here are world exclusive pics of the Queen Of Pop rehearsing on stage in Cardiff for the opening gig tonight – and proving all her graft has been worth it.

She is in incredible shape, which is just as well with an all-action two-hour show to do on a marathon tour visiting 56 cities.

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A new show in Chile has just been added to the ‘Sticky & Sweet’ tour itinerary.
Madonna will perform at Santiago’s Estadio Nacional on Wednesday, December 10th.

A devoted fan club presale will start on Wednesday, August 27, at midnight, Local time.

Public registration will start on Thursday, August 28th at midnight and end on Friday September 5th, while tickets will go on sale Wednesday, September 10, at these times:
Internet sales – 0:00 h (midnight) / Phone sales – 10am / Outlet sales – 11 am 0 / Box Office sales – 12pm (noon)

source : madonna.com

The final preparations are being made for the start of Madonna’s 27-date world tour which kicks of at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

The pop icon’s Sticky and Sweet tour takes in 16 European venues, including London’s Wembley Stadium, before moving to North and South America.

The 40,000-seat first date is all but sold out with a 250-strong crew putting the finishing touches to the event.

Stadium manager Gerry Toms said: “They have been here for some time now.”

Madonna’s last tour was in 2006 and it became the highest-grossing by a female artist at the time.

The new tour promises 16 dancers, a 12 piece band and an array of designer costume changes for the star, who celebrated her 50th birthday last week.

Madonna and band have spent more than 650 hours rehearsing for the two-hour show which is broken into four sections.

The Pimp section is described as a “mashed-up homage” to 1920s deco and modern day gangsta pimp, in which Madonna will make an entrance dressed by Givenchy.

The Old School show section will see Madonna return to her early 80s downtown New York City dance roots and the birth of rap.

There will then be a Romanian folk music and dance-influenced Gypsy section, before the Rave element, which promises far eastern influences, emerging “all sparkly and sporty”.

The show will bring its usual glamour, with a team of 36 different designers contributing to the stage costumes.

There are three racks of clothing for Madonna’s stage wardrobe alone, with five assistants helping with the star’s eight major costume changes.

It is the first time the venue has been picked to start a world tour and Mr Toms said it showed the venue had the confidence of the industry.

He said: “There’s lot of work involved in a new tour. A new stage configuration and lighting has been be going on for the past couple of weeks.

“The benefit for us that we have a retractable roof, so we’ve been unhindered by the horrendous weather we’ve been having.

“They could have gone to anywhere in Europe buy they’ve got the confidence in Cardiff, not just the stadium, but Cardiff as a whole to deliver, we should take some strength from that.”

source : bbc

from Icon :

Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour Kicks Off This Saturday In Cardiff

Madonna, currently putting the finishing touches to her fabulous new Sticky & Sweet Show in Cardiff, is readying herself and the 250 travelling personnel for the opening night this Saturday at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

Hot on the diamante shaped heels of her phenomenally successful ‘Hard Candy’ disc, ‘Sticky & Sweet’ promises two pulsating hours of non stop hits in a show that features 16 dancers, a 12 piece band, more than 8 costume changes for the lady herself and Ll million of Swarovski crystals.

The audience is taken on a rock driven dancetastic journey that’s broken into four sections:

Pimp
A mashed up homage to 1920’s deco and modern day gangsta pimp. Madonna makes a grand entrance dressed by Givenchy.

Old School
Madonna tips her hat to her early 80’s downtown New York City dance roots with flashes of Keith Haring and the dance culture vibe of the time including the birth of rap.

Gypsy
A VIP trip to La Isla Bonita infused by the spirit of Romanian folk music and dance. A tour de force.

Rave
Far eastern influences emerge all sparkly and sporty.

‘Sticky & Sweet’ kicks off this Saturday August 23rd at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. The tour hits London’s Wembley Stadium September 11th.

The Sticky & Sweet Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.

The Sticky & Sweet Tour by Numbers :

3500 Number of individual wardrobe elements for tour

653 Hours of rehearsal time for Madonna and band

250 Number of travelling personnel

200 Triangle sponges used to apply makeup

180 Q-Tips used for entire tour (3 per night)

120 Powder puffs

100 Pairs of out of stock fishnet, pantyhose in old style weave,
purchased for Madonna via ebay and local dance shops

100 Pairs of kneepads

69 Guitars

36 Different Designers contributed to the onstage wardrobe

30 Wardrobe Trunks travel to each venue

28 Maximum number of performers onstage

20 Nationalities represented in touring stuff (including Japanese, Israeli, Russian, Romanian, Australian and Algerian)

18 Racks of Clothing for Band, dancers and gypsies

16 Caterers

12 Seamstresses working non stop in Cardiff to finish
costumes for opening night

12 Travelling trampolines used in training by Madonna and dancers

10 Large flight cases of medical supplies

10 Number of guitars Madonna will travel with

9 Number of people working in wardrobe department

8 Major Madonna Costume changes

5 Number of people it takes to change Madonna into next
costume

5 Keyboards on stage for Kevin Antunes, Musical Director

4 Large freezers to carry ice packs for Madonna and dancers

4 YSL Lipsticks will cover entire tour

3 Romanian gypsy musicians playing acoustic instruments

3 Racks of Clothing contain Madonna’s stage wardrobe

3 Shu Uemura eyelash curlers

2 Rigs for DJ set up

2 Stages

1.5 Minutes – Shortest time required to change Madonna’s costumes between numbers

1 Chiropractor

1 Personal trainer

1 Masseuse

1 Set of Swarovski crystal ear phones for DJ