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Madonna performs during her Sticky & Sweet Tour in Lisbon (September 14 2008)

Madonna performs during her Sticky & Sweet Tour in Lisbon (September 14 2008)

Madonna performs during her Sticky & Sweet Tour in Lisbon (September 14 2008)

The Material Girl does it again! With a sell-out crowd of over 74,000 fans and a gross of over 12 million USD, Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour easily surpassed all previous grosses at both the old and the new Wembley Stadiums. This record breaking performance adds another first following last week’s confirmation that Madonna’s Zurich performance in front of 72,000 fans was the largest audience ever for a concert in Switzerland. With upcoming European sell-outs in Lisbon, Paris and Athens, the beat definitely does go on and Sticky & Sweet is certainly destined to be the tour of the year.

But it’s not just Europe that is enthralled by the world’s tastiest sweetheart. In South America fan demand has been so great that multiple dates have now been confirmed everywhere dates were announced, resulting in three performances in Buenos Aires, two in Santiago and Rio de Janeiro and a final three performances in Sao Paulo before the tour wraps up on December 21st.

The North American continent is no exception. Sticky & Sweet kicks off October 4th in New York with over 66,500 tickets sold for five consecutive sold out arena performances including one at New Jersey’s Izod Center and four Madison Square Garden events before heading throughout the US and Canada and culminating in Mexico City where Madonna’s two Sticky & Sweet concerts November 29th & 30th sold out in record time.

Sticky & Sweet boasts two hours of non-stop hits that include new twists on old favorites (“Vogue,” “Borderline,” “La Isla Bonita,” “Like A Prayer”) coupled with sensational versions of modern classics (“Music,” “Hung Up,” “4 Minutes,” “Give It 2 Me”).

Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.

source : prnewswire

Pop superstar Madonna has dismissed controversy over her recent London concert – insisting the late start was within the venue’s guidelines.

The holiday hitmaker was due to begin her show at the city’s Wembley Stadium on Thursday at 8:30pm, but she didn’t launch into her first song until 9:10pm, meaning the two-hour event ran late.

Madonna now reportedly faces a fine from the venue, as artists are given a 10:30pm curfew to help local public transport systems cope with the large numbers of concert-goers all exiting at the same time.

Last year British singer George Michael was fined $240,000 when his Wembley gig over-ran by 13 minutes.

But a spokesperson for the star insists that the rules are not binding, telling British publication The London Paper, “Stage times are only guidelines.”

The singer has also come under fire for the poor sound quality at the gig, with many fans complaining that they could not hear most of their favourite songs.

But the representative insists there was nothing wrong with the equipment, saying, “I was at the gig and the sound was fine.”

Madonna’s Sticky + Sweet tour concludes in Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 21st.

source : wenn

Madonna going to the gym in London (September 12 2008)

Madonna in a catholic church in Rome (September 07 2008)

source : madge tribe

Pitch damage caused by fans at a Madonna concert forced officials to postpone Eintracht Frankfurt’s Bundesliga match at home to Karlsruhe on Friday.

Germany’s Football League made the announcement around eight hours before kickoff on Friday after a referee’s inspection of the pitch at the Frankfurt World Cup stadium.

The club replaced parts of the turf after Tuesday’s concert but an inspection showed the pitch was still unplayable.

source : reuters