Madonna Coming To Toronto As Part Of ‘Sticky And Sweet’ Concert Tour
Posted May 8, 2008 12:00 pm.
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Madonna kicks off her new international tour, which will include stops in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, in August.
The Sticky and Sweet tour, which follows her latest album Hard Candy, includes performances at London’s Wembley Stadium on September 11 and Paris’s Stade de France on September 20. She plays Toronto’s Air Canada Centre on October 18.
According her website ( www.madonna.com), Madonna will also visit Mexico and South America later in 2008.
The singer is teaming up with music tour and promotion company Live Nation, with which she signed a recording and touring contract last year.
The 10-year deal, reported to be worth $120 million, involves a three-album commitment.
It was an example of the so-called “360-degree deal” which is increasingly popular in a music business struggling to make money just selling records. The agreements typically involve publishing, touring and merchandising as well as recording.
Hard Candy, Madonna’s 11th and last studio album with Warner, debuted at number one in 27 countries including the United States, Britain and Japan.
Madonna’s 2006 Confessions tour was the highest grossing concert tour of all time by a female artist with ticket sales of just under $195 million.
Tickets for the Air Canada Centre in Toronto go on sale Saturday May 24 at 10am.
Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets & the Air Canada Centre Box Office (no first day sales). Charge by phone (416) 870-8000.
Order online at www.livenation.com or www.ticketmaster.ca
Ticket prices: $61.75 / $96.75 / $166.75 / $351.75 (plus applicable service fees)
4 ticket limit
Madonna performs during a private show on the Olympia concert hall stage, on May 6, 2008 in Paris.(THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
