Material Girl Leaves Doubters In The Dust For Biggest Tour Of 2008
LOS ANGELES, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neither wind, nor rain,
gas prices, nor the economy can slow down the momentum of Madonna fans who
are turning out in record numbers all over the globe to scoop up tickets
for the upcoming "Sticky & Sweet" Tour. Today, Live Nation confirmed that
Mexico City's Foro Sol Stadium shows scheduled for November 29th and 30th
sold more than 100,000 tickets in just three hours, resulting in back to
back sellouts at the famed stadium.
Mexico City joins the growing list of sold out Madonna shows in Paris,
Lisbon, New York, Zurich, Boston, Chicago, Denver, East Rutherford, NJ,
Oakland, Las Vegas, Houston, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver all of which
sold out within hours of going on sale.
To date Madonna has sold out 90% of the tickets available for her
42-date global tour, which kicks off in Cardiff, Wales on August 23rd.
With more than 70,000 tickets sold for the Sticky & Sweet Zurich Show
at the Military Airfield Dubendorf on August 30th, Lisbon's 75,000 tickets
sold and 50,000 tickets sold for her Vancouver dates and four Madison
Square Garden shows sold out in New York City in addition to the nearby
Izod Center in East Rutherford for a total of 65,000 New York area tickets
sold, Madonna has sold more than 1 Million tickets thus far on her global
tour.
Madonna, whose most recent CD 'HARD CANDY' debuted at Number One in
over 30 countries, has made it her personal mission to challenge herself to
top her previous tours. With rehearsals well under way for 'Sticky &
Sweet,' Madonna and famed director and long-time collaborator Jamie King
are creating an extraordinary never-before seen stage set, groundbreaking
audio and eye popping visual effects. Madonna will be joined onstage with a
new band and 18 dancers that reaffirm that this is a singular event that
Madonna fans can not miss.
"With 'Sticky & Sweet,' Madonna is on track to break her own record as
the top grossing female artist of all time," said Arthur Fogel, Live
Nation's of Chairman of Global Music and CEO of Global Touring. "Her sales
are extraordinary in every market she's playing and illustrate what an
unparalleled live draw Madonna is for music fans all over the world."
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