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Madonna's re-Invention tour proves she's still hotter than singers half her age!

We are all excited and Madonna.com will be there back stage to give you all the highlights!  Stay tuned to this site for our review from the opening night and press reviews from every city!

While waiting in anticipation, here are some interesting facts and figures about the tour:

 750,000 Fans will see her show
 110 People will travel on the road with the tour
 58 Minutes for Madonna to get hair and makeup completed before show
 56 security guards backstage
 55 Tons of above ground equipment including sound, lights, videos and speakers
 40 Tons is the weight of the stage
 30 Trunks will carry wardrobe of entire touring company
 25 Cases of Kaballah Water provided backstage nightly (backstage beverage of choice)
 18 Semi Trucks will carry equipment including special 'Turntable" stage
 18 Dressing Rooms in each venue for touring entourage
 12 Tons of sound equipment in air
 12 Dancers
 8 Minutes for Madonna to do warmup on Pilates stretch ball
 6 Madison Square Garden Shows sold out in one day
 5 Costume changes
 5 Musicians
 4 Wembley Arena Shows sold out in one day
 3 Toronto Shows sold out in one day
 3 Ricola cough drops consumed by Madonna prior to start of show
 2 Background vocalists
 1 Full truck to house Madonna's wardrobe and makeup
 1 Skateboarder
 1 Large cup of Throat Coat Honey Lemon Tea consumed by Madonna prior to start of show
 1 Children's Play room backstage
 1 Bagpipe player

Check out details about Madonna's crazy costumes, etc. from her Re-Invention Tour!

Here is your chance to discover and spend 16 months with the new Madonna. The Madonna 2005 calendar is filled with loads of exclusive and wonderful shots taken by photographer Steven Klein. Pre-order your copy before They're all gone!

The 2005 Official Madonna calendar is now available to pre-order by visiting www.musictoday.com

The Everybody Fan Club has set-up an information page for attendees of the Los Angeles concerts.
www.everybodyfanclub.com

You will find the details of other fans attending the shows - the page also offers carpool and airport pick-up details, and gives pre-concert party information.

MADONNA FANS - If you haven't already heard,  Madonna has added 2 New Dates!!!!  September 8 Gelredome in Arnhem  and September 12 Atlantico Pavillion in Lisbon.  Keep checking Madonna.com to find out when tickets go on sale!!!!

Heat magazine, in association with the British AIDS charity, Crusaid, held an auction of charity memorabilia on Wednesday 10th April. Madonna, whom is the main patron of Crusaid, has offered a signed copy of GHV2 on CD and a similarly autographed Music t-shirt. Learn how you can win these special items!

From Liz Smith:
AT AmFAR's fund-raiser at the Chelsea Pier honoring the gay community for its energetic anti-AIDs fight, the rousing auction produced a bid for ,000 for a bit part in TV's Queer as Folk and another ,000 for four rare VIP tickets to Madonna's coming N.Y.C. concert.

Madonnamusic has another new Drowned World Tour item - -the Whisper Sleeveless T-shirt. .95. Very chic!

Check it out!

Following Madonna's spectacular opening in Barcelona, the technical stage figurations have now been determined. The sightlines for the Drowned World Tour now mean that a limited number of excellent seats have become available for all six London shows at Earls Court July 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12.

FOR A WHILE it seemed we'd been cut off from our Madonna-like dark roots. We couldn't discover a thing to report about the newlywed dynamo. But here's some hot skinny.

Source: Billboard





Madonna dominated the stage in Barcelona, Spain, over the weekend as she kicked off her first live tour in eight years. Nearly 18,000 fans sang along with the superstar at the Palau St. Jordi on Saturday and again Sunday before she moved on to Milan, Italy, as part of her Drowned World Tour. The 42 year-old Material Mom emerged onto the stage front wearing a short kilt with a slit on each side over long leather pants. During the show, she appeared as a geisha, a cowgirl, and a modern dancer. Always emphasizing sensuality, Madonna's dizzying movements and provocative swaying triggered screams of pleasure from fans. Besides performing songs from her recent Ray of Light and Music albums, Madonna also sang a Spanish version of the track What it Feels Like for a Girl, and older favorites such as La Isla Bonita and Holiday, the hit that propelled her to stardom almost 20 years ago. The artist will conclude the European leg of her tour July 12 with the last of six concerts in London. A sold-out three-month U.S. tour begins with two shows July 21 and 22 in Philadelphia.

Madonna kicks off her Drowned World Tour tomorrow, but you can get buy some of the Exclusvie tour merchandise online today!

The BBC is to celebrate Madonna's forthcoming run of UK dates with a documentary called There's ONLY ONE MADONNA that will be screened on July 4. This coincides with Madonna's first UK gig on her Drowned World Tour, at London's Earl's Court Arena. A BBC spokesperson says the show, will chart her influence on style as well as her impact on girl power and her involvement with gender politics.

You can see Madonna *Star* in the Guy Ritchie directed BMW short film at www.bmwfilms.com.

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