A second show in Sao Paulo was recently added to the 'sticky & Sweet" tour itinerary. Madonna will perform a second show at Morumbi Stadium on December 20. Public pre-registration started on August 25th and tickets will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, September 3.

We're happy to announce that we've just launched a Sticky & Sweet Tour devoted page!
Make sure to check it on a regular basis for tour based news and features, as well as live pictures and more.

Currently featured are Hamutsun Server, a band including Rikiccho and Da-Yoshi, which were both featured in Madonna's '4 Minutes' video and who are part of the 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour dancers.
Discover more about their music and watch the video for 'Space Harrier' now!

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 Russian Romani musicians (The Kolpakov Trio) 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

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 £l 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.

Iconers, Madonna has reviewed all of the t - shirt designs submitted through our first contest and has chosen her favourite ones! If your name is listed below, congratulations, you've won a pair of the best tickets available in the house and will be Madonna's special guest at the show you've selected!
Don't forget that a new contest will start on August 21 and will allow you to win tickets to the Dusseldorf, Rome, Frankfurt, London and Lisbon shows!

And the winners of the first contest are:

23 Aug 2008 Cardiff
Freckleface
Ceffyl

26 Aug 2008 Nice
RachelMarron
Jorma

28 Aug 2008 Berlin
16 - aug - 58
grazyna

30 Aug 2008 Zurich
Iconermadonna
Parakeet

02 Sep 2008 Amsterdam
RolfICON
Madonnathalie

We are happy to confirm that Madonna's 'sticky & Sweet' tour will stop at Rio De Janeiro's Maracana Stadium on December 14th and at Sao Paulo's Morumbi on December 18th!

A fan club devoted presale for both shows will start on Wednesday, August 20th at 10am Local Time.

Public registration will start on August 20 and end on August 29. Tickets for the Rio De Janeiro show will go on sale Monday, September 1st while the Sao Paulo ones will be available from Wednesday, September 3rd.

We are happy to confirm that Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet"" Tour will stop at Detroit's Ford Field on November 18!

Tickets for this newly added show will go on sale Saturday, August 23 at 10am Local Time.

A devoted Icon presale will start on Tuesday, August 19 at 10am Local Time.

A second Boston show was just added to the "Sticky & Sweet" Tour itinerary and will take place at the TD Banknorth Garden on October 16.

Tickets will go on sale Monday, August 25th, at 10am Local Time.

A fan club devoted presale will start on Tuesday, August 19 at 10am LOCAL TIME.

Iconers, we have some good news for you! To thank you for your incredible
support, Madonna has decided to keep the best tickets available to each of
her "Sticky & Sweet" shows, which will be given away through an exclusive
contest series starting today!

To learn more about this brand new series, please visit the devoted page now!

Madonna's "Give It 2 Me" was released as a 8 tracks CD maxi-single in the USA yesterday, August 5.
It includes amazing club remixes by Paul Oakenfold, Fedde Le Grand, Eddie Amador, Tong & Spoon, Jody den Broeder, as well as stunning ragga version of the song by Sly & Robbie.
Click here to order your copy from Amazon now.