Watch 10 ‘Sticky & Sweet’ Tour Videos!

Madonna.com

10 videos taken from the upcoming ‘Sticky & Sweet’ Tour DVD are now available for streaming for owners of a BlackBerry Bold from AT&T!

The selection includes the following performances:

Candy Shop
Beat Goes On
Vogue
Die Another Day
Music
Spanish Lesson
Miles Away
La Isla Bonita
Get Stupid
4 Minutes

For more info, please click HERE

Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008 - Some Funny Moments

Sticky & Sweet Tour 2009 - 1 million tickets sold!

Billboard

Madonna’s European continuation of last year’s Sticky & Sweet tour, also produced by Live Nation, is selling out again; it has already moved 1 million tickets worth $100 million in total, according to tour producer Arthur Fogel at Live Nation.

5,000 more Sofia tickets to go on sale

The Sofia Echo via Madonna Tribe

The organisers of the Madonna show have decided to allocate 5000 additional tickets which will be released on general sale May 19. Reportedly, the demand for the precious tickets has been so great that a decision was made to release a further batch. There has been no comment from the organisers whether the increase of capacity will bear on the safety of the people who are in the pit.

Tickets can now be purchased nationwide from Ticketpro or online, at www.ticketpro.com

When Madonna first announced at the beginning of May that she will perform in Sofia, the news became a complete sensation.

Madonna’s first ever concert in Bulgaria will be on Saturday August 29 2009 in Sofia at 8pm at Vassil Levski National Stadium. The concert, one of the entertainment highlights of the year, is expected to draw tens of thousands of fans not just from Bulgaria but from all over South East Europe, proving a stiff test for Bulgarian police.

The most expensive tickets, for those seeking to stay inside the Golden Circle just metres from Madonna, will cost 200 leva. People willing to stand in front of the stage will pay 150 leva.
The cheapest tickets, in the pit, cost 100 leva. Seat prices will vary between 110, 135 and 165 leva depending on location.

Madonna’s concert in Bulgaria is part of her Sticky & Sweet Tour in Europe. She will reportedly arrive with a crew of 250 people, and enough equipment to make her concert the biggest show Bulgarian fans have ever seen.

Oakenfold: 'Madonna songs cutting edge'

Digital Spy

Paul Oakenfold has described the new material he has recorded with Madonna as "cutting edge sounds combined with classic Madonna".

The pair spent a week together in the studio last month producing songs for the 'Miles Away' singer's upcoming greatest hits package.

Oakenfold confirmed that the new material will be previewed when he opens for Madonna on the second leg of her 'Sticky And Sweet' world tour, which kicks off in London on July 4.

The DJ will also play at the Wireless Festival before supporting Madonna on European dates in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe.

His new album Pop Killer is expected to be released in 2010 and features collaborations with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ryan Tedder and Ce-Lo.

Two Classics are back!

Madonna Tribe

The extension of the Madonna tour is about to start in less than two months and here at MadonnaTribe we've heard a few things buzzing around.
Rehearsals are planned to take place in New York and starting at the beginning of June. They will approximatively go on for a month before flying to London for the premiere on July 4th.

As for the changes in the Sticky & Sweet set list a couple of beloved old classics will be replacing two songs of the 2008 lineup. The songs considered at the moment are the 1983 First Album classic hit Holiday, making its comeback in a Madonna tour and Dress You Up, the old fan favourite from Like A Virgin!

The inclusion of such classic songs will surely convince the people who were unsure about this tour extension that Madonna is once again trying something new, by strengthening her already successful show of 2008, reinventing it by adding more fan favourite oldies but goodies!

3,000 more tickets for Werchter go on sale

RTL via Madonna Tribe

Ticktes for the Sticky & Sweet Tour concert of Saturday, July 11 at the Werchter festival site sold out in no time, but this came as no surprise considering that the show marks the first Madonna live appearance in the Belgium.

What can be more interesting to hear for the Madonna fans - especially those who did not manage to grab a ticket when they went on sale - is that the production team paid a visit on site last week, giving them a chance to carefully examine the layout plans.
As a result of this site survey a number of entries previously reserved to the production, plus a number of unpaid reservations tickets have now been released, making a total of 3,000 tickets being available to purchase.

Tickets are now available via www.proximusgoformusic.be and the Proximus Go For Music hotline.

Live Nation Inc. (LYV) Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to our 2009 first quarter conference call. Our first quarter results were in line with our expectations on our key metrics that indicate that we are on track to deliver our 2009 plan. Our first quarter is historically the slowest period of the year but an important time as it provides a window into how the full year will end up.

(...) We have a very strong line up this year. U2's 360 Tour has generated incredible demand, selling 2.5 million tickets. Madonna's extended leg in Europe has been another sell out smash and artists such as Nickleback, AC/DC, Coldplay, Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffet and the Jonas Brothers are well on track to sell out some strong shows.

Q: Obviously some bands are selling well and some others, and always the case and you've obviously got a long history of knowing how different bands sell in different venues and get a sense of how to price them on the guarantee side as well. Are you seeing in any cases, do you have any flexibility in any cases with some tours that are simply not performing as you'd hoped? Do you have any kind of out or flexible clauses with artists on the guarantee to sort of the bang it down a little bit if certain thresholds aren't met?

Generally you have a contract with the band, you have a contract. But we both have the same motive. A band does not want to get on stage and have empty seats. So I would say to you that 99% of the time, if a tour goes on sale and it's not pacing well, you are sitting with the manager and agent coming up with creative ways to sell more tickets. Reduce the prices, do more promotion, excite the sale, and that end.

The good news is this. The reason we planned, and that's why I don't want any of the Q1 decline in North America to come across as consumer purchase behavior versus self implied. We knew that we had a really strong year in North America last year. We know that there's a certain amount of shows we need to fill the pipe, and then some of the shows above and beyond that are the gravy that help you deliver some higher profit or sometimes bring down your profit.

We went into 2009 with a very purposeful disciplined plan that said, let's not try to grow market share in North America this year. Let's go after the for sure bands, the for sure business. We'll leave a few bands on the table. We'll let Age's and others book a few that we might have historically chased harder.

So we purposely went out this year to say we'll fill the pipe to the level that we know we can drive our operating income. We will not go after all and every band. We'll reduce our risk and we'll go after the more for sure bands.

So we're sitting here right now and the good news I can tell, we're not sitting here right now with any tours or any shows of magnitude that are dogs, that are going to take a hit on our P&L in any big sense.

We've got a pretty solid line up of superstars and downward and we're happy with the level we have right now and we don't see any big losers this year that will impact our operating income.

Q: (...) Are you just selling the tickets a little earlier this year or are you just understating that you're going to have a strong summer.

A bit of both. I've kind of given you guidance which I don't typically do on where we think we'll end up on attendance by the end of the year. So you can look at our historic 52 million tickets last year or all in and figure out where we'll be.

We built a plan this year that said the economic crisis has to affect you somewhere. We know though that we had a super strong slate because of the stadiums and Madonna and U2 and our festival business is on fire in Europe which is a really early on sale. So we knew International was going to have a strong year, so we knew we could look for growth from international.

We knew North America we had a super year last year in our amphitheaters and we didn't want to chase that exact market share in some of those shows and get ourselves into any risky shows to try to match that exact number.

(...) So we're just looking at the strong on sales. There's a little bit of head room. In this business it's all about there's not bad bands, there's just bad deals. So when you have a strong solid plan, you don't have to then chase a lot of extra which sometimes can get you in trouble.

Q: As far as the disclosure on the Artist Nation, do you plan on doing some type of metrics and judge how the Artist Nation's doing in the future?

Absolutely we will. Probably towards the end of the year, Q3 or Q4 probably. I think once we have the entire Madonna tour cycle wrapped up, the U2 won't be wrapped by then but it will be in full motion. JZ will be in; hopefully Shakira will be staring to go out. So I think by the end of the year we'll be able to talk about how those bands did not only from a touring but a sponsorship, accessory sales and all of the pieces of how they all added up against our investment.

Antboogie's Tour Video Diary: Jumping Rope

Here's the second video from Madonna's dancer, Antboogie, from his Sticky & Sweet Tour Diary:

Demand for Madonna Tickets Overloads Outlets

yle.fi via allaboutmadonna

Madonna fans looking to buy concert tickets through ticket-vendors Lippupiste and Lippupalvelu faced jammed phone lines and glitches with internet booking services on Monday.

Last week, concert orginisers announced that a further 5,000 tickets would be released on Monday for megastar Madonna’s summer concert in Helsinki. Two thousand of the tickets were for the best seats at the concert stadium.

Tickets for Madonna’s concert went on sale at Lippupiste ticket outlets on Monday morning. Ticket prices range from 99 to 119 euros. Concert organisers decided to release additional tickets due to exceptionally high demand.

Madonna will take the stage in front of 80, 000 die-hard fans at Jätkäsaari in Helsinki on August 6th. Her show is the largest public event ever to be staged in Finland.

Her phenomenally successful “Sticky & Sweet Tour” is the top grossing tour in history for a solo artist.

More tickets for Helsinky on sale on Monday

Madonna Tribe

"Due to the overwhelming" demand 5,000 extra tickets for the August 6 concert at the West Harbour in Helsinky will be on sale next Monday , May 11.

2,000 tickets will grant access to Pitch A (Golden Circle) priced at 119 euro and 3,000 for Pitch C priced 109 euro.
Tickets will be available to purchase from the Lippupiste sales points, by phone and online at www.lippupiste.fi at 9 am local time.

Pitch A tickets will be limited to 2 tickets per customer.
Pitch C tickets will be limited to 6 tickets per customer.

"Vogue" - Sticky & Sweet Tour DVD Preview!

Madonna is taking Flamenco lessons

Madonna.com (Sidewalk Talk)

Madonna is said to be taking Flamenco dance lessons as part of the rehearsals for the 2009 leg of her Sticky & Sweet Tour.

‘Who’s That Girl’ new song on Madonna’s S&S 2009 tour ?

Madonna.com

Some sources say that Madonna is to add a reworked version of her 1987 hit ‘Who’s That Girl’ to this summer’s ‘Sticky & Sweet’ setlist. While ‘The Look Of Love’ was considered as another option, ‘Who’s That Girl’, which she has not performed live since her 1987 world tour, may have won the game. Let’s wait and see!

Third Spanish show officially announced

Madonna.com

Madonna fans, we are happy to confirm that Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour will stop at Zaragoza's Recinto De La Feria De Zaragoza on July 25th.

While the public ticket sale will start on April 3rd at 10am local time, please note that a devoted fan club pre sale will start on April 1st at 5pm local time.

Ticketmaster Spain listing Zaragoza presale; A second show in Estonia?

Madonna Tribe

Tickets for the July 25 concert in Zaragoza will be on sale on Friday, March 27, the Spanish press reports today.
Ticketmaster Spain is also listing a fan-club presale starting on March 25 - although the official Madonna website is still lacking any official announcement for the concert.

The ticket range listed on the site starts from € 43,00 and goes up to € 232,00.
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Is Madonna adding a second show in Tallinn, Estonia? There has not been any official announcement but every online ticket reseller for the sold out concert on August 4th - TicketPro Estonia, Latvia and Lithunia - are listing another Sticky & Sweet concert the night before, August 3rd.

This would make another set of three concerts in a row, but there is no doubt that tickets for the Estonian stop of the 2009 tour sold so well that there is certainly space for a new date to be added.

Guy Oseary Answers 10 questions from fans

Madonna's Official Fan Club - Icon

1) Would you consider an Asian leg for Madonna's next tour?
Madonna loves Asia and definitely would love to go back.

2) What are the plans, if any, for a Sticky & Sweet Tour DVD/CD Release? Will it include a tour documentary?
We plan on having the DVD/CD come out in the fall, hopefully in November. Nathan Rissman shot hours and hours of b-roll. We will edit it down and definitely include highlights in the DVD.

3) Now that Madonna has decided to extend her "Sticky and Sweet" tour, is there any chance for her to release a 4th single off her 'Hard Candy' album?
I don't see that happening.

4) Could you tell us more about the new Greatest Hits to be released by Warner Bros? Will it include unreleased tracks? Is there a release date available?
We are trying to get two new tracks on the album. But not sure if they should be "never before heard" gems, or simply start from scratch. She is thinking about doing something dance and up tempo, so stay tuned....

5) Will this summer's show be the exact same as last year's? Will Madonna make some changes to the set list, costumes?
Mostly it will be the same, with an added surprise song to the show. Again, stay tuned.

7) What is your best memory with Madonna?
My best memory? Too many to mention. I've been with Madonna for over half my life. My favorite moments are when we are alone, taking a walk through the countryside together or having dinner together. I do have fond memories of when I first became friends with Madonna. I was such a kid who knew so little , yet she took my hand and showed me the world. It's been an amazing ride.

8.) Do you know what Madonna thinks of her fan club and all of her devoted fans there?
She loves her fans. Honestly everything she does she considers her fans. I can give you an example from tour -
When she did the L.A. Dodger Stadium show the whole front of the stage broke the night before the show. We almost cancelled. When I said "don't worry, everything will be fine no one will care", she responded "no my fans will care, they notice everything!" She doesn't want to do anything less than amazing for her fans. But at the same time, she didn't want to let down her fans by canceling the show, so at 9 pm the night before, she said the show must go on. All these decisions are always made with the fans in mind. She has seen many of Iconers showing up at each show and she really appreciates it - you know who you are!

9) Will Madonna release some unreleased songs or demos from her past albums at some point?
At some point, would love to do something amazing with the remixes and demos. Thanks to you guys for many of your suggestions on this, they are all being considered.

10) Why wasn't Australia included in the tour itinerary and will she visit Australia anytime soon?
Madonna really needs to go to Australia!! Its a must...and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure we get there next time Madonna tours. Unfortunately it didn't work out for this tour. She appreciates her Aussie fans coming to many of the shows. Israel never missed one show in Europe or South America and he waved his Australian flag at every single show. We are long over due for a trip down under and apologize for that, it will happen.

More tickets for West Harbour to be released

Madonna Tribe

Up to 5,000 extra tickets are about to be made available for Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour gig in Helsinki, according to reports from local newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.

"Just when you thought they were all gone (or alternatively just as you were about to sell yours for a profit), it appears that yet more tickets will be added for pop diva Madonn's August gig in Helsinki", the newspaper says.

"We are currently looking into the matter with the authorities, but I would imagine that around five thousand extra tickets will become available", estimates promoter Risto Juvonen from Live Nation.
"The concert area could hold a much larger crowd, but the entry and exit routes set the limits."

Madonna will perform in Helsinki's Jätkäsaari on August 6th. So far over 80,000 tickets have been made available for the concert, which sold out very quickly amid reports of chaos and snafus at street and online outlets. Live Nation Finland is also the promoter of another Sticky & Sweet Tour event in the Baltic country of Estonia, where Madonna will perform on August 4.

Madonna to perform at the Zaragoza Fair on July 25

Madonna Tribe

The third Sticky & Sweet Tour stop in Spain seems more and more close to an announcement as Ticketmaster.es features a new banner on their concert highlights mentioning tickets for Zaragoza on sale "very soon" and local newspaper Heraldo publishing a new article with more detailed info.

What is missing, again, is an official confirmation from Madonna.com.

The concert should take place on July 25 and the venue will be the Feria de Muestras - the Zaragoza Fair site from the 2008 Expo.

The first venue to be taken under consideration for the concert, La Romareda, was scrapped because of the size of the Madonna stage, which would have occupied one entire side of the stadium limiting its capacity to 40.000 people only.

The open air venue at the Zaragoza Fair will allow promoters to sell 52,500 tickets - with the price range announced by the press - and not yet officially confirmed - being the cheapest for Madonna in Spain this year:

Fronf of Stage: 89 €
Pista A: 61 €
Pista B: 43 €
VIP Reserved Seat: 257 €

Bercy tickets selling out fast; Bulgarian concert sold out!

Madonna Tribe

The general public sale for the July 9 concert at the Palais d'Omnisport de Bercy in Paris was scheduled to start this morning, although rather inexplicably tickets were already available yesterday night since 10 pm on a Live Nation France vending website.

No need to say the allotment of tickets for what has been announced as "concert unique" is selling out pretty fast, with the other official retailers including Ticketnet, Fnac Spectacles and Carrefour currently showing no available tickets at all or limited lots in the higher-priced categories and a few "fosse" tickets showing up on France Billet.

As originally announced a fifth category has been made available - and these "behind the stage" tickets are being offered for 82.50 euro.

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The Sticky & Sweet Tour concert in Bulgaria finally sold out, three weeks after tickets were made available to purchase.
The "golden" and VIP tickets literally disappeared from the vendor's website after only ten minutes of sale, and now all other categories have been grabbed by the fans in less than a month as the Bulgarian Ticketpro site lists all categories as "sellout".

Madonna will perform in Sofia on August 29th. Despite some strong rumours of the tour extending ahead of the month of August, this is currently the last announced concert of the 2009 leg.