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I love the Paul Oakenfold remix of Give It 2 Me. 4 Minutes didn't really such have standout remixes, based on the ones I've heard.

Tickets for Madonna's new Sticky & Sweet Tour go on sale next week! Iconer presales start on the 14th and 15th of May so I think legacy members get first choice on 14th to book pre-sales.

GET YOUR WALLETS READY BOYS AND GIRLS!!!!! MADONNA IS COMING TO TOWN! :shimmy :shimmy :shimmy

I will keep this thread as up to date as possible regarding confirmed venues, ticket prices, and dates. Stay tuned.

Sticky and Sweet Tour ?
Sounds like guys and girls are going to swear a lot in the tour and get sticky. Hot.

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Originally Posted by marty518 (Post 1453712)

I was surprised that "Hard Candy" debuted with lower sales than "Confessions" in the US!
"Hard Candy" sold just over 280,000 and "Confessions" sold almost 350,000 in their first week.

In comparison, "Music" sold almost 420,000 and "American Life" sold just over 240,000 in their first week.

However, "4 Minutes" has done REALLY well. And with the ability to just buy that one song online, maybe people aren't interested in getting the whole album.

Confessions is the album basically all dance tracks. Lots of people love it as non-stop album and dance music. The music fits in dancing clubs a lot. The promotion from the dancing clubs definitely was a help.

Hard Candy is different. It has some dance and ballads songs.

North America dates from a very reliable source! I AM SO HAPPY! Vancouver is only a hop-skip-and a jump from Bellingham!!!

10/3/08 - East Rutherford - Izod Arena*
*(this is a friday, but as of now scheduled to go as planned)
10/6/2008 - New York - MSG
10/7/2008 - New York - MSG
10/15/2008 - Boston - TD Bank North Garden
10/18/2008 - Toronto - Air Canada Center
10/26/2008 - Chicago - United Center
10/22/2008 - Montreal - Bell Centre
10/30/2008 - Vancouver -BC Place Stadium
11/1/2008 - Oakland - Oracle Arena
11/4/2008 - San Diego - Petco Park
11/6/2008 - Los Angeles - Dodger Stadium
11/8/2008 - Las Vegas - MGM Grand
11/11/2008 - Denver - Pepsi Center
11/16/2008- Houston - Minute Maid Park
11/19/2008 - Philadelphia - Wachovia Center
11/22/2008 - Atlantic City - Boardwalk Hall
11/24/2008- Atlanta- Philips Arena
11/26/2008 - Miami- Dolphins Stadium

Notes: Shows that are arena shows may have more than the date listed if first show sells out.
Dates always could shift around a little, but as of now, this is what is planned.

OH MY GOD SHE'S COMING TO BOSTON!

I.AM.SO.GOING.

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Originally Posted by bondingo (Post 1454359)

OH MY GOD SHE'S COMING TO BOSTON!

I.AM.SO.GOING.

I CAN SEE HER TOO! *jumps around with you screaming like little girls*

Who knows, I may end up eating my words if those dates are fake but we shall see soon enough.

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Madonna Announces Summer Tour

May 08, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
Ray Waddell
Madonna's upcoming tour will begin Aug. 23 in Cardiff, Wales, and will include between 50-60 shows total, Billboard.com has learned. Details of the tour, produced globally by Live Nation, will be announced later today (May 8).

Billed as the Sticky and Sweet tour, Madonna's trek in support of her current chart-topping Warner Bros. release "Hard Candy" -- which debuted atop the Billboard 200 yesterday -- will play stadiums in the U.K. and Europe until the end of September, arenas and a "handful" of stadiums in 16 markets in North America in October and November, and then stadiums in Mexico and South America late November-December.

"I'm thrilled to be involved in another worldwide Madonna extravaganza," Arthur Fogel, chairman of global music for Live Nation, tells Billboard.com. Fogel has helmed Madonna's last three world tours, which grossed almost $400 million combined. Her 2006 Confessions tour is, at $194 million, the top-grossing tour ever by a female artist.

The upcoming tour is the first major manifestation of the multi-faceted
10-year deal between Madonna and Live Nation, valued in published reports at $120 million.

"The reality is she's delivered her last album to Warner Bros., and it's a smash, which is great for everybody," Fogel says. "We now have a tremendous opportunity with a tremendous artist to do all kinds of new and innovative things on many different levels, and this tour will be the start of that rollout."

The tour follows a familiar Madonna touring blueprint in that it visits a limited number of markets in a four-month time frame, with multi-night stands in major cities. Ticket on-sale details will be announced today, along with a presale through Live Nation's corporate sponsorship partner Citi. Fogel says ticket prices will be "basically the same as they've been the past two tours," which means primarily in the $55-$350 range.

Source: Billboard.com

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Tour itinerary courtesy of ICON

"STICKY & SWEET" TOUR

Show Date City Venue Icon Member Presale On Sale Date
23-Aug Cardiff Millenium Stadium Mon. May 12 at 10am Fri. May 16
26-Aug Nice Stade Charles Ehrmann Tue. May 13 at 10am Fri. May 16
28-Aug Berlin Olympic Stadium Fri. May 16 at 10am Wed. May 21
02-Sep Amsterdam Arena Mon. May 12 at 10am Sat. May 17
04-Sep Dusseldorf LTU Arena Fri. May 16 at 10am Wed. May 21
06-Sep Rome Olympic Stadium Mon. May 19 at 10 am Fri. May 23
09-Sep Frankfurt Commerzbank Arena Fri. May 16 at 10am Wed. May 21
11-Sep London Wembley Stadium Mon. May 12 at 10am Fri. May 16
20-Sep Paris Stade de France Tue. May 13 at 10am Fri. May 16
03-Oct E. Rutherford Izod Arena Mon. May 12 at 10am Mon. May 19
06-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden Mon. May 12 at 10am Mon. May 19
07-Oct New York City Madison Square Garden Mon. May 12 at 10am Mon. May 19
15-Oct Boston TD BankNorth Garden Mon. May 12 at 10am Sat. May 17
18-Oct Toronto Air Canada Centre Tue. May 20 at 10am Sat. May 24
22-Oct Montreal Bell Centre Tue. May 20 at 10am Sat. May 24
26-Oct Chicago United Center Mon. May 12 at 10am Sat. May 17
30-Oct Vancouver BC Place Stadium Tue. May 20 at 10am Sat. May 24
01-Nov Oakland Oracle Arena Tue. May 27 at 10am Sun. June 1
04-Nov San Diego Petco Park Tue. May 27 at 10am Sun. June 1
06-Nov Los Angeles Dodger Stadium Tue. May 27 at 10am Sun. June 1
08-Nov Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena Tue. May 27 at 10am Sat. May 31
11-Nov Denver Pepsi Center Tue. May 27 at 10am Sat. May 31
16-Nov Houston Minute Maid Park Tue. May 27 at 10am Sat. May 31
19-Nov Philadelphia Wachovia Center Tue. May 27 at 10am Mon. June 2
22-Nov Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall Tue. May 27 at 10am Mon. June 2
24-Nov Atlanta Philips Arena Tue. May 27 at 10am Sat. May 31
26-Nov Miami Dolphin Stadium Tue. May 27 at 10am Sat. May 31
All presale times are LOCAL TIME.

ICON FAN CLUB PRESALES: The Madonna Icon fan club presales will begin at 10am LOCAL TIME based on the schedule outlined in the above tour date grid.

NOTE ABOUT ICON MEMBERSHIPS AND TICKET ACCESS: The cut off to join Icon and receive access to ticket presales was April 30, 2008. Only those Icon Fan Club members who signed up for Platinum membership before May 1, 2008, and whose account is currently in good standing will have access to fan club ticket presales. If you joined the Icon site as a Platinum member after April 30, 2008 you will NOT have access to ticket presales.

I'm going to NYC for the Oct 6th
and Toronto for the Oct 18th

any fans here going to these 2 cities? :O :O :O

*super hyper mode*

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'Hard Candy' #1 all around the world

Madonna's new studio album 'Hard Candy' has topped the charts all around the world (in more than 30 countries). She has broken her own record, set back in 2005 (Confessions on a Dance Floor debuted at number one in 29 countries). This is (again) a world record for a solo artist.

The leading single '4 Mintes' still tops the charts all around the world and also spends it's fourth week in a row on the top of United World Chart.

This is an incredible success, so congratulations, Madonna - we knew you can do it!

List of the countries, where 'Hard Candy' has debuted at number one:
Australia
Argentina
Brazil
Japan
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Ireland
Italy
Swizterland
The Netherlands
Sweden
Danemark
Finland
Spain
Portugal
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Slovenia
Israel
Chile
Hong Kong
Singapore
Taiwan
South Korea
South Africa
U.A.E.

Source: Madge Tribe

Eat that, haters! :laugh

Way to go, Hard Candy! I really love the tracks throughout the whole album, unlike COADF where i only found the first half of the album awesome.

Yay, she's #1 in my country too!

Did she really debut at number 1 in Japan though? I just was on ORICON and I didn't see Hard Candy anywhere on the charts. Or did it come out this week and not before there?

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Originally Posted by bondingo (Post 1456010)

Did she really debut at number 1 in Japan though? I just was on ORICON and I didn't see Hard Candy anywhere on the charts. Or did it come out this week and not before there?

From their weekly chart:

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ハード・キャンディー
アーティスト
マドンナ
メーカー WMJ
発売日 2008年04月30日発売
推定売上数 55462

Yes, she did debut in Japan and most of the countries around the world at number 1. WOW!!

I saw the CD Special Edition Box Set of Hard Candy in SINGAPORE! It costs SGD$45.90 and i went home then went back to buy it. LOL.

Pictures (Don't mind the watermarks)

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http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...tures/05-6.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...tures/07-6.jpg
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Originally Posted by meatpao (Post 1457224)

I saw the CD Special Edition Box Set of Hard Candy in SINGAPORE! It costs SGD$45.90 and i went home then went back to buy it. LOL.

I love mine, the booklet is gorgeous and the candies are delicious. :)

omg i wish i could go to her concert in singapore!!!

any date for the international tour?

i dunno this is already posted or not

10 s/d 17 - 05- 2008

TOP 10 ALBUM ( BILLBOARD 200 ):

1.( new ) MADONNA.....HARD CANDY......280.000
2.( 1 ) MARIAH CAREY.....E=mc2....95.000
3.( 2 ) LEONA LEWIS.....SPIRIT.....84.000
4.( new ) Lyfe Jennings .....Lyfe Change.....80.000
5.( new ) Def Leppard .....Songs from the Sparkle Lounge.....55.000
6.( new ) The Roots.....Rising Down.....54.000
7.( new ) Portishead.....Third.....53.000
8.( new ) Mudcrutch.....Mudcrutch.....38.000
9.( 6 ) NOW 27.....various artist.....31.000
10.( new ) Tim McGraw.....Greatest Hits: Limited Edition.....29.000

TOP 10 SINGLE ( BILLBOARD HOT 100 ) :

1.( 1 ) LEONA LEWIS.....Bleeding Love
2.( 2 ) Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major .....Lollipop
3.( 3 ) Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown.....No Air
4.( 5 ) Usher Featuring Young Jeezy .....Love In This Club
5.( 6 ) Ray J & Yung Berg.....Sexy Can I
6.( 4 ) Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake.....4 Minutes
7.( 7 ) Mariah Carey.....Touch My Body
8.( 19 ) Natasha Bedingfield.....Pocketful Of Sunshine
9.( 8 ) Sara Bareilles.....Love Song
10.( 14 ) Jesse McCartney.....Leavin'