LONDON (Reuters) - Madonna will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel before moving on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 20 years, tour promotion company Live Nation said on Tuesday.
The 2012 World Tour will be the first for the Grammy Award-winning 53-year-old Material Girl since her "Sticky & Sweet Tour" in 2008 and 2009 and will stop in more than 20 European and Middle Eastern cities including London, Edinburgh, Paris, Milan, Abu Dhabi and Berlin.
The tour starts on May 29 in Tel Aviv and then visits Abu Dhabi and Istanbul in early June before moving on to Europe. The European leg concludes on August 21st in Nice, France and the North American leg will end in Miami, with the date yet to be confirmed, the company said in a statement.
Dates for the South American and Australian legs and locations were not yet set and additional cities and venues are to be announced, they added.
The announcement came just days after Madonna's halftime performance at the Super Bowl on Feb 5, with a record 114 million people tuning in to watch the glitzy, Cleopatra-themed show, which was lauded by critics but resulted in an apology from television network NBC and the NFL for a rude gesture made by British hip hop star M.I.A. during the show.
Check out the following tour schedule:
May 29 – Tel Aviv, IR @ Ramat Gam Stadium
June 3 – Abu Dabi @ Yas Arena
June 7 – Istanbul, TR @ Turk Telecom Arena
June 11 – Zagreb, CR @ Maksimir Stadium
June 14 – Milan, IT @ Stadio San Siro
June 16 – Florence, IT @ Stadio Franchi
June 20 – Barcelona, ES @ Palau Sant Jordi
June 24 – Coimbra, PT @ Estadio Cidade de Coimbra
June 28 – Berlin, DE @ O2 Arena
July 2 – Copenhagen, DK @ Parken Stadium
July 4 – Gothenburg, SE @ Ullevi Stadium
July 7 – Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
July 12 – Brussels, BE @ Stade Roi-Baudouin
July 14 – Paris, FR @ Stade De France
July 17 – London, UK @ Hyde Park
July 21 – Edinburgh, UK @ Murrayfield Stadium
July 24 – Dublin, IE @ Aviva Stadium
July 29 – Vienna, AT @ Ernst-Happel Stadion
August 1 – Warsaw, PL @ National Stadium
August 7 – Moscow, RU @ Olimpiski Arena
August 8 – St. Petersburg, RU @ SKK Arena
August 12 – Helsinki, FI @ Olympic Stadium
August 15 – Oslo, NO @ Telenor Arena
August 18 – Zurich, CH @ Stadion Letzigrund
August 21 – Nice, FR @ Stade Charles-Erhmann
August 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
August 30 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
September 1 – Quebec City, QC @ Plains of Abraham Site
September 4 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
September 6 – New York, NY @ Yankee Stadium
September 10 – Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
September 12 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
September 15 – Atlanta City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall
September 19 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
September 23 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
September 29 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
October 2 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
October 6 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
October 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
October 13 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand
October 16 – Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
October 20 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
October 24 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
October 27 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Arena
October 30 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
November 1 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
November 3 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
November 10 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
November 15 – Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena
November 17 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
TBA – Miami, FL @ TBA
