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| | MADONNA STICKY & SWEET TOUR ITINERARY 2008 | | | Thursday, May 8, 2008 (9:31 AM)
(I'm feeling cheerful) | | August 23: Cardiff Millennium Stadium - on sale Friday May 16
August 26: Nice Stade Charles Ehrmann - on sale Friday May 16
August 28: Berlin Olympic Stadium - on sale Wednesday May 21
September 02: Amsterdam Arena - on sale Saturday May 17
September 04: Dusseldorf LTU Arena - on sale Wednesday May 21
September 06: Rome Olympic Stadium - on sale Friday May 23
September 09: Frankfurt Commerzbank Arena - on sale Wednesday May 21
September 11: London Wembley Stadium - on sale Friday May 16
September 20: Paris Stade de France - on sale Friday May 16
October 03: E. Rutherford Izod Center - on sale Monday May 19
October 06: New York City Madison Square Garden - on sale Monday May 19
October 07: New York City Madison Square Garden - on sale Monday May 19
October 15: Boston TD BankNorth Garden - on sale Saturday May 17
October 18: Toronto Air Canada Centre - on sale Saturday May 24
October 22: Montreal Bell Centre - on sale Saturday May 24
October 26: Chicago United Center - on sale Saturday May 17
October 30: Vancouver BC Place Stadium - on sale Saturday May 24
November 01: Oakland Oracle Arena - on sale Sunday June 1
November 04: San Diego Petco Park - on sale Sunday June 1
November 06: Los Angeles Dodger Stadium - on sale Sunday June 1
November 08: Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena - on sale Saturday May 31
November 11: Denver Pepsi Center - on sale Saturday May 31
November 16: Houston Minute Maid Park - on sale Saturday May 31
November 19: Philadelphia Wachovia Center - on sale Monday June 2
November 22: Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall - on sale Monday June 2
November 24: Atlanta Philips Arena - on sale Saturday May 31
November 26: Miami Dolphin Stadium- on sale Saturday May 31
Additional dates and venues to be announced.
Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour will also visit Mexico and South America later this year. Show date and on sale information to follow.
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| | Madonna fans: I've got Candy | | | Monday, March 10, 2008 (9:10 AM)
(I'm feeling excited) | |
MADONNA fans’ mouths have been watering for months in anticipation of new album Hard Candy.
And I’ve got an exclusive track-by-track rundown to whet their appetites ahead of its release next month.
The Chameleon Of Pop has chosen an edgy, urban feel for her latest reinvention.
She has come in for criticism for jumping on the R&B bandwagon and collaborating heavily with TIMBALAND, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and PHARRELL WILLIAMS.
And her new material may appeal more to fans of the hip-hop trio than old-school Madonna devotees.
Despite a few tasty treats, I’m not sure rap was the right direction for a singer approaching her fifth decade.
Album opener Candy Store is Madge’s favourite track and I’m assured that it – and not the Hard Candy make-up brand – was the inspiration for the album’s title.
Pharrell’s fingerprints are all over this song and I reckon it will be a future hit.Madge was keen for Candy Store to be the first single but that honour went to the album's second track,4 Minutes, to be released later this month.
In this up-tempo number, previously called 4 Minutes To Save The World, she exchanges dialogue with Timberlake and Timbaland for, as the title suggests, exactly 240 seconds.
It’s back to Pharrell for third track Give It 2 Me, which has his trademark funky sound.
Next up is Heartbeat, which marks a departure of style with a heavily 1980s-influenced sound. The catchy tune is one of the few tracks that should please Madge’s pop purists. It has echoes of her No1 smash Hung Up and could be the albums biggest hit.
Track five, Miles Away, goes back to her new urban sound.
She’s Not Me has the album’s most controversial lyrics and sounds like Madge’s response to ROBBIE WILLIAMS’ track She’s Madonna. Rob’s 2007 tune was about Madge’s hubby GUY RITCHIE picking her over Robbie’s TV presenter ex TANIA STRECKER. In She’s Not Me, Madge sings: “She can love you in the shower” but “she doesn’t have my name”.
The superstar is clearly in no doubt her fella made the right decision. Incredible is the third of the Pharrell productions and has some sexual lyrics – but unfortunately, the track doesn’t live up to its name.
Beat Goes On features more America rap royalty, KANYE WEST, but it’s not up there with Madge’s best.
Dance Tonight is a duet with JT with worthy lyrics about doing our bit for charity. On Spanish Lesson, Madge tries out her multilin-gual skills – which might have been better left in the classroom.
Devil is a reworked mid-tempo outtake from her last album, Confessions On A Dance Floor.
The album wraps up with Voices – its deepest track. It has lyrics about the “master and slave” and is about people being slaves to their egos.
Hard Candy is out on April 28.
Suck it and see for yourself then.
Source:The Sun
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