Madonna Announces 2012 World Tour Dates
After a much-talked-about Superbowl performance, Madonna has announced her world tour dates for 2012. According to Arthur Fogel, CEO of Live Nation, Madge will have close to 90 tour stops once the trek wraps up early 2013. She plans to play 26 European markets and will hit U.S. shores on August 28th before taking on Latin America and Australia. Talk about a world traveler!
This will be Madonna's fifth tour with Fogel and Live Nation, and second under her long-term multi-rights deal with the promoter. Her last tour, 2008-2009's Sticky & Sweet, grossed $408 million according to Billboard Boxscore, the highest ever for a solo artist and third-highest of all time. Prior to that, Madonna's 2006 Confessions Tour grossed $194 million, according to Boxscore, then the highest ever for a female artist.