Madonna Preps Sticky and Sweet Tour

After giving her old label Warner Brothers one last going-away present with the number one debut of Hard Candy, Madonna is ready to make good on her ten-year contract with Live Nation by launching her Sticky and Sweet Tour. The trek will kick off in Cardiff, Wales, on August 23rd, spin through Europe and then cross the Atlantic for an October 3rd show in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Material Girl will then play stadiums and arenas throughout the U.S. before venturing down for a South America jaunt. Live Nation will produce the tour, Madonna's first since her record-breaking Confessions tour raked in $260 million in 2006. Ticket prices will be in the $55-$350 range.

August 23 - Cardiff @ Millennium Stadium
August 26 - Nice @ Stade Charles Ehrmann
August 28 - Berlin @ Olympic Stadium
September 2 - Amsterdam @ Arena
September 4 - Dusseldorf @ LTU Arena
September 6 - Rome @ Olympic Stadium
September 9 - Frankfurt @ Commerzbank Arena
September 11 - London @ Wembley Stadium
September 20 - Paris @ Stade de France
October 3 - E. Rutherford @ Izod Center
October 6 - New York City @ Madison Square Garden
October 7 - New York City @ Madison Square Garden
October 15 - Boston @ TD BankNorth Garden
October 18 - Toronto @ Air Canada Centre
October 22 - Montreal @ Bell Centre
October 26 - Chicago @ United Center
October 30 - Vancouver @ BC Place Stadium
November 1 - Oakland @ Oracle Arena
November 4 - San Diego @ Petco Park
November 6 - Los Angeles @ Dodger Stadium
November 8 - Las Vegas @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
November 11 - Denver @ Pepsi Center
November 16 - Houston @ Minute Maid Park
November 19 - Philadelphia @ Wachovia Center
November 22 - Atlantic City @ Boardwalk Hall
November 24 - Atlanta @ Philips Arena
November 26 - Miami @ Dolphin Stadium

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Song Stories

“1999”

Prince | 1982

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.

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