Madonna Sweetens Live Nation's Pot With Tour of Stadiums and Arenas

"Hard Candy" is the album, "Sweet & Sticky" is the name of the tour.
Madonna will tour Europe before coming to the States in October, where she will perform 18 shows at stadiums and arena from Oct. 3 through Thanksgiving weekend.
Tour starts  Aug. 23 in Cardiff, Wales and hits  London on Sept. 11 and Paris on the 20th.
U.S. legs opens in the basketball arena at the Meadowlands in New Jersey on Oct. 3. She plays New York's Madison Square Garden on Oct. 6 and 7. She will be at Dodger Stadium on Nov. 6. (Brrrrrr). Mexico and South America dates will follow.
On sale dates start as early as May 16 (London, Paris, Cardiff and Nice), 17 (Amsterdam, Boston and Chicago) and 19 (E. Rutherford, N.J.) and New York. Tour is the first one under her $100 million deal with Live Nation.
Tickets will be as high as $300 and, of course, there will be "premium tickets" and VIP packages sold as well.
Jamie King will direct the show; Kevin Antunes is musical director.
The tour dates followed by on sale date:

AUGUST
23 Cardiff Millennium Stadium - Fri. May 16
26 Nice Stade Charles Ehrmann - Fri. May 16
28 Berlin Olympic Stadium - Wed. May 21
SEPTEMBER
02 Amsterdam Arena - Sat. May 17
04 Dusseldorf LTU Arena - Wed. May 21
06 Rome Olympic Stadium - Fri. May 23
09 Frankfurt Commerzbank Arena - Wed. May 21
11 London Wembley Stadium - Fri. May 16
20 Paris Stade de France - Fri. May 16
OCTOBER
03- E. Rutherford Izod Center - Mon. May 19
06 New York City Madison Square Garden - Mon. May 19
07- New York City Madison Square Garden - Mon. May 19
15 Boston TD BankNorth Garden - Sat. May 17
18 Toronto Air Canada Centre - Sat. May 24
22 Montreal Bell Centre - Sat. May 24
26- Chicago United Center - Sat. May 17
30 Vancouver BC Place Stadium - Sat. May 24
NOVEMBER
01 Oakland Oracle Arena - Sun. June 1
04 San Diego Petco Park - Sun. June 1
06 Los Angeles Dodger Stadium - Sun. June 1
08 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena - Sat. May 31
11 Denver Pepsi Center - Sat. May 31
16 Houston Minute Maid Park - Sat. May 31
19 Philadelphia Wachovia Center - Mon. June 2
22 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall - Mon. June 2
24 Atlanta Philips Arena - Sat. May 31
26 Miami Dolphin Stadium - Sat. May 31