Facts

• Madonna will be dancing and singing across the stages of the world this spring and summer, it was announced today. The Confessions Tour with concerts across major US cities, Canada, Europe and Japan will begin in Los Angeles on May 21st. Confessions tour dates were officially confirmed by Madonna managers Angela Becker and Guy Oseary, along with Arthur Fogel, President of The Next Adventure (a Live Nation Company), the tours worldwide promoter.
  Tour stops in North America for the Confessions Tour will include arenas in Chicago, Boston, San Jose, Phoenix, Fresno, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Miami, Montreal and New York. Overseas appearances will take place in arenas, stadiums and outdoor venues in Paris, France; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Cardiff, Wales; Rome, Italy; Dusseldorf and Hannover Germany; Horsens, Denmark; Osaka and Tokyo Japan.
  
  The Confessions Tour will be directed by longtime Madonna collaborator Jamie King with Stuart Price once again on board as Musical Director. Arianne Phillips and Jean Paul Gaultier, long standing members of Madonna's creative team, will respectively oversee and design costumes for the tour.
  Madonna's previous tour, the 2004 Re-Invention Tour was the most successful tour of that year, according to Billboard Magazine.
  
  The Warner Bros. Records mega star, whose current CD Confessions on a Dance Floor debuted at No.1 in 29 countries, has already begun rehearsals in Los Angeles with her talented troupe of musicians and dancers. With a staggering 35 No. 1 hits on Billboard dance charts during the course of her unparalleled career, it's no surprise that Madonna issued the following mission statement regarding the Confessions Tour: I'm going to turn the world into one big dance floor, exhorted the Material Girl.
  The multi-Grammy Award winning artist, songwriter, childrens book author, producer and video visionary with an unrivaled reputation for astonishing stage spectacles, has made musical history many times over including international record sales of over 200 million albums. A cultural innovator of astonishing diversity and enduring appeal, Madonna has defined our era with a sound, style and vision that has inspired countless artists and millions of fans around the globe. In the process, she has pioneered a new model of creative empowerment, overseeing a multi-faceted career that encompasses virtually every aspect of contemporary culture.
  
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  MADONNA CONFESSIONS TOUR DATES
  
  North America:
  May 21 Los Angeles Forum
  May 27 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
  May 30 San Jose HP Pavilion
  June 5 Fresno Save Mart Center
  June 8 Phoenix Glendale Arena
  June 14 Chicago United Center
  June 21 Montreal Bell Centre
  June 25 Hartford Civic Centre
  June 28 New York Madison Square Garden
  June 29 New York Madison Square Garden
  July 08 Boston TD Bank Garden
  July 12 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
  July 16 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
  July 22 Miami American Airlines Arena
  
  Europe:
  July 30 Cardiff Millenium Stadium
  Aug. 1 London Wembley Arena
  Aug. 3 London Wembley Arena
  Aug. 6 Rome Olympic Stadium
  Aug. 20 Dusseldorf LTU Arena
  Aug. 22 Hannover Niedersachsen
  Aug. 24 Horsens (Denmark) Forum Horsens Outdoor
  Aug. 27 Paris Bercy Stadium
  Aug. 28 Paris Bercy Stadium
  Sept. 3 Amsterdam Arena
  
  Additional dates forthcoming
  For Official Tour and Fan Club Information, visit: www.confessionstour.com
  
  
• Madonna.com is thrilled to confirm that the creative collaboration which brought the world Confessions On A Dance Floor, have teamed up again! Designing genius Giovanni Bianco from Studio 65 in New York will again work with Madonna as she prepares to dance her way across the globe for the upcoming tour!
  
  
• "Yes, this summer. A girl has to make a living, you know! (Laughs). It's based on Confessions, and it'll be one big disco club wherever we go. And I want to do small and large venues. Smaller gigs in big cities, and then stadiums in others. But no stadiums in America." (Mar. 3)
  
  
• "I would like to put her as close to her people - her fans, her dancers, her fellow supporters - as possible," King said.
  While that effect was achieved via the pit and the catwalk on her re-Invention Tour, don't expect Madonna to merely reinvent that tour and trot out all the hits. The set list has been confirmed, King said, and it's definitely Confessions-heavy, with "some familiar faces" popping up from the past two dance-themed videos, Hung Up and Sorry. That said, there will be a few yet-to-be-revealed fan favorites on the set list as well.
  "Listen, I love old Madonna songs - I don't know one person who doesn't," King said. "But we want to focus mainly on this album. I think people love it and they want to hear it, so expect a lot of the songs from Confessions on a Dance Floor." (Feb. 23)
  
  
• Madonna has joined this year's line-up for the seventh annual COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA (Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30). Look for Madonna Sunday in the Sahara dance tent with a performance that comes prior to the launch of her summer concert tour.
  
  
• In an interview with John Norris on MTV's TRL yesterday, Madonna talked about her tour plans and said that she was hoping to include Stadium, Arena, and Small Theater shows. Two venues she mentioned were the Roseland Ballroom in New York City and the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles.
  She added she's currently working on chances to begin the tour in May 2006 in Los Angeles, possibly at the Wiltern which only seats 2200 people. She also hopes to incorporate an exploding Disco Ball in the show. (Feb. 14)
  
  
• Madonna will follow the Rolling Stones' example when she tours the world this summer (06) - by mixing up dates between theatres, sports arenas and stadiums. The pop superstar insists the ever-changing venues will stop her from getting "bored" on the road. She explains, "Originally I had the idea that I wanted to do a little bit of everything - some small, some sports arenas and then stadiums." The tour will kick off in Los Angeles in May (06). Full dates and venues are yet to be announced. (source: ContactMusic, Feb. 14)
  
  
• "OK, I can't hide it anymore: I'm going on tour this summer" (Madonna on Ellen, Feb. 08)
  
  
• Unconfirmed jaunt will focus on new material Madonna is planning a world tour starting this spring, sources say, and it may include several European stadiums. Madonna rep Liz Rosenberg says the singer won't make a definite decision until early March but adds, "It looks good."
  According to Rosenberg, the tour would emphasize her latest album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, with a few hits thrown in -- and include dancers from David LaChapelle's crumping documentary, Rize.
  "Her last tour was kind of a greatest-hits tour, and I don't think she would want to repeat all the songs," Rosenberg says of 2004's Re-Invention trek, which grossed $79.5 million and was the year's third-best-selling tour, according to Pollstar. "But there are a few off the list that she left out." (source: Rolling Stone, Feb. 07)
  
  
• When attending the fashion show of Jean-Paul Gaultier on January 25th, Madonna revealed that Gaultier will be designing the costumes for her next show.
  
  
• Sources say Arthur Fogel has nailed down the promotion rights for the outing. Fogel is president of TNA International, Live Nation's global touring division and has previously produced Madonna's Re-Invention Tour and Drowned World Tour.
  
  
• When the Mad-Eyes team attended the G.A.Y. gig in London in November 2005, we had the chance to ask some of Madonna's dancers about the tour and several confirmed they were already booked for the summer tour.
  
  
• "If I go on tour, it would be next summer," Madonna told Billboard in November. "And it would be all out disco, with lots of disco balls. I would focus on dance music and the new record. I already did the older stuff on my Re-Invention tour."
  
  

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