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Rumours & Spoilers20 August - Tour costume details
Madonna's tour outfits, from left to right: Rave look: trousers by Cavalli; Miu Miu boots; all other items by Arianne Phillips; Pimp look: clothes by Givenchy; boots Stella McCartney; Old School: belt by YSL; sunglasses Moschino; boots Miu Miu; T-shirt by Prada; all other items by Arianne Phillips. Cloak gipsy: all items Givenchy; Gipsy: shirt by YSL; boots by Stella McCartney; all other items Givenchy 11 August - More setlist tidbits Fansite MadonnaTribe posted a recap of the setlist and they dropped a few new hints:  The biggest news is Human Nature NOT being a mash-up with Britney's 'Gimme More', it's actually going to be an electric guitar-driven version, played by Madonna herself. While this clearly resembles a certain 3rd song on a certain old tour, in fact Madonna did consider Candy Perfume Girl before it got replaced by the 4th single of Bedtime Stories. Now, Madonna is playing the guitar in 4 different songs of the show, but 3 of them is with the electric guitar. In comparison, the Drowned World Tour had 3 acoustic and 1 electric guitar performances.The new version of Vogue is based on the music of 4 Minutes and it contains a prominent sample of 'Give It To Me', a hit by Timbaland, Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado, not 'Promiscuous' as previously reported.The promo tour version of Music starts off with a sample of 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life' by Indeep.10 August - More costume sketches and details People Magazine got some more details about the tour costumes, including the first sketch from the 'futuristic rave' section would would be the 4th one with Madonna playing the guitar: We've got the inside scoop from Madonna's costume designer on what the superstar will be rocking onstage for her upcoming tour: 
 Old Skool Remember when Madonna was dancing the night away in N.Y.C. clubs? Costume designer Arianne Phillips took inspiration from the Material Girl's early years in the city to create "nostalgic and fun" looks that "take Madonna back to her roots." Designer Jeremy Scott contributed '80s-inspired pieces with prints from the late artist Keith Haring, who was a close friend of Madonna's and would also have turned 50 this year. Madonna – who will celebrate her 50th birthday on Aug. 16 – is even getting custom sneakers with Haring's art on them. Gypsy Woman One of the show's four parts has a gypsy inspiration. Phillips tells People that "Madonna is a big fan of gypsy culture and music." Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci created this look for the singer – one of several costumes he designed for the tour. Phillips emphasizes Madonna's long-standing commitment to working with new designers: "[Madonna] always has these fashion collaborations, and it's my responsibility to make sure that it's part of the story, she says. "People look forward to finding out who she is collaborating with and what designers are working on the costumes." Cloak and Dagger Another costume from the gypsy segment is this Givenchy cloak. Phillips describes the overall inspiration for the tour as "Joan of Arc meets sexy robot," to draw on her "confrontational quality as a performer."  08 August - Another costume revealed French site TF1 revealed another tour costume sketch, again by Givenchy. This one seems to be coming from the first section, the 'gangsta pimp' one, we see a cane in Madonna's hands, so it's more than likely to be the opening number, Candy Shop. On the French site you can see the already revealed gypsy costume plus the intriguing cloak, which could be also from either the first or third segments, as it was done by the same designer. We don't have any info from the 4th segment, the costumes of that part seems to be done by a different designer. 05 August - Madonna's costumes for her Sticky & Sweet Tour Most people are lucky to work with Madonna once. Costume designer Arianne Phillips has lasted 11 years, from the singer's Pre-Raphaelite look for Ray Of Light to the urban cowgirl of Music to the Patty Hearst look of American Life and on and on and on. In other words, measured in Madonna time, Phillips is roughly 77 years old. Still, La Ciccone's upcoming Sticky & Sweet tour has had its own unique challenges for her longtime stylist. "Normally we prep in April and May, and open in June," says Phillips. "This time, the tour begins in August. It's a nightmare. Everyone in Italy and France is on a beach sunning themselves." Thankfully, everyone is a bit of an exaggeration, as Phillips goes on to detail a mile-long list of willing collaborators and everything they've designed for the trek, which begins Aug. 23 in Cardiff, Wales, and comes to the United States in early October. Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci designed two outfits, while Tom Ford provided bespoke suits for the band. Three pairs of shoes have been custom-made by Miu Miu, there are thigh-high boots courtesy of Stella McCartney, sunglasses from Moschino, and other outfits and odds and ends from Yves Saint Laurent, Roberto Cavalli, and Jeremy Scott. Like her shows in the past, this tour will be divided into four sections. The first references gangsta pimp and Art Deco with Givenchy costumes. This, it would seem, is Madonna's current take on her longest-running fashion inspiration — the dominatrix. "It's a theme that runs throughout her career" Phillips says. "She's not afraid of being hard." The second section has been termed "Old School," and harkens back to Madonna's early days in New York, with Scott's outfit and some vintage prints from Keith Haring, the late graffiti artist and friend of Madonna who died of AIDS in 1990. "He and Madonna were friends. If her were alive, it would be his 50th birthday as well. So I thought, ‘What if we revisited that?'" Afterward, there's a gypsy section with more costumes from Givenchy. "Riccardo's a new young talent. If you look at Madonna's history with fashion, that makes him an obvious choice." Finally, there's a futuristic rave section with lots of Japanese influences. And while The New York Times complained recently about Madonna's style choices, Phillips says getting older has had little effect on her sense of fashion adventure. "She always wants to push the envelope. There are no vanity considerations based on her age." As Phillips adds seconds later, "She looks good in everything." (source: Women's Wear Daily)
04 August - More details and final setlist revealed Fansite MadonnaTribe reveals a lot more details from the show, plus they say the setlist is final now, which is basically the same as they posted before, with only one song changed. The show features four main sections. The show opener, Candy Shop, has now a longer intro compared to the promo tour version. A musical intro a la Drowned World Tour, with bits and pieces of songs from Hard Candy that we will be hearing later in the show fades into the "C-A-N-D-Y" intro from the promo tour.
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