Madonna to start new tour

Pop star Madonna kicks off her new international tour in Cardiff, Wales, on Aug 23, she announced yesterday.

The "Sticky and Sweet" tour, which follows her latest chart-topping album "Hard Candy", will also stop in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Britain in August and September.

The European leg includes performances at London's Wembley Stadium on Sept 11 and Paris's Stade de France on Sept 20. It moves to North America on Oct 3 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with stops at New York's Madison Square Garden followed by performances in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles before ending at Miami Dolphin Stadium on Nov. 26th.

(China Daily 05/09/2008 page12)