Madonna plans world tour, heads to Staples Center
February 7th, 2012, 12:12 pm · · posted by BEN WENER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Not surprisingly, less than 48 hours after her ballyhooed, seemingly love-it-or-hate-it halftime extravaganza at Sunday’s Super Bowl, Madonna has announced her 2012 world tour itinerary, launching May 29 from Tel Aviv.
She treks across Europe first, not arriving in North America until the end of August, when her stateside shows kick off in Philadelphia. She takes over NYC’s Yankee Stadium on Sept. 6, but once she reaches Southern California, not only will her production be back inside arenas, it also will make just one stop (at least as of now).
Oct. 10 at Staples Center will mark her first major concert appearance in L.A. in nearly four years, since her Dodger Stadium blast in November 2008. It also will be her first show at Staples Center since her Drowned World Tour found her playing the Lakers’ home court shortly before and after the 9/11 attacks.
Madge’s next nearest dates on this outing behind her 12th album MDNA, due March 12, are Oct. 6 at San Jose’s HP Pavilion and Oct. 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. So obviously there’s room for additional dates or locations. Or maybe not — it’ s Madonna, you never can tell.
Tickets for nearly all of the U.S. dates, including L.A. and San Jose, go on sale Feb. 13. The Vegas stop becomes available Feb. 27. Pre-sales will be open to Legacy Lifetime members of Madonna’s Icon fan club (starting today) and Citi card-holders (starting Feb. 8).
The tour is also expected to touch down in South America and Australia, the Material Mom’s first dates Down Under in 20 years.
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By Ben Wener, the Orange County Register. Photo by Christopher Polk, Getty Images.
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