MADONNA'S YUMMY 'STICKY & SWEET' TOUR ITINERARY UNWRAPPED FOR FANS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME

'HARD CANDY' CD DEBUTS AT NO. 1 AROUND THE WORLD IN 27 COUNTRIES THUS FAR INCLUDING (US, UK, FRANCE, GERMANY, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA)

NEW YORK, NY, May 8, 2008—Madonna, the world's tastiest sweetheart, has announced more nonstop treats for her legions of legendary & devoted fans. Following the latest news that 'HARD CANDY' has debuted at No. 1 around the globe, it has been confirmed that Madonna's 'STICKY & SWEET TOUR' will begin (hip) hopping around the world on August 23rd in Cardiff, Wales with stops in major European markets through September including London (11-September) and Paris (20-September).

The U.S. leg of the 'STICKY & SWEET TOUR' begins October 3rd at the Izod Center in E. Rutherford, New Jersey, with stops at NY's Madison Square Garden on October 6th and 7th, followed by performances in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and more before stopping at Miami's Dolphin Stadium on November 26th. Madonna's STICKY & SWEET Tour will also visit Mexico and South America later this year. (Show dates, and on sale information in these markets will follow at a later date.)

Confirmed today by Guy Oseary, Madonna's manager and Arthur Fogel, CEO of Global Touring and Chairman Global Music, Live Nation who is producing the tour, STICKY AND SWEET will play arenas and stadiums throughout Europe and North America including a number of cities where Madonna has not performed in the past fifteen years.'STICKY & SWEET' will be directed by Madonna's long time creative collaborator Jamie King. The musical director will be Kevin Antunes. The complete tour itinerary is listed below with additional cities and dates to be announced. For complete tour and ticket information, fans can visit: www.livenation.com & www.madonna.com

VH1 Classic will air the ceremony LIVE Monday, March 10th at 8:30 PM/ET

You've been waiting...and here it is...

MADONNA. NEW ALBUM "HARD CANDY" OUT APRIL 29.

It's not every day that Warner Bros. Records gets a visit from the Material Girl herself. Well we didn't exactly roll out a red carpet - but we did build a plastic brick path inspired by the Candyland game that Miss M. happily strolled down on the way to our conference room which was completely transformed into a palatial pink and white candy emporium. All we knew was there was a song on her upcoming CD that mentions a candy shop - henceforth our theme. And of course, Madonna's love for candy - especially hot tamales is pretty well known. This was strictly for the Warner Bros. Records employees - no press, no photographers, no cell phones. Madonna, always the perfect hostess screamed out different song choices to our resident dj by numbers. "Jesse, play no. 5 next" and so on. We were treated to l0 songs with comments by the artist on some of her collaborators Pharrell, Justin, Timbaland, an appearance by Kanye West, etc.
Every song was a knock out with two apparant favorites being Four Minutes to Save The World and Candy Shop or Candy Store (not decided)...Madonna mentioned she was a little nervous as it was the first official playing of the music. Thankfully it was a room filled with Madonna fans who cheered after every song was played. Champagne and soda and lots of candy later, we all agreed that we felt blessed that we worked at Warner Bros. Records.

*all photos by Shira Citron