Madonna performs during "Sticky & Sweet" tour in Nice

Madonna performs on stage at the premier of her “Sticky and Sweet” tour at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in Wales on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. The queen of pop has kicked off her world tour, armed with three racks of clothing, a small mountain of diamonds, and a retinue large enough to fill a passenger jet.
Madonna's "Sticky and Sweet" tour begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday before moving across Europe, hitting London's Wembley Stadium on Sept. 11 and Paris on Sept. 20. It then moves to North America in October before wrapping it up Dec. 18 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

It is Madonna's first tour since striking a deal with concert promoter Live Nation Inc. worth an estimated $120 million over 10 years. The partnership gives Live Nation a stake of future music and music-related business she generates, including touring, merchandising and albums. Madonna's last tour was her 2006 "Confessions."

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