She reportedly earned 65 million for the Confessions Tour, but since this tour was part of the Live Nation deal I'm not sure what her stake is.
I heard she was fitted for the 80-90% of the tour revenues but was obliged to pay the expenses, paychecks (dancers and personnel) and transportations of the props as well.
144 shows: The Rolling Stones, Bigger Bang Tour (2005/07) - $558 million. 85 shows: Madonna, Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008/9) - $408 million.
133 shows: U2, Vertigo Tour (2008/06) - $389 million.
151 shows: The Police, Reunion tour (2007/08) - $350 million.
128 shows: The Rolling Stones, Voodoo Lounge tour (1994/95) - 320 million.
121 shows: The Rolling Stones, Licks tour (2002/03) - $312 million.
In terms of MONEY/DATES... Sticky & Sweet it's the most successful EVER!
she sets the bar so high...hail to the Queen of Pop
Pure BRILLIANCE. No other woman can reach such stature in the period of time she has. I think it is truly amazing how big this woman is even at the age and time she has dedicated to her career. There is only ONE Madonna Louise Ciccone, bitches! In the meantime, take some time to yourself, and bring on that Live Nation debut!
Anna just confirmed that she will do a "mind-blowing" cover for the next issue.
She did an interview with them!
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Madonna Wraps Record-Breaking Sticky & Sweet Tour in Israel
After 85 shows performing songs from Hard Candy and her 26-year catalog, Madonna has wrapped her Sticky & Sweet tour with a pair of gigs at Israel’s Yehoshua Gardens. All told, the numbers for the singer’s year-long global trek are jaw-dropping: $408 million grossed, more than 3.5 million fans attended and 32 countries hit, according to Live Nation, the tour’s producer. The figures make Sticky & Sweet the highest-grossing tour every by a solo act, and the second-highest grossing trek of all time. Madonna even broke her own record: 2006’s Confessions tour held the honor of most successful solo tour with a $194 million gross. Take a bow, indeed.
Sticky & Sweet up close: photos from Madonna’s tour.
“Sometimes getting onstage is the easiest thing in the world,” Madonna tells Rolling Stone in our new issue. “Other times, it’s like, ‘Can someone please hit me with a stun gun?’ “
Rolling Stone was there when Madonna’s tour hit New York on its second U.S. stop last October, and when the Material Girl played an exclusive club show with Justin Timberlake to debut Hard Candy tracks (check out photos from the tiny gig here.)
Madonna’s next project is greatest-hits set Celebration, which is due later this month. Earlier this week, she unleashed a video for one of the collection’s two new songs, “Celebration,” produced by Paul Oakenfold. Watch the clip and get the full Celebration track list.
After 85 shows performing songs from Hard Candy and her 26-year catalog, Madonna has wrapped her Sticky & Sweet tour with a pair of gigs at Israel’s Yehoshua Gardens. All told, the numbers for the singer’s year-long global trek are jaw-dropping: $408 million grossed, more than 3.5 million fans attended and 32 countries hit, according to Live Nation, the tour’s producer. The figures make Sticky & Sweet the highest-grossing tour every by a solo act, and the second-highest grossing trek of all time. Madonna even broke her own record: 2006’s Confessions tour held the honor of most successful solo tour with a $194 million gross. Take a bow, indeed.
I just dug up my issue of RS with her on the cover in 2005 and my heart leapt out of my chest. I LOVED that cover. I just googled her other RS covers and each one of them is mindblowing! The one with Courtney Love and Tina Turner is epic.
I just dug up my issue of RS with her on the cover in 2005 and my heart leapt out of my chest. I LOVED that cover. I just googled her other RS covers and each one of them is mindblowing! The one with Courtney Love and Tina Turner is epic.
