Madonna rolls out additional shows

Tickets for Madonna 's upcoming "Confessions" tour continued to hit the market Monday (4/10), with strong ticket sales leading to extended stands in New York City, Montreal, the Phoenix area, Boston and Miami.

The pop icon is currently scheduled to play four shows at New York's Madison Square Garden (up from two initially announced gigs), and has also added second shows at Boston's TD Banknorth Garden, the Phoenix area's Glendale Arena, Montreal's Bell Centre and Miami's American Airlines Arena.

Earlier this weekend, additional shows were announced for the Los Angeles area, Chicago and Fresno, CA. The current itinerary and upcoming on-sale dates are listed below; most shows are already sold out, according to promoters.

Madonna is gearing up for a world tour behind her latest album, last year's "Confessions on a Dance Floor." Jamie King, one of the singer's longtime collaborators, will direct the "Confessions Tour," and Stuart Price will again be on board as musical director, according to a press release.

Arianne Phillips and Jean Paul Gaultier, long-standing members of Madonna's creative team, will respectively oversee and design costumes for the tour.

Following her tour's North American leg, Madonna heads across the pond for a European trek, details about which are posted at the tour's official website. Tickets for the Euro leg went on sale this past weekend, and sold out in 10 minutes, according to information posted at Madonna's website.

As previously reported, Madonna will warm up for her headlining trek with an April 30 set at this year's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

Released last November, "Confessions on a Dance Floor" debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold more than 1.3 million copies in the US to date, according to Warner Bros. Records. Sales have been fueled in part by the hit single "Sorry."

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
 tour dates and tickets
April 2006
30 - Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival)

May 2006
21, 23 - Inglewood, CA - The Forum (sold out)
27 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena (sold out)
30 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion at San Jose (sold out)

June 2006
5 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center (sold out)
6 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
8 - Glendale, AZ - Glendale Arena (sold out)
10 - Glendale, AZ - Glendale Arena (on sale 4/17)
14, 15 - Chicago, IL - United Center (sold out)
18 - Chicago, IL - United Center (on sale 4/13)
21, 22 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre (sold out)
25 - Hartford, CT - Hartford Civic Center (sold out)
28, 29 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden (sold out)

July 2006
2, 3 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden (sold out)
6 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden (sold out)
9 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden
12 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center (sold out)
16 - Atlantic City, NJ - Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
22, 23 - Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena (sold out)

 tour dates and tickets
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