Madonna going Down Under
A leaked email that was sent to a Madonna fan site in the US contained this photo of the unconfirmed 2012 tour schedule printed on an official letterhead from the promoter. Photo: via drownedmadonna.com
A leaked document has suggested Madonna is on her way to Australia.
A leaked itinerary of the iconic pop star's next world tour was sent by an anonymous music industry insider to a Madonna fan site in the US.
The email contained a photo of the 2012 tour schedule printed on an official letterhead from promoter Live Nation.
According to the photo, which is yet to be confirmed by Madonna or Live Nation, the tour is set to be announced at a press conference in Beverley Hills on Monday, October 31.
"What we have been sent is also a likely first tour itinerary draft," the drownedmadonna.com stated.
The draft schedule indicated the Australian leg of the tour will commence in Sydney on April 5 at ANZ Stadium and include shows in Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide before ending at Perth's Patersons Stadium on April 24.
The Queen of Pop has been preparing her return to music in 2012 since it was announced in July she had begun work on her 15th studio album.
In August, alcohol brand Smirnoff released details on its website regarding an international dance contest indicating that successful finalists would be dancing with Madonna.
Ter ms and conditions outlined that participants must have 12 month validity on their passport from March 2012 and make themselves available to travel all over the USA, South America, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
The Hung Up songstress has not released an album since 2009 instead channelling her creative energy into her film career and fashion line, Material Girl, a collaborative project with her 15-year-old daughter Lourdes Leon.
Madonna was scheduled to bring her Sticky & Sweet show to Australia sometime during 2008 or 2009 but reportedly cancelled due to the global financial crisis.
Her last performance in Australia was for her Girlie Show tour in 1993 to promote her fifth album Erotica.
In an age before online ticket sales, 90,000 tickets to her Sydney show were sold in one hour.
More than 160,000 fans in Melbourne paid to see one of her three shows at the MCG while 40,000 Adelaide fans packed the Adelaide Oval to watch her perform her then hit singles Vogue, Holiday and Like A Virgin.
Madonna has never played in Perth.