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Thursday, June 11th, Tel Aviv , For Immediate Release:

DUE TO OVERWHELMING PUBLIC DEMAND, MADONNA WILL PERFORM A SECOND AND FINAL 'sTICKY & SWEET' SHOW IN TEL AVIV ON SEPTEMBER 02 2009

Madonna's visit to Israel was announced one week ago and received to great applause and spectacular demand thus leading to a second and final show for the record breaking 'sticky & Sweet' tour, promising the Israeli audience a sweet finale.

Tickets for Madonna's 'sticky & Sweet' Tour's second and final Tel Aviv show will go on sale this Friday, June 12th at 09:00 am. Tickets will be 490 NIS and will be available exclusively online at madonna.013netvision.co.il and through Castel (*8965). Members of Madonna's International fan club will also have the ability to purchase tickets for the final Sticky & Sweet performance beginning Friday, June 12th.

The 'sticky & Sweet Tour' - a stunning extravaganza gives fans a breathtaking never before seen or heard once - in - a - lifetime experience. One of the top selling touring acts of all time, Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour played 58 cities last summer to critical acclaim and before over two and a half million adoring fans including sold out performances in Paris (80,000 tickets sold), Zurich (72,000 tickets sold), London (74,000 ticket sold), Vancouver (50,000 tickets sold), South America (650,000 tickets sold) and three sold out Madison Square Garden Shows in New York City.

Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour will stop in Werchter on July 11th. To celebrate her first ever performance in Belgium, Madonna has planned an exclusive Soundcheck party for her fan club members only.

Madonna.com and Spinearth.tv are giving you a chance to attend this amazing event and to become Madonna.com's offficial reporter!

If you think you have what it takes to win, just click here and enter the contest now!

Current Icon Platinum members: Please note that a contest allowing you to attend Madonna's soundcheck party in Werchter will be launched separately on Madonna.com.

Before going back on tour with Madonna early July, the sweet and talented Nicki Richards (Madonna's back - up singer) will perform a solo show at The Canal Room in New York City tomorrow, Friday June 5th. The show will start at 8pm, so if you're in New York, make sure to attend Nicki's latest solo gig!

For more info about Nicki's music and live shows, please visit her Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/nickirichards

As announced earlier this year, Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour is to stop in Werchter (Belgium) on July 11th. This will be her very first performance in the country, and so our girl has decided to make it very special for her beloved Iconers by planning an Iconers-only soundcheck party!

Yes, you've heard it right... Some lucky members will get to watch Madonna, her dancers and band rehearsing for the July 11th show!

While more details are to be revealed within the next few days, we're happy to announce that you will soon be able to enter a devoted contest and maybe win your pass to what promises to be an unforgettable experience!

Madonna's triumphant and record shattering 'sticky & Sweet Tour will be making its last and final stop September 1st in Tel Aviv, Israel at the Yehoshua Gardens (HaYarkon Park). Tickets will go on sale this Wednesday, June 3rd. Read the full press release!

Dear Iconers,

In her latest letter to her fan club members, Madonna announced that a final and very special date was to be added to her 2009 'Sticky & Sweet' itinerary. Today, we're happy to reveal that this last show was just confirmed and will take place at Tel Aviv's Yehoshua Gardens (HaYarkon Park) on September 1st!

As this is a very important and significant show for her, Madonna asked her tour management and fan club to make it the best for her beloved Iconers. While the general ticket sale for this show will start on June 3rd, all Icon Platinum members (including older and newer ones) will be given access to an exclusive pre - sale starting today,Tuesday, June 2 at 10am local Tel Aviv time. Please note that no matter if you've joined the club yesterday or 5 years ago, you will have a chance to order your tickets through this pre - sale.

The special pre - sale will include tickets in two categories: limited quantity in the Gold Circle General Admission section, and limited quantity in the standard General Admission section. If you want to get tickets, then make sure to visit the devoted page at 10am Tel Aviv time today!

If you're not a Platinum member yet, just click here and join now! It will guarantee access to the pre - sale.

Come on boys and girls, it's time for you to celebrate the end of the 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour and make that show an unforgettable one for Madonna!

The Icon team

If you've attended the 2008 leg of Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour, then you know about talented DJ Enferno and the amazing live remixs he's been performing during the whole summer while on the road with the Material Girl.

DJ Enferno is part of the selection created by DJ Times for the 2009 America's Best DJ award and you can vote for him right now! Just visit the following page and caste your vote: http://www.djtimes.com/bestdj/vote.asp

Italian and Swedish Madonna fans, please note that 'Filth And Wisdom' will get a theatrical release in your country within the next few weeks.

The movie will be released in Sweden on May 15 and under the title of 'Sacro e Profano' in Italy on June 12.

Please check your local listings for more details.

Madonna attended the 2009 Costume Institute Gala in New York yesterday night. The Material Girl paid tribute to the gala's Honorary chair, Marc Jacobs, by sporting a blue mini dress he designed for Louis Vuitton's fall collection, along with thigh - high sexy black boots.

'The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion', the spring 2009 exhibition organized by New York's Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will take place at The Tisch Galleries from May 6 to August 9 and explores the reciprocal relationship between high fashion and evolving ideals of beauty, focusing on iconic fashion models in the latter half of the 20th century and their roles in projecting, and sometimes inspiring, the fashion of their respective eras.

Included as part of the exhibition are photographs by Steven Meisel, Gilles Bensimon, Patrick Demarchelier, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, Helmut Newton, Francesco Scavullo, Bert Stern and Ellen von Unwerth, who all got to collaborate on various Madonna photoshoots during the past years.

Photo: Getty Images

Madonna will once again be the face of the upcoming Louis Vuitton campaign for their Autumn/Winter 2009 collection.following the extraordinary success of the Spring/Summer 2009 ad campaign.

Had a good day with Madonna in the studio yesterday. She worked on an amazing dance track with...

Iconers! We've just launched a brand new contest named My Madonna Shrine. Here is your chance to share your own Madonna collection/shrine with other fellow Iconers and to maybe get your picture printed on high quality paper before being signed by Madonna!

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Madonna fans, we are happy to confirm that Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour will stop at Zaragoza's Recinto De La Feria De Zaragoza on July 25th.

While the public ticket sale will start on April 3rd at 10am local time, please note that a devoted fan club pre sale will start on April 1st at 5pm LOCAL TIME.

We are happy to announce that Madonna's "I Am Because We Are" documentary premieres on Youtube and Hulu today.
Directed by Nathan Rissman and narrated by Madonna, "I Am Because We Are" depicts a journey in the second poorest country in the world, Malawi.

In a country of 12 million people, so many children without parents has caused irreparable damage. The film attempts to explore what is going on in the heads and hearts of these orphans, and what the future holds for them. Suffering from AIDS, infections and malnutrition, most of the children in Malawi are in need for food, medical care, but also for proper education and guidance.

More than just a story about Malawi, 'I Am Because We Are' provides the audience with keys to help changing the situation but also spreads hope for a better world.

Visit the "I Am Because We Are" Youtube channel today to watch the full documentary.
"I Am Because We Are" is also available for online streaming from Hulu (location restrictions may apply).

For more info on the documentary, please visit www.iambecauseweare.com