Madonna will embark on a world tour in 2008. With a total of fifty to sixty shows, The Material Girl’s Sticky and Sweet Tour will kick off on August 23rd at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in the UK. Madge will make multi-night stops in Nice, Berlin, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Rome and Frankfurt during a four month trek around the Globe.

The Sticky and Sweet Tour, which will promote tracks Madonna’s new chart-topping album, Hard Candy, will play stadiums in the United Kingdom and Europe through the end of September, with dates in sixteen North American markets to follow in October and November. Mexican and South American fans can long foward to a night with Madonna from late November through December.

Madonna fans can expect to spend between $55-$350 for single tour tickets.

Details of the tour, produced globally by Live Nation, will be announced on Thursday (May 8th).