- Who
- Madonna
- What
- 407,700,000 US dollar(s)
- Where
- Not Applicable ()
- When
Madonna’s (USA) Sticky & Sweet Tour grossed $407.7 million (then £250.9 million) in 2008–09. The 85-date trek, in support of the Material Girl's Hard Candy album, kicked off at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, UK, on 23 August 2008 and wound up at Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park, Israel, on 2 September 2009.
In total, the tour attracted 3.54 million fans, with each show grossing $4.79 million (£2.95 million). It visited 32 countries: Wales, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Montenegro, Greece, USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Belgium, Norway, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Israel.
Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour is the second-highest-grossing tour by a female artist, raking in $345.7 million (£269.4 million) between 8 May and 21 November 2018.
Ed Sheeran (÷ Tour, 2017–present) and Roger Waters (The Wall Live, 2010–13) are the only two solo artists with higher-grossing concert tours than Madonna.
The Sticky & Sweet set list included "Candy Shop", "Vogue", "Into the Groove", "Holiday", "Music", "La Isla Bonita", "4 Minutes", "Like a Prayer", "Frozen", "Ray of Light" and "Give It 2 Me".
The tour was Madonna's first under a $120-million (then £58-million), 10-year contract she signed with Live Nation in October 2007. The MDNA Tour (2012) grossed $305.1 million (£187.9 million) from 88 shows to become – at that time – the second-highest-grossing tour by a female. Her Rebel Heart Tour (2015–16) grossed $169.8 million (£117.2 million) from 82 shows.
