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"Madonna is on course to claim the record for highest-grossing tour by a female artist. The singer&amp;#039;s first 11 shows of her current &amp;#039;MDNA Tour&amp;#039; grossed $49.5m in three weeks, but the jaunt still has 70 dates left.   Analysts have predicted that Madonna will gross over $450 million (\u00C2\u00A3287.7m) from ticket sales alone once the world tour has concluded, with that figure to rise further after merchandise sales are added. &amp;quot;This is one of the biggest tours we have seen ever,&amp;quot; one concert promoter told The Huffington Post. &amp;quot;She is playing some of the biggest venues around the world and selling them out. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s putting other summer tours, including J Lo&amp;#039;s first tour, to shame. What is so impressive about these numbers is she&amp;#039;s playing far fewer shows than previous tours by the Rolling Stones, Cher and Lady GaGa, and grossing more.&amp;quot; U2 currently hold the world record for the highest-grossing tour of all time. Their &amp;#039;360\u00C2\u00B0&amp;#039; tour grossed $736.4m across 110 shows when it concluded last year. The Rolling Stones are in second place for their 2006 to 2007 &amp;#039;Bigger Bang&amp;#039; tour ($558m), while AC/DC are at three for their &amp;#039;Black Ice&amp;#039; world tour in 2008-2010. However, if Madonna grosses what analysts expect her to, she will push AC/DC down to fourth position and claim third place. Madonna took her &amp;#039;MDNA Tour&amp;#039; to London&amp;#039;s Hyde Park last night (July 17), with celebrity fans present including Kylie Minogue, Kate Moss and George Michael. Gallery - Madonna takes her &amp;#039;MDNA&amp;#039; world tour to London, UK.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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