Madonna Performs in Montenegro’s Budva Today, then in Greece’s Capital
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The Material Girl, who will be introducing her latest album Hard Candy, arrived in Budva on Wednesday, according to publications. Accompanied by her children, she will stay in the Hotel Splendid. Madonna leaves Montenegro on September 27 to Athens, the other Balkans stop on her tour, where she is scheduled to perform on the same day.
According to the singer’s official website, tickets to the concert in Budva are still available, while the show in the Greek capital is sold out.
The Jaz Beach concert, media noted, will take place over 73,000 square metres. The stage is 90 metres long, 50 metres wide and 2.5 metres tall.
In accommodation of the audience which is expected to reach 70,000 people, 300 toilets have been made available and seven emergency medical teams will be on duty.
This is Madonna’s first concert in the Balkans region, where world-class performers have started to come only in the past couple of years, to music lovers’ great delight. The audience of tonight’s concert will surely consist not only of Montenegrins but of many Madonna-fans who have flocked to Budva from the neighbouring countries.
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