Just Announced Writer-director Madonna plots pop music stadium tour

After somersaulting onstage at Super Bowl XLVI this past weekend—launched off the back of still-relevant pop stars like LMFAO, Cee Lo, M.I.A., and Nicki Minaj—filmmaker/Queen of Pop Madonna will bring her pyrotechnic pep rally across North America later this year. Following a run of dates across the pond, the W.E. director will bring her pilgrimage of world peace to the United States and Canada, kicking off in Pennsylvania in late August and wrapping months later at a to-be-confirmed venue at a to-be-confirmed date in Miami. (In between, she’ll stop in Toronto, where she was last seen allegedly ordering volunteers at the Toronto International Film Festival to avert their eyes as she strode onstage for a press conference.)

The divisive reviews for her Super Bowl halftime performance—in which she barely managed to not fall over for 13 minutes—and the almost unanimously scathing reviews for her recent Wallis Simpson biopic have already cast something of a pall over the 53-year-old all-purpose entertainer. Will her forthcoming record, MDNA, and ensuing tour secure Madge’s status as one of the most gainful touring acts of all time? Or will they mark her as a stretched-too-thin has-been? Either way, we’ll look forward to pop-culture trend pieces having something other than Lana Del Rey to talk about for three months.

Aug. 28—Wells Fargo Center—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug. 30—Bell Centre—Montreal, Quebec
Sep. 1—Plains of Abraham Site—Quebec City, Quebec
Sep. 4—TD Garden—Boston, Massachusetts
Sep. 6—Yankee Stadium—New York, New York
Sep. 10—Scotiabank Place—Ottawa, Ontario
Sep. 12—Air Canada Centre—Toronto, Ontario
Sep. 15—Boardwalk Hall—Atlantic City, New Jersey
Sep. 19—United Center—Chicago, Illinois
Sep. 23—Verizon Center—Washington, D.C.
Sep. 29—Rogers Arena—Vancouver, British Columbia
Oct. 2—Key Arena—Seattle, Washington
Oct. 6—HP Pavilion—San Jose, California
Oct. 10—Staples Center—Los Angeles, California
Oct. 13—MGM Grand—Las Vegas, Nevada
Oct. 16—US Airways Center—Phoenix, Arizona
Oct. 20—American Airlines Center—Dallas, Texas
Oct. 24—Toyota Center—Houston, Texas
Oct. 27—New Orleans Arena—New Orleans, Louisiana
Oct. 30—Sprint Center—Kansas City, Missouri
Nov. 1—Scottrade Center—St. Louis, Missouri
Nov. 3—Xcel Energy Center—St. Paul, Minnesota
Nov. 10—Quicken Loans Arena—Cleveland, Ohio
Nov. 15—Time Warner Cable Arena—Charlotte, North Carolina
Nov. 17—Philips Arena—Atlanta, Georgia
TBC—TBC—Miami, Florida