MADONNA PRICES HERSELF OUT THE MARKET

The intersection between how popular stars think they are, how much people are prepared to pay and the size of venues they appear at has proved difficult to calculate for Madonna.

Although she's sold out the 13,000 capacity London dates on her global tour, the 60,000 capacity Cardiff Millennium show is proving less attractive, with many of the £150 tickets being left unsold.

The trouble is, of course, the only person with the sort of money and level of interest in Madonna to pay that price is going to be on the stage singing that night.

[Earlier: First night of the tour review-of-reviews]

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