Madonna will play Wembley Stadium in London this summer as part of her Sweet & Sticky world tour.

The European leg of the tour, which is in support of her new album ‘Hard Candy’, will begin at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on August 23rd.

From there Madonna will travel to France (August 26th), Amsterdam (September 2nd) and Rome (September 6th).

The singer’s show at Wembley Stadium will take place on September 11th.

It will be Madonna’s second time at the venue, having performed there as part of Live Earth last year.

As previously reported, Madonna caused controversy at a show in Paris on Tuesday (May 6th) when she kissed on of her female dancers on stage.

Madonna’s tour dates are:

• Cardiff, Millennium Stadium – August 23
• Nice, Stade Charles Ehrmann - 26
• Berlin, Olympic Stadium - 28
• Amsterdam, Arena – September 2
• Dusseldorf, LTU Arena - 4
• Rome, Olympic Stadium - 6
• Frankfurt, Commerzbank Arena - 9
• London, Wembley Stadium - 11
• Paris, Stade de France - 20

(by Jason Gregory)