UPDATE: Madonna's 'leaked' 2012 tour schedule deemed a fake

Concert promoter Live Nation takes to Twitter to set the record straight

By Chris Eggertsen Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 11:09 PM

<p>Madonna at the 'W.E.' premiere in Toronto. The movie hits theaters on December 9th (<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/LiveNationOzNz">review</a>).</p>

Madonna at the 'W.E.' premiere in Toronto. The movie hits theaters on December 9th (review).

Credit: AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese

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As we reported previously, fansite drownedmadonna.com received a mysterious email from an "unconfirmed insider" at Live Nation yesterday with the pop star's alleged 2012 concert tour itinerary attached. However, according to a recent Twitter message sent out by the official Australia/New Zealand office of the concert promoter, the document is a fake.

"As much as we would love it to be real the Madonna article going around is a hoax," read the tweet from @LiveNationOzNz.

Apparenly that's the company's way of lamenting the fact that Madonna is not yet confirmed to perform in the region (as was shown in the faux-itinerary), which she skipped on her 2008/2009 "Sticky & Sweet" Tour due to financial reasons.

Stay tuned to HitFix for more Madonna tour news as it becomes available. And sorry to anyone Down Under who got their hopes up unnecessarily...

Chris Eggertsen
Producer

A former contributor to sites including Bloody-Disgusting and AfterElton, Eggertsen enjoys rock music, rainy days and smelling the pages of old books. You should read all of his articles and follow him on Twitter because it's the right thing to do.