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Madonna Hits The Road

May 25, 2004 / 7:39 AM EDT / CBS News

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles. Madonna kicks off her summer worldwide "Re-Invention" tour May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles. Madonna was booked for three shows, all sell-outs.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles. A British tabloid, The Sun, has reported that Madonna is reportedly dropping Israel from the tour after her Los Angeles office received threatening letters from an unnamed Palestinian group. Madonna was to have given three shows in Tel Aviv in September.

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Newspapers reports said the queen of pop was planning to perform anyway with added security until details about her children Lourdes and Rocco appeared in the threats. Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles. It has been more than 10 years since she last performed in Israel.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles.

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The London Sun reports that Madge, as the Brits like to call her, believes she was targeted because of her Jewish Kabbalah religion. Here, Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles. It's the start of a 50-date summer tour that will take the pop icon to several states, Canada, the UK and Paris.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles for the start of a 50-date summer tour that extends through September.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles. Newspaper reports say the show involved more than a dozen costume changes and had political overtones with a video backdrop of soldiers at war.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles. An estimated 750,000 people are expected to see her shows in the U.S. and Canada.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles. The 45-year-old Material Girl is a singer, dancer, actress and children's book author.

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Madonna performs at the Great Western Forum, May 24, 2004, in Los Angeles. Madonna's last tour, 28 dates in 2001, grossed $55 million, reports the magazine Pollstar.