Madonna plans intimate tour

Madonna's forthcoming world tour will call at intimate venues across the globe in a bid to give fans the chance to get close to the pop superstar, according to her live director.

The Queen of Pop is expected to commence rehearsals for the global jaunt at the start of next month, with full dates due to be announced shortly.

Jamie King, the creative director for Madonna's last two tours, has revealed in a new interview that the shows will reflect the current album "Confessions On A Dancefloor".

He explained: "A typical Madonna show is quite produced. Listen, I love old Madonna songs. I don't know one person who doesn't. But we want to focus mainly on this album."

"She likes things large, she likes things theatrical, but this time, being that ("Confessions On A Dancefloor") is an intimate album, we want to try to make people have an intimate experience as well as a big produced theatrical experience.

"So look for us doing some small venues, some smaller venues," King told MTV.

Unlike the "Re-Invention" tour of 2004, which featured an enormous back catalogue of Madonna's hits, this tour is expected to lean heavily towards the new material.

King continued: "I think people love it and they want to hear it, so expect a lot of the songs from 'Confessions on a Dancefloor'."document.write(unescape("