Madonna's Moscow Concert pushed back a day

According to Russian News and Information Agency (Novosti) Madonna's concert in Moscow has been pushed a day back from Sept. 11 to the 12 in order to disassociate it from terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, said tour organizers this morning.

On Sept. 11, the United States will commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 2001 attacks against the country.

The concert will be held at the Luzhniki stadium in Southwest Moscow, which was stated by Vladimir Kiselyov, head of the Kreml Company in charge of cultural and entertainment events on state property in a news conference. The site for the event was the decision of the NCA, an office partner of Life Nation, the Moscow authorities and the singer's concert organizer. Madonna will sing in Moscow as part of a world tour to promote her 10th studio album, "Confessions on a Dance Floor."

Madonna's concert venue was almost switched to the Vorobyovy Gory hill, which overlooks the city in front of Moscow State University, because a football game was scheduled for the same day. However, due to a random drawing Aug. 25 allowed for the concert to still be held at the stadium.

Madonna's managers wrote Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov thanking him for permission to hold the concert at Luzhniki, Kiselyov said.

"By choosing Luzhniki, we will be able to accommodate about 52,000 spectators. The stadium's total capacity is 80, 000," he said. He also commented people who had tickets for the other venue will be able to exchange them for Madonna tickets for the Luzhniki Stadium. According to Kiselyov 36,000 tickets have been printed and sold for 250,000 people were expected for the concert, but Vorobyovy Gory and Luzhniki could only accommodate 40,000 and 70,000 spectators, respectively. About 100,000 tickets have already been sold, he said.

Considering Luzhniki's limited capacity, Madonna might have to perform there twice, said Moscow's Police Chief Vladimir Pronin.