She just played Lucas Oil Stadium, and now it's been announced that, like Metallica before her, Madonna will perform at the new Yankee Stadium on Sept 6th. Yankees.com peeps will get access to a presale. The general public ticket on-sale will begin on Monday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets are on Ticketmaster.

The show is one of a zillion dates Madonna just announced. They're all listed below.

Meanwhile, as previously mentioned, tickets to see Roger Waters' 2nd show at Yankee Stadium went on AmEx presale Sunday, and are now also on "NYY Presale" (New York Yankees presale I assume). Check HERE for full ticket-on-sale schedule for this show.

Madonna tour dates are listed below...

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Jay-Z @ Coachella (more by Rachel Carr)

Jay-Z and Eminem appeared at last night's Yankees game in Detroit (we destroyed them) to announce co-headlining NYC & Detroit shows. They'll be in Comerica Park on September 2nd and Yankee Stadium on September 13th. The show will be the first concert in the new Yankees stadium. Ticket info TBA. A video of the pair on ESPN announcing the shows, and one from the first time Jay-Z performed at the stadium, is below...

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Monsters of Folk @ L.A.'s Greek Theatre (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)

tonight in NYC
* NY Comedy Festival
* Glenn Tilbrook @ Union Hall
* Mae, Deas Vail @ Irving Plaza
* Vijay Iyer Trio @ Jazz Standard
* Girls, Real Estate @ Bowery Ballroom
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Angel Orensanz
* Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop @ Joe's Pub
* Joseph Arthur, Shilpa Ray @ City Winery
* Amy Millan, The Bahamas @ The Bell House
* Monsters of Folk @ United Palace Theatre
* Jeremy Jay, The Black Umbrella @ Cake Shop
* Hidden Cameras, Gentleman Reg @ Union Hall
* The Mary Onettes, Kordan @ Studio at Webster Hall
* Holy Hail, Desert Stars, Open Ocean @ Bruar Falls
* Love as Laughter, Hartwell Littlejohn @ Union Pool
* Radical Sons, Freelance Whales, The Invisible @ Pianos
* Abe Vigoda, Extra Life, Hot Box, Coasting @ Death By Audio
* Warren G, Kids in the Hall, U-N-I @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Vivian Girls, Grass Widow, Bitters, Stupid Party @ Market Hotel
* Olof Arnalds, Anne Carson, Kjartan Sveinsson (of Sigur Ros) @ The Whitney
* These Are Powers, Soft Circle, Carsick Cars, P.K.14, Xiao He @ Glasslands
* Comeback Kid, Gravemaker, Mother of Mercy, Dead Swans @ Santos Party House

NY Post is liveblogging the Yankees parade

11:25 a.m. -- A calm and cool-looking Alex Rodriguez sporting a black fedora and shades as he waits for his float to arrive so he can jump on and revel in the celebration. As the crowd continued to chant "A-Rod," Rodriguez just stood there blowing bubbles with his pink gum.

11:11 a.m. -- Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a staple at Yankee games, makes his way up the parade route.

Bruce Springsteen & Lisa Lampanelli backstage @ Town Hall (Caroline's)

The New York Comedy Festival runs through Sunday. It kicked off last night at Town Hall with the "Stand up For Heroes" benefit...

[Host Brian] Williams walked onstage with a laptop and opened his monologue with the words: "Yankees 2, Phillies nothing." There was loud applause from the New York crowd missing Game 6 of the World Series.

He quipped that he wanted to be a full-service provider onstage and offer sports and weather updates in addition to covering the news. Williams also shared jokes about military food and being from New Jersey.

[Bruce] Springsteen threw in a few jokes, including one about Pepsi having created a drink that includes Viagra and that is called "MountAndDo."

One of his guitars and four Madison Square Garden tickets were then auctioned off by auctioneer Jamie Niven, the son of actor David Niven, for $50,000. "Law & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay walked away with the goods to much applause.

Louis C.K. had the audience in stitches with edgy material about divorced life and his kids.

Colbert offered some topical humor, talking about his experience visiting the troops in Iraq, which he described as hot and dangerous, "like Texas with fewer guns." He also described a former Saddam Hussein palace as mindful of a house decorated by "The Real Housewives of New Jersey." [Hollywood Reporter]

On the World Series, which he'll be kicking off on Wednesday with a performance of "Empire State of Mind":

Jay-Z: I actually predicted the Yankees in six with the Angels, so I think I'm like Jigga the Greek. I'm gonna say, Phillies are a bit tougher than the Angels. I'm gonna take Yankees in seven. Dramatic A-Rod walk-off at the end of the game redeeming him for all the time the papers and the media vilified him. Is that specific enough?"

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photos by Bao Nguyen

The new Citi Field received a Beatle baptism Friday night.

Paul McCartney offered the first musical concert at the sterling new venue, an apt parallel to the Fab Four's historic, kick-off show at Citi Field's predecessor, Shea Stadium, 44 long years ago.

Of course, several key differences between 1965 and today made themselves immediately clear.

This time, everyone could hear. And the only "girls" who screamed were gently prompted by Paul.

As a further reference to history, Paul brought out a special guest at one point - Billy Joel, who last summer closed down the crumbling Shea.

Together they performed a song from the '65 performance, "I Saw Her Standing There." [The Daily News]

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The Yankees have scratched plans to host one final farewell to the stadium, disappointing New Yorkers who were counting on a last visit to the House that Ruth Built.

The team had promised a final salute in November, which fans speculated would be a star-studded goodbye to the doomed stadium.

"The Yankees were considering having a charitable event at Yankee Stadium," team spokesman Howard Rubenstein told amNewYork, reading from a prepared statement. "However, the Yankees realize that the final event at Yankee Stadium should be a baseball game, which in fact took place on Sept. 21, 2008."...

...No firm plans had been made for the stadium's goodbye, no tickets sold and no acts booked, but there was plenty of speculation. Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Jay-Z were all rumored to be among possible performers. [AM NY]

Old stadium, new stadium

The Yankees confirmed that Sunday's game will not be the final event at Yankee Stadium. It was reported earlier this week that a Nov. 9 ceremony and concert will be held to celebrate the stadium, though the club has not confirmed that date or accompanying details. [MLB.com]

There's a rumor that the Yankees are/were trying to get Bruce Springsteen and/or Paul McCartney to play the final show.

VOA News says, "The stadium has also hosted three Popes - Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI - all said mass there. Former South African president Nelson Mandela led a rally there, and there have been numerous music concerts there including by U2, Billy Joel and Pink Floyd."

"Buzz is building that the Yankees are cooking up a musical extravaganza for the Stadium's closing ceremony in November. Word is George Steinbrenner and son Hank want something to rival the sayonara shows that the Mets got Billy Joel to do at Shea. Mentioned to perform at the House That Ruth Built are Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney, though sources close to both rockers weren't aware of any discussions. A Steinbrenner rep had no details." [NY Daily News]

photos by Rae Holtsabum

Broken Social Scene were also scheduled to play for an hour, but everything was running late and they had to cut their set to 40 minutes because of Calgary's noise bylaw [June 27, 2008].

The band came out to insane hoots and hollers and kicked it off with "KC Accidental" from 2002's You Forgot It In People. This version of the group consisted of Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Andrew Whiteman, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Sam Goldberg and Evan Cranley. Sporting a black baseball cap and leather jacket, Drew led the band through vigorous renditions of "Farewell To The Pressure Kids" and "Fucked Up Kid" from his Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew Spirit If... record. The band also played "Churches Under The Stairs" from the new Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning Something For All Of Us... disc.
[Chart Attack]

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