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To sing, Madonna needs lots of notes

Sure, Madonna and her dancers will be working it until the cows come home on her 'Confessions' tour, so why shouldn't she have all the perks? Just remember who's paying. Tickets for her Garden stop are approaching $400.
Madonna fans who'll shell out up to $384.50 a pop for her June shows at Madison Square Garden can at least take solace that the do-re-mi is going to a good cause: Madge's creature comforts on the road.

The tireless terpsichorean, who rehearsal spywitnesses say at 47 is in better shape than ever, will perform crowd-pleasing classics like "Ray of Light" and "Like a Virgin," and hits from her 1.4 million-selling "Confessions on a Dance Floor." And she'll puddle-jump between 21 cities from L.A. to Amsterdam, in a private jet, natch.

Kids Lourdes, 9, and Rocco, 5, will be running around the world's finest hotels like Eloise at the Plaza, since the diva has insisted they and hubby Guy Ritchie and nannies need an entire floor wherever they go.