MADONNA's coming Sticky + Sweet populace tour has been criticised by environmental groups - for non taking enough eco-friendly precautions.
The pop mavin kicks off her serial of live dates in Cardiff, Wales on Saturday (23Aug08) night.
And green activists have slammed the singer for the massive carbon footprint they claim volition be created by the tour.
Madonna's 49-date trek will see 250 staff members - including nine wardrobe assistants, 12 seamstresses, a personal trainer and a masseuse - 30 wardrobe trunks and the tour's stage correct flown around the world.
And experts from Carbonfootprint.com forebode that the trek will produce more than 1,500 stacks of carbon emissions.
John Buckley from the website insists that Madonna's team should have through more to protect the environment.
He says, "This is a massive amount of carbon emissions even for a cover celebrity ikon.
"However, these emissions will be swamped by those caused by the crowds of concertgoers."
The Holiday hitmaker headlined the Live Earth concert in London last year (07) where she sworn her allegiance to economy the satellite.
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