Say what you want about Madonna, but numbers don’t lie. The pop legend’s Super Bowl performance on Sunday was the most watched of all time, with 114 million people tuning in.  The next time she sings “Like a Virgin,” it will be to a maximum crowd of 8 million - assuming everyone in Israel attends her show in Tel Aviv. The 53-year old star can still bring it, and bring it she will on May 29th, when she begins her first tour since 2009.

The 2012 tour will include 90 shows, her most extensive yet, according to Arthur Fogel, CEO of Live Nation Global Touring, the worldwide producers of her tour. The tour is all going to promote her new album, “MDNA” which releases on March 26th. Tickets for the Tel Aviv show will go on sale February 10th, and you can bet they will be selling out in record time. In addition to Israel, her tour will take her to 26 European markets, and she’ll touch down in late summer for a series of 26 shows across North America, including a September 6th show at Yankee Stadium.

There’s a certain bit of symmetry with this tour. Her last tour, “Sticky & Sweet” wrapped up in Tel Aviv, where her upcoming tour is soon to begin. Israel of course has a very special place in Madonna’s heart, as she has long embraced Jewish mysticism, Kaballah.