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U.S. singer Madonna performs during her Sticky and Sweet tour at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville Sept. 16, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |
BEIJING, Sept 25 -- Madonna's tour towels have been seized by Eastern European border control guards.
The "4 Minutes" singer - who is currently on her
"Sticky and Sweet" world tour - travel with 300 designer towels for herself and
her dancers to use when they come off stage, but Montenegro officials
confiscated them because they were suspicious about why she needed so many.
A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "The
customs people had never come across that kind of volume of towels for personal
use before, or the cost given for them.
People in Montenegro just aren't used to spending
that much on a towel." The singer is set to perform in Budva city tomorrow.
This is not the first time Madonna's tour has
encountered a problem. Earlier this month, it was claimed her tour crew were
threatening to quit.
Some of the 250 staff were said to feel they were
being treated like "second class citizens" after being given cheap hotel
accommodation while Madonna stayed in luxury hotels. A source said: "People were
absolutely furious with her and some of them want to walk out of the tour."
(Source: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies)