As expected, Madonna will hit the road this summer in support of her 2005 album "Confessions on a Dance Floor." The tour will begin May 21 in Los Angeles and has dates on tap through a Sept. 3 show in Amsterdam. Contrary to scuttlebutt that the outing would play smaller venues than usual, the Confessions tour will visit arenas throughout the world.

The show itself will "be all out disco, with lots of disco balls," Madonna told Billboard last summer. "I would focus on dance music and the new record. I already did the older stuff on my Re-Invention tour." That outing grossed $125 million, according to Billboard Boxscore.

The tour will feature direction by Jamie King, music direction by Stuart Price and costume design by Arianne Phillips and Jean Paul Gaultier.

As previously reported, Madonna will warm up for Confessions with the first festival performance of her career on April 30 at Coachella in Indio, Calif.

Here are Madonna's tour dates:

April 30: Indio, Calif. (Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival)
May 21: Los Angeles (Forum)
May 27: Las Vegas (MGM Grand Garden Arena)
May 30: San Jose, Calif. (HP Pavilion)
June 5: Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
June 8: Phoenix (Glendale Arena)
June 14: Chicago (United Center)
June 21: Montreal (Bell Centre)
June 25: Hartford, Conn. (Civic Centre)
June 28-29: New York (Madison Square Garden)
July 6: Boston (TD Bank Garden)
July 12: Philadelphia (Wachovia Center)
July 16: Atlantic City, N.J. (Boardwalk Hall)
July 22: Miami (AmericanAirlines Arena)
July 30: Cardiff, Wales (Millennium Stadium)
Aug. 1, 3: London (Wembley Arena)
Aug. 6: Rome (Olympic Stadium)
Aug. 20: Dusseldorf, Germany (LTU Arena)
Aug. 22: Hannover, Germany (AWD Arena)
Aug. 24: Horsens, Denmark (Forum)
Aug. 27-28: Paris (Bercy)
Sept. 3: Amsterdam (Arena)