Pop icon and singer Madonna, has announced that she will begin her musical world tour from Israel.

Her MDNA World Tour in Israel will begin on 29 May, an additional show will also be added on 31 May under the banner “Concert for Peace.”

Both shows will take place at Ramat Gan Stadium. According to the organisers 30,000 tickets to the tour debut in Israel have already been sold with over 2,000 travel packages, including hotel accommodations, for tourists arriving from abroad.

A long time friend of the Jewish State, her decision to kick off her world tour in Israel comes as no surprise.