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Madonna's Sticky and Sweet show was the highest-earning tour of 2008, taking $281.6m (£193m) worldwide, according to music trade publication Pollstar.The lavish show, based around her Hard Candy album, featured a Ukrainian gypsy band, a vintage racing car and a "virtual" duet with Justin Timberlake. It also became the eighth highest-grossing tour of all time in North America, Pollstar said. Celine Dion's gigs were 2008's second-biggest earner, taking $236.6m (£162m). The Canadian balladeer's Taking Chances show visited 24 countries - compared to Madonna's 17 - and marked her first world tour for eight years.