Madonna [ tickets ]'s first tour in eight years--an outing that will visit 18 cities in Europe and North America over three months--will open in Germany on June 5, and will reach North America in late July, according to concert promoter SFX Entertainment.

The singer is slated to hit major U.S. markets including Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles, as well as Auburn Hills, Mich., a Detroit suburb which borders her hometown of Rochester. The jaunt, dubbed the Drowned World Tour, is her first since the Girlie Show in 1993.

On-sale dates and ticket prices are expected to be announced soon through SFX's official website.

Madonna's latest album, "Music," debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart Oct. 7. The title track earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance , while the album earned nods for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Recording Package. The latter nomination is the only award that the album won.