Moscow faces Madonna flap

Posters throughout the Russian capital had proclaimed the venue and date for a month, and 40,000 tickets had already been sold. But a long-awaited Moscow concert by Madonna had become mired in security concerns, and it was anyone’s guess where and when the show would take place, if at all.

After more than a week of negotiations -- spiced up by protests against the 48-year-old pop star performing anywhere in the city -- an agreement was struck Monday for the event to be held Sept. 12 at the Luzhniki stadium.