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Excitement builds ahead of Madonna concert

Author
Susan Strongman, NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Sat, 5 Mar 2016, 8:04PM
Sisters Cecelia Donnelly-Ta Maariki and Suzanne Donnelly have flown over from Sydney to see the material girl. (NZ Herald/Susan Strongman)
Sisters Cecelia Donnelly-Ta Maariki and Suzanne Donnelly have flown over from Sydney to see the material girl. (NZ Herald/Susan Strongman)

Excitement builds ahead of Madonna concert

Author
Susan Strongman, NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Sat, 5 Mar 2016, 8:04PM

Swarms of Madonna fans are making their way to Vector Arena for Madonna's first ever New Zealand show in Auckland tonight.

Sisters Cecelia Donnelly-Ta-Maariki and Suzanne Donnelly have flown over from Sydney to see the material girl.

Tonight will be Ms Donnelly's fourth Madonna concert - and she's dressed to impress wearing a red dress, blue contact lenses, red patent doc marten boots and is sporting a black bob haircut, referencing a geisha character from Madonna's 'Music' video.

"The whole show is going to be an extravaganza, I've been a Madonna fan since the 80s," she said.

The sisters have VIP tickets to tonight's show - which will be Ms Donnelly-Ta-Maariki's first.

She's planned her outfits for four months and is wearing a white sparkly cowboy hat, a floor length white fur coat, white top and trousers and gold rings and earrings.

She was brimming with praise for the singer.

"She's a female artist. She's been in the industry for a long time -she's pushing 60 and she's been going strong the whole time. She really sticks it to the ageists."

Fans are lining up to get their hands on a piece of Madonna merchandise ahead of the show - which ranges in price from $10 for a poster to $65 for a mesh singlet.

Also available are $50 t-shirts as well as towels, mugs, key rings, shot glasses, beer can coolers, caps, tote bags, and even Madonna branded slippers and socks.

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