- Title: GERMANY: MADONNA FANS PREPARE FOR HER BERLIN CONCERT
- Date: 18th June 2001
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JUNE 18, 2001) (REUTERS) GV EXTERIORS "FOUR SEASONS" HOTEL WHERE MADONNA IS STAYING (4 SHOTS) VARIOUS, FANS OUTSIDE HOTEL (3 SHOTS) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (German) MADONNA FAN "I'm only here to see Madonna, otherwise I would not have travelled to Berlin." SMV (SOUNDBITE) (German) MADONNA FAN "This woman is great. She always has the latest hits and her music is
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- Location: REUTERS/ WARNER ENTERTAINMENT - EDIT S195, SHOWBIZ 1, JUNE 19, 2001
- Country: Germany
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVAERULETJNH5J1JWVOEY6JSR81O
- Story Text: Madonna fans have started pouring into Berlin ahead of the U.S. pop superstar's first concert in Germany in eight years.
The Madonna concerts in Berlin were sold out within minutes of going on sale in April and went for record prices, by German standards, of up to 250 marks ($110) each.
Some fans had arrived as early as Saturday for the concert at eastern Berlin's Max-Schmeling-Halle on Tuesday night (June 19).
"I am not a hard-core fan but I want to have the live experience," said one female fan.
A Berlin construction worker at the upmarket Four Seasons Hotel where Madonna is staying had less understanding for the hype surrounding the American superstar:
"I don't understand the fuss she is creating. Why can't she just show her face in the window and then everyone would be happy."
The "Drowned World Tour" will be the most extravagant stage spectacle of the singer's 17-year career, promoters SFX Entertainment said.
She will be performing material from her latest album "Music", the "Ray of Light" album as well as signature songs from earlier in her career.
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