- Title: ISRAEL: Madonna fans eagerly await the first concert of her MDNA tour
- Date: 1st June 2012
- Summary: RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL (MAY 31, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HUNDREDS OF MADONNA FANS WAITING IN LINE AHEAD OF FIRST CONCERT IN THE MDNA TOUR SECURITY MAN CHECKING TICKETS MORE OF PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE (SOUNDBITE) (English) JANA DOITCH, MADONNA FAN, SAYING: "I'm coming to see Madonna, I like her and I want to see her and I want to dance all the night, I want to drink all t
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- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
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- Story Text: Excited Madonna fans formed long lines on Thursday (May 3) at the entrance of the Ramat Gan stadium in central Israel, where the Queen of Pop will launch her new international tour - MDNA.
"I'm coming to see Madonna, I like her and I want to see her and I want to dance all the night, I want to drink all the night. And it will be wonderful," said fan Jana Doitch.
The MDNA tour, following on from the recent release of the album with the same name, is her first in three years. After Israel it moves on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 20 years.
Her first global concert series since the "Sticky & Sweet Tour" in 2008 and 2009, Madonna will perform in more than 20 European and Middle Eastern cities including London, Edinburgh, Paris, Milan, Abu Dhabi and Berlin.
Some of the people waiting to see the show were not typical Madonna fans, like Ayelet Shahak who was invited by Madonna to see the concert.
"We are invited by Madonna, she invited people that are active for peace, and we are active for peace. We have our own small association for the memorial of our daughter that was killed in Dizengof Center in 1996, and we are trying to promote peace between the two people," Shahak told Reuters television in Ramat Gan. Her daughter, Bat-Chen Shahak, was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber along with 11 other Israelis, near a shopping mall in Tel Aviv.
Israeli media reported on Thursday that the singer has given out over 600 tickets to Israeli and Palestinian peace activists.
Other fans cherished the chance to watch a famous star launch a tour in Israel.
"I think its a big opportunity and Israel is lucky to have Madonna here, its not very often that a star like Madonna is coming to Israel so I think we need to respect her by coming here," said Inbal Chaplain.
Over 35,000 tickets were sold to the concert. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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