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Kylie Minogue will hold her first of two gigs in Auckland on Monday night.
The 40-year-old pop queen made her break on the Aussie soap Neighbours before launching her international singing career with I Should Be So Lucky in 1987.
A career which appeared to tail off in the early 1990s was resurrected, stronger than ever, by Minogue's savvy collaborations with a succession of hip producers, and a succession of image makeovers that could make David Bowie blush.
Despite a recent battle with breast cancer, the pint-sized singer is still fighting fit, with Auckland's Vector Arena only comprising two dates in an ambitious world tour.
Wellingtonian Aaron Hailwood is heading to both shows, and admits he's totally addicted to the Aussie icon.
He says when he went to her Sydney show they met through a wire fence, and hopes this time they will talk face-to-face.
He's planning on buying one of each piece of merchandise on sale at the shows, no matter what they are.
The two-and-a-half hour extravaganza is reputedly a $24 million production - and as for Hailwood, he says it's an expensive and unnatural obsession which gives him lots of happiness.
Minogue has been in Auckland since the start of the weekend, finding time to attend the Alicia Keys concert at the Vector Arena on Saturday night.
