Minogue's New Zealand concert a 19-minute sellout
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Wellington - Kylie Minogue fans snapped up all 9,000 tickets for the pop star's first concert in New Zealand on December 8 within 19 minutes of them going on sale Tuesday, news reports said. A second show the next day at Auckland's Vector Arena was immediately announced. This followed Minogue's success in her home country of Australia, where tickets for concerts in Sydney and Melbourne sold out within minutes and second shows were added, the New Zealand Herald reported on its website.
Copyright DPA
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