MUSIC legend Madonna and two of her biggest fans have come together to help the Final Hour Appeal. Tessa Flattery, 31, and Marie-Claude de Bourgonniere, 29, have decided to auction front-seat tickets for the Thursday performance of the artist’s worldwide Re-Invention tour. The thrilled fans were given the complimentary tickets when they went to Madonna’s opening night at Wembley on Sunday.

‘We were just chatting in our seats and we noticed this American security guard with a Madonna-style cowboy hat around the back of the stage,’ said Mrs Flattery. Ten minutes later he was walking up the stairs where we were sitting. Everybody let him through and he came up to us and said: ﾓThese are for you, courtesy of Madonnaﾔ.’

Both were sceptical at first but they realised it was true and their emotions took over.

Mrs Flattery said her friend was ‘bawling her eyes out’.

‘She’s obsessed with Madonna.’

But the friends quickly realised that they could not use the courtesy tickets because they would be unable to get flights to England on the Thursday. Despite offers of money from fans around them, they kept hold of the tickets until they decided what to do.

‘I would love to go back on Thursday, but I’ve got a little daughter to look after,’ said Ms de Bourgonniere, a mother of three. ‘I just hope we can give somebody the same buzz we had.’

Mrs Flattery said it was a chance not to be missed.

‘You don’t let this slip by. If anybody idolises Madonna the way my friend does, then this is giving them a chance to experience what they’ve always wanted. Whoever gets those tickets is not going to be disappointed.’

Mrs Flattery, a mother of four, bought the tickets in April in advance of her friend’s 30th birthday. She was on the telephone as soon as the ticket hotline opened. After 20 minutes, she got through. The only seats left cost £150.

‘It was now or never. I said to Marie-Claude: ﾓDo you want them or not?ﾔ.’

It was lucky for them that Ms De Bourgonniere said yes – all the Wembley tickets were sold out half an hour later. Both of them said the tickets were worth every penny. Their memories will stick with them forever.

‘It was just mind-blowing,’ said Ms de Bourgonniere. ‘It was the best day of my life, apart from when I had children. If I could thank Madonna personally, I would.’

Mrs Flattery has been an avid fan since the beginning of the singer’s musical career in the 80s. The artist, who reportedly arrived in New York in 1978 in search of fame with only $35 dollars in her pocket, is never one to shy away from controversy. Both friends said she was the biggest female superstar of the modern era.

They could see the performer backstage with her children and film director husband Guy Ritchie. They also saw her kiss her dancers goodbye before being ushered off at the end of the show.

‘She was just fantastic,’ said Ms de Bourgonniere.

‘She was in great shape and was absolutely beautiful. There was so much adrenaline there and the crowd was buzzing. I’ll never forget it.’