It's less than a month before New Zealand's premiere red-carpet event unfolds at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards at Vector Arena.
Music royalty such as Dave Dobbyn, Broods and Jordan Luck are likely to mingle with sports power-couple Richie McCaw and Gemma Flynn, and girl-about-town Chrystal Chenery.
Organisers are hoping Lorde, nominated for Single of the Year, will be able to make the big night.
She has attended the last two VNZMAs, although she notoriously zipped past the official photo wall last year, stopping only for selfies with her fans.
Our source says organisers are calling in favours from their international music industry friends to get 29-year-old English goddess, Florence Welch, lead vocalist of the indie rock band Florence and the Machine, to attend.
