The Kylie Times #37 • March 2019

March 2019

Sydney Mardi Gras Everything about the performances and appearances

FOCUS GOODBYE TO THE GOLDEN TOUR... © Rob Sinclair

I obviously cannot thank every person individually for their support, so by appearing on shows where they can see me, it’s a way of saying thank you to a lot of people all at once.

Kylie Minogue

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E SUM UP 4. Throwback Calendar 8. IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW 24. Kylie at Sydney Mardi Gras 26. Goodbye to the Golden Tour 40. Fans Experience 41. News 44. Kylie in the press 46. Fashion 60. Meanwhile, on social medias 62. KYLIE REACTIONS

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Hiiiiiiii lovers !

We’re excited to be back for a new issue of the Kylie Times, this time a little later in the month as we decided to postpone the release of the magazine, so you can have a perfect summary of everything that happened. And in March, a lot of things happened!

Of course we will talk about Kylie’s appearance at Sydney’s Mardi Gras and conclude our focus of the « Golden Tour », which ended near Brisbane in Australia. We will introduce two fans who met the singer backstage and will tell you everything else that happened this month.

And what would the Kylie Times be without Isa’s focus? This month, she will tell you everything about « If You Were With Me Now », the duet with Keith Washington...

Enjoy ! xx Laeti (With the help of Isa & En)

THROwback CALENDAR MARCH 1987 - 2019

Let’s have a look back at the most important events in Kylie’s career through the years and that took place in march.

1988

March 11th : Kylie wins four Logie Awards: « Most Popular Personality on Australian Television », « Most Popular Actress », « Victorian’s Most Popular Personality on TV » and « Most Popular Music Video in Australia » for « Locomotion ».

March 28th : Kylie arrives in London to finish recording her first album with SAW at PWL studios. To avoid getting media attention, she and her mom are staying in Pete Waterman’s apartment while he stays at the Dorchester Hilton Hotel during the Easter break. « I Should Be So Lucky » is number 1 in Ireland and stays at this position for five weeks in England. This is the first time over the past ten years that a solo woman reached this record.

Tears On My Pillow (1990)

Kylie during the Logie Awards, where she won four awards in a single night (1988)

1989

March 16th : In Japan, Alfa Records releases « Kylie’s Remixes », an album with extended versions of her tracks and 12’’ remixes of her singles.

March 25th : Kylie is interviewed at the Madame Tussauds museum for a television show called Motormouth and her track « Hand On Your Heart » receives its worldwide premiere.

Kylie is nominated for five ARIA awards and wins two of them: the « Special Achievement Award », and the one for the « Biggest Selling Single of 1988 » for « I Should Be So Lucky ».

1990

« Tears On My Pillow » reaches the 20th position in the Netherlands, 9th in Belgium and comes out in Japan.

1991 « Kylie’s Remixes » (1989)

Kylie during the shooting of the music video « Finer Feelings » in Paris (1992)

March 9th : Kylie is interviewed for the Japanese TV show: BTT. « Better The Devil You Know » becomes number 1 in the US magazine: Dance Trax Import Chart.

1992

Kylie is interviewed for Rapido and some behind the scenes footages of the shooting of the video of « Finer Feelings » in Paris are unveiled.

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The singer is nominated as « Best Female Artist of 1991 » by the ARIA.

1994

March 5th : In front of more than 19,000 fans, Kylie performs « What Do I Have To Do » during Mardi Gras in Sydney, on stage with 30 dancers.

1997

March 14th : Kylie appears in one of the episodes of Men Behaving Badly to raise money for Comic Relief.

March 21st : Kylie is the guest presenter on Top Of The Pops.

1998

March 4th : Kylie performs « Breathe » at the National Lottery Draw.

March 16th : « Breathe », third and final excerpt of « Impossible Princess » is released as a single.

For their 25th anniversary, Mushroom Records in Australia releases a limited edition of « Better The Devil You Know »’s single CD with a brand new Movers & Shakers remix.

Ministry Magazine makes Kylie the cover girl : you can find an exclusive interview of the singer and photos.

1999

Kylie goes to Barbados to appear as Miranda in Shakespeare’s play « The Tempest », her first ever stage role.

The singer announces her plans to release a book later in the year entitled « Kylie Evidence » where she would like to include testimonials from other people about her, including people she is friends with or people she had never met and also articles, photos, stories and pictures.

2000

Along with Natalie Imbruglia, Kylie presents the award for best international artist to Macy Gray at the Brit Awards in Earls Court.

Galaxy FM airs a special show where Kylie is recorded reading Alice In Wonderland, accompanied by a selection of dance and contemporary music produced by Paul Oakenfold.

2001

March 3rd : The « On A Night Like This Tour » begins in Glasgow. She performs in particular her new track, « Can’t Get You Out Of My Head ». The tour goes on for a month in England, before going through Europe and Australia.

2002

March 1st : Top Of The Pops airs a live performance of « In Your Eyes » that Kylie recorded in December.

Opening night of « On A Night Like This Tour » in Glasgow (2001)

Kylie on the cover of the « Ministry Magazine » with an exclusive interview inside (1998)

March 3rd : Kylie goes to the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show during the fashion week in Milan. She sings « In Your Eyes » at the San Remo festival in Italy a few days later.

March 6th : Kylie wins the award for « Best Selling Australian Artist » at the Monte Carlo World Music Awards where she sings « Can’t Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head ».

March 21st : Kylie’s advertising campaign for Agent Provocateur wins the « Best Commercial Movie of the Year » award at the British TV Awards.

The « Live In Sydney » wins the prize for the best music video at the Australian DVD Awards.

2003

March 17th : The new LoveKylie collection is launched by Kylie herself during Melbourne Fashion Week. She gets interviewed the next day about this same collection by Rove Live.

The Governor General of Australia awards Kylie with the Centenary Medal for outstanding contributions to the music industry.

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Throwback Calendrier • March Kylie is invited to Paris as a special guest for the 50 years of the brand Chloe. The evening takes place at the Café De Flore and the singer performs some jazz songs, including covers of Big Spender, « Peel Me A Grape » or « My Baby Just Cares For Me » by Nena Simone.

2004

March 1st : « Red Blooded Woman » comes out and enters straight to fifth place in England. Kylie sings it the same day at MTV TRL. March 4th : Kylie is interviewed on the Today show with Des and Mel and performs an acapella version of her track « The Locomotion ».

March 13th : The singer obtains the « Outstanding Contribution to Pop » award at the Bravo Supershow Awards in Hanover, Germany. She also sang « Red Blooded Woman ».

2005

March 19th : Let’s go for the « Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour » ! Kylie starts this tour in Glasgow and we especially remember her costume with her blue corset filled with feathers created by John Galliano. The concert is two hours long and includes the singer’s greatest classics, as well as a cover of « Over The Rainbow » she performs on a crescent moon glittering above the stage.

The single « Giving You Up » goes straight to sixth place in England, making it her 26th song in the top 10 in the country! The b-side of this track is « Made Of Glass ».

2006

Kylie travels to Sri Lanka to meet « The Children Of The Sea », a theater group she sponsors. She takes a picture with the kids on the back of an elephant!

Kylie Minogue for the Targets Breast Cancer campaign (2010)

2008

March 2nd : « Wow » ranks 11th in Australia.

March 11th : « All I See » is released as single to promote the album « X » in the United States, only in digital.

March 31rd : Kylie is the guest of the Today Show in New York to promote the release of « X » in the United States.

2009

March 6th : The singer goes to the press conference of the film Blue in Mumbai in India where she makes a short appearance.

March 14th : She joins many other Australian celebrities at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for Sound Relief, a charity concert to raise funds for fire victims in the state of Victoria and floods in Queensland. She sings « I Still Call Australia Home ».

2010

March 28th : Kylie is photographed by Mario Testino for the launch of the Targets Breast Cancer campaign, which aimed to raise more than $ 1 million for cancer research through a clothing collection.

2011

March 9th : Kylie’s photographer and best friend, Katerina Jebb, launches an exhibition called Simulacrum & Hyperbole at Southbank in London as part of the Bird’s Eye View Women’s Film Festival. The exhibition includes a series of satires designed to provoke and question the contemporary consumer society through a series of imaginative 60-second commercials. This is where we find an ad that we have all seen at least once (or even a bit more for some of you), entitled « Beautiful Body Insurance Of London », which shows the singer walking up a staircase in a white dress which shows her glamorously ascending a staircase, revealing that the back of her flowing white gown is cut away to show her bare bottom...

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March 16th : In Japan, a new compilation of Kylie’s best tracks is out. It is simply called « Hits » but the exact translation of the name in Japanese is: « Love Kylie - The Best Of Kylie Minogue ».

2012

March 3rd : Dressed by Jean Paul Gaultier with a Stephen Jones headdress, Kylie makes an appearance to sing several tracks during the Sydney Mardi Gras, including her biggest hits. For the Encore part, she performs « The Locomotion » and « All The Lovers ».

March 5th : The singer announces the first two dates of the « Anti Tour »: Melbourne and Sydney.

As part of the 25-year celebration, a video of the singer and her band rehearsing « I Dont ‘Need Anyone » is revealed on her YouTube channel.

Kylie announces the dates of the « Anti Tour » in Manchester and London the same day.

2014

March 17th : Release of Kylie’s twelfth studio album, « Kiss Me Once ». It ranked directly at the second place in England and first in Australia, making this album her fourth one to enter directly to this place.

March 19th : Even though « Sexercize » was never officially released as a single, the music video was unveiled that day.

March 20th : During promotion in Paris, the singer makes a stop at the shop Colette (now closed) for the launch of her album and her lipstick only available there.

2015

March 20th : The singer ends her management contract with Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s company.

The same month, it is said that Kylie is to stop working with her record label Parlophone, with which she had been with for several years.

The first glasses’ collection by Kylie (2017) The single « Stop Me From Falling » is the second excerpt of « Golden » (2018)

2016

This month launches the battle between Kylie Minogue and Kylie Jenner to find out who could use Kylie’s name as a brand.

Madonna asks Kylie to come up on stage with her during her Australian leg of the « Rebel Heart Tour ». Kylie declines her invitation despite the fact she is in Australia as well.

2017

March 7th : Launch of Kylie’s first collection with Specsavers.

2018

« Sexercize » (2014) « Kiss Me Once » (2014)

March 9th : « Stop Me From Falling », the second single from « Golden » is released. The track is premiered on BBC Radio 2.

March 13th : Launch of the promotional tour of the album « Golden » in London. Kylie did shows in Manchester, Paris, Barcelona and Berlin and presented her new opus to an intimate crowd, with an average of 500 people.

The singer starts a promo marathon and does several interviews for various media throughout Europe.

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IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW

After the moderate success (compared to previous singles) of Kylie’s song « Word Is Out », PWL decided that she needed to return with a classier proposition and let’s say ‘conservative’.

At first « Finer Feelings » had been chosen as the follow-up single, but it was pulled at the last moment in favour of « If You Were With Me Now » due to favourable reactions from radio stations.

Released in the United Kingdom on 21st October 1991, this duet with American singer Keith Washington was Kylie’s first hit single to feature her as a co-writer and it was much better received than her previous release.

Focus • If You Were With Me Now OK, Kylie didn’t write the whole song herself, she co-wrote it, but it was the first time that she was credited as co-writer on one of her singles, which makes this particular song all the more notable.

Own » by Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald’s (number one in the US in 1986) also followed the same process.

Even though it was a shame that Kylie and Keith So, « If You Were with Me Now » is a song written couldn’t record together in the same studio on the

by Stock, Waterman, Kylie and Keith Washington same day, as Kylie put it herself, it worked really who just happens to be singing this duet with her. well in a transatlantic way because the single is As you’ve already probably guessed, it was produced called « If You Were With Me Now » (if it had been

by Stock & Waterman. As a reminder, the only duet called « By Your Side Right Now », it may not have Kylie had ever done (« Especially For You » with Jason worked so well, if you get the idea…).

Donovan) had been released three years earlier.

The single was released to coincide with the release of Kylie’s fourth studio album « Let’s Get To It » and her « Let’s Get To It Tour » (the album was released 7 days before the single, and the tour started just 4 days after!)

At first the song was a solo demo called « One Love At A Time » and then it evolved into a duet, which was originally recorded with Kylie opposite a guide vocal from British virtuoso vocalist, actor and composer Cleveland WatKiss.

The song was then mixed by Phil Harding who made sure that it felt as though the performers were singing to each other. Pete Waterman then lined up a string arrangement on the track from the legendary Paul Riser.

In October 2016 (to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the song) Mike Stock shared a story about this song on Facebook:

It was a big change of style for our Kylie: it’s a slow, romantic and melancholic ballad, and Kylie’s voice appears more mature than ever before. Even though you probably already know the story about the recording of this song, here are all the details !

The duet was recorded at the PWL studios in London and in New York studios, in July and August 1991.

Unfortunately Kylie and Keith could not get together to record it: Kylie recorded her part of the song in London, and Keith’s part was recorded in New York.

Kylie and Keith only met when filming the video. It was their « Ebony and Ivory » as Kylie said it herself, because that song was recorded separately as well.

And in case you didn’t know it, the duet « On My

« After writing the song, Keith visited the Vineyard studios first to sing his part as Kylie was busy. I was piecing the song together in my head as we worked. A few days later Kylie came in to record her part. I had the arrangement organised with a guide string section to be recorded in New York with the amazing Motown Records musical arranger: Paul Riser. At which point I took a few days break, intending to finish the track when I returned with some embellishments, more percussive orchestration and cymbal swells. By the time I returned the track had already been mixed

by Phil Harding, mastered and released! I saw Rob Dickins (Chairman of Warners – Keith’s label) at a Kylie concert at Docklands Arena in London, he came up to me and said what a great idea it was to team Kylie up with Keith Washington. « I thought it was your idea » I

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said. So, I never knew how exactly that duet became to be! ».

In the end, it doesn’t really matter though, the fact is that Kylie and Keith sound particularly good together on this record, the vocals are emotional from both sides. Even though he wasn’t really an ‘obvious’ choice, the partnership worked really well. The fourway collaboration is spellbinding, the lyrics are heartbreaking, the ballad is gorgeous.

unknown outside of the USA to start with, he earned fans in the United Kingdom with his debut album, of whom Pete Waterman (who’s always loved soul and R&B) and Kylie.

Even though some people find the song slushy, I personally love it. Compared to most of the singles we had heard from Kylie at the time, this one really showcased her voice. In my (humble) opinion, this song would have been perfect for American soul/ R&B radios and it is a shame that it was overlooked in Kylie’s catalogue.

Before the actual recording of the song, Kylie couldn’t believe she would maybe work with Keith Washington when Pete Waterman mentioned his name for the first time. At the time, she listened to his album called « Make Time For Love » a lot, she said it was a beautiful album and that the fact of working with someone who is as respected as he was an It’s a bit of a shame that the only tour during which R&B singer in America got her quite worried. She was this song was performed live was the « Let’s Get To trying not to get her hopes up because she thought it It » Tour. Kylie didn’t sing the duet with Keith Wasprobably wouldn’t happen anyway. hington but with James Uluave (who was also part of the backing vocals on the « Rhythm Of Love Tour »). « The song with Keith Washington is one of In fact, much to fans’ despair, Keith and Kylie NEVER my favourite songs that I’ve ever done I think, performed this song together live or on TV. let alone on this album and I was very pleased to have worked with him. When Pete WaterJames Uluave has unfortunately passed away, but man said to me ‘Maybe we’ll get Keith Wasbefore he died he shared stages with Australian perhington to do this duet with you’ I couldn’t formers such as Kylie, Jimmy Barnes and Tina Arena. believe it, I just about fell off my chair. I was He featured on several Australian ‘various’ albums or so excited but I was trying to contain my exciTV series soundtracks. He was also an actor, known tement because at the same time I thought for the film « Lucky Break » (released in the US « no he probably won’t work with me » »… as « Paperback Romance »), a 1994 Australian romantic comedy film, where he played a singer in the But it was quite easy for Pete Waterman to se- tropical resort. cure the Keith Washington ‘option’ for the final version of the song because PWL had just established a partnership with Warner. This was another one of Waterman’s clever moves.

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Focus • If You Were With Me Now Now, please can we just talk quickly about the cover art for this single? On the front, it looks like a tiny picture of Keith was thrown onto the main Kylie picture. I mean it looks like Keith is on a stamp in the top left-hand corner of the cover. And if we look at the back of the sleeve, the opposite happens, Keith is the star and Kylie is a stamp. It looks like a design afterthought. They didn’t even bother taking new pictures of them for this cover. Originally the photo of Keith that is used here was on the inner sleeve of his debut LP « Make Time For Love », where all lyrics were written down. It was also the actually cover picture of his audio cassette for the song of the same name.

home because it was her most personal thing. It was ‘her escape’.

Other than that, if you read last month’s edition of our magazine, you’ll know that Kylie was frequently clubbing at the time and it’s funny because the first time William Baker saw her was in a club, with her boyfriend Zane O’Donnell around that time (that’s not when they started working together though).

Also - and you can’t have missed this picture - around that time, she was spotted with Lenny Kravitz, so of course, the next day the media were all over them saying they were a couple! Kylie said « Ha! I looked quite smug in that photo didn’t I? No, I just met him a few times, and he’s a really nice guy so I enjoyed having my picture taken with him ».

The Kylie picture was part of a photoshoot that was done by Marc Lebon (pics below). Marc worked quite a lot with her at the time (you’ll find a special page with some of his pics a bit further in this article).

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THE VIDEO

Back to Kylie: this time she’s sitting on a wooden chair, she’s wearing a beautiful knitted cardigan, she The promo video was filmed in London in Octo- looks like she’s thinking about her loved one, whilst ber 1991, and was directed by Gregg Masuak. Ca- Keith is still singing by his window. Can I just say how nadian-born, Australian-raised Gregg Masuak is a beautiful Kylie looks, I love her cardigan, her curly writer-director who has collaborated with some of hair and her make-up is just amazing. the world’s best-loved music, film and TV stars and brands. He created iconic promo videos for artists such as The Spice Girls, Joe Cocker, Kim Wilde, Take That and Celine Dion. Masuak also put his stamp on diverse brands such as, among others, Emporio Armani, Barclays, Levi’s, EasyJet and worked with actresses like Courtney Cox, Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz.

Based in both London and Los Angeles, Gregg continues to work across all these fields and more. Actually you’ll see his name again in future editions of The Kylie Times, because he also directed other Kylie’s videos: « Give Me Just A Little More Time », « What Kind Of Fool?

(Heard All That Before) » and « Celebration ».

This 90% black and white video tells the story of an actress caught between her own emotions and those of the character she’s playing. Kylie wears various outfits in it.

In the first scene she’s walking (outside a sort of factory and it’s very windy) and the camera is filming her from behind. She’s wearing a class white dress, quite short and she’s holding a little scarf in her hand.

Then the camera faces her, and we can see behind her a lot of people looking at her and filming her, that’s when we understand she’s playing an actress that’s on the set of a film. Then we can see Keith singing very briefly, in front of a window. .

Then back to walking Kylie where she’s walking away from the people filming her, clearly trying to not show how sad and heartbroken she is. Then it’s intercut scenes between « woolly cardigan Kylie », Keith against a wall or a window singing his heart out, acting Kylie, « woolly Kylie »… (well you get the idea).

For the second verse, we see Kylie looking like she’s going to a masked ball, she’s got massive earrings, a lot of make-up and her hair is up. We only actually get a glimpse of her before she hides her face behind a typical Venetian mask (meanwhile Keith… well you know…).

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Focus • If You Were With Me Now In the next scene, she appears in a wedding dress and is just breathtaking (and this time Keith is singing in front of a wall everybody!) and after that we see Kylie sitting at a terrace of a bar, on a chair that’s backwards, her hair is let down; she’s wearing a flower dress that’s short enough for us to see she has stockings underneath.

In the next scene we can guess she’s sitting in a train and for some reason she’s laughing, before going to the following scene where she’s with a male actor, who’s touching her face, she’s trying to be serious but ends up laughing again.

At the end, she’s lying on the floor with her flower dress and stockings, pretending to be at the beach when she’s actually lying in front of a screen where we can see the sea on it (I mean who would go to the beach with stockings?). And at the end, train scene again and this time she’s holding roses.

After that - and it’s one of the only scenes where we see her in colour - we see her crying in a car, her head against the steering wheel, it’s raining like mad outside, and then we can see that it’s just people directing the movie she’s starring in holding a garden hose in front of the car.

It’s really strange because Kylie and Keith met at the video shoot, but we never see them together in it. Moreover, there are no obvious signs that the scenes were recorded at the same location. The only proof we have that they were both on the video set at the same time is this picture below.

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CRITICS

INTERVIEW EXCERPTS

• The song was sometimes compared to a « Disney duet balladry ».

• Digital Spy’s Nick Levine called the track a « slushy duet ».

• One journalist wrote (really sorry lovers, I lost the source) :

About the Let’s Get To It Tour:

« Aaaaargh it’s a ballad! A drippy American sounding ballad! After the thundering thunderingness of some of her past singles and after the ‘subdued’ « Word Is Out », we get the ballading balladery of this thing. I give up ».

• A journalist at The Juice wrote : « Kylie’s current offering is certainly a strange old affair. If you’ve heard the swoonsome tune then you may have thought the pair was crooning in the same studio but we can reveal they never met.

Kylie recorded her slushy vocal bit in a London studio then a copy of the tape was personally whisked over to New York by Waterman for Keith to sing his own slushy bit ».

CHARTS Kylie was over the moon to be back in the Top 5 of the UK Charts!

• UK : the single peaked at #4 and spent a total of 7 weeks in the charts. It was her strongest performance in the charts since the single « Step Back In Time » a year earlier.

Peak positions in other countries : • Ireland : #7.

• Australia : #23.

• Belgium : #31 and it stayed in the charts for 4 weeks.

• Netherlands : #56 and it stayed in the charts for 5 weeks.

• Germany : #61 and it stayed in the charts for 8 weeks.

However, while the song had certainly been made with a potential US release in mind, it would never be released stateside (actually it’s the case of the whole « Let’s Get To It » project).

« I saw some of the criticism, I did try and avoid it but then my inquisitive nature got the better of me and I had to see. But for me, I can’t let that be the judge of my show and for the people that went to the show (« Let’s Get To It Tour ») and enjoyed it, that’s what’s important to me ». « I would hope that people in general would know better than to believe everything they’re reading in the press. Of course the point of the press is to sell as many papers as they can and they have to be sensational and in the past few months I’ve had actually great press so it seems as though it’s about time, I mean I’ve been doing this job for years now and I know it does circulate. They love you, they hate you and then it’s time to like you again. They can’t seem to be saying the same thing all the time, and they love to contradict themselves so you know I am disappointed at the moment that I have to keep going on about this bad press I mean I’ve had it before and I will have it again ». « I’m a bit surprised that my outfits cause such a stir. I mean of course they’re meant to, it’s not a complete accident but yeah it’s caused a more stir than I had thought, but the reason I wanted to work with John Galliano is because he’s outrageous. He designed my outfits for the show ». « At first I was flattered to be compared to Madonna, but now I don’t want to be second to anybody, and I don’t think I am. And imagewise, what hasn’t Madonna done? ».

About her change of image: « I’m confused, the press keeps saying ‘The New Kylie’ but I mean, is there another one because I’m getting confused as to which change they’re talking about at the moment…

I’ve been constantly changing for the past 2 years ». « I think if I hadn’t changed at all they’d probably not be interested in me today anyway. If I was still doing exactly what I was doing 4 years ago, I would certainly be bored to tears. ».

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Focus • If You Were With Me Now « I can only agree with people who say I’ve changed, it’s a change for the better I think and it’s a change that I wanted to happen because I wanted to have more involvement with the music and I’ve co written half of the album, I’ve been involved with the album every step of the way. In one way it drives me crazy because it’s a lot more work and much more pressure ».

« Well that’s a compliment (to compare her image with Brigitte Bardot’s). It’s very baby doll. I guess recently I’ve been working on a Barbarella type baby doll image so it’s a different album cover, it’s not something I would have done before but what we’re trying to do is a cover worth, get a photograph that kind of has a story and has people’s attention for more than one or two seconds rather than just saying oh it’s a nice photograph, people can make up their own story about the photo with the men in the background ». « People have different ideas of my image.

Some people are still a couple of years behind and they are even more shocked to see the things I’m doing these days because they expect Charlene to come out or something. I would say I’m definitely not a complete sex siren or anything like that, I mean I do like to play with that part of my image but I’m still pretty much the way I’ve always been. I’m a very homy person ».

mean I slob around in my tracksuit pants and a t-shirt, watch the TV, talk to my girlfriend for hours on end when I’m feeling desperately homesick, I would go out for pizza, go to the movies… ».

« I’m still not satisfied, in fact I probably will never be satisfied, or if I am, that’s when I’ll stop. I just think that I’m now on the right course, heading in the right direction, so I want to get better at that and just make it more solid and permanent ».

*** DID YOU KNOW?/ MISCELLANEOUS Here’s a bit more information about Keith Washington: • He was born on 15th November 1960 and is an American R&B and soul vocalist. His most famous song is the hit single « Kissing You » which was released in 1991. Actually the song was used as Background music for the ABC TV soap opera « General Hospital », and it topped the Billboard Hot R&B/HipHop songs chart for one week.

• He also had a few minor acting roles in series, of which « General Hospital » mentioned above as Keith Jasper. In 1993, Keith Washington released his follow-up album « Make It Easy », and after a lengthy absence, he came back in 1998 with the album « KW ».

Other :

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« When I’m at home, I’m very ‘daggy’ which is an Australian word that I use all the time when I shouldn’t because no one else really understands it, I’m just like anyone else I

• In October 1991 (the month of release of this single) Kylie was on the cover of The Face magazine, and because the pics are amazing, I wanted to share quatre of them with you.

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Let’s Get To … The Videos - Japanese VHS

• In 1992, the Sunday Mirror Magazine shared the knitting pattern for Kylie’s cardigan worn in the « If You Were With Me Now » video. Shame I didn’t see it at the time, or I would have tried at least …

• William Baker talked about that time in the Lalala Book: « Media interest by now was intense. Photographers stylists and fashion designers (like John Galliano, Rifat Ozbek, JP Gaultier, photographer Marc Le Bon and stylist Judy Blame), all of whom became integral to the peddling of the new cool Kylie. For the cover of The Face, Andrew MacPherson photographed her curling her glued-on lashes, with the headline ‘Kylie Remade’. Galliano later went on to design the costumes for her « Let’s Get To It Tour ».

The tour attracted rather negative comments about its visual similarities to Madonna’s « Blonde Ambition Tour » a year earlier. Galliano had also invented the infamous fishnet bus conductor outfit, the first ensemble to reveal the now famous Minogue rear; he described the Minogue aesthetic as a ‘blend of Lolita and Barbarella’ ».

• A little less than one month after this single came out, the VHS « Let’s Get To… The Videos » was released. It included four music videos from Kylie’s previous album « Rhythm of Love », two music videos from « Let’s Get to It », and exclusive behind the scenes footage (the footage was also included in Kylie’s « DVD Greatest Hits 87-97 »).

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SELECTION OF SOME OF MARC LE BON’S PHOTOS OF KYLIE

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LYRICS Without you standing by my side Love and good fortune passes me by

How could we throw our love away?

When we had so much more than words can say

And you were my guiding light It seemed so easy When we said goodbye

The darkest clouds would fade away To bring the light into my day If you were with me now

How different would the world be now If only we had worked it out somehow

If loving you is right Then turn back the hands of time I’d do anything to make you mine

What kind of fools are you and I? There would be stars up in the sky If you were with me now

There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do I could make you feel my love for you

And I know I may go astray But who’s to say that we can’t change our mind My love burns stronger each day If I’m sure of one thing One love at a time

If you were with me now If you were with me now If you were with me now

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RELEASE INFORMATION (per tracklist)

Pic of Kylie used for the covers (except for the Japanese 3” CD)

Pic of Keith used for the covers (except for the Japanese 3” CD)

Tracklist :

• « If You Were With Me Now » • « I Guess I Like It Like That » • « If You Were With Me Now » – Extended Version Tracklist applicable to the German and the UK CDs.

UK CD Front Cover

UK CD Back Cover

UK CD - Disc

Tracklist :

• « If You Were With Me Now » • « I Guess I Like It Like That » - Edit Tracklist applicable to all existing 7” vinyls, the UK cassette and Australian Cassingle.

UK 7” Front Cover

OZ Cassingle Cover

OZ Yellow Cassingle

Tracklist :

• « If You Were With Me Now » - Extended Version • « I Guess I Like It Like That » Tracklist applicable to all existing 12” vinyls (except for the Australian 12”).

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Tracklist :

• « If You Were With Me Now » • « I Guess I Like It Like That » - Edit • « I Guess I Like It Like That » Tracklist applicable to the Australian picture CD and the Australian 12” vinyl.

Australian picture CD (love it!)

Tracklist :

• « If You Were With Me Now » • « I Guess I Like It Like That » Tracklist only applicable to this absolutely amazing Japanese 3” CD.

Japan CD Front Cover

Japan CD Back Cover (with lyrics)

Japan 3” CD

PROMOTIONAL SUPPORTS

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UK ITUNES BUNDLE If You Were With Me Now

I Guess I Like It Like That

• « If You Were With Me Now » • « If You Were With Me Now » - Extended Version • « If You Were With Me Now » - Orchestral Version • « If You Were With Me Now » - Instrumental • « If You Were With Me Now » - Backing Track

• « I Guess I Like It Like That » • « I Guess I Like It Like That » - Edit • « I Guess I Like It Like That » - Instrumental • « I Guess I Like It Like That » - Backing Track

Sources: personal collection and mixkylie.com

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Focus • Sydney Mardi Gras

SYDNEY MARDI GRAS FROM 1994 T0 2019 KYLIE’s performances & appearances AT THE EVENT Will Kylie make an appearance at the Mardi Gras party? Will she not? Will anybody get to see her at all? These were the questions we were all asking a few days before Mardi Gras, an equivalent to the gay pride in Australia. Many social media rumors spoke of a private appearance in a club or a performance alongside Jake Shears. It was finally during the big parade in the city that Kylie appared - even though it was very short, it truly was a great surprise.

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t was around 9 pm when Kylie appeared at the Taylor square, main point of the parade in a long golden dress by Ralph & Russo. Several drag queens with different costumes worn by Kylie during her career arrived (there was the jumpsuit of « Can’t Get You Out Of My Head », the « Spinning Around » golden pants, the « Showgirl » blue outfit...). A few second later, cowboy dancers wearing little red scarves and boots that appeared, holding up letters that formed the word « G-O-LD-E-N ». No doubt about it, something was going to happen about Kylie (yes, I’m a little Sherlock Holmes in my spare time). Everyone danced on excerpts from the singer’s greatest hits, including « On A Night Like This », « Spinning Around », « Can’t Get You Out Of My Head », « What Do

I Have To Do », « All The Lovers » and « Dancing ».

Kylie spent all this medley (which last around 1m30) dancing next to her team members, Jake Shears and Courtney Act, and then she joined the drag queens at the end and took some pictures for the press. Her appearance did not last very long, however later on she continued with interviews for the press. One of the interviews was done in a small truck for SBS (which broadcasted the show). She said that she had come here many times and that her first performance was in 1994. She asked the presenter how Cher’s performance last year was and said she was very happy to be back in Australia to present her show. Kylie also took the time to stop for a little girl to give her a hug: how cute!

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All these times Kylie sang for Mardi Gras in Sydney...

As this appearance was quite calm and there is not much to say, let’s go back to the various performances of Kylie during the Sydney Mardi Gras. show with her. Two tracks have been performed: « Somewhere », a cover of Leonard Bernstein as introduction (we do not see Kylie at this time yet) and around 1’37 minute, two dancers with horns of devils appear and start dancing.

Drag queens arrive on stage in sequined dresses, then Kylie arrives with a trident to perform « BetAs Kylie herself said in the inter- ter The Devil You Know ». In the view with SBS, the first time she middle of the performance, more sang at Mardi Gras was in 1994, on than 40 dancers come join the sinMarch 6th to be precise. The per- ger, all dressed with devil horns formance lasted 8 minutes, Kylie and red little tight shorts. Kylie is performed only one song, « What wearing only a small red corset.

Do I Have To Do », in a kind of pink The performance was 11 minutes tutu with a bustier, and surroun- long, so you can imagine that we ded by dancers. The singer chose are in for a mega extended version to performed an extended version of the song. of the track and if you want to see the performance, it is available on YouTube in an approximate quality, but it was a good one at the time where the digital did not really exist. With the quality of her microphone, we can very clearly see that she sings live! The performance is definitely worth watching, the dancers are getting undress, Kylie is breathless as ever Last performance to date and because of singing and dancing at which is in super good quality the same time, the audience is haon Kylie’s YouTube channel (that ving its time... This is a really cool was part of the surprises that we moment to see ! had for her 25 years in the music industry), on March 4th, 2012, which was again at the Royal Hall We are now going four years Of industries. This time, it is not later, 1998, for the 20th anniver- one or two tracks performed, but sary of the event. Kylie sang at 10, a truly mini show! Kylie’s perthe Royal Hall Of Industries on formance was 22 minutes long and March 8th, and Jimmy Somerville was in the spirit of the « Aphroand her sister, Dannii, shared the dite Tour », with an intro « K-Y-

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L-I-E - KYLIE, YOU ROCK! » and a mix between « Heart Beat Rock » and « Aphrodite ». Honestly, it reminds you so much of this incredible tour and if you check out the performance you’re going to have goosebumps because it’s so intense. She wore a pretty tribal outfit with a biiiiiig headdress on her head and it must have been heavy enough, but Kylie did not hesitate to move and dance and give us a fantastic medley of all her greatest hits. We had : « Wow », « In Your Eyes », « Love At First Sight », « I Believe In You », « Celebration », « Better The Devil You Know », « Slow », « Put Your Hands Up » and for the encore part the classics « The Loco-Motion » and « All The Lovers ». For the second act, Kylie appeared with a new outfit and tied hair. She finished the concert with her lioness mane and another outfit, which with the dim light suggests that she has no top on (it’s quite strange!). Do not hesitate to see (or review) this performance on Kylie’s YouTube channel because all the sequences of this medley are quite incredible and to concentrate as many hits in such a short time gives a fantastic show!

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GOODBYE TO THE GOLDEN TOUR...

All things come to an end... Here we are now, writing the last part of our focus on the « Golden Tour », ending with Kylie’s home country : Australia.

This last part will be quite brief because Kylie’s team decided to keep it the same as for the European dates, so there was no massive change to mention. The singer however sang in smaller arenas than usual (we were on a configuration more or less equal to the one we had in Europe) and performed as a part of the festival « A Day On The Green » for three exclusive dates. Let’s go back to these last shows, which conclude the « Golden Tour » - thankfully for us the Kylie Summer is coming very soon, so it is an ending, but we know something new is coming right up!

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THE SHOWS

Brisbane Hunter Valley

Perth

Sydney

Adelaide Melbourne

Here is a summary of the dates, cities, arenas and the maximum capacity that each of these rooms can accommodate. Unfortunately, we can not tell you the fill rate for each date, as this information is not available to the public, but most of the shows were sold-out (websites like Ticketmaster indicated that all tickets had been sold).

March 5th, 2019 - Sydney - ICC Sydney Theatre - 8000 people (SOLD OUT) March 6th, 2019 - Sydney - ICC Sydney Theatre - 8000 people March 9th, 2019 - Perth - A Day On The Green Festival - Sir James Mitchell Park - 13 000 people (SOLD OUT) March 11th, 2019 - Adelaide - Entertainment Centre - 11 300 people March 13, 2019 - Melbourne - Sidney Myer Music Bowl - 10 000 people (SOLD OUT) March 16th, 2019 - Bimbadgen - Hunter Valley - A Day On The Green Festival - 10 000 people (SOLD OUT) March 17th, 2019 - Mount Cotton - Sirromet Wines - A Day On The Green Festival - 10 000 people (SOLD OUT)

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oncerning the ticket selling, it is necessary to discern the normal concerts and the festival.

For the Kylie’s concerts strictly, which were not part of A Day On The Green festival, the tickets were all seated. There were tickets more expensive than others with a better view/closer to the stage but no rush to be in the front row, since you did not have

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nfortunately, England’s stage set up was not back for Australia. Kylie’s team stayed on the same configuration as before for Europe, the arenas being quite small and not allowing the catwalk. The

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that possibility if you did not have the right ticket.

Regarding the festival A Day On The Green, several categories of seats were avalible (with prices high enough to be in the first rows). There were also standing tickets that were available, but you were far enough away as they were on the lawn and for the most part you had to watch the gig on the screen.

first rows, despite being the best seats in the house, were quite far from the stage because of the presence of confetti canons which forced them to have a certain safety distance - yet again, just like in Europe.

the opening acts

o more Sonic Yootha for the opening acts in Australia - their playlist was kept and played in between three opening acts that were present... Here is a small summary of each act.

client liaIson It’s an Australian indie / pop duo, composed of singer Monte Morgan and pianist and producer Harvey Miller. The boys created this band in 2009 in Melbourne, while they were classmates. They are influenced by electronic and house music and from the late ‘80s and early’ 90s.

Their first EP was released in 2014 and their album in 2016. The duo opened the shows in Sydney, Perth and Adelaide.

HATCHIE

2018. She started at a very young age, learning singing and playing guitar and bass by the time she was 10 years old, and added up piano and clarinet later.

She studied the world of entertainment, music and management at the university before pursuing her musical career. Even before she was chosen to open Kylie’s concert, Hatchie had revealed that the singer was one of the most influential people in music to her.

Hatchie was not present for all the shows, she only did the concerts as part of the festival A Day On The Green, in Perth, Bimbadgen, and Mount Cotton.

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JAKE SHEARS We end this part with the best one (and god knows we were all jealous in England and Europe) the performance of Jake Shears. Do we even need to introduce him?

Come on, let’s do a little summary. Kylie and Jake Shears have been friends for many years, she got to know him when he was a part of Scissors Sisters (formed in 2001) when they all co-wrote « I Believe In You » for the compilation « Ultimate Kylie ». Since then, the two friends have not let go. Kylie even joined the Scissors Sisters on stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2010 where she performed « Any Which Way » alongside them. Jake Shears is currently launching himself as a solo artist.

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It was in the singer’s kitchen, a few months earlier in London, that they decided to go on the road together for the Australian tour. Jake Shears was the last opening act before Kylie would come up on stage and his performance was about thirty minutes.

Every night (because yes, it’s the only one of all the opening act to have made all the shows), he played eight tracks, with half that were songs from his previous band. He was accompanied by a group and set fire every night wearing a body ! It looked really cool and for once, even though we loved Sonic Yootha, having Jake Shears in Europe would have been great! Next time we hope!

THE MERCHANDISE

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ew new things to note in the merchandise, the elements being generally the same as we had during the tour in England and Europe with a few pieces missing. Only novelty, t-shirts with dates: these were corrected (those of Belfast and Dublin added in December) and Australian dates were added.

For your information, these t-shirts are not available yet on the Kylie store.

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DATE by DATE

#1 SYDNEY • Kelly Rowland and Delta Goodrem were present.

• In the Minogue family, Carol, Ron and Brendan were in the room.

• Kylie mixed up « Raining Glitter »’s lyrics.

• The singer offered a dedicated tour book to a little girl named Poppy.

of the concert, but she chose to wear a purple version this time.

• What serves as her micro pac and is hooked to her costumes has fallen twice from her golden dress during « New York City » and « Spinning Around ».

• Her friend Kathy Lette was in the audience, as well as Ron.

#2 SYDNEY • Jake Shears was accompanied by Courtney Act on stage.

#5 MELBOURNE • In the middle of the soundcheck, Kylie exclaimed: « Hi Dad! ».

• Kylie’s family was there.

• The atmosphere was amazing, it really moved Kylie, especially during « Spinning Around ».

#3 PERTH • It was the first outdoor concert for Kylie.

• There was no multicolored confetti.

• It was a pretty disgusting weather, fortunately the #6 BIMBADGEN rain stopped for the concert.

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#7 MOUNT COTTON • There was no confetti explosion during « Raining Glitter ».

• The weather was again catastrophic, people were in the mud.

• Jake Shears joined Kylie on stage to perform « I Be-

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lieve In You » by her side.

• Kylie was also very moved for this last date.

• It’s a little girl, Lola, who received the rose from Kylie that night.

• She had a small braid in her hair, this is the first time she has a different hairstyle on the tour.

THE setlist 1

Act 1 Golden

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Get Outta My Way

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Better The Devil You Know

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In Your Eyes

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A Lifetime To Repair Act 2

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Blue Velvet (Cover Bobby Vinton)

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Confide In Me

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Where The Wild Roses Grow (Excerpt)

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Shelby 68’

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Wow

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Can’t Get You Out Of My Head Act 3

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Slow

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Kids

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The One

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Stop Me From Falling Act 4

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Wouldn’t Change A Thing

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I’ll Still Be Loving You (Excerpt)

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Especially For You

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Lost Without You

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All The Lovers Act 5

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NYC / Raining Glitter / OANLT

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The Loco-Motion

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Spinning Around Act 6

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REVIEWS

#1 - SYDNEY news.com.au by Nick Bond For years, Kylie Minogue was locked in a fierce battle — with herself.

Her singles topped the charts and her massive arena tours became ever more spectacular. By 2011’s Aphrodite: Les Folies, she was performing to fans from atop a giant Busby Berkeley-esque water fountain. This was pop music at its most OTT. But where on earth do you go from there? For a time, her returns diminished. Her struggle to stay ahead of the crowd perhaps reached its nadir with 2014 single Sexercize, its video showing a leotard-clad Minogue undulating on a fit ball while instructing her lover to “Beat all your best times / Let me see you sexercize / Come on, baby bounce, bounce.”

Love At First Sight it was not. Clearly, something had to change.

A few years later — and with a well-publicised breakup to fuel her creative juices — Kylie returned with her most personal (indeed, she co-wrote every song) album in years, last year’s chart topper Golden.

And its accompanying tour is the first time (2012’s brief ‘Anti Tour’ aside) Aussie fans have seen her playing venues smaller than arenas in more than 20 years. This time around, she’s playing wineries and this, the first of two relatively intimate shows at Sydney’s ICC Theatre. Supporting her on tour is her good friend Jake Shears, mixing songs from his recent debut solo album with a smattering of Scissor Sisters’ most honky-tonk singles during a solid opening set.

He dedicates final song I Don’t Feel Like Dancing to the lady we’re all there to see — or as he calls her, “the motherf**king queen of Australia.”

It’s clear from the moment she steps on stage that tonight will be slightly different from the Kylie we’re used to seeing in recent years: Her costuming is more relaxed, the staging simpler. Rest assured though, it still frequently dazzles — Kylie clearly never met a glitter cannon she didn’t like. And she certainly knows what her core fanbase want from her current toe-dip into country music: cute cowboy-clad backup dancers, and lots of ‘em.

The hits come thick and fast: Fan favourites Get Outta My Way, In Your Eyes and a towering Better The Devil You Know all have the audience up and dancing within the show’s first 20 minutes. And

while the songs on Golden may feature more acoustic guitar than we’re usually used to from Kylie, not everything’s been countrified — Devil is still performed in all its S/A/W synth-pop glory. One costume change later, and she’s back on stage in a very Saturday Night Fever white suit, delivering a yearning version of Confide In Me that somehow manages to ratchet up the song’s drama more than previously possible. Then comes one of the night’s odder moments, when Kylie strikes up a conversation with a woman in the front row — only to serenade her with the opening bars of her 1995 Nick Cave murder ballad duet Where The Wild Roses Grow. Your idol singing directly to you about getting your head smash in with a rock by Nick Cave? Better than a selfie, I guess.

Golden’s sole electro anthem Lost Without You — a song Kylie revealed to news.com.au she had to ‘fight’ her record company to get on the album — feels 100feet tall on stage, delivering one of the night’s biggest ‘wow’ moments thanks to a perfectly-timed laser display. And best of all is the new life she breathes into some of her most inescapable hits via canny new arrangements: A beefier, guitar-led Can’t Get You Out Of My Head and a sweaty, sexed-up Slow, its sparse backing married to a mash-up of Human League’s synth classic Being Boiled. But sometimes you just have to give the punters what they want: Kylie delivers her treacly Jason Donovan duet Especially For You totally deadpan, encouraging fans to dance and sway their arms. The audience obliges, and suddenly, it’s the last song at a school disco in 1989.

A man in the row in front of me sits in his partner’s lap: I half-expect an angry teacher with a torch to give them both detention.

But that’s always been the beauty of Kylie; giving her fans what they want but never pandering. For the euphoric climax of All The Lovers, cannons fill the space with rainbow confetti, a post-Mardi Gras nod to the LGBTI community that’s second nature for a woman whose gay fans have never abandoned her through 30 years of ups and downs.

Some 20 songs deep, she ramps up the energy further, channelling the late, great Donna Summer for a triumphant Studio 54-themed final act — complete with added ‘toot toot, beep beep’s during The Locomotion.

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The show opens with title track Golden and Minogue, in a short and sparkly red caftan dress, enters stage left through rhinestoned doors to take her place among a posse of dancing cowboys and girls.

Golden is her “Nashville” album, albeit more Dolly Parton than Garth Brooks, and the songs adhere to the principle tenets of country music: wear your heart on your fringed sleeve but serve it up with a brave smile. Having been through her fair share of well-documented heartbreaks, from caddish boyfriends to health scares, this is a curiously natural fit for Minogue.

That said, this audience will love whatever she does and by the second song, everyone is on their feet bopping along to Get Outta My Way. Then we settle in for a rush through her jukebox of hits: Better the Devil You Know, Confide in Me and In Your Eyes to begin with. Being the pro that she is, she paces the show well – dropping in her Nick Cave collaboration Where the Wild Roses Grow, before Wow, Can’t Get you Out of My Head and a leather-bar version of Slow. A particular highlight is a romping-stomping version of Kids, her 2000 hit with Robbie Williams, and while her co-singer wasn’t in attendance, the crowd happily fills in for him.

Minogue doesn’t shy away from her (dare we say) slightly cringeworthy early hits, and Especially for You, her duet with fellow Neighbours alumnus, Jason Donovan, stirs up the nostalgic crowd.

I last saw Minogue in 2006 on her Showgirl: Homecoming Tour, the year after she’d been diagnosed with and undergone treatment for breast cancer.

That show had a fragile but determined show-mustcome one of her signature hits. go-on feel to it. Now, all these years later, she’s more It’s a well-earned victory lap to a spectacular relaxed, more willing to let the dancers do the heavy homecoming: Kylie at 50, a little different than we’ve lifting. There are few lines on that perma-frozen foseen her before but more assured than ever. rehead, the costumes are more forgiving and there’s All that, and not a fit ball in sight. more swaying and hair flicking than robot dancing.

The classics keep coming – The One, Wouldn’t Change a Thing and All the Lovers – and the Golden #2 - SYDNEY tunes fit in seamlessly. She lost me and probably theguardian.com by Alexandra Spring other less-than-obsessive fans some time around her Body Language, X and Aphrodite albums, but Golden It’s Kylie Minogue’s first show in Australian in is a welcome return to form. Stop Me from Falling, about four years, and will be followed by shows in Dancing, A Lifetime to Repair, Low Blow and Shelby Adelaide and Melbourne later this month. She’s tou- ‘68 are all classic Kylie. ring her latest album Golden, her 14th and so naThe show skips along at a cracking pace, interrupmed because recently Our Kylie turned 50. In case ted only by costume changes. There are five in total you needed a time check, she’s been cranking out during the two-hour show and she probably could the hits for more than 30 years, shifting her persona have skipped the home-girl-in-flannel shirt look. The from girl-next-door to Impossible Princess to techno last but one outfit is a sparkly gold dress, perfect for queen and the Showgirl, and tonight she’s happy to the Studio 54 disco section of the show as she pumps bring most of them out for a dance. out New York City and The Locomotion under a rains35 www.kylie-world.com

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Of course she’s back for an encore – this time a sparkly blue short playsuit and thigh-high boots – with Love at First Sight. Then, after she bids the crowd a very heartfelt farewell, she closes the show with her latest hit Dancing. With its irresistible chorus of “When I go out, I wanna go out dancing”, I’m betting this will be her closer for years to come.

After yet another storm of confetti, she finishes up at 11pm on the nose, stopping for just a minute to surf the waves of adulation. Then she disappears through the rhinestoned doors, leaving her adoring fans to head out into the dark night, humming along to one of her many hits and sprinkled with a final dusting of Kylie glitter. #3 - PERTH The West Australian by Simon Collis On a night like this, it’s impossible, princess, to fault an artist who has forged a brilliant career despite being written off as a bubblegum pop act.

One whom doesn’t gild the lily, playing the daggy early hits with as much conviction as the new stuff.

Even the clouds decided not to rain too hard on the pop parade that was Kylie Minogue’s first ever headlining outdoor concert in this country for 10,000 fans who danced, cheered, sang and worshipped at the altar of Australia’s so-called pop princess.

(She’s been waiting almost as long to ascend to queen status as Prince Charles has been hanging out to be king.)

The triumphant performance from the 50-year-old Melbourne-raised icon was the third on the Aussie leg of her Golden world tour, named after the chart-topping album.

The star did them all a favour by teaming with her muscular band to present a show blending the best of Golden with a supremely confident sashay through 31 years of pop hits.

Of course, being armed with a golden microphone helps.

Minogue doesn’t fiddle with the books, facing up to her early Stock Aitken Waterman material with a medley culminating with immeasurably daggy Jason Donovan duet Especially For You. The Perth fans at a soggy South Perth foreshore were likewise not too proud to sing along with considerable gusto.

Earlier, after her bootscooting cowboy dancers got the night started with Golden and the full throttle pop of Get Outta My Way, Minogue unleashed the first big hit – Better the Devil You Know.

“Traditionally, you guys sing this one for me,” she said. “Should we see how Perth does it?”

We did pretty well, as the first stanza of five, dubbed Desert Sunrise, peaked and then rode into the sunset with In Your Eyes and revealing, autobiographical new song A Lifetime to Repair.

After old mate Kyles belted out Blue Velvet on the big screen, the real deal returned to get seriously sultry for Confide in Me under a single red light. She never got close to the soaring notes but she sold the 1994 single with typical aplomb.

A rare disappointment came with a snippet of Nick Cave duet Where the Wild Roses Grow with a crowd member, before a new song for her dad, Shelby ’68, and the average Wow added up to a disappointing midpoint of an otherwise stellar show.

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The wow factor was ratcheted up for arguably her biggest international hit, Can’t Get You Out of My Head, which was beefed up by Minogue’s rocking band and segued into Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain.

At the finale of this segment, one of the dancers slung a white leather jacket over the diminutive demigod’s shoulders: the back read “PERTH GOLDEN”.

Each act mixed a hit or two with new songs. The saucy, simmering rendition of Slow and the party tune Kids roiled with 2007 rarity The One and Stop Me From Falling in the third section, which saw Minogue clad in leather.

She tied a sparkling red and black flannel shirt around her waist for the fourth act, which included Especially For You and climaxed with a delirious singalong to All the Lovers.

Somehow the ARIA Hall of Fame found another gear for the fifth and final act, which had a Studio 54 disco theme.

Lasers blasted during On a Night Like This, while Minogue appeared to be digging Spinning Around as much as the fans.

Her debut single Locomotion, once verboten but now an integral part of any concert, was expertly melded with Donna Summer’s Bad Girls. That disco classic, of course, was produced by Italo-disco legend Giorgio Moroder, who supported Kylie on her previous tour in 2015.

This time the star was backed by Brisbane solo act Hatchie and Ansett Airlines-loving kitsch pop group Client Liaison, before Minogue’s good friend and Scissor Sisters’ frontman Jake Shears dished up his old bands hits, including Laura and Take Your Mama, alongside solo material such as opener Good Friends and facial-hair inspired Big Bushy Mustache.

Shears finished his performance in fishnets and a shiny leotard, while describing the headliner as “the magic sparkle lady herself” before busting out the ironically danceable I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’.

“There’s a part of me who is still a teenager in my bedroom,” Minogue announced as the encore kicked off with a high-energy rave through the blissed-out Love at First Sight, one of her strongest songs.

Even fans amongst the trees at the back of the venue boogied to Dancing, the lead single from Golden and the obvious finale to arguably the best Kylie Minogue concert Kylie Minogue has performed in Perth.

And that’s saying something given previous concerts have involved floating mirror-ball skulls, giant water fountains and the superstar flying around arenas on winged dancers.

But there was something really special about this

show, which used a talented but not bloated band to shoehorn 23 of her best songs, five outfit changes and 10,000 fans into a night of pop bliss. #5 - MELBOURNE theage.com.au by Hannah Francis Jake Shears, of Scissor Sisters fame, gave an ironic introduction to the headline act when he closed with I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’. If the delivery lacked the exuberance (and falsetto) of the Sisters, our very own dance queen was about to bring that in spades.

With a career spanning 14 studio albums there’s one thing Kylie always comes back to: when she goes out, she wants to go out Dancing. Yep, you’ll find her Spinning Around in gold hot pants - she can even do the Locomotion.

Like Madonna, first-name Kylie (don’t you even think about it, Jenner) frequently reinvents her image and sound to stay relevant. After ‘80s Kylie there was Indie Kylie (sadly, she barely made a peep on this night) and then onto the noughties and Showgirl Kylie.

Golden Kylie is not too far evolved from that. Sporting smooth, golden locks, she’s a mature sex bomb: refined but with whispers of retro, she gets around in slinky sequined shifts or, if the feeling takes her, rock’n’roll leather - Grease-style.

Like plenty of other critics I’m not enamoured with this album, particularly when it devolves into the worst faux-folk-pop of the past decade, with its overabundance of major chords and layered hillbilly instrumentation.

But we are against the tide. Last year’s Golden went to number one both here and in Kylie’s adopted Britain, and there was just so much affection for Our Kylie in the Bowl, it was hard not to get swept up in it all. Honestly, she could have mimed the whole thing and we still would have yelled “We love you Kylie!” every five seconds. (It’s a good thing she didn’t; her voice is just as good as it’s ever been.)

It wouldn’t be a Kylie show without a dance troupe and the Golden girls and boys were a delightfully ragtag bunch, with ever-rotating costumes ranging from cowboy/cattle hand to boho to disco to something verging on pyjamas. They were endlessly amusing, often confusing, and their stamina was courageous.

The showers of glitter and confetti, the flashes of Studio 54, the big-screen video clips of Kylie driving down a desert highway - all the elements were there, but it didn’t quite gel together, let alone fit comfortably on the stage. The Bowl is a tricky space and its limitations were felt; one wonders why Kylie didn’t

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Focus • Golden Tour Australia play an arena instead, which no doubt she would have sold out in a heartbeat.

subtle hints.

This seasoned performer has enough confidence to perform her early hits alongside her latest with not #6 - BIMBADGEN the slightest hint of cringe. She knows songs like The theherald.com.au by Lisa Rockman Loco-Motion and Better The Devil You Know are not only loved by her fans, but helped to get her where Ponchos, gumboots and mud didn’t stop a sell- she is today. Likewise, Especially For You could have out crowd from dancing the night away at Kylie Mi- been daggy but wasn’t. The crowd was in fine voice nogue’s Bimbadgen concert on Saturday. and Minogue treated it like any other song on the set Yes, the rain was a pest throughout the afternoon list - with polished professionalism and enthusiasm. but there comes a point when you are so waterlog- Apart from one or two moody songs, the smile never ged it simply doesn’t matter any more. It’s fun. I’m left her face all night. not sure the poor souls wearing thongs or sandals The set was divided into five acts, each with a diffewould agree, though. By the end of the night many rent theme and costume change. Act One was «Dewere barefoot. sert Sunrise» and bootscooting dancers and back-up The crowd was there to see Minogue in all her glit- singers got the night off to an energetic start with tery glory but let’s give credit where it’s due and start songs Golden, Get Outta My Way, Better The Devil with Brisbane singer-songwriter Hatchie, who was up You Know, In Your Eyes and A Lifetime To Repair. Act against it with pouring rain and a soggy crowd. She is Two, «The High and Dry» kicked off with the amazing an artist to watch, with a delicate, angelic voice re- Confide In Me and ended with the equally enjoyable miniscent of Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays) and Mi- Can’t Get You Out of My Head - however faltered innogue herself. Being asked to support Minogue on between. To screams of delight she started singing this tour is a huge career boost for an artist gigging Where The Wild Roses Grow to an audience member steadily and already well on her way to making her and her son - and then abruptly stopped and started mark. Hatchie’s sound is described as «dream pop» singing Shelby ‘68 (which she dedicated to her father) and the guitars are just fuzzy enough to meet the followed by Wow. «shoegazer» tag but with floating melodies rather than jarring angst. Harriette Pilbeam and her band Yes, having Nick Cave on stage to sing the Wild Roses are heading to Europe in May for a tour and release duet was logistically impossible (and a video might debut album Keepsake in June. not have cut it) but the tease wasn’t enough and The rain stopped for Jake Shears and a rainbow perhaps the abridged version of the song should added a splash of colour to the previously dreary grey be left out of the set altogether. A black leathersky. «Usually, ladies and gentlemen, I have rainbows clad Minogue brought the sass to Act Three, «The coming out of my arse but tonight there’s one in the Bikers Rally». Slow was followed by Kids, The One sky already, behind you.»The former Scissor Sisters and Stop Me From Falling, while Act Four («At The frontman and close friend of Minogue’s rocked a Picnic») was one for the lovers (Wouldn’t Change A gold jacket as he jumped and twirled energetically Thing, Especially For You, Lost Without You and All from one side of the stage to the other. He was quite The Lovers). Act Five was «Studio 54» and a perfect chatty, telling us that he had recently moved from fit for Minogue. She and pop-driven disco are made Louisiana to New Orleans and making the occasional for one another. Flitting across the stage in a sky blue cheeky joke. Laura, I Don’t Feel Like Dancing and Take chiffon coat, jumpsuit and over-the-knee boots, she Your Mama were highlights although his solo songs was in her element singing a medley (New York City/ were treated with respect. Why did Scissor Sisters Raining Glitter/On A Night Like This) followed by The break up again?

Loco-Motion and Spinning Around. Her encore? The Minogue’s recent bootscoot into country music deliriously happy Love At First Sight and Dancing. territory (with album Golden) had me worried that And as for the laser show: wow. she would follow Cyndi Lauper into the country and western sunset. But there was no noticeable vocal Some in the audience later complained about the twang or gratuitous crooning here, apart from a low- sound quality but it was an outdoor gig, after all, key rendition of Tony Bennett’s Blue Velvet mid-set. and these things can happen. I was more interested The cowboy theme defined the choreography and in exactly how much Minogue relied on her back-up set design early on but musically, there were only singers for vocal support. Regardless, this is a woman 38 www.kylie-world.com

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Yes, having Nick Cave on stage to sing the Wild Roses duet was logistically impossible (and a video might not have cut it) but the tease wasn’t enough and perhaps the abridged version of the song should be left out of the set altogether. A black leatherclad Minogue brought the sass to Act Three, «The Bikers Rally». Slow was followed by Kids, The One and Stop Me From Falling, while Act Four («At The Picnic») was one for the lovers (Wouldn’t Change A Thing, Especially For You, Lost Without You and All The Lovers). Act Five was «Studio 54» and a perfect fit for Minogue. She and pop-driven disco are made for one another. Flitting across the stage in a sky blue chiffon coat, jumpsuit and over-the-knee boots, she was in her element singing a medley (New York City/ Raining Glitter/On A Night Like This) followed by The

Loco-Motion and Spinning Around. Her encore? The deliriously happy Love At First Sight and Dancing.

And as for the laser show: wow.

Some in the audience later complained about the sound quality but it was an outdoor gig, after all, and these things can happen. I was more interested in exactly how much Minogue relied on her back-up singers for vocal support. Regardless, this is a woman turning 51 in May. She looks great and her energy and stamina would put many half her age to shame.

She’s showing no signs of slowing down just yet.

There was glitter, there were streamers, there were smiles ... and there was a lot of love in the Bimbadgen amphitheatre, too. A Day On The Green delivered another crowd-friendly concert experience.

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Fans Experience • Golden Tour Australia

fans experience THey met kylie

Two fans of the singer had the chance to meet her during her tour in Australia, at two different places and with two different stories. Here is a little focus on their background and the meeting with the pop star herself !

TERENCE - PERTH The first fan we will mention is Terence, 44yo, who lives in Perth. And the least we can say is that Terence is a die hard one! Indeed, the man spent more than $ 200,000 on Kylie’s concerts and merchandising. This dad of a girl has also two tattoos dedicated to Kylie and tried to name his daughter Kylie, but his wife said no to that and they decided to call her Keira (with a K of course !). He explained that he became a fan of Kylie when he saw her in Neighbours. « She was beautiful but she was the girl next door, she was somebody you could meet and fall for very

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easily ». Terence’s wife quickly realized that Kylie was the first love of his life. At the Perth concert, her and her daughter were in the back of the place while her husband had chosen the most expensive seats - the front row. Thanks to Today Tonight, Terence was able to meet Kylie before the show. A short video for the TV was filmed. We can see him very moved and very proud to show the room where he exhibits his entire collection. Kylie signed his arm, which Terence got tattooed! A sweet story ! the months, the young man managed to lose half of his weight. Meanwhile though, Jayden was facing more bullying, now in his workplace. As a teacher in a maximum security facility for young people, he was subject to homophobic verbal abuse and bullying by both the students and staff. But he decided to tackle the bullies head-on – and show a video of him dancing in heels to Kylie at the end of year assembly… And he was shocked by the audience’s response: « To have those people turn around – we are so proud of you and well done on everything you’ve done. It blew my mind. You can talk about change, you can talk about diversity, you can talk about empathy for other people and difference in our society, but to see it modelled, unreal ».

When he saw that there was a contest to meet Kylie, Jayden did not hesitate to participate. His videos of him dancing and his weight loss made him stand out and he finally got to meet Kylie. He was able to tell his story and do a few dance steps alongside the singer.

He says, « I’ve never been happier and more content.

And confident in myself, and to go from a period of time where I wanted to be anything but me. There is only one Jayden Norsworthy and I couldn’t be happier that it’s me. And that is the greatest feeling of all ».

We will now talk about Jayden, a young man who was followed by Channel 10 on their show you’ve probably already heard about, The Project. Twenty-sixyear-old Jayden has been a fan of Kylie since he was young. He started dancing very early and always liked it. « I started with the Spice Girls originally, but when they broke up, there was obviously a space there, a massive hole in my life which needed to be filled and there was Kylie. She appeared out of the mist and… yeah, the rest was history ». But growing up, Jayden, a little overweight, decided to stop dancing and lip-syncing the songs, feeling self-conscious and subjected to high school bullying. « I was the biggest kid in my year level, I was very flamboyant and liked feminine things, I didn’t fit into that boy mould ». At 18yo, Jayden went through a dark period in his life and reached the weight of 130 kg. He tried to follow programs to lose weight, without success. But when he saw Kylie’s « Get Outta My Way » video, it inspired him and gave him the motivation to change his own life. « I saw the video and I was like, why don’t I go back to what I was doing as a 6-year-old and dancing, not necessarily to lose weight but for the fun of it, and see whether I can amp it up a bit ».

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urrently promoting the release of his album « Singing To Strangers », Jack Savoretti gave several interviews to various media and many questions about his duet with Kylie were asked. Let’s talk about the website Official Charts where we can find out that at the beginning, the duo was supposed to record a cover: « We were going to cover Boney M’s « Rivers Of Babylon » but we both realised we weren’t brave enough to do it. I remember she turned to me and said, ‘do you want to do this?’, and I was like, ‘I’ll do it if you do it!’ and she wasn’t sure, so we tried something new on our own. She was in full on writing mode, and she was in a deep place. I was fortunate enough to work with her at a time when she was feeling reflective. I wanted to tap into that amazing strength she has, which I don’t think I appreciated until I met her. She has this incredible power – she’s a real force of nature ».

For your information, this duet with Kylie is available on Jack’s album.

hile in Melbourne as part of her tour in Australia, Kylie visited the Pellegrini espresso bar on Bourke Street to pay tribute to Sisto Malaspina, the co-owner of the place where he was killed following a terrorist attack that took place on November 10th in Melbourne. Kylie came to greet Nino Pangrazio, the other co-owner and took a photo with him. She gave him all her support and had lunch there. If you are going to Melbourne, do not hesitate to go to this place to support Nino!

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wo twin sisters, 8-year-old Lauren and Sophie Cripps from Thatcham, Berkshire, England had sung the track of Kylie, « Dancing », a day before the death of their mother, Alex, who did not survive to a brain tumor after a five-year battle against the disease.

The video was shared by Lee on his Twitter and Facebook with the caption: « Our girls singing to their mummy, the day before she died. Alex died on 10th Jan 2019 ». He added that he really wanted Kylie to see this video, so that she can see what her music means for their family, and that he would like his daughters to meet her. The video was viewed more than 3,700 times in less than 24 hours and Kylie responded by saying, « Lee, thank you for sharing this tender moment of your girls singing to Alex. I’m so touched and so very sorry for your loss. Sending you and your girls lots of love ».

Over £ 20,000 has been raised in honor of Alex for the Brain Tumor Charity since she was diagnosed in 2014.

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ast month we told you about the Challenge association which thanked Kylie in an article on their website for her commitment and support in the fight against cancer, especially among children. And the singer took the time to meet behind the scenes some of the children who admires her for her talent and her character. As the association has said, a quick chat, a hug or a photo do not seem to be a huge gesture, but for these children, it is very important.

We let you watch these few pictures that speak for themselves!

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he first official figures of the tour of Kylie Minogue in England for her « Golden Tour » are out and they are rather very good! Indeed, the singer has garnered more than $ 11.2 million in profits, which ranks her third of the England tours in 2018, behind Arctic Monkeys and U2 and ahead of Sam Smith and Britney Spears. Kylie is the best female artist in the rankings!

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think it will become a recurring column in the Kylie Times! Stephane Sednaoui has posted new photos of Kylie, one on his Instagram and the other part as story on the social network. We can see that Kylie is wearing the gold pants she has for the « Spinning Around » video (she already had it at the time!). If you want to see more, we recorded the story of Stephane Sednaoui and posted it on our social medias. This allows you to get an overview of all the exclusive photos he has taken, which are really amazing!

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News • March 2019

kylie in GLASTONBURY DRAMAS have started

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t didn’t take much for the first dramas about Kylie’s performance at Glastonbury to start... Fortunately, Kylie has nothing to do with it, but here are two news that have came out and you can’t miss them! The first one, the announcement of Janet Jackson (and first names) with the publication of the poster of the festival. And we could play a game to find the mistakes between the original and the one of Janet because she did not bother and she chose (or rather her team) to photoshop the poster to be the first name in the list... Yes yes yes... So, it gave the idea to some fans of Kylie to take her name, and to display it in big. We rather agree with this solution!

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Janet Jackson’s poster Kylie’s fans poster

Second drama, which is related to this first, is the one created by the American host Wendy Williams.

She chose to mention the fact that Janet Jackson has photoshopped the festival poster, before adding that she did not know what Kylie JENNER was going to do on stage and that she knew she did not know how to sing, but she was going to do what she knows to do the best... Sometimes I tell myself that it’s good to just see « Kylie » on a poster but when I hear that, I prefer to see « Kylie Minogue »...

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Kylie in the press • March

A Kylie Minogue concert is a religious experience that everybody should have at least once in their life timeout.com She is, as Rufus Wainwright once famously said, the « gay shorthand for joy ». But listening to one of her albums only gives you the faintest taste of the full explosion of joy that is seeing Kylie live.

At the ICC Sydney Theatre on March 5 (the opening night of the Australian leg of her Golden tour), Kylie proved that she’s at the absolute top of her game as a live performer. At 50 years old, she has the kind of ease on stage and instincts that only come from a lifetime spent as a showgirl, bringing endless joy into the lives of her fans. Here are the five undeniable truths that we came away with.

By Ben Meutze

Kylie Minogue taught all of Aus- who’s gently updated her hits to make them zing on stage in 2019. He’s previously been responsible for tralia about good drag Every time she’s on stage, Kylie plays with her own femininity and brings a wardrobe that’d make any self-respecting drag queen green with envy. This isn’t the draggiest – or most feathery – of her tour wardrobes, but every costume is utterly gorgeous, sleek and has some sparkle. Even a flannelette shirt tied around her waist is covered in diamantes. It’s all in reference to her latest album, the country-inspired, Dolly Parton-esque Golden.

But Kylie’s drag is about more than the frocks – you can read her body language. The subtle head tilt, the gentle swivel of the hips, the placement of a little finger. It’s all artifice and role play, but it feels completely real. Kylie apparently once said, « I don’t have to try to be a sex bomb. I am one ». Nobody who’s seen her live could deny that.

some stunning reimaginations of her catalogue (remember when she did a big band version of ‘Better the Devil You Know’ back in 2001?) and for the Golden tour mashes together ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ with Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’. It works gorgeously.

There’s also a Donna Summer-inspired take on ‘The Locomotion’, a version of ‘Confide in Me’ that builds from an intimate confession to a screaming climax, and a fairly faithful version of ‘Better the Devil You Know’ (with added guitar and cowboy hats because Golden is Kylie’s country moment). Best of all?

Whether she’s sick of them or not, Kylie performed every song on opening night like it was her absolute fave. You probably associate a lot of these songs with a particular moment in your life, and Kylie is always willing to recapture that moment for you.

All the classics are there – but She manages to make a meticushe performs them like she wrote lously crafted show look spontaneous them last week One of the strengths of Kylie’s tours has always been her work with musical director Steve Anderson,

The Golden tour isn’t the biggest show she’s ever brought to Australia (that would be Aphrodite: Les

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Folies, which had a stage covered in literal water ca- she’s not much a singer needs to back off. nons) but it’s still packed with intricate choreography (the camp cowboy dancing for ‘In Your Eyes’ is bril- No other popstar feeds off their liant), costume changes, glitter and confetti cannons, audience’s energy like Kylie and a stunning stage and lighting design. But through all this, Kylie seemed spontaneous, totally in the moHow often do you believe it when a popstar says ment, and never lost in the razzle dazzle. they’re excited to be performing for you? Kylie told her audience that she was thrilled to be back in her Haters can back off – she’s a bet- home country, but it would’ve been clear without ter singer than you her having said a word. She absolutely beams on stage and always seems to be living her best life. She The cliche about Kylie is that she’s « not much listens to her audience, and their ecstatic screams of a singer, but sure puts on a hell of a live show ». seem to push her into a higher plane of pop bliss. It’s True, there are singers with more impressive voices a relationship of generosity that goes two ways – she in the pop world. But she’s significantly better than gives her absolute all on stage and, in return, her auyou need be to make this sort of show work – she dience has stuck by her through every hit and miss. always sings live – and is one of the most consistent They have done so for three decades now, and anyin the pop business. And anybody who can hear her body who was there last night will feel that loyalty for belt the bejesus out of ‘Confide in Me’ and still claim many years to come.

kylie minogue sure is lucky in property realestate.com.au Kylie Minogue is currently on tour in Australia and while she lives luxuriously as an expat in London, she still has homely ties to Melbourne.

By Emily Hutchinson Originally from Melbourne, the singer grew up in a four-bedroom home in Camberwell with her sister and fellow entertainer, Dannii Minogue, her brother Brendan and her parents.

The four-bedroom Victorian terrace close to Camberwell Junction sold in 2016 for $1,740,000.

Kylie moved on to buying her own property after finding success on Neighbours. She nabbed a home on Cambridge Street, Armadale for $185,000 in 1990.

The street consists of 32 standalone homes, and her two-bedroom terrace is very similar to 27 Cambridge Street, which sold in 2017 for $2,175,000.

She reportedly leases her terrace out, but whenever she gets around to selling it, the recent sale of her neighbour’s property suggests she’ll make a healthy return on investment.

Across town, in the ritzy suburb of Canterbury, Kylie bought her parents their current home on renowned Monomeath Avenue.

In 2002, she paid $2.43 million for the 2500 sqm

home, which includes a pool and designer kitchen.

The majority of her properties, however, are in London, where she lives in a $25 million apartment, in the lavish One Hyde Park development.

Other celebrities including Naomi Campbell and Holly Valance have also been neighbours in the complex, which is widely regarded as the world’s most expensive apartment block.

The pop princess also previously owned a house on French Island in Westernport Bay, one of only two located on the island, which is accessible via helicopter or boat.

Kylie also admitted to buying a lavish house in Los Angeles in 1999, which she only slept in a few nights before selling it on, as she wasn’t spending as much time there as she anticipated.

There was also her rumoured home in Tossa De Mar in Spain, which she bought for $839,000 to be closer to her then boyfriend, Andres Velencoso Segura.

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Kylie Reactions • March

When I see a spider

When I try to speak after having one too many

When I try to justify my own action the day after

When I run towards the weekend

When my boyfriend is talking to a girl and I kindly make him understand that he’s dead

When I realize summer is coming, which means bikini and diet

When there is a 50% discount on Doc Martens...

...And they no longer have my size

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When I saw that Kylie had just posted lots of pictures of her on her social networks

My head every Monday morning when I think of the week that awaits me

When I listen to others’ conversations discreetly

When someone in the audience spoils your concert

When the public sang ‘Yeah Slow’ with you without telling you to SHUT THE FUCK UP

When I imagine myself driving while I do not have a car nor a driver licence

When someone tells me to take a serious and sexy pose ... Expectation...

...Reality

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