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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

, an Australian pop music

Pop music

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singer. Since 1989, Minogue has embarked on ten worldwide concert tours

Concert

A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

performing in Oceania, Europe, Asia and South America, And her first ever tour in North America. Minogue's first live concert performance was in 1988 at Canton, a nightclub

Nightclub

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in Hong Kong. The following year she embarked on her first tour, performing in front of 38,000 at the Tokyo Dome

Tokyo Dome

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in Japan.

Her 2006/2007 extravaganza, Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour, sold-out across Australia and the United Kingdom, and featured duet

Duet (music)

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s with U2

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's lead singer Bono

Bono

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and Minogue's sister Dannii

Dannii Minogue

Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...

.

Minogue's stage shows include elaborate costumes and sets that were inspired by Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

musicals

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

, science fiction film

Science fiction film

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s and electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

groups such as Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...

. In 2003, Minogue was named "Live Performer of the Year" at the Australian Mo Awards

Mo Awards

The Mo Awards are long running annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia....

Concert tours

Year	Title	Duration	Number of performances
1990	Enjoy Yourself Tour Enjoy Yourself Tour The Enjoy Yourself Tour was Kylie Minogue's first world tour following the success of her second studio album, Enjoy Yourself. By the start of the European leg of the tour, Minogue had started to take control of her image and musical direction, demonstrated by the release of the career milestone...	3 February 1990 – 9 February 1990 (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... ) 17 April 1990 – 18 May 1990 (Europe) 24 May 1990 – 26 May 1990 (Asia)	22
The tour sold-out in London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... , Belfast Belfast Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly... and Dublin. It also marked the debut of her successful single "Better the Devil You Know Better the Devil You Know "Better the Devil You Know" is a dance-pop song written by Stock, Aitken & Waterman for Kylie Minogue's third studio album Rhythm of Love.-Background:... ".

Rhythm of Love Tour

The Rhythm of Love Tour was the second world tour undertaken by Kylie Minogue, in support of her hit album Rhythm of Love. Beginning on 10 February 1991, the tour visited Australia and Southern Asia....

| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | 10 February 1991–23 February 1991 (Australia

Australia

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4 March 1991–10 March 1991 (Japan

Japan

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| colspan="5" style="border-bottom-width:3px; padding:5px;" | Minogue staged the tour as a way to thank her Australia

Australia

Let's Get to It Tour

The Let's Get to It Tour was a Kylie Minogue concert tour of the UK and Ireland in late 1991. The tour was a continuation of the previous Rhythm of Love Tour which had already visited Australia and Asia. Together with five dancers, Minogue staged the tour in support of the album Let's Get to It...

| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | 25 October 1991–8 November 1991 (United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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| colspan="5" style="border-bottom-width:3px; padding:5px;" | The tour featured a revised set list from the Rhythm of Love Tour, as well as costumes designed by John Galliano

John Galliano

John Charles Galliano CBE, RDI is a Gibraltan-born British fashion designer who was best known as head designer of French haute couture houses Givenchy and Christian Dior , and his own self titled fashion house.-Family:He was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father, Juan Galliano, and a...

Australia

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29 July 1998–31 July 1998 (England

England

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| colspan="5" style="border-bottom-width:3px; padding:5px;" | The low budget tour sold-out across Australia

Australia

and resulted in the recording of a live album

Live album

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of the same name

Intimate and Live

Intimate and Live is the title of a live album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released in 1998.The album was highly successful in Australia, with the track "Dancing Queen" receiving considerable radio airplay. Its popularity fuelled rumours that Minogue was planning a studio version for...

. Minogue did not plan to tour England

England

, but due to public pressure, she staged three small shows in London

London

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| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | On a Night Like This Tour

On A Night Like This Tour

On a Night Like This Tour is a Kylie Minogue concert tour in support of her seventh studio album Light Years that began in March 2001. Having hit the headlines around the globe for her hugely successful performance at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and having subsequently performed again at the...

| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | 3 March 2001–28 March 2001 (Europe

Europe

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14 April 2001–30 May 2001 (Australia

Australia

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| colspan="5" style="border-bottom-width:3px; padding:5px;" | Minogue debuted her number-one single "Can't Get You out of My Head

Can't Get You out of My Head

"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, which was released from her eighth studio album Fever . The song was released worldwide as the lead single from the album, which was released on 8 September, 2001. The song was written and produced...

" on the tour. The tour's DVD "Live in Sydney

Live in Sydney

Live in Sydney is the 2001 DVD release of Kylie Minogue's On a Night Like This Tour. The DVD features exclusive backstage footage of the concert, including a look into the dancers dressing rooms and a prank played on Kylie during the show entitled 'Will Kylie Crack'...

Europe

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2 August 2002–16 August 2002 (Australia

Australia

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| colspan="5" style="border-bottom-width:3px; padding:5px;" | The tour's costumes and stage design was inspired by science fiction film

Science fiction film

s and the electronic music

Electronic music

group Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk

Europe

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11 November 2006–17 December 2006 (Australia

Australia

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31 December 2006–23 January 2007 (England

England

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| colspan="5" style="border-bottom-width:3px; padding:5px;" | The scheduled Australian stage of the tour was postponed when Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer

Breast cancer

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in May 2005. The tour was later resumed in 2006 as the Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour. The tour featured new costumes and a revised set list. Several performances in Manchester

Manchester

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, England were temporarily postponed when Minogue was diagnosed with a respiratory tract infection

Respiratory tract infection

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| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | KylieX2008

KylieX2008

KylieX2008 was the tenth concert tour by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue, in support of her tenth studio album, X . Originally announced as just a European tour, rumors of Minogue taking the tour to Australia, Asia, and America had surfaced in the international media...

| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | 6 May 2008–4 August 2008 / 2 May 2009–6 August 2009 (Europe

Europe

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1 November 2008–15 November 2008 (South America

South America

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21 November 2008–4 December 2008 (Asia

Asia

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8 December 2008–22 December 2008 (Australasia

Australasia

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15 May 2009 (Africa

Africa

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| colspan="5" style="border-bottom-width:3px; padding:5px;" | KylieX2008 became Minogue's one of the biggest and most expensive tour, travelling over four continents in the course of seven months with a crew of over 120 people. A DVD

DVD

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called Kylie Live: X2008
Kylie Live: X2008
Kylie Live: X2008 is the 2008 DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Kylie Minogue's tenth concert tour, KylieX2008. The film features the entire concert along with a documentary, stage back-drop projections, conceptual designs, and a photo gallery...

has been released.
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| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;" align="center" | 30 September 2009–13 October 2009 (North America

North America

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Europe

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23 April 2011–25 April 2011 / 25 June 2011–5 July 2011 (Asia

Asia

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28 April 2011–22 May 2011 (North America

North America

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3 June 2011–22 June 2011 (Australia

Australia

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8 July 2011–14 July 2011 (South Africa

South Africa

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| colspan="5" style="border-bottom-width:3px; padding:5px;" | Aphrodite World Tour became Minogue's biggest tour so far, she traveled around the world and being at some countries that she never been. The production involved a crew over 100 people and was valued at over 25 million dollars.
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Promotional tours

Year	Title	Duration	Number of performances
1989	Disco in Dream Tour	2 October 1989 – 9 October 1989 (Asia Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population... )	4
The Disco in Dream Tour was Minogue's first concert tour. It supported her first two albums, Kylie Kylie (album) Kylie is the debut album by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue, released by PWL on 4 July 1988. Stock, Aitken and Waterman produced and wrote eight of the ten tracks on the album.... (1988) and Enjoy Yourself Enjoy Yourself (Kylie Minogue album) Enjoy Yourself is the second album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on 9 October 1989. The album was mostly just produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, who had written and produced the whole album . The album was also mostly similar to its debut album as well.Minogue had... (1989).
1989	The Hitman Roadshow	15 October 1989 – 27 October 1989 (Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... )	10
The European dates were all free concerts, as a thank you to Minogue's British fans' support. The leg was sponsored by local radio stations.

Notable concerts

Year	Title	Dates	Release format(s)
1998	Mushroom 25 Live Mushroom 25 Live Mushroom 25 Live is a live album, video and DVD by various Australian musicians and was recorded at the Mushroom 25 Concert held on Saturday 14 November 1998, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground...	14 November 1998 (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )	DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.... VHS VHS The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
Minogue performed a twenty minute medley Medley (music) In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. They are common in popular music, and most medleys are songs rather than instrumental. A medley which is a remixed series is called a megamix, often done with tracks... of her singles to celebrate the anniversary of Mushroom Records Mushroom Records Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros... .
2001	An Audience With Kylie Minogue	6 October 2001 (England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... )	---
The television special featured a duet with Kermit the Frog Kermit the Frog Kermit the Frog is puppeteer Jim Henson's most famous Muppet creation, first introduced in 1955. He is the protagonist of many Muppet projects, most notably as the host of The Muppet Show, and has appeared in various sketches on Sesame Street, in commercials and in public service announcements over... and attracted an audience of 8 million when it aired on ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK... in the UK.
2003	Money Can't Buy Money Can't Buy Money Can't Buy was a one-off, invitation only concert in support of Kylie Minogue's 2003 album, Body Language held at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England. This event cost £1 million to stage and tickets were not available for sale...	15 November 2003 (England)	DVD
The concert was a one-off, invite only show in support of Minogue's album Body Language Body Language (Kylie Minogue album) Body Language is the ninth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, released on 20 November 2003 by Parlophone. While Body Language failed to reach the chart and sales success of its predecessor, 2001's Fever, it still managed to chart inside the top five in several countries... .
2007	The Kylie Show The Kylie Show The Kylie Show is a one-off television special from Australian artist Kylie Minogue that aired on ITV on 10 November 2007 and was recorded at The London Studios...	10 November 2007 (England)	---
Television special celebrating Minogue's 20-year career and the release of her tenth studio album, X X (Kylie Minogue album) X is the tenth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It is her first release since the greatest hits compilation Ultimate Kylie , and her first studio album since Body Language . X was preceded by lead single "2 Hearts" and released worldwide in November 2007... aired on ITV1 ITV1 ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their... . Attracted an audience of 6.7 million.

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