Australia’s favourite, Kylie Minogue, is heading down under for her biggest tour in a decade — and she says more dates are yet to be announced.
“We’re starting in Australia, which is amazing,” shared a beaming Minogue speaking with ABC News Breakfast.
The singer will head on tour in early February next year – with 20 planned concerts.
“There are more dates to be announced, just pulling it all together,” she revealed.
The Australian summer made Minogue choose home grounds to kickstart her tour.
“It was, do we want to rehearse and start midwinter somewhere or summer and be home?”
She said the answer was simple to the delight of her Australian fans.
It is an understatement to say the news of the tour and her brand new album has everyone excited – including the pop princess herself.
Kylie Minogue’s new album goes live on October 2. (Supplied)
“We’ve been working on this for months and months and months, so I’m glad that we can finally share it with everyone.”
Minogue’s seven-date Australian tour is set to begin in Perth (February 15), followed by Adelaide (February 18), Melbourne (February 20-21), Brisbane (February 26) and ending in Sydney (March 1-2).
What to expect from the tour — favourites and new mates
“I love touring,” said Minogue laughingly.
Selecting the set list when you have such a celebrated back catalogue is not an easy task.
“It’s just the hardest part of every tour, what is the set list going to be?” pondered Minogue.
With three albums that haven’t been toured before – there’s plenty for the star to choose from.
“I feel like I’ve done quite a few Greatest Hits tours or shows of late… so I’m excited to have some of that new material.
“Of course, I’ll have the biggest hits, and I’m definitely already knowing I’m going to leave some space for some oddities,” said Minogue.
“Positive and joyous” – that is the vibe she is going for in her live shows.
“It’s something that I want people to feel from the show and from the music,” Minogue added.
Padams popularity
It is a vibe that her last album’s hit song Padam Padam achieved.
“I didn’t set out to do that,” Minogue laughed.
“It’s been incredible, like mind-blowing, life-changing.
“Padam did that for me,” she said.
It is the song that put her back on the map – adding a whole new audience to the legions of fans the pop star already had.
“I’ve just consistently worked and consistently try and keep achieving, and then once in a while, you get thrown a bit of, you know, everything coming together to make a good moment for you.”
Kylie Minogue is coming on tour to Australia in February 2025. (Supplied)
Tension the sizzling sequel
And the fun doesn’t stop there.
While Tension has still got us grooving, Minogue is keeping the magic going with a sequel, Tension II.
“I think we got on such a roll,” Minogue started as she thought back to how the album came about.
“As is often the case with albums… we just kind of had more and more songs. So we thought, well, maybe more is more.”
The first song of the new album is called Lights, Camera, Action with a zappy “that’s it!” that follows the beats.
Fans will be able to listen to the new song in full on September 27 with the whole album being released on October 18.
If you can’t wait till then, there’s a teeny-tiny tease on Minogue’s socials to keep you appeased till the song’s release.
“It’s quite hypnotic. It’s lots of fun, and you will probably just be throwing in Lights, Camera Action to general parlance from now,” she added.
“And I’m sorry, you’re welcome whichever way you want to look at it,” Minogue shared laughingly.
Tickets go on pre-sale from September 24 for Telstra Plus members, September 26 for Frontier members and October 2 for general sales.
