Craig Kilborn Interview (February 2002)

During Kylie's promotional trip to America for 2001 "Fever" album, she stopped by the Late Late Show studio's and spoke to the shows host Craig Kilborn about meeting Prince Charles for the first time, her wax figures at Madame Tussauds in London, her favorite American pasttime, and the old days of Neighbours and the Loco-Motion. Worth a watch.

Alone Again (Unreleased Song)

I didn't really want to add video's of the fan made nature to the site but I decided to vote against myself and add this one because I really enjoy this unreleased song from Kylie which was written by Madonna and Rick Nowles during the creative process of Madonna's Ray Of Light album (1998).

Once it was scrapped from Ray Of Light, the song was given to Kylie for inclusion on her album Fever (2001). Kylie recorded the song but it did not make the cut for the album and talk later surfaced that it would be included as a b-side to her single "Come Into My World", but these plans also fell through.

The track has to this date not been officially released but it was overheard in Kylie's recent documentary "White Diamond" during scenes of her discussing her ex boyfriend Olivier Martinez. Madonna was thanked in the credits of the film.

Kylie's New Beau?

The rumourmill has been abuzz with reports that Kylie has found a new man. Kylie, who split with her long time boyfriend, actor Olivier Martinez last year, was seen in the arms of Spanish supermodel Andres Velencoso at burlesque artist Dita Von Teese' birthday party.

On lookers were reported as saying, "It was Dita's party but Kylie was definitely the star of the show. She was turning heads and people were asking about the guy she was sitting with."

Velencoso, who has posed for designers from Emporio Armani to Chanel, is 10 years younger than Kylie and bears a striking resemblance to Martinez. I say go for it Kylie.

The Minogue Sisters Take It All

This is almost literally every gay man's musical wet dream come true! As mentioned in her interview on Rove Live, Kylie intends to take back her "biggest gay icon" stature from Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo by recording a duet with her sister Dannii.

The two sisters who have performed only a handful of times together (most recently Dannii joined Kylie to sing the Robbie Williams duet Kids during one show of her sisters Showgirl Homecoming tour), have joined forces and recorded a cover version of the ABBA classic "The Winner Takes It All" which will be used as the theme song for the new BBC2 comedy sitcom "Beautiful People".

The song will be featured as part of the soundtrack for the show that will be released in stores October 20th in the UK. Anything would be better than hearing Meryl Streep trying to sing it in Mamma Mia! Sweet Lord, that was awful.

Kylie: The Musical

Kylie is set to start writing a musical for the West End in London that will be based around some of her biggest hits.

She is joining together with Australian author and friend Kathy Lette to write the dialogue for the show and she promises her fans that the show will be raunchy. Kathy says,

"We'll weave all her hits together into a great storyline,"

"Kylie never does anything naff. She's got a finely tuned crap antenna and we don't suffer from an irony deficiency."

Kylie's sister Dannii is also reported to be working on the project and they all hope to turn the musical into a film if it's a success. I would say that this is a bad idea but it seems to be the big thing to do these days. This is very "The Boy From Oz", or even Jersey Boys. Some make it and some don't.

On A Night Like This (Music Video)

The next logical step is of course to add the actual video for On A Night Like This, the second single from Kylie's "comeback album" "Light Years" (2000).
The song has been recorded by two other artists besides Kylie. Once by Swedish performer "Pandora" in 1999, and by Greek performer Anna Vissi in early 2000. Kylie's version was released September 11th, 2000 and went to #2 in the UK charts behind Modjo's "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)". However the single did initially go to #1 in the Australian music charts upon it's first release, slipped down to the #5 position and jumped back up to #1 following Kylie's performance of the song during the closing ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The track subsequently holds the record for biggest jump back to number 1.
The video (as mentioned below) was shot in Monte Carlo and features actor Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) as Kylie's sugardaddy.

On A Night Like This: Behind The Scenes

This is a behind the scenes look at the making of the video for On A Night Like This. Take a look.

Better The Devil You Know (Music Video)

Considered by many to be the birth of "SexKylie", Ms. Minogue took control over her public image with the release of her first single from her third studio album "Rhythm Of Love" (1990).
Gone were the hoop earrings, big hair, and cute clothes of her 80's girl next door image, Kylie graced the screen with slick figure revealing clothes, dark eye make-up and a new sense of freedom. The music also changed from infectious bubblegum pop, to a more stylized dance sound.
Better The Devil You Know was released April 30th, 1990, debuting at the #5 position on the UK charts but then moved up to the #2 spot, becoming Kylie's 10th top five single release in Britain. The video features her in different dance club scenario's (a staple for dance pop music video's of the early '90's) and being held in the arms of her lover.
Many felt (and Kylie agreed) that Kylie's image change was due to the influence of her then boyfriend Michael Hutchence, who publicly claimed that one of his favorite hobbies was "corrupting Kylie".

Travelodge Deflowering

For some reason, Kylie's old ex-boyfriend (and ex Neighbours castmate) Jason Donovan, who neglected to mention anything about his exgirlfriend in his latest Autobiography "Between The Lines", is now blabbing in the media about their first sexual experience together.

The two initially met when they were cast to play their respective roles of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell on Neighbours in 1986. The two characters fell in love despite their families objections and got married in the summer of 1987. The Scott and Charlene wedding episode was one of the highest rated episodes in the shows history.

Off screen, Kylie and Jason had sparked a similar relationship and were the young golden couple of Australian media.

Jason just announced that his first sexual experience with Kylie was at a Travelodge Budget Hotel in Sydney.

"It was practical and had a bed and a telly."

He also revealed why his relationship ended with the showgirl. Stating that Kylie told him over the phone that their relationship was over, when she started seeing late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence in 1989.

"I don’t see it as humiliating. If you’re going to lose someone you might as well lose them to Michael Hutchence."

Michael was very integral in Kylie's ditching of her girl next door image which she had gained from her first two albums.

Kylie Xtour 2008: I Should Be So Lucky (Live)

And finally, we go all the way back to the beginning of her career as she performs "I Should Be So Lucky" as the farewell number of this amazing venture.
I really hope you enjoy watching this concert, and I hope some of you are lucky enough to see it in person.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Love At First Sight (Live)

Her hit song from the Fever album, "Love At First Sight" is the second last song of this special presentation.
Not to be confused with the "Love At First Sight" which appears on her first album "Kylie". I think she is one of the only artists (that I know of), who has two completely different songs with the same title.

BTW. First she let's gold flecks rain down on her audience, and now she has balloons falling on them. She really goes all out, doesn't she?

Kylie Xtour 2008: The One (Live)

Kylie performs her latest single "The One (The Freemason Remix).

Kylie Xtour 2008: No More Rain (Live)

The encore of the show starts with the song "No More Rain" ("X" 2007).
One of the two songs on the album that references the time of her battle with breast cancer, the lyrics were formed from Kylie's dreaming of performing in front of her fans when she was well again. My personal favorite song from this record.

Kylie Xtour 2008: In My Arms (Live)

Do not adjust your screens, this is only a test.

Kylie performs her third single from "X", called "In My Arms". We're almost done with this round of live posts. Hope you've been enjoying them. The non-concert pictures that accompany some of the posts (such as the one above), are pictures taken from the Tour Book.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Step Back In Time (Live)

Starting off acapella, the black and white theme springs into technicolor for Kylie's 1991 classic "Step Back In Time" ("Rhythm Of Love" 1990). It looks as if she's made her dancers dress up as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Bizarre.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Kids (Live)

Continuing on the Black & White theme (a stripped down version of it anyway), Ms. Minogue performs her 2000 duet with Robbie Williams, "Kids" (Light Years), with her backup singers Dawn Joseph and Roxanne Wilde.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Your Disco Needs You (Live)

"From Soho to Singapore, from the mainland to the shore...Your disco needs you."
It's songs like this (from Light Years 2000), that make Kylie one of the biggest gay icons in the world. It's seriously over the top, over dramatized, cheesy, campy, gay as hell, fun. The fact that she appears as a general leading her troop of dancers and sings an aria at the end...hello!?!

Kylie XTour 2008: On A Night Like This (Live)

From Cinderella to Prince Charming, Kylie tranforms into a dapper looking English coachman for the sixth theme called "Black & White".
Her dancers perform a modern type waltz, while she sings "On A Night Like This" (Light Years 2000) in full on general threads complete with riding boots and tails.

Kylie Xtour 2008: I Believe In You (Live)

Flower melts into the orchestral version of her 2004 hit "I Believe In You" from her greatest hits compilation album, "Ultimate Kylie".
No big light show is needed for this portion. Her voice is sublime on it's own. To think she was once labelled as a "singing budgie" because the critics believed that she lipsynched during her performances. Bite your tongue.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Flower (Live)

Time for a selection of ballads in the point of the show called "Starry Nights".
Kylie appears in a romantic blue satin gown and serenades the audience with the second currently unreleased song from the "X" recordings to be premiered on the tour, called "Flower". Another great song which will hopefully see the light of day as a b-side.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Sensitized (Live)

Kylie rounds off the fourth section of the concert with a performance of the track "Sensitized" ("X" 2007).
Look at how acrobatic her male dancers are, climbing all over and hanging on that cage. I can't even imagine how much strength you would have to have to hold your entire body up and out like that while holding on to a poll. Madness.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Nu-di-ty (Live)

Yet another track from the latest album, Kylie brings on the naughty girl as she performs the avant garde, new dance track Nu-di-ty. This may be one of my favorite songs from the album. It's very unusual.
I enjoy the fact that the front "extention's" part of her hair is simply a headband with hair pieces attached to it, while her real hair is in an updo in the back. Way to save time. Notice the Manga girl on the screen in the background?

Kylie Xtour 2008: Come Into My World (Live)

Here is the fourth section of the Xtour show, called "Naughty Manga Girl", which starts with a performance of "Come Into My World (The Fischerspoon Remix)" (Fever 2001).
The theme for this section has Kylie and her dancers dressed up as Japanese Manga characters. Manga is a form of Japanese comic artistry (similar to the idea's of Anime).

Kylie Xtour 2008: 2 Hearts (Live)

Bring on the brass section.
Kylie performs a big band inspired version of her lead single from X, "2 Hearts". Her stamina is pretty impressive considering her cancer ordeal in 2005/2006, and the fact that she's 40.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Slow/Free (Live)

Kylie demounts the disco skull and performs her hit "Slow" (Body Language 2003). In the Bridge of the song, she break down into the song "Free" which she performed during her Intimate And Live concert tour back in 1998. The song appears on the live album of the same name which resulted from that tour.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Like A Drug (Live)

The third section of the show is called "Xposed", and shows Kylie dressed as (as she describes it) an erotic bellman.
The first song for this section is the electro twinged "Like A Drug" where Kylie appears singing atop a giant floating disco skull, admitted imagery of cheating death after her battle with breast cancer.

Kylie Xtour 2008: WOW (Live)

Heartbeat Rock gives way to the infectious sounds of the second single from X, "WOW".
The projection screen floor is really effective in this portion of the show. Bring on the footballers.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Heartbeat Rock (Live)

The second section of the show entitled "Cheer Squad", features Kylie and her dancers in full on Pep Rally gear (with Kylie as the head Cheerleader). The first song in the section is the bouncy Fergie-esque "Heartbeat Rock" ("X" 2007) with a parody of the Toni Basil classic "Hey Micky" mixed in for good measure.
The reworked lyrics "Hey Minnie, you're so fine..." is in dedication to her nickname Minnie, which is a cutening of Minogue and for the fact that she is so tiny.

American Bandstand eat your heart out.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Ruffle My Feathers (Live)

The first of two unreleased tracks from the "X" recording sessions that Kylie performs during the show. It was written in London by Richard Stannard, Julian Peake and Paul Harris at the beginning of the writing process for the album.

I hope it makes it onto one of her next albums, or as a b-side down the road.

Kylie Xtour 2008: Boombox/Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head (Live)

From Speakerphone we delve right into Kylie's biggest hit to date, her Blue Monday remix version of Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Fever 2001). The song starts off with the spoken word jive of the currently unreleased track from the Body Language era, "Boombox".
I love that she doesn't overdo her movements to the point where her singing voice suffers for it. She moves around enough to keep your focus and let's her dancers do the rest of the work. I think Madonna should learn from that, sometimes.