Kylie Minogue came home to Melbourne last night for the last three shows of her KylieX2008 and dazzled her fans with a show she has made her own.
Never mind a Madonna show, Australia has Kylie and the KylieX2008 show wallops Madonna’s MILF performance.Finally, Kylie has a relevant to today show. This tour is totally about seizing the moment. Build around the current X album, KylieX2008 brings Ms Minogue’s performance into the present.
It isn’t dependent on hits either. In fact, what could be called the signature tune ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ was dropped in as the second song. Any other artist with a song that big would tease it for the encore. Not Kylie, she has plenty of ammo to fire up a crowd.
The hits are few and far between only making up half the songs in the setlist. KylieX2008 is definitely not a classic hits show. Her solo version of ‘Kids’ is always great though. Robbie who?
The visual aspect of KylieX2008 was incredible. The stage was a star of the show. This hi-tech floor built with latest technology allowed the stage to change to suit the song. Lasers would light the floor differently for every set.
During Beach Party, the much talked about ‘Copacabana’ was featured. Barry Manilow is suddenly cool again.
The show was done in six parts with the relevant costume changes. Kylie changed from the dominatrix in Xposed to the lounge singer of the encore.
Stats from the tour:
700,000+ people have seen KylieX2008 worldwide
92 people are on the road with Kylie, ensuring the KylieX2008 shows are setup on time and run without a hitch
75 KylieX2008 concerts worldwide throughout the UK, Europe, South America, Asia, New Zealand and Australia
35 countries treated to KylieX2008 - many seeing Kylie for the first time ever
10 dancers on stage
8 costume changes made by Kylie during KylieX2008
6 KylieX2008 concerts in Australia. 3 dates in Sydney and a further 3 in Kylie’s home town of Melbourne.
4 acrobats on stage
1 Kylie Minogue
The stage cost $20 million to produce. It includes an incredible flying skull, nicknamed Nora.
For me, the musical highlight was ‘Slow’. Kylie reinvented most of the older songs for this tour and took on a Nine Inch Nails feel for ‘Slow’.
From the sound of the crowd, the audience was not disappointed.
What a way to end 08.
Here is the setlist,
Act 1: Xlectro-Static
Speakerphone
Boombox / Can't Get You Out of My Head
Ruffle My Feathers
In Your Eyes
Act 2: Cheer Squad
Heart Beat Rock
Wow
Shocked (dancers interlude only)
Act 3: Beach Party
Loveboat
Copacabana
Spinning Around
I Believe In You
Act 4: Xposed
Like a Drug
Slow (no free part included)
2 Hearts
Act 5: Black vs White
On a Night Like This
Your Disco Needs You
Kids
Step Back In Time
In My Arms
Act 6: Encore
No More Rain
Better the Devil You Know
Love at First Sight
The One (Acoustic version, turns into the Freemasons mix)
I Should Be So Lucky
