The first concert of the Kylie Minogue's North American Tour "Aphrodite Live" began today in the Canadian city Montreal.
Kylie performed at one stage almost equal to that of Les Folies. The columns are slightly smaller and there are five large screens behind them (there were 7 in Les Folies).
Elements such as giant ladle, the horse Pegasus , the statue and the bodywork of 'I Believe In You', the chairs of 'Get Outta My Way' were also present!
'Slow' was performed on the central staircase , the dancer dressed as an angel was present in the song 'Looking For An Angel' and 'All The Lovers' was performed on a new "cake".
The show was almost identical to Les Folies in regards to the set list. The only exclusion was Closer. In the requests sections, she did full acoustic versions (with the band) of Your Disco Needs You and Better Than Today.
According to reports from fans, the show was incredible! "What a great night to kick of the North American leg of the tour. Her vocals were wonderful, showcasing her incredible voice."
Thanks to Mark Churaman for the photos and updates!
(New York, NY – April 27, 2011) – International Pop superstar Kylie Minogue will kick off the opening night of the North American Aphrodite – Live 2011 leg of her world tour tomorrow night in Montreal before hitting the U.S. on Friday night at Boston’s Agganis Arena. This is Kylie’s most extensive North American outing to date as the pop goddess will play 16 shows including a 3-night stint at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom, a return to the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and will close at the legendary Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas before heading to Australia and South Africa (full schedule below). Kylie played shows in Japan this past week after wrapping the European Aphrodite – Les Folies arena leg of the tour which began in February and was described as “…what might just be the most meticulously designed arena show ever” and “one hell of a production and a thoroughly sophisticated one at that” by The Evening Herald in Ireland and UK’s Daily Star said that Kylie “set a new benchmark for arena shows…and redefined the term 'spectacular' along the way.”
In the fall of 2009 Kylie stormed America to sell out her first ever North American tour. The 6-city tour kicked off in Oakland and made stops in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and New York, wowing fans and critics alike at each stop. Entertainment Weekly called the show a “two-hour post-disco fantasia of strobe, bass, and glitter—an all-out spectacle.” The New York Times claimed “The concert (was) efficient, clobbering, expensive, generous…close to an alternate reality”; high praise indeed and the 2011 show promises to be bigger and better in every way!
Kylie’s eleventh album Aphrodite was released in July and debuted at #19 in the U.S., marking her highest U.S. chart position since 2002’s Fever. Aphrodite became Kylie’s fifth #1 album in the UK, hitting the top spot a full 22 years to the week since her debut album Kylie entered the chart. The album also made Kylie the first solo artist in the history of the UK charts to have a #1 album in four different decades. Around the globe Aphrodite debuted in the top 10 in thirteen different countries.
Aphrodite has scored three consecutive #1 songs on the Billboard Club Chart with “All The Lovers,” “Get Outta My Way” and “Better Than Today.” Kylie also became the first artist in the nearly 35-year history of the chart to claim two out of the top three songs on the chart when “Better Than Today” held the top spot and Taio Cruz’s “Higher” featuring Travie McCoy and Kylie ranked #3. “Better Than Today” is Kylie’s 6th career #1 on the chart.
Over the course of her extraordinary 20-plus-year-career, Kylie Minogue has been a global force in pop music and is one of the world’s most successful female artists with more than 60 million albums sold worldwide, over 50 hit singles including the dance-chart-toppers “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” “Love At First Sight,” “Slow,” and the Grammy-Award winning “Come Into My World.” She has received countless awards and accolades including an OBE from the Queen, 8 sold-out world tours including the KylieX2008 tour which traveled to 21 countries throughout Europe, South America, Dubai, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Minogue has released eleven studio albums, three live CDs, eight live concert DVD’s, plus her Greatest Hits, Ultimate Kylie double album and Boombox The Remix Album 2000-2008. Kylie has her own successful bed linen line “Kylie at Home” and has released 7 fragrances.
Aphrodite – Live 2011 North American Dates:
April 28 Montreal – Bell Centre
April 29 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena at Boston University
April 30 Washington DC – GMU Patriot Center
May 2 NYC, NY – Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom
May 3 NYC, NY - Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom
May 4 NYC, NY – Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom
May 6 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
May 7 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Bank Atlantic Center
May 8 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live Orlando
May 10 Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theatre
May 12 Mexico City – Sports Palace
May 14 Guadalajara, Mexico – Auditorio Telmex
May 16 Monterrey, Mexico – Arena
May 18 Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
May 20 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
May 21 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
May 22 Las Vegas, NV - Colosseum at Caesars Palace
If you haven't got your tickets yet...You must go here NOW!
Kylie "lovers", it's CONFIRMED: North American Tour Digital EP will include 5 tracks, short film and 6 page PDF booklet. To be released May 3rd.
ALSO out May 31st..."Put Your Hands Up" digital EP featuring brand new remixes!
Tracklist:
1. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (BBC Live Lounge Version) *
2. All The Lovers (BBC Live Lounge Version) +
3. Get Outta My Way (BBC Live Lounge Version) *
4. Better Than Today (Live in New York October 2009) *
5. Confide In Me (Live in New York October 2009) #
6. Short Film chronicling ‘a day in the life’ of Kylie on the road
7. 6-page PDF booklet feat. original Dolce & Gabbana tour wardrobe sketches
* previously unreleased
+ previously only available on the “Better Than Today” digital EP
# previously available on the digital album “Live In New York” (2009)
Special Thanks to Jason Donaldson! And thank you to Astralworks! And Thank you to Kylie! Your North American fans ♥ you!
Promo Flyers...
UPDATE:
“Put Your Hands Up” will be released on May 31st. The EP will include the album track with brand new remixes including the Pete Hammond remix...
We extend our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to all who have been affected by the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, and we truly hope for the recovery as soon as possible. Let's all help rebuild the country together!! This collaboration single "We Are One" was especially written deep from our hearts thinking about everyone in the Tohoku regions. We'd strongly like to continue supporting for the future of Japan.
Kylie Minogue & VERBAL's New Charity Single 'We Are One'...
Kylie Minogue jokes that she considered making a “Kylie 101’’ video for her upcoming North American tour. It’s an amusing idea because the United States is perhaps the last place in the world that needs a crash course in the Australian pop star’s long and celebrated career.
“We were trying to think how funny we could make it, acknowledging that [in America] it’s only my fanbase who really have a clue who I am and where I come from and what I do,’’ Minogue says recently in a one-on-one interview with the Globe. “Other than that, we might need a Kylie 101.’’
She might be right. A casual fan here probably knows Minogue from her two Top 10 radio hits — “The Loco-Motion’’ (1988) and then “Can’t Get You Out of My Head’’ arrived 14 years later — but that’s the extent of the dent she’s made, at least on the charts.
At 42 and on her first extensive tour of US cities, starting with Agganis Arena in Boston on Friday, Minogue is in an unusual position: She’s the global pop icon who’s on the verge of properly introducing herself to American fans who have adored — no, make that idolized — her from afar and for a very long time.
“I know it’s taken forever, but if it’s anything like the last tour, which was my first tour in the States, the welcome was just mind-blowing,’’ Minogue says. “I can’t wait to get there and share the show with you, share an evening.’’
That first US tour was in 2009, when Minogue tested the waters with a string of headlining shows in big cities such as New York and Los Angeles. If the tour’s scope was limited, it at least spoke volumes about her fans here.
“You are, in fact, fierce and mighty,’’ she says about what she learned from those shows. “I don’t have the numbers, I’m not across the board in the States like I am in other countries, but honestly, the noise levels, the excitement levels, the dedication — it was overwhelming. I loved it.’’
It’s astonishing to think Minogue will be making her Boston debut a full 23 years since her first album, “Kylie,’’ was released. The closest she has come to this city was in 2002 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell for the multi-artist “Jingle Ball’’ tour. The Globe’s review of that concert noted, “Euro-pop princess Kylie Minogue attempted to turn pop into art during her set,’’ before singling out Destiny Child’s as the star of the show.
That was the year when “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,’’ an irresistible hit that lived up to its name, was in heavy rotation. Even though her commercial clout here peaked shortly after that, Minogue still wanted to give this market a go.
“I finally bit the bullet and said, if I don’t do this now, it’s not going to happen. But I needed to go and put on a show that is representative of where I am in my career and how I like to present things,’’ she says. “It was a beautiful experience. And now I’m coming back for more. So I’m making up for lost time.’’
Asked if that disconnect between the United States and the rest of the world has ever been frustrating for her, she’s thoughtful and forthright in her response.
“It’s frustrating being asked about it because it’s seen as a failure. Yes, it’s not a market that I’ve conquered by any means, but I love the fans that I do have there,’’ she says. “I love that against all of those pain-in-the-[expletive] obstacles, you have gone and bought an import, you have gone online and kept the faith, really. It’s because of that persistence that I did tour [in the States] in 2009.’’
Minogue’s new tour centers on last year’s “Aphrodite,’’ the latest entry in her repertoire of exuberant European dance pop. Its songs extol the virtues of losing yourself in the music, of finding solace in the beat; but that doesn’t mean the new tour is nearly as straightforward. Au contraire: It’s a hulking spectacle, with aerial performers, dancers, and an epic theme based on the myth of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality.
And just where does Minogue, who’s famously petite, fit in such a production?
“At the center, darling,’’ she says, letting out a girlish giggle that’s as sexy as it is knowing.
KYLIE 101
When Kylie Minogue mentioned she thought about making a “Kylie 101’’ video for her new tour, it got us to thinking about some of her most memorable moments over the years, most of which were gloriously over the top and distinctly Kylie.
Best album cover: “Kylie’’ (1988). Sure, that seductive pose Kylie struck on the original album cover for “Fever’’ — right arm up, microphone chord dangling — is classic, but “Kylie’’ is where it all began. She looks so innocent and wide-eyed, and that pile of hair earned the album a nickname when I was growing up: “Hair-Platter Kylie.’’
Best surprise: Duet with Nick Cave on “Where the Wild Roses Grow’’ (1995). Cave, a fellow Aussie and longtime admirer, had a great idea that must have sounded crazy at the time. Why not enlist Minogue to sing the female perspective on this creepy murder ballad? Playing the song’s victim, it proved she could dig deeper than dance pop.
Best display of world dominance: Sydney Olympics closing ceremony (2000). With millions watching around the globe, it was a clash of titans as Australia’s most beloved pop star — in full showgirl regalia — covered one of the biggest anthems of dance pop, ABBA’s “Dancing Queen.’’ It’s worth finding on YouTube.
Best movie cameo: The Green Fairy in “Moulin Rouge!’’ (2001). For everyone who didn’t know Minogue from her role on “Neighbours,’’ the popular Australian soap opera that helped to launch her career, “Moulin Rouge!’’ was our first introduction to Minogue outside of her music. As the Green Fairy, she appeared in an absinthe-induced fever dream, singing a chorus of “the hills are alive with the sound of music.’’ Trippy.
Best song that should have been a No. 1 radio hit in the US: “Slow’’ (2003). Taking style cues from French icon Brigitte Bardot, Minogue reinvented herself as a ’60s sex kitten for “Body Language,’’ her underrated follow-up to “Fever.’’ “Slow’’ was its slinky first single that suggested more than it ever revealed.
Best scene-stealing moment: With Justin Timberlake at the Brit Awards (2003). Before Timberlake was part of Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction, he was bumping and grinding behind Minogue as she one-upped him while singing Blondie’s “Rapture.’’ Their chemistry was magnetic, and Timberlake set tongues wagging when he grabbed her rump.
Kylie Minogue's first date in the US for "Aphrodite Live 2011" is Friday April 29th in Boston, MA, USA, at the Agganis Arena
A sample of some special Kylie moments from the 'Les Folies' tour, "On Stage with Kylie"...
'Aphrodite Live' is just around the corner!
This makes me SO freaking happy! My old stomping grounds...
Folsom Street, on the way to Polk and Castro
You don't find them finer
Freedom, freedom is in the air, yeah
Searching for what we all treasure : pleasure
Cycles, cycles in the night shining bright
Brightly on nights tell a glory story
Leather, leather, leather, leather baby
Levi's and T's are the best now all right
Dress the way you please and put your mind at ease
It's a city known for its freedom
Cycles shining bright break the silence of the night
Inhibitions, no, you don't need them, no,no,no
San Francisco, San Francisco
City by the Bay yeah
You've got me
San Francisco, San Francisco
take me to the water
You've got me'got me got me, baby
Come on baby, let's get it down, down
Ain't nobody between you and me
Baby baby feel fast and free
Baby baby let's do hot night
Come on baby let's you and me swing
Love the way I please, don't put no chains on me
If you got the time, you could do it,
What I need is love, that's all I'm thinking of
Take me to the Bay, lead me to it, now
San Francisco... oh I love ya yeah...
San Francisco
City by the Bay y'all
You've got me, got me, got me, baby
Got me, baby
Here's what I want you to do
Show me, show me the way
Kylie said at her concert in Tokyo that she's releasing a charity single "We Are One" featuring rapper & DJ VERBAL... It's going to be released next week on iTunes
A "thank you" video from fans...
"Thank U Kylie! We LOVE U! Best concert EVER & definitely my 1st time crying at one! xoxo! Japan loves you!!!!"
Go Kylie! Go Japan! Kylie Minogue, The classiest Pop Star on Earth!
POP princess Kylie Minogue swept into the foyer of Tokyo's Imperial Hotel last night as the star guest of an Australian Embassy fundraiser for the March 11 Japan tsunami disaster where she met with Julia Gillard and the head of Australia's rescue effort Rob McNeil..
Wildly popular as a performer in Japan, Ms Minogue said she had decided not to cancel a planned tour and had come to the fundraiser as a guest to support the recovery effort.
"I was here to do shows and I chose not to cancel," she said.
"Why did I choose not to cancel I thought long and hard about it and it wasn't an easy decision to make. "I was in shock like everybody else in the world at the devastation here. "In the end I wanted to come and I gave my crew the option to deciding individually if they wanted to come and join us."
But fans among Tokyo's Australian expat community were going to be disappointed when she said she would not be performing at the sell-out dinner of more than 750 people."I will leave it in the capable hands of the people who are here, the few members of the Sydney symphony orchestra."
Ms Minogue is one of the few international stars to have not cancelled scheduled performances in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster and will perform two sell out shows tonight and tomorrow night.
Ms Gillard announced at the dinner that the Government would offer 10 research and professional scholarships to Australians to study alongside colleagues in Japan whose communities had been affected by the disaster.
She said the Government would also conduct a feasibility study into a return program where young Japanese could come to Australia to teach Japanese in Australian schools.
"Australia also has a long tradition of student exchange with Japan," said the PM.
"Such exchanges help build strong and enduring bonds of friendship and collaboration. Another way to demonstrate friendship and understanding. The program will help fund travel, accommodation and tuition costs associated with living and studying in our country.
"In doing so, we hope to play a small part in the rebuilding of lives and communities."
From dailytelegraph.com.au
"Tokyo....one more sleep till #AphroditeJapan.......LOL"
"Tokyo and Osaka, your #Aphrodite is coming! I am here for you and am bringing lots of love! #AphroditeJapan" -Kylie Minogue via twitter
Have a safe trip, Kylie! We know that you will turn it into love...
Kylie arrives in Tokyo
The Australian newspapers are reporting that in addition to the "Aphrodite" tour, she will also make a surprise performance at a dinner to raise funds to Japan, along with Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.
Kylie's love for Japan goes way back in time...
The Disco in Dream Tour is the debut concert tour by australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. The tour supported her first two studio albums, Kylie (1988) and Enjoy Yourself (1989). The tour took place in Asia, and after in Europe the tour would be re-titled as The Hitman Roadshow (sponsored by Coca-Cola) and advertised as The Coca-Cola Hitman Roadshow, as free concerts to "thank British fans' support", although the content was the same, and nothing was changed, except for the name of the tour.
The tour was released on PAL home video in 1990, which featured mixed footage from all concerts, plus a documentary inserted between tracks. The video, entitled Kylie On the Go - Live in Japan, was also released in Japan on laserdisc.
Enjoy...
“Kylie makes it a big showbiz splash…for two hours we are treated to a veritable visual feast, as Kylie and her dancers go all out to entertain” – The Irish Times
Very soon Kylie Minogue will embark on the North American leg of her “Aphrodite 2011” world tour and the excitement is building day by day. Hailed by the European press as…”a jaw-dropping Euro-pop spectacular that has to be seen to be believed”…this is going to be one of Kylie’s career highlights and a thrill-packed evening for her fans. Visit this link and you can enter to win box seats at her Hollywood Bowl show + a night at Hollywood’s W Hotel + an October cruise to Mexico (note: this Atlantis cruiseline caters non-exclusively to gay men).
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04/28 : Montreal, PQ @ Bell Centre
04/29 : Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
04/30 : Washington, DC @ Patriot Centre
05/02 : New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
05/03 : New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
05/04 : New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
05/06 : Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
05/07 : Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Bank Atlantic Centre
05/08 : Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Theatre
05/10 : Houston, TX @ Verizon Theatre
05/18 : Dallas, TX @ Verizon Theatre
05/20 : Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
05/21 : San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Centre
05/22 : Las Vegas, NV @ The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
