HAMMERSMITH APOLLO 2003.

Guardian review extract November 17th. 2003:

It certainly looked expensive, incorporating Paris street scenes (in keeping with the Bardot-esque stripes and bouffy hair that accompanied her entrance), Matrix-like skeletal steel constructions and a very butch motorbike. And at its centre, Kylie, apparently in a constant state of sexual arousal. A cover of Je T’Aime started things as they meant to go on – arching her back, extending a provocative little paw to the front row, she gave the impression that it was only the presence of 12 dancers that was keeping her from peeling off her teeny costumes (four, over the course of an hour).

The music was, necessarily, almost an afterthought. The set was dominated by Body Language, which presented itself as a series of chilled-out ambles with not much in the way of tunes. The single Slow was the best – a writhing, slo-mo tease that was none the less eclipsed by the ones the crowd really wanted to hear. Hard, shiny versions of Can’t Get You out of My Head, Spinning Around, It’s in Your Eyes: these were what we were here for, and the sight of disco-pixie Kylie whizzing around was a reminder that absolutely nobody does pop with quite the same oomph.
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Kylie Ann Minogue (born 28 May 1968) rose to prominence in the mid ’80s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before she commenced her career as a pop artist in the late ’80s. According to Warner Music Australia, Minogue has sold over 65 million albums and singles worldwide.

Signed to a contract by British songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman, she achieved a string of hit records throughout the world. Her popularity began to decline during the early 1990s, leading her to part company from Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992. Minogue distanced herself from her earlier work and attempted to establish herself as an independent performer and songwriter. Her projects were widely publicised, but her albums failed to attract a substantial audience and resulted in the lowest sales of her career to date. She returned to popularity as a dance–pop artist in 2000, and became well-known for her provocative music videos and expensively mounted stage shows.

Minogue has established one of the longest and most successful careers as a performer in contemporary pop music, and in Europe and Australia, she has become one of her generation’s most recognisable celebrities and sex symbols. In Australia, after being dismissed early in her career by some critics, she has been acclaimed for her achievements; she holds the record for the highest ticket sales for an Australian tour by a female performer,and has attained nine number-ones on the ARIA singles chart.

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