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12
November 2006
Kylie
Minogue Returns To The
Stage
Kylie
Minogue
has taken to the stage
in Sydney wearing a pink
feather head-dress for
her first concert since
being treated for breast
cancer.
"Good
evening Sydney!" the
singer shouted as she
emerged from a rising
platform in the centre
of the stage.
Kylie
Minogue, 38, was
re-opening her Showgirl
world tour which was
postponed after her
diagnosis in May
2005.
She
will play 20 concerts in
her native Australia
before the tour reaches
the UK in January next
year.
Changes
have been made to the
show because the
chart-topping singer is
not yet fully
fit.
"I'm
thrilled to be back.
I've been looking
forward to this for such
a long time," she
said.
"I'm
as prepared as I can be
but I'm not sure that
I'll be able to do
everything that I did
before - not that I do
an enormous amount of
jumping all over the
stage, but quick changes
are really
stressful."
Despite
her worries, Kylie put
on an energetic
performance, and managed
to squeeze into a
variety of costumes
designed by fashion
icons such as Dolce e
Gabbana, Karl Lagerfeld,
Emilio Pucci and John
Galliano.
She
performed hits from her
20-year-long pop career,
including In Your Eyes,
Shocked, and Better The
Devil You Know - which
opened the
show.
The
concert also featured a
new song, White Diamond,
co-written with the US
dance act, Scissor
Sisters.
Kylie
Minogue revealed that
she had cancer in May
2005 and underwent
surgery in Australia two
days later.
The
singer finished her
chemotherapy in December
2005, but still receives
treatment to prevent a
return of the
cancer.
She
performed UK and
European dates of her
greatest hits tour
between March and May
last year.
But
the pop star was forced
to abandon her Showgirl
world tour and an
appearance at the
Glastonbury Festival
after her
diagnosis.
Festival
organiser Michael Eavis
has said he remains
"hopeful" that the star
will play next year's
event.
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