Popstar Kylie Minogue has announced her biggest world tour in more than a decade, and a sequel to her comeback album Tension.
Tension II, which consists of 13 tracks, will be published on October 18. The tour will begin in her native Australia in February and go to Asia and the UK.
“Beyond excited” to be “celebrating the Tension era and more” with fans, the pop icon stated in a statement. “There will be a whole lot of Padaming,” she remarked, alluding to her Grammy-winning, widely popular song from 2023, Padam Padam.
Twenty dates have been announced so far, but Minogue said more are coming.
The 56-year-old is in the middle of a career renaissance, off the back of Tension and Padam Padam.
In February she picked up her second Grammy – 20 years after her first – and the following month received the Brits’ Global Icon Award.
She debuted in the 1986 serial opera Neighbours as the brave car mechanic Charlene, and since then, she has amassed numerous hit singles and an impressive trophy case full of honors.
In addition, she received an OBE, participated in the Sydney Olympics, and acted in multiple movies. Both excitement and stress have been around the tour and record. The Newcastle concert dates conflict with the May Eurovision competition, which is place in Switzerland.
Meanwhile, her shows in Sydney are happening at the same time as the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade – prompting many of her Australian fans to weigh up a difficult dilemma. Minogue has a large following in the LGBT community.
“What should we do… On a Night Like This?!” one online commenter said.
