Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour

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Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour
Tour by Kylie Minogue
Dates November 11, 2006 -
January 23, 2007
Legs 2
Shows 33 shows

Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour was the comeback tour of Australian dance-pop singer Kylie Minogue after her cancellation on 17 May 2005, of the Australian and Asian legs of the original Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour, after her diagnosis of breast cancer. It was announced on 22 June 2006 that she would resume, with a new playlist and set, in November and December of 2006 in Australia and January 2007 in the UK.

Contents

[edit] Setlist

[edit] Act 1: Homecoming

[edit] Act 2: Everything Taboo

[edit] Act 3: Samsara

[edit] Act 4: Athletica

[edit] Act 5: Dreams

[edit] Act 6: Pop Paradiso

[edit] Act 7: Dance of the Cybermen

[edit] Encore

[edit] Ticket sales

Minogue's additional two concerts in London went on sale on the 21 July 2006 at 9am BST. The 2nd and 3rd of January 2007 sold out in 6 minutes. Such was the demand that an additional two dates where added (5th and 6th January 2007) an hour later. This caused the ticket servers to crash. Finally two more dates were added to the schedule (8th and 9th January 2007). Tickets for all dates sold out almost instantly. Confirmation also came from Minogue herself that the 9th January 2007 concert will be her final date of the Showgirl tour anywhere, however ticket demand was so high she decided to end the tour in Manchester instead saying "Manchester has always been so welcoming for me and I am so happy to be ending my world tour there". The first 2 Manchester shows sold out in record time, an additional 2 Manchester dates were announced.Less than 4 days later an addition 2 shows were added. A further show in London scheduled for New Years Eve went on sale 14/12/06 and sold out in 30 minutes.

[edit] Return to stage

On Saturday 11 November, Kylie resumed the sellout Showgirl Tour; her opening words, as she rose from below the stage on a platform dressed in a pink feathered head-dress and flowing gown by John Galliano, were "Good evening Sydney!". For 30 seconds in between her ascension and the beginning of the first song, Better The Devil You Know, Kylie received a standing ovation from the audience. The emotional comeback performance was watched by her parents and her then French boyfriend/actor Olivier Martinez at the side of the stage, and 10,000 fans. Despite being in recovery from breast cancer, it was Kylie who asked the all-important question of the night, "How're you feeling tonight?"

For almost two and a half hours Kylie entertained the audience with a collection of songs from some of her biggest disco and dance-oriented pop hits, through to some of her lesser known favourites.

[edit] Manchester cancelled shows

Kylie had to run off stage 45 minutes into the Saturday, 13th January show, as she and all of her band had the flu. The crowd were overall supportive, but some booed. Kylie was forced to cancel the Monday, 15th January and Tuesday, 16th January shows - but less than a week later announced rescheduled dates for both to Sunday 21st January and Monday 22nd January. She also did another show for all of the people who attended the 45-minute long show on 23rd January. Her spokesman said: "Kylie has been diagnosed by doctors as having a moderately severe respiratory tract infection and doctors have insisted that she not perform in the immediate future".[1]

[edit] Special additions to specific dates

Sunday 10 December 2006:

  • Got To Be Certain - Sung for just one verse and one chorus with band playing along after "In Your Eyes".
  • Fever - Sung acapella with 'Jason', a boy who joined Kylie from the audience after "Especially For You".

Sunday 31 December 2006

  • Celebration - Sung at Midnight after "Especially For You" and a New Year's countdown.

Tuesday 2 January

  • Got To Be Certain - A shouted fans request, sung after "Especially For You".

Wednesday 3 January

  • Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Sung with 3 young girls dressed as 'Showgirls' who joined Kylie on the stage from the audience.

Tuesday 9 January

  • Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Sung with 'Christian', a boy who joined Kylie from the audience after "Especially For You."

Saturday 13 January

  • Got To Be Certain - Kylie request of a young girl in the audience, sung acapella.

Friday 19 January

Sunday 21 January

Monday 22 January

Tuesday 23 January

[edit] Duets

  • On the 12 November Bono from U2 joined Kylie onstage to sing the hit single 'Kids'.
  • On the 16, 17 December, 9, 13, 21 to 23 January Dannii Minogue joined her sister Kylie onstage to sing the hit single 'Kids'.

[edit] DVD release

It has been confirmed that the Melbourne Concert, December 11th 2006 show was filmed for a TV special and DVD release. Kylie Minogue's Showgirl Homecoming Tour was broadcasted in the UK on Saturday the 13th of January 2007 on Channel 4 at 10:00pm with numerous repeats on E4 throughout the year. It was later broadcasted in Australia on Sunday the 4th of March 2007 at 8:30pm in full on Channel 2 (ABC).

[edit] Showgirl Homecoming Live

Parlophone released on January 8 an audio recording entitled Showgirl Homecoming Live a live album presenting Kylie's Greatest Hits Tour recorded live in Australia on two CD's. It features the hits: "I Believe In You", "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", "Slow", "On a Night Like This" and many more.

On the record is also featured the song "Kids" originally performed with Robbie Williams dueted with U2 lead singer Bono.

[edit] Rescheduled tour dates

[edit] Sydney

Sydney Entertainment Centre

  • 11 November 2006 (original date: 31 May 2005)
  • 12 November 2006 (original date: 01 June 2005)
  • 14 November 2006 (original date: 02 June 2005)

[edit] Brisbane

Brisbane Entertainment Centre

  • 17 November 2006 (original date: 04 June 2005)
  • 18 November 2006 (original date: 05 June 2005)
  • 20 November 2006 (original date: 06 June 2005)

[edit] Sydney

Acer Arena (formerly SuperDome)

  • 23 November 2006 (original date: 19 May 2005)
  • 24 November 2006 (original date: 20 May 2005)
  • 26 November 2006 (original date: 21 May 2005)

[edit] Adelaide

Adelaide Entertainment Centre

  • 30 November 2006 (original date: 08 June 2005)
  • 01 December 2006 (original date: 09 June 2005)

[edit] Perth

Perth Burswood Dome

  • 04 December 2006 (original date: 12 June 2005)
  • 05 December 2006 (original date: 13 June 2005)
  • 07 December 2006 (original date: 14 June 2005)

[edit] Melbourne

Rod Laver Arena

  • 10 December 2006 (original date: 23 May 2005)
  • 11 December 2006 (original date: 24 May 2005)
  • 13 December 2006 (original date: 25 May 2005)
  • 14 December 2006 (original date: 27 May 2005)
  • 16 December 2006 (original date: 28 May 2005)
  • 17 December 2006 (original date: 29 May 2005)

[edit] New tour dates

[edit] London

Wembley Arena

  • 31 December 2006 (Special New Year's Eve Concert with the countdown to 2007)
  • 2 January 2007
  • 3 January 2007
  • 5 January 2007
  • 6 January 2007
  • 8 January 2007
  • 9 January 2007

[edit] Manchester

Evening News Arena

  • 12 January 2007
  • 13 January 2007 (cancelled 45 minutes into the show, due to the fact Kylie (and other band members) had flu)
  • 18 January 2007
  • 19 January 2007
  • 21 January 2007 (original date: 15 January 2007)
  • 22 January 2007 (original date: 16 January 2007)
  • 23 January 2007 (original date: 13 January 2007)
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