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Promotional poster for 1998 tour |
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| Tour by Kylie Minogue | ||||
| Associated album | Kylie Minogue Impossible Princess |
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| Start date | 2 June 1998 | |||
| End date | 31 July 1998 | |||
| Legs | 2 | |||
| Shows | 18 in Australia 3 in Europe 21 Total |
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| Kylie Minogue tour chronology | ||||
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Intimate and Live was a concert tour performed by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue in 1998 in support of her fifth studio album Kylie Minogue and her sixth studio album Impossible Princess.
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A limited budget with barely two pennies to rub together, as Kylie herself put it, dictated a carefully conceived production, and when, on occasion, Kylie was unable to realise all her dreams for the show, the tour motto was brought into force: "if in doubt, apply more glitter!" Accompanied by only two dancers (David Scotchford and Ashley Wallen) and a band. Interestingly, the band was mainly members of Australia's John Farnham band, with added backing vocalists. Despite the tight purse strings, with this added sparkle, and more importantly with Kylie performing a full spectrum of her back catalogue with unprecedented confidence and abandonment, no one from the audience, backstage or front of house had time to notice. With eighteen sell out shows, constantly added to through sheer demand, and a peak-time television special that captured Kylie at functions, parties, and backstage, alongside footage from the show, the whole thing was deemed unbeatable. Kylie received the best reviews of her career, with many commenting on the strength of her performance, her vocals and most notably the sheer stage presence that she now displayed.
Despite initial plans not to take the show outside of Australia, pressure from UK fans, who had heard about the show in great detail from the internet, forced Kylie to relent and bring the show to London in the form of three scaled-down shows at the Shepherds Bush Empire. The shows received the same euphoric reaction as back home, and with audiences on their feet throughout, press reports predicted her return to the top of the charts. The experience, and subsequent feedback, reiterated to Kylie the certainty to which direction her showgirl incarnation would now take her.
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
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| Australia | |||
| 2 June 1998 | Melbourne | Australia | Palais Theatre |
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| 4 June 1998 | |||
| 6 June 1998 | Brisbane | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | |
| 8 June 1998 | Sydney | Capitol Theatre | |
| 9 June 1998 | |||
| 10 June 1998 | |||
| 11 June 1998 | |||
| 14 June 1998 | Adelaide | Thebarton Theatre | |
| 15 June 1998 | |||
| 17 June 1998 | Melbourne | Palais Theatre | |
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| 20 June 1998 | Sydney | Sydney State Theatre | |
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| 22 June 1998 | |||
| 29 June 1998 | Canberra | Royal Theatre | |
| 1 July 1998 | Sydney | Capitol Theatre | |
| 3 July 1998 | Melbourne | Palais Theatre | |
| 4 July 1998 | |||
| Europe | |||
| 29 July 1998 | London | England | Shepherds Bush Empire |
| 30 July 1998 | |||
| 31 July 1998 | |||
Producer: Tarcoola Touring Company Pty.Ltd.
Management: Terry Blamey Management Pty. Ltd.
Executive Producer: Terry Blamey
Music Production: Steve Anderson
Musical Director: Chong Lim
Set Design: Brian Thompson
Lighting Design: Steven Swift
Creative Design: William Baker and Kylie Minogue
Tour Manager: Nick Pitts
Assistant Tour Manager: Warren Anderson
Assistant: Natalie Stevenson
Hair & Make up: Kevin Murphy
Wardrobe: Carol Minogue
Choreography: William Forsythe
Keyboards: Chong Lim
Bass/Vocals: Joe Creighton
Guitar: Stuart Fraser and Carl Mann
Drums: Angus Burchall
Percussion: James Mack
Backing Vocals: Lisa Edwards and Natalie Miller
Dancers: David Scotchford and Ashley Wallen
The tour was released on PAL home video and a live CD in 1998. The concert was released in 2002 on DVD.
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