| On a Night Like This Tour | ||||
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| Tour by Kylie Minogue | ||||
| Associated album | Light Years | |||
| Start date | 3 March 2001 | |||
| End date | 15 May 2001 | |||
| Legs | 2 | |||
| Shows | 23 in Europe 23 in Australia 46 in Total |
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On a Night Like This Tour is a Kylie Minogue concert tour in support of her seventh studio album Light Years that began in March 2001. Having hit the headlines around the globe for her hugely successful performance at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and having subsequently performed again at the opening ceremony of Sydney's Paralympics soon after, Minogue seized the opportunity to announce details of her new tour. It became the fastest-selling concert tour of her career when tickets went on sale that November, and with dozens of sell-out shows, she had succeeded in establishing herself as one of the most in-demand live entertainers. The tour began with a bumpy start, however, when the first show in Dublin, Ireland, scheduled for 1 March, had to be cancelled due to treacherous storms preventing air travel into the country.
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Minogue was inspired by the style of Broadway shows such as 42nd Street and films such as Anchors Aweigh, South Pacific and the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals of the 1930s. Describing Bette Midler as a "heroine", she also incorporated some of the "camp and burlesque" elements of Midler's live performances. The show directed and choreographed by Luca Tommassini featured elaborate back-drops such as the deck of an ocean liner, an Art Deco New York City skyline, and the interior of a space ship. Minogue was praised for her new material and her reinterpretations of some of her greatest successes, turning "I Should Be So Lucky" into a torch song and "Better the Devil You Know" into a 1940s big band number.
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
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| Europe | |||
| 3 March 2001 | Glasgow | Scotland | Clyde Auditorium |
| 4 March 2001 | |||
| 5 March 2001 | |||
| 7 March 2001 | Manchester | England | Manchester Apollo |
| 8 March 2001 | |||
| 9 March 2001 | |||
| 10 March 2001 | |||
| 12 March 2001 | Brighton | Brighton Centre | |
| 13 March 2001 | |||
| 14 March 2001 | Cardiff | Wales | Cardiff International Arena |
| 15 March 2001 | Bournemouth | England | Windsor Hall |
| 17 March 2001 | London | Hammersmith Apollo | |
| 18 March 2001 | |||
| 19 March 2001 | |||
| 20 March 2001 | |||
| 23 March 2001 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Vega Musikkens Hus |
| 25 March 2001 | Berlin | Germany | Columbiahalle |
| 26 March 2001 | Hamburg | Große Freiheit 36 | |
| 27 March 2001 | Cologne | E-Werk | |
| 28 March 2001 | Paris | France | Bataclan |
| 30 March 2001 | London | England | Hammersmith Apollo |
| 31 March 2001 | |||
| 1 April 2001 | |||
| Australia | |||
| 14 April 2001 | Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Entertainment Centre |
| 16 April 2001 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre | |
| 17 April 2001 | |||
| 18 April 2001 | |||
| 19 April 2001 | |||
| 21 April 2001 | Hobart | Derwent Entertainment Centre | |
| 23 April 2001 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | |
| 24 April 2001 | |||
| 25 April 2001 | Adelaide | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | |
| 26 April 2001 | |||
| 28 April 2001 | Perth | Perth Entertainment Centre | |
| 30 April 2001 | |||
| 3 May 2001 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | |
| 5 May 2001 | |||
| 6 May 2001 | |||
| 7 May 2001 | |||
| 9 May 2001 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre | |
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| 11 May 2001 | |||
| 12 May 2001 | |||
| 13 May 2001 | |||
| 14 May 2001 | |||
| 15 May 2001 | |||
Producers: Darenote Ltd., Kimberly Ltd. and Tarcoola Touring Company Ltd
Showgirl: Kylie Minogue
Management: Terry Blamey
Creative Director: Willian Baker
Director of Choreography: Luca Tommassini
Assistant Choreographer: Germana Bonaparte
Tour Manager: Sean Fitzpatrick
Production Manager: Steve Martin
Musical Director: Andrew Small
Music Producer: Steve Anderson
Assistant: Leanne Woolrich
Wardrobe: Julien Macdonald and Pamela Blundell
Styling: William Baker
Shoes: Manolo Blahnik
Drums: Andrew Small
Percussion: James Mack
Keyboards: Steve Turner
Guitar: James Hayto
Bass: Chris Brown
Backing Vocals: Lurine Cato and Sherina White
Dancers: Milena Mancini, Federica Catalano, Veronica Peparini, Tony Bongiorno, Paolo Sabatini, Ginaluca Frezzato, Christian Scionte and Germana Bonaparte
Minogue's performance in Sydney, Australia on 11 May 2001 was filmed for DVD entitled, Live in Sydney. The DVD was released on 1 October 2001[1] in the UK and 15 October 2001[2] in Australia.
The DVD features exclusive backstage footage of the concert, including a look into the dancers dressing rooms and a prank played on Kylie during the show entitled 'Will Kylie Crack.' The prank consist of stage personnel doing random things below the stage where Kylie can see them when she turns to look at the back drop during So Now Goodbye.
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