Tour by Kylie Minogue | |
Location |
|
---|---|
Associated albums | |
Start date | 15 February 2025 |
End date | 2 June 2025 |
No. of shows | 25 |
Kylie Minogue concert chronology |
The Tension Tour is the sixteenth headlining concert tour by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It will commence on 15 February 2025 in Perth, Australia, and is set to conclude on 2 June 2025 in London, England, consisting of 25 shows.
Minogue announced the Tension Tour in September 2024, following the release of her sixteenth studio album Tension (2023) and preceding the release of her seventeenth studio album, Tension II (2024).
Kylie Minogue embarked on the Golden Tour, her fifteenth concert tour from 2018 to 2019, in support of her fourteenth studio album Golden (2018). The tour was a commercial success, with both Billboard and Pollstar reporting the tour's three concerts in London, England, at The O2 Arena grossed $3,368,900 USD with 30,100 tickets sold, placing her at eighth spot for the biggest concerts of September 2018. [1] [2] In 2020, Minogue released Disco . [3] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, she livestreamed a special concert, Infinite Disco , featuring songs from the album as well as previous songs from her discography. [4] In September 2023, Minogue released her sixteenth studio album Tension .
During her promotion of Tension, Minogue first teased the possibility of a tour in the United States. During a 12 July 2023 appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen , she teased a tour or Las Vegas residency were "very possible" at the time. [5] Fifteen days later, More Than Just a Residency was announced. [6] Serving as the inaugural residency at the Voltaire at The Venetian Las Vegas, the show ran from November 2023 to May 2024. Following the initially planned November 2023 shows selling out and continued high demand, additional dates spanning from December of the same year to May 2024 were announced in August 2023. [7]
During a February 2024 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show , Minogue announced plans for a tour in the United States was in-the-works, revealing: "I haven't got the dates yet but we're working on it." [8]
On 19 September 2024, Minogue announced the Tension Tour dates in Asia, Australia and Europe. [9] [10] In connection to the tour announcement, she revealed Tension II , a sequel to 2023's Tension, would release on 18 October of the same year. [11] In a statement concerning the tour's announcement, Minogue stated: "I am beyond excited to announce the 'Tension Tour 2025'. I can't wait to share beautiful and wild moments with fans all over the world, celebrating the Tension era and more! It's been an exhilarating ride so far and now, get ready for your close up because I will be calling Lights, Camera, Action... and there will be a whole lot of Padaming!" [12] Additional Australian shows were announced on 25 September. [13] [14] The following day, two additional concerts in Manchester and London were announced, respectively. [15]
Date (2025) | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Revenue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 February | Perth | Australia | RAC Arena | — | — |
18 February | Adelaide | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | — | — | |
20 February | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | — | — | |
21 February | |||||
22 February | |||||
26 February | Brisbane | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | — | — | |
27 February | |||||
1 March | Sydney | Qudos Bank Arena | — | — | |
2 March | |||||
3 March | |||||
10 March | Bangkok | Thailand | TBA | — | — |
12 March | Tokyo | Japan | TBA | — | — |
15 March | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | TBA | — | — |
17 March | Manila | Phillippines | TBA | — | — |
16 May | Glasgow | Scotland | OVO Hydro | — | — |
17 May | Newcastle | England | Utilita Arena | — | — |
19 May | Manchester | AO Arena | — | — | |
20 May | |||||
22 May | Liverpool | M&S Bank Arena | — | — | |
23 May | Sheffield | Utilita Arena | — | — | |
26 May | London | The O2 Arena | — | — | |
27 May | |||||
30 May | Nottingham | Motorpoint Arena Nottingham | — | — | |
31 May | Birmingham | Bp pulse LIVE | — | — | |
2 June | London | The O2 Arena | — | — |
Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian singer and actress. She is the highest-selling female recording artist from Australia, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. Referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has been recognised for reinventing herself in music and fashion as a style icon. Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards and eighteen ARIA Music Awards. In 2024, Time named her one of the most influential people in the world.
"Slow" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her ninth studio album, Body Language (2003). It was released as the lead single from the album by Festival Mushroom Records and Parlophone on 3 November 2003. The song was written by Minogue, Dan Carey, Emilíana Torrini, and produced by Carey, Torrini, and Sunnyroads. "Slow" is an electropop and synth-pop song in which Minogue invites a man to "slow down" and dance with her.
Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour was the eighth concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was launched in support of her second major greatest hits compilation, Ultimate Kylie (2004) and visited Europe. It began on 19 March 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland at SECC Concert Hall 4 and concluded on 7 May 2005 in London, England at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The tour was announced on 24 October 2004, promoted by 3A Entertainment in Europe and Frontier Touring in Asia and Australia. Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour was intended to be a celebration of both Minogue's career and long-term relationship with her audience.
"Step Back in Time" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her third studio album, Rhythm of Love (1990). It was released as the album's second single on 22 October 1990, and distributed by PWL and Mushroom as a CD single, cassette tape and 12-inch and 7-inch singles. The track was written, arranged, and produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman, who are collectively known as Stock Aitken and Waterman, and was recorded in London, United Kingdom. Musically, it is a disco song that lyrically pays tribute to 1970s' culture.
Showgirl: Homecoming Live is the fourth live album by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue. It was first released on 8 January 2007 as a double CD set, by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, before an international release took place in the following months. Produced by Steve Anderson, the album was recorded on 12 November 2006, during one of Minogue's concerts of her Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour in Sydney, Australia at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The concert features U2's vocalist Bono as a featured artist on the song "Kids".
KylieX2008 was the tenth concert tour by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, in support of her tenth studio album, X (2007). The tour began on 6 May 2008 in Paris, France, at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy and concluded on 22 December 2008 in Melbourne, Australia, at the Rod Laver Arena. Consisting of five legs, totaling 53 shows, the tour was Minogue's most ambitious up-until that point in her career, stopping in over 40 countries and territories—24 in Europe, 6 in South America, 7 in Asia, and 8 cities across Australia and New Zealand. Much to the delight of her international fans, Minogue had scheduled concerts in a wide variety of locations for the first time in her career, such as Argentina, Beijing, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Dubai, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Latvia, Norway, Shanghai, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela.
Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour, also known as Aphrodite Live, was the twelfth concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was launched in support of her eleventh studio album, Aphrodite (2010). The tour was officially announced in September 2010, initially with European venues confirmed. Additional British dates were added in January 2011, alongside North American and Asian dates. Australian dates were confirmed in March 2011, and in May of the same year, Minogue announced she would tour Africa for the first time. The stage of the tour was composed of an Ancient Greek temple wall and two runways leading to a B-stage, which included a three-tiered scissor lift surrounded by water fountains. Thirty water jets created by The Fountain People, a tilted rotating platform and aerial performer displays were also part of the staging, paying homage to Greek mythology and culture. Effects and staging were provided by TAIT Towers, who described the stage as "one of the most technically advanced ever built". Fashion designers Dolce & Gabbana created the costumes for the tour.
The albums discography of Australian singer Kylie Minogue consists of seventeen studio albums, thirteen compilation albums, nine live albums, nine extended plays (EP), thirteen remix albums and two box sets. She is recognised as the highest-selling Australian recording artist of all time by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), with an estimated career sales of over 80 million units worldwide. Minogue has eight number-one albums on the ARIA Albums Chart, the most for any female Australian artist. In the United Kingdom, she holds the record for being the first female artist to score a number one on the Official Albums Chart in five consecutive decades, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
The Anti Tour was the thirteenth concert tour by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, as part of the "K25" project. The tour began on 18 March 2012 in Melbourne, Australia at the Palace Theatre and concluded on 3 April 2012 in London, England at the Hammersmith Apollo, consisting of four shows in Australia and three shows in the United Kingdom.
The Kiss Me Once Tour was the fourteenth concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was launched in support of her twelfth studio album, Kiss Me Once (2014) and visited Europe, Australia and Middle East. Rumours of plans to tour arose as early as July 2013, after Minogue signed to Roc Nation. The tour was officially announced in March 2014, with the first European dates revealed. Australian dates were announced in June of the same year. The staging, inspired by Bauhaus architecture and club settings, was considered less elaborate and more simple than her previous tours and featured a runway, a B-stage and a series of structural beams. Costumes for the tour were created by fashion designers Jean Paul Gaultier, Julien Macdonald, William Wilde, Marchesa and Dolce & Gabbana. Effects were provided by ER Productions.
The Golden Tour was the fifteenth concert tour by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It was launched in support of her fourteenth studio album, Golden (2018) and visited Europe and Australia. It began on 18 September 2018 in Newcastle, England at the Metro Radio Arena and concluded on 17 March 2019 in Mount Cotton, Australia at Sirromet Wines. The tour was first announced in February 2018, consisting of dates in the UK and Ireland. The previously announced European leg was incorporated into the tour in September of the same year, and the Australian leg was announced in November.
Summer 2019 was the second festival tour by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, in support of her greatest hits album, Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection (2019).
Disco is the fifteenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. BMG Rights Management and Minogue's company Darenote released it on 6 November 2020 in both digital and physical formats. After finishing her campaign with her previous album Golden (2018), Minogue was inspired by a Studio 54-esque section on her Golden Tour to create a disco-themed album. Early sessions began in 2019-2020, but were temporarily halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread lockdowns. As a result, Minogue continued to work on the album remotely from London, using GarageBand and Logic Pro for the first time.
"Magic" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. BMG Rights Management and Minogue's company Darenote released it as the second single from her fifteenth studio album Disco (2020) on 24 September 2020, and further distributed on various digital and physical formats on later dates. Minogue, Michelle Buzz, and Teemu Brunila co-wrote the song with producers Daniel Davidsen and Peter Wallevik, collectively known as PhD. Musically, it is a disco-pop song with a variety of instruments, and the lyrics discuss the feeling of falling in love.
The Summer Carnival is the ongoing eighth concert tour by American singer Pink. The tour began on June 7, 2023, at the University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, England and will finish at the Camping World Stadium on November 18, 2024, in Orlando, United States. It is in support of her ninth studio album Trustfall (2023). The tour includes appearances at three major European music festivals: Pinkpop Festival, Werchter Boutique and BST Hyde Park.
"10 Out of 10" is a song by Dutch DJ and producer Oliver Heldens featuring Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was initially released as a promotional single by Kangarooli Tracks and RCA on 5 April 2023, and later included as a stand-alone track on Minogue's sixteenth studio album Tension (2023) by BMG and Darenote. Heldens and Minogue wrote the song with James Abrahart, Liana Banks, Jackson Foote, and Sarah Hudson, and it was produced by Heldens, Foote, and Duck Blackwell.
Tension is the sixteenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by BMG and Darenote on 22 September 2023, and was distributed in a variety of digital and physical formats. It is her first musical release since Disco (2020), and she began working on it in May 2022, finishing the project the following year. Her team enlisted a number of collaborators for the album, including Richard "Biff" Stannard, Duck Blackwell, Jackson Foote, PhD, and Cutfather.
More Than Just a Residency, also called Kylie Minogue at Voltaire and Kylie Vegas, was the first concert residency by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue, in support of her sixteenth studio album Tension (2023). The residency was announced in August 2023, and ran at Voltaire at The Venetian Las Vegas from 3 November 2023 to 4 May 2024.
Tension II is the upcoming seventeenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. BMG and Minogue's company Darenote plan to release it on 18 October 2024, in a variety of digital, physical, and streaming formats. It is a sequel to her sixteenth studio album, Tension (2023), and is described as a record influenced by electronic music with elements of dance. Before its release, "My Oh My" was released with Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo as well as three additional collaborative singles: "Dance Alone" with Sia, "Midnight Ride" with Orville Peck and Diplo and "Edge of Saturday Night" with The Blessed Madonna.