Ticket Stub Tuesday…Round Thirty-Five:
Kylie Minogue has never really been able to crack the American market. I blame the radio. It’s certainly not due to lack of effort — that’s for sure! The radio just won’t play her songs. And it’s really a shame, because they’re all so good! She is known as the Australian Madonna. In her homeland, she is a legend. Early on, American critics declared that she was far too strange to make it big stateside. But, long before there was Lady Gaga, there was Kylie Minogue: the original avant-garde performer with a penchant for putting on shows with over-the-top costumes, larger-than-life sets and absolutely hypnotic beets.
Minogue’s “Aphrodite Live,” is only the second time that the venerable artist has toured North America. The first time was the “For Me, For You” tour in 2009. And just like last time, when she came to New York, she set up shop at Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center. Although she had to scale back the set elements due to the size of the venue, the setting was far more intimate than an arena and I think she played to the crowd so well. In support of her latest release, Aphrodite, I was pleasantly surprised that the setlist contained such great songs spanning her entire career.
Setlist:
- “The Carnival of the Animals” (Instrumental Introduction)
- “Aphrodite”
- “The One”
- “Wow”
- “Illusion”
- “I Believe in You”
- “Cupid Boy”
- “Spinning Around”
- “Get Outta My Way”
- “What Do I Have to Do?”
- “Everything Is Beautiful”
- “Slow”
- “Confide In Me”
- “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”
- “In My Arms”
- “Looking For an Angel”
- “There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)” (Eurythmics Cover)
- “Love at First Sight” (contains elements of “Can’t Beat The Feeling”)
- “If You Don’t Love Me” (Prefab Sprout Cover)
- “Better the Devil You Know”
- “The Loco-Motion”
- “Better Than Today”
- “Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)”
- Encore
- “On a Night Like This”
- “All the Lovers”
As soon as Kylie announced her intentions to tour North America again, @SimTilver, @TGH3RD and I made sure to get our hands on some tickets! It was an absolutely fantastic way to kick off Summer 2011. Like a true diva, Kylie belted every song, no lypsyncing necessary. She was accompanied by a troop of amazing dancers, angelic back-up singers and a band that could rock out like no other.
I am really happy that the Kylie camp is beginning to influtrate the American marketplace. I can only hope that this isn’t the last time that I have the opportunity to see Kylie in the states!
[[I wanted to buy this sign for the living room. @TGH3RD wouldn’t let me.]]
[[ @TGH3RD, Me & @SimTilver killin’ it.]]
[[Kylie with her dancers and back-up singers.]]
[[Breaking it down!]]
[[Kylie during “All the Lovers.”]]
