Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour

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Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour
Minogue performing in Antwerp, Belgium.
World tour by Kylie Minogue
Supporting album	Ultimate Kylie
Start date	19 March 2005
End date	17 May 2005
Legs	1
Shows	37
Kylie Minogue tour chronology
KylieFever2002 (2002)	Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour (2005)	Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour (2006/2007)

Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour is a concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Minogue was originally scheduled to perform in Australia and Asia during the during the tour, but she was forced to cancel the tour when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.^[1] She resumed the tour – renamed Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour – on 11 November 2006, performing at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, with a revised set list and new costumes.^[2]

[edit] Digital EP

Main article: Showgirl EP

On 12 December 2005, Minogue released a digital EP featuring eight songs recorded in London, England during the Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour.^[3]

[edit] DVD release

Main article: Kylie Showgirl

Minogue performance in London, England on 6 May 2005 was filmed for DVD release. The performance was released on DVD and Universal Media Disc on 28 November 2005. The DVD also featured "Behind the Feathers", a documentary, screensavers and exclusive photographs.^[4]

The DVD reached number twenty-six on Australia's End of the Year Music DVD Chart in 2005.^[5] It was certified platinum in the UK in 2005 and four times platinum in Australia in 2006.^[6][7] Kylie Showgirl was nominated for "Best Music DVD" at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards, losing to Eskimo Joe.^[8]

[edit] Set list

• "Overture"

Act 1: Showgirl

• "Better the Devil You Know"
• "In Your Eyes"
• "Giving You Up"
• "On a Night Like This"

Act 2: Smiley-Kylie

• "Shocked (contains excerpts from: "Do You Dare?", "It's No Secret", and "What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)")
• "What Do I Have to Do?" (contains excerpts from: "Closer")
• "Spinning Around" (contains excerpts from: "Step Back in Time" and Finally, and "Such a Good Feeling")

Act 3: Denial

• "In Denial" (with backing track vocals by Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys)
• "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi"
• "Confide in Me"

Act 4: What Kylie Wants, Kylie Gets

• "Red Blooded Woman" (contains excepts from: "Where the Wild Roses Grow")
• "Slow"
• "Please Stay"

Act 5: Dreams

• "Over the Rainbow"
• "Come Into My World"
• "Chocolate"
• "I Believe in You"
• "Dreams"

Act 6: Kyliesque

• "Hand on Your Heart"
• "The Loco-Motion"
• "I Should Be So Lucky"
• "Your Disco Needs You"

Act 7: Minx in Space 1

• "Put Yourself in My Place"
• "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"

Encore

• "Especially for You" (Sing-along)
• Love at First Sight"

1 - This act was played as act 6 and act 6 as act 7 on the opening night performance in Glasgow.

[edit] Tour dates

Europe

Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour was postponed in Australia on 17 May 2005 with the announcement from Minogue that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Australia (postponed)

Asia (canceled)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Kylie.com