Today, a ticket to Kylie’s X tour came into my possession a full week before they go on sale to the general public. It’s not uncommon for presale tickets to go to companies and people subscribed to different deals. A friend came through BIG time for me today.
On the way home, a though occurred to me. EVERY tour I’ve been to of Kylie’s, I’ve gone with an ex, or someone very soon to become an ex. My first Kylie concert was the Impossible Princess, Intimate and Live tour in 97. I was there with a girlfriend and ex-girlfriend before I changed teams. The second concert was the On a night like this tour. I’d bought the tickets when I was seeing my last real boyfriend (yeah, those who’ve done the maths, that was 7.5 years ago) but we’d broken up by the time the concert rolled around. Not at all hard when she sang “I can’t get you out of my head”. She sang it for me, I’m sure.
In 2002 I was lucky enough that another ex, now a very good friend, had a spare ticket to the Fever tour, I didn’t even mind that much when he sang all the way through it!
2006 saw me with an extra ticket to the Showgirl Homecoming tour. Kylie’s first performances since her battle with breast cancer and timed beautifully with the visit from the U.S. of Mike. That was about the time when the relationship crumbled to a heap. Very different versions of monogamy at play there. Mono is ONE, Mike, not just one at a time.
So, in 2008 I’m keeping true to form and going with Russ, the same ex that got me a ticket to Fever in 2002 an is still a very dear friend. Maybe this time I’ll try and say hi to lots of boys. Hell, the auditorium holds several thousand people. I’d guess at least a third will be big ol’ Kylie loving homos like me.
This is the way to make me feel better! A new Kylie video. The One is going to be released I believe in September. It’s back to cool dance stuff for Kylie. It’s a dancier version than is on the album and I love it. She looks great too. Ok now I have to go back to work. It’s going to be a long day.
For those of you on the other side of the world, it’s already May 28 here in Australia which means it’s the 40th birthday of Ms Kylie Minogue. Kylie has long provided the soundtrack to my life and yes, I know, I should have realised I was gay a lot earlier. I can’t explain the connection between Kylie and gay men, but for me she’s fun, escapist, cool party music.
In honour of Ms M’s birthday, I’m posting one of my all time favourite songs. From her 1990 album Rhythm of Love, this song is called Shocked. Friends do get a bit concerned when I bust out and sing along to the rap bit in the middle. The hot guy in the video is a guy she was dating at the time. He is a south african model called Zane O’Donnell.
I seriously hope she announces an Australian leg soon to this tour. It looks like it’s going to be an amazing show. There are rumours flying around that she’s coming in September or November… fingers crossed.
It’s not often you’ll hear me say something I don’t like about Kylie, but this song is my absolute least favourite on the X album. To me it’s like watered down diet Janet Jackson from 12 years ago. Having said that, I think she looks good in the video and having Marco Da Silva standing around with his tatts out looking hot doesn’t exactly hurt the cause.
It seems that so far, this is the only shot that has leaked from Kylie’s shoot with German Vogue. She looks beautiful and more natural than the severe wig/haircut thing she’s been sporting lately. A couple of years ago when the Kylie exhibition was in Sydney, there was one wall with a long, long line of different photos of Ms Minogue. It really is amazing how different she can look and how adventurous she is when it comes to collaborating on her look.
This is an acoustic version of “All I see”, Kylie’s first single off X in the U.S. The original version for me was just watered down R’n'B lite. This version appears to be from a rehearsal for her upcoming tour. I think it’s a much nicer version, very sweet.
Kylie’s new video to Wow has been pulled for it’s strobe lights. Apparently they break the guidelines on use of strobes. Check out the article in the Sun, here.
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