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On a Night Like This
Tour by Kylie Minogue
Promotional poster for tour
Associated albumLight Years
Start date3 March 2001
End date15 May 2001
Legs2
No. of shows23 in Europe
23 in Australia
46 in total
Kylie Minogue concert chronology

On a Night Like This was the sixth concert tour by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, in support of her seventh studio album, Light Years (2000). The tour began on 3 March 2001 at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, Scotland, and concluded on 15 May 2001 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia, with both the Europe and Australia legs consisting of 23 shows each and by the time, making her the most successful touring female in Australia.

After the success of Minogue's performances at the closing ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympics and in the opening ceremony of the Paralympics days after, details of the tour were announced. Tickets went on sale in November of the same year, establishing her as one of the most in-demand live entertainers at the time. However, the tour began problematically, when the opening night at the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland on 1 March 2001, was cancelled due to air traffic control restrictions.

Background

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 backdrops, 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.

Opening act

  • Chakradiva (Australia)
  • Dimestars (UK and Ireland)

Setlist

The following set list is obtained from the 11 May 2001 show in Sydney, Australia. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.

Act 1: Loveboat

  1. "Loveboat"
  2. "Koocachoo"
  3. "Hand on Your Heart"
  4. "Put Yourself in My Place"

Act 2: Revue

  2. "On a Night Like This"
  3. "Step Back in Time" / "Never Too Late" / "Wouldn't Change a Thing" / "Turn It into Love" / "Celebration"
  4. "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
  5. "Your Disco Needs You"

Act 3: Broadway Swing

  2. "I Should Be So Lucky"
  3. "Better the Devil You Know"
  4. "So Now Goodbye"

Act 4: Club

  2. "Physical"
  3. "Butterfly"
  4. "Confide in Me" / "Did It Again"
  5. "Kids"
  6. "Shocked"

Act 5: Space Odyssey

  2. "Light Years"
  3. "What Do I Have to Do"

Encore

  2. "Spinning Around"
Notes
  • "Physical" was not performed in Paris.
  • "Did It Again" was performed on 14 and 16 April.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
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
10 May 2001
11 May 2001
12 May 2001
13 May 2001
14 May 2001
15 May 2001

Cancelled shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
1 March 2001 Dublin Ireland RDS Arena Air traffic control restrictions due to weather

Broadcasts and recordings

Main article: Live in Sydney

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 consists of stage personnel doing random things below the stage where Kylie can see them when she turns to look at the backdrop during "So Now Goodbye".

Personnel

  • Darenote Ltd., Kimberly Ltd. – producers
  • Tarcoola Touring Company Ltd – producers
  • Kylie Minogue – showgirl
  • Terry Blamey – management
  • William Baker – creative direction, styling
  • Luca Tommassini – director of choreography
  • Germana Bonaparte – assistant choreographer
  • Sean Fitzpatrick – tour manager
  • Steve Martin – production manager
  • Andrew Small – musical director
  • Steve Anderson – music producer
  • Tanya Slater – tour coordinator
  • Leanne Woolrich – assistant
  • Julien Macdonald – wardrobe
  • Pamela Blundell – wardrobe
  • Manolo Blahnik – shoes

Musicians

  • Andrew Small – drums
  • James Mack – percussion
  • Steve Turner – keyboards
  • James Hayto – guitar
  • Chris Brown – bass
  • Lurine Cato – backing vocals
  • Sherina White – backing vocals

Dancers

  • Milena Mancini – dancer
  • Federica Catalano – dancer
  • Veronica Peparini – dancer
  • Tony Bongiorno – dancer
  • Paolo Sabatini – dancer
  • Gianluca Frezzato – dancer
  • Christian Scionte – dancer
  • Germana Bonaparte – dancer

References

  1. ^ Kylie: Live in Sydney Amazon UK Listing. Retrieved 31 May 2008 from Amazon UK
  2. ^ [1] Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 31 May 2008 from Warner Music Australia
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