KYLIE TO HEADLINE MTV DAY 2009 IN MADRID

Kylie will be headlining MTV Day 2009 Festival on 2nd July in Madrid! This one-night festival organized by MTV takes place every summer in Madrid and is one of the main musical events in Spain.

Kylie will bring her spectacular show to the iconic Las Ventas bullring in Madrid. Thousands of fans will be treated to a night they'll long remember.

Tickets will be on sale from Wednesday 6th May through Ticketmaster in Spain.

KYLIE.COM PRE-SALE FOR MADRID DATE!

Great news for Kylie.com as we are going to be offering fans a pre-sale opportunity for Kylie's forthcoming concert in Madrid on May 2nd!

The pre-sale will begin on Monday 4th May at 10:00 am and finishes on Wednesday 6th May at 10:00am. CLICK HERE to purchase tickets during that period.


KYLIE PLAYS IN PORTUGAL FOR THE FIRST TIME!

It was just announced that Kylie will play in Portugal for the first time ever!

The Kylie spectacular, long awaited by the Portuguese fans, will take place at the Atlantic Pavilion in Lisbon on 4th July.

Tickets will go on sale 30th April. For tickets and more info go to:

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Kylie Minogue's a real swinger!

KYLIE MINOGUE and her boyfriend splashed out Ł40,000 on golf gear after sweeping into a sleepy English town by helicopter.

The Aussie singer, 40, and new lover ANDRES VELENCOSO, 31, spent hours being fitted with made-to-measure irons, woods and putters.

Afterwards she and the Spanish model played a few holes at a nearby club.

A source at club manufacturer Ping in Gainsborough, Lincs, said: “Our top range of clubs works out at about Ł1,000 per set.

“She has homes all over the world, and wanted a set for each place.

“By the time they had done buying stuff like golf bags, between them they had got through Ł40,000.”

Kylie chose graphite-shafted clubs from the Rhapsody range for women — costing almost Ł100 each.

The source added: “She has become a bit of a golf addict in recent months.

“She was like a kid in a candy store when she saw our pro shop.

“We don’t normally deal direct with the public, but we made a special arrangement for her and Andres.” Self-confessed golf nut Andres gave Kylie the bug.

She was first seen on the fairway in March in North Queensland, Australia, six months after meeting him.

The couple were also spotted playing at a luxury resort near Paris this week.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2401104.ece

The KYLIE AT HOME COLLECTION welcomes three enticing new additions – Shimmer, Neige and Crystal Shore - to its gorgeous range of bed linen, throws and cushions.

The new Spring/Summer Collection reflects Kylie’s glamour and sophistication in its exquisite, luxurious designs, and is sure to delight the public who already snapped up thousands of sets of beautiful bedding when the KYLIE AT HOME COLLECTION debuted last year.

The Spring/Summer Collection 2009 comprises:

Shimmer Bedding
Sensual and inviting, the shimmering tones of mink set off beautifully with the stunning satin oxford edges. Combine with quilted satin bedspread, Topaz and Paradise cushions to create a luxurious layered look.

Neige Bedding
Float away in subtle layers of faux silk and voile. The beautiful amethyst hue has depth and sheen, for fabulous opulence. Add even more luxury with Glitter Bed spread, Pheonix and Paradise cushions.

Crystal Shore
Alluring and warm, the stunning bejewelled bed linen has a scalloped cuff adorned with intricate embroidery and diamantes. Silky ivory and champagne tones are layered with co-ordinating bedspread and cushions for added glamour and sophistication.

The KYLIE AT HOME brand, manufactured by the Ashley Wilde Group, captures the glamour and style of the showgirl herself. Inspiration was taken from her lavish stage costumes, together with vintage fabrics and furnishings that Kylie collected on her travels around the world. Opulent fabrics of shimmering organzas, silks and taffetas are lavishly embellished with sequins, diamantes and embroidery, creating exquisite bed linen designs.

The KYLIE AT HOME Collection is available in the following countries:

Republic of Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, Finland, Sweden, Saudi, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, UA, New Zealand and Australia.

For more information or to find stockists check out the brand new website at: http://www.ashleywildegroup.com/kylie/index.html

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Recession hits megastar Kylie

KYLIE Minogue has joined a host of other global rock stars apparently losing a sizeable chunk of her wealth in the recession.
The pop princess, who as Charlene in Neighbours earned just $300 an episode, was yesterday listed for the first time in the Top 50 of wealthiest musicians with a personal fortune of more than $70 million.

While the 40-year-old's entry in 46th place in the 2009 rich list of musos compiled by The Sunday Times was an elevation, her net worth had dropped from last year where she was estimated to have been worth $83.5 million.

She joins others now like Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Robbie Williams who have suffered a 10 per cent drop in earnings last year due to the global downturn.

Elton's wealth decreased by more than a quarter - a loss of more than $350 million although the rocket man was still worth more than $500 million.

According to the listing, Kylie was worth $71.25 million, equal to that of Ronnie Wood, Mick Hucknell and Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay.

Her wealth may have slipped more had she not sung away the recession blues to earn $1.5 million in a Bollywood movie music clip just months after being paid $5 million to perform at the opening of a hotel in Dubai. SHe also recently sold a property in Melbourne worth $1 million.

Melbourne Herald Sun

AUSTRALIANS will soon have the chance to live like Kylie Minogue for less than $2000 a week.

The pop star last week sold Beauciel, her getaway home on Victoria's French Island, to racing identity Graeme Little for more than $1 million.

He plans to turn the property into a health retreat once the deal settles in November.

The remote haven was listed for sale in February 2008 at $1.2 million, but sluggish market conditions prompted a price cut to around $1 million.

Agent Hocking Stuart confirmed the 20ha property's sale for a seven-figure sum.

It features a four-bedroom house with an 11m-long dining/lounge room, two bathrooms and sweeping views over Westernport Bay.

Mr Little, a horse breeder and former boss of investment company Greenchip, said his new venture, with likely rates from $250 a night, would be Victoria's answer to other high-profile health retreats including Olivia Newton-John's Gaia near Byron Bay.

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Kylie on Queens of British Pop - a two-part documentary series, exploring dynamic female pop figures in Britain.

The top eight 'American Idol' finalists perform Kylie's hit single 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'.

KYLIE TO OPEN MAWAZINE FESTIVAL – MOROCCO MAY ‘09!

Kylie’s set to open Rabat’s, city wide, Mawazine Festival, entitled “Rhythms of the World” in Morocco 15th- 23rd May. The nine day festival, presented under the patronage of His Majesty King Mohamed VI kicks off on Friday 15th May with Kylie’s performance on the main OLM Souissi - http://www.festivalmawazine.ma/en/scenes/modal/scene-olm.html stage in the country’s capital Rabat and closes on 23rd May with a performance by Stevie Wonder; other artists appearing during the eighth annual festival include: Alicia Keys, Ali Campbell (UB40), Sergio Mendez and The Neville Brothers.

KYLIE RETURNING TO DENMARK FOR SUMMER FESTIVAL!

Just announced – Kylie is to headline the Smukkeste Festival in Skanderborg, Denmark on Thursday August 6th for its 30th anniversary year. As one of the premier festivals in Scandinavia, the five day event in Dyrehaven (Skanderborg) has earned itself the title of "Denmark’s Most Beautiful Festival" due to its scenic location in a beautiful beech forest 25km outside of Aarhus. Also appearing at Smukkeste this year will be The Streets and Fatboy Slim.
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Tous presents an Ellen Von Unwerth film starring Kylie Minogue!

Kylie gets shouted at, bossed around on Bollywood film set
By Amy Fallon

WHEN writer Amy Fallon visited Mumbai, she never realised she'd end up on set of a Bollywood hit with Kylie. This is her story:

Kylie Minogue is standing on a stage on the set of the Bollywood film Blue, wearing a dazzling silver mini dress with sequins, surrounded by one of Bollywood's leading men, Akshay Kumar, and scores of doting western extras - and she's being told off.

Yes, the pint-sized Australian superstar, whose stellar career has lasted over two decades, is being slightly bossed around.

"Kylie, I want to see those tassels move now!" barks legendary Bollywood choreographer and musical director Farah Khan.

The singer, looking poised in her showgirl-style outfit made by Indian designer Manish Malhotra, with her blonde hair flowing, just nods.

But myself and my Australian friend sitting on the lounge right behind her are flabbergasted.

Not only did we manage to get ourselves cast in the Bollywood film in Mumbai, but we're watching one of the world's most famous stars being shouted at.

"She can't boss Kylie around like that!" my friend es.

I'm also feeling very defensive for the girl whose songs I've been singing since I was little.

And also a little nervous: it is the 100 extras - besides myself there are several other Australians who have been transformed from holidaymakers and travellers into glamorous guests partying in what is supposed to be the Bahamas - who are the most star-struck at being just metres away from one of our most famous celebrity exports.

In fact when Kylie walks past me and some other nervous extras and says to us, "Just pretend it's fabulous, it's fabulous", I really do feel like I'm spinning around.

Understandably, despite all our hard work and our own prospects of stardom, our pay isn't anything like hers. Kylie is reportedly taking home a staggering $1.55 million for just two days of rehearsals and five days of shooting.

In contrast, we've pocketed 500 Rupees - about $14 - each per day, as well as lunch and dinner.

Then again it's hard work being a Bollywood actor, I've discovered.

We're suffering through gruelling 13 hour days in a sweltering studio, and this is the norm.

For her million-plus salary, Kylie is in Mumbai for just a week's work, and isn't even the main star of Blue, which is an epic about a friendship marred by betrayals endured during a search for hidden treasure.

Kylie is, however, famous enough, even in India, to play herself. Cameo appearances, unrelated to the plot, are a trend in Bollywood movies. Rumour has it Madonna and Rihanna were approached by director Anthony D'Souza before Kylie.

In the scene we're filming, three days into the shoot at Mumbai's Film City, Kylie is dancing provocatively with Kumar to the song she has recorded with Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam in London.

She's recorded the track, composed by A.R. Rahman, who won two Oscars for his Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack.

Those involved in the production are being tight-lipped about the song, but we did catch a little of the tune: it's a Western, Hindi and Punjabi pop mix, with catchy phrases such as "chicky wicky". Kylie sings in English, while Nigam sings in Punjabi and Hindi.

Kylie also stars in several scenes with the main cast, including Bollywood stars Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan.

As well as Mumbai, scenes have been filmed in the Bahamas and others in Bangkok. In the scenes filmed on the first day, though, which I was also part of, the pop princess is dancing on a stage in a pretend Caribbean resort, complete with outside pool.

Hovering around her are male Bollywood dancers, dressed in black sequined vests and gold pants.

At one stage in the scene, tiny Kylie is even tossed up in the air by one of the dancers, before looking startled and running off the stage.

Despite not being an Indian household name, she is clearly a hit with the rest of the cast. Dancer Feroz Khan tells me that he loved dancing up close with his now very good friend Kylie.

Kylie may well be Bollywood's highest paid foreign celebrity, but as for me, I'm not giving up my day job just yet.

Blue is released worldwide in August. Kylie launches her new fragrance, Couture, next week.

The Daily Telegraph

Everything's Changed

ELLE is talking to Kylie Minogue about bodies and age and ageing. Given that she’s had serious, life-saving surgery – removal of a cancerous lump from her breast in 2005 – is she more relaxed about the prospect of cosmetic surgery?
‘I’m definitely not one of those people who says, “You shouldn’t do this…”’ she begins. ‘Everyone individually can do what they want. I also think it doesn’t have the stigma that it had when I was growing up. Then it was like this…’ Kylie puts her hands on her cheeks and pulls her face taut. ‘For all time women have wanted to, for the most part, look their best. It’s just that what we have available to us today is… what it is today. And if you want to take advantage of it, yeah. But I’m fine! For the moment.’ She grins. ‘But we’ll see. I’d like to think that I would go through life without having any of that.’ I say she could be forgiven for thinking, ‘I’ve been through cancer, my body is now a temple. Why would I inject myself with Botox? It’s a poison.’
‘Or [thinking] the other way,’ she shoots back. ‘Like, “I understand what it’s all about, and why not?” But I’m preferring to be a lot more… natural these days. I’ve tried Botox, I’ve tried all – .’
She stops short, the privacy-protection instincts honed over nearly 30 years in the public eye kicking in. But there, she’s said it.
Kylie admits that ‘in the past few years I got more and more and more closed’. After her cancer treatment she battened down the hatches. ‘It was protection mode. Even before I was ill, I remember being at a shoot and I had a meltdown in the dressing room – a panic attack. It’s hard to explain, but when you’re the focus of attention, and everything’s coming at you…’ She shudders, the ghost of invasions past coming back to haunt her. And here’s us thinking the girl who was a regular in Australian soaps at 12, was a household name at 18, and spent the next two decades as pop’s premiere princess, was utterly at home – perhaps only came alive – in the spotlight.
She shakes her head. ‘Being in a not-100-per-cent state, it was too overwhelming. So, yeah, my comeback was very gentle and very closed, with the people that I know and that I know I can trust.’
Hardly surprising she was so wary. Her sickness was an assault on something we – and she, perhaps – regarded as just another part of the show: her body. From lingerie shoots to teeny-weeny stage costumes, to that bottom in those hot pants (found by stylist and ‘gay husband’ William Baker for the Spinning Around video), Kylie never shied away from using her sylph-like frame to promote her product. Petite and perfect, it was supposed to be looked at, envied, enjoyed; not subject to the ravages of illness.
She admits her body confidence took a knock, but she’s back at it, stripping down to the bare essentials in the line of duty.
‘Yeah, it’s different now. I actually said on the day of the ELLE shoot, “Oh God, I can’t believe that once again I’m in something that resembles a swimsuit!” Albeit with many thanks to the opaque tights.’
The chemotherapy, course of drugs and her year-long convalescence meant she put on weight. Was that difficult to deal with?
She nods as she sips a cup of hot water. ‘Yeah, it was, I have to say. I still deal with it. I’ve got fat ankles hidden under these boots. But I think my body in many ways is better now for having weight on it. When I look back at some pictures, especially from before I was diagnosed, I just think, “That’s too thin, that doesn’t look good. That doesn’t look right.”’
But now? ‘My face has changed. Everything’s changed. It’s coming back to normal more and more… Whatever normal is,’ she smiles. ‘New normal.’

My year has started off wonderfully

Talk moves to her sister, Dannii and Kylie turns protective. She thought the tabloid depiction of ‘the X Factor drama’ between Dannii and Sharon Osbourne, and then between Dannii and Cheryl Cole ‘was so cheap. I mean, we all know there were issues between Sharon and my sister. But I don’t think there were any between her and Cheryl. I’m just so proud of my sister and it annoys the hell out of me when comparisons between us are made in an unfavourable way to her. In England, you lot don’t know where she came from. She was on TV every week from seven years old. I think that makes it harder for her when she gets Louis Walsh’s rather pathetic jibes – one of which is she hasn’t had a hit record. That’s not true. He has no idea where she’s come from,’ she says forcefully, voice rising in anger. ‘No idea. And neither does England. And that’s quite hard.’
But that’s not on the mind of the younger Miss Minogue when ELLE speaks to her. Instead she’s delightedly reporting that a certain drop-dead handsome Spanish model is ‘definitely’ good for Kylie. That would be the elder Miss Minogue’s new boyfriend, Andrés Velencoso. ‘She is incredible at choosing great people to be around, people that inspire her and she brings out the best in them,’ says Dannii. ‘Her life goal is to see other people smile. So it’s just great to see her have some playtime. I guess that’s a little bit scary when you’ve always been in the bubble of work and you’ve got a schedule telling you where you’re going, what you’re doing. But it’s great to see my sister carefree.’
The carefree time has been spent, recently, at home with Velencoso in Spain; Kylie is due to fly straight there after our interview. We’d been told not to ask about him but, well, we had to.
What’s so great about Andrés?
For once, our chirpy, fluttery hummingbird stays quiet. ‘What isn’t?’ she responds eventually, with a cat-that-got-the-crema smile. ‘That’s my answer. All I’ll say is that my year has started off wonderfully.’
To read the full interview and see Kylie’s exclusive ELLE photoshoot, buy the May issue of ELLE, on sale April 1st.
Kylie’s new perfume, Couture, is out now.

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TIMES might be tough for pop princess Kylie Minogue, who stocked up on clothes at a Salvation Army store in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.

The style queen took recession dressing to new levels after spending less than $40 on two dresses, a hat and skirt in Camberwell.

Store manager Natasha Scott said the songstress was shopping with a girlfriend and trying her best to hide from the limelight.

"She was hiding under a hat and had the trademark big sunglasses on, but she still looked great," Scott said.

"She looked happy as she browsed around before buying a couple of summery dresses, a trendy little hat with a peak and a skirt. All up, she spent under $40."

It is not the first time Minogue has been seen shopping on the cheap in Melbourne.

In early 2006, the pop star was seen at vintage clothing store Shag on Brunswick St.

The diminutive singer was so thrifty she put some inexpensive retro items on hold before heading back to buy them later in the week.

The pop star has been holidaying around Australia with current squeeze Spanish model Andres Velencoso and spending time at her parents' Canterbury pad since arriving Down Under to attend the Sound Relief bushfire appeal concert last month.

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