Kylie Minogue announces extra shows for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane

By Meg Watson

Updated September 26, 2024 — 5.52am

Kylie Minogue has announced a slew of extra dates for her upcoming Australian tour, with fans in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane set to have another chance to see the pop princess.

The new shows include a third and final Melbourne Rod Laver Arena show on Saturday, 22 February, a second Brisbane Entertainment Centre show on Thursday, 27 February and a third and final Sydney Qudos Bank Arena show on Monday, 3 March.

The 10-date Tension tour sees Kylie Minogue is embarking on her biggest global tour in 14 years from February 2025 – and Australia is the first stop.

Kylie Minogue will play two shows each in Sydney and Melbourne.Credit: Erik Melvin

Minogue’s Tension Tour will hit Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, and finally feature performances of work from her 2023 hit album of the same name. She will also unleash live tracks from Tension II, an upcoming collection of 13 songs (nine new). The album, set for release on October 18, will delve even further into the electronic space and is billed as being “packed full of dance floor anthems”. The lead single, Lights Camera Action, will drop on September 27.

“I can’t wait to share beautiful and wild moments with fans all over the world, celebrating the Tension era and more!” Minogue said. “It’s been an exhilarating ride so far.”

Sparked by the viral success of her electro-pop single Padam Padam last year, Minogue has enjoyed an incredible resurgence. The 56-year-old icon energised long-time fans and gained a new generation of followers as the track became the hottest thing on TikTok. It climbed the global charts and picked up an ARIA for best pop release, her first ARIA Award since 2002. The track also earned a Grammy Award for best pop dance recording. Tension followed, hitting No.1 on the album charts in Australia and the UK.

Since then, Minogue has been living it up overseas with a first Las Vegas residency, performing at WeHo Pride in the US, headlining London’s BST Hyde Park festival and collaborating with international acts including the Blessed Madonna, Orville Peck, Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo, plus local legend Sia.

Minogue was also honoured with the global icon award at the BRITs and celebrated by doing a shoey during the ceremony. But, though Sydneysiders enjoyed a great headline performance at WorldPride in 2023, Australian fans haven’t had the chance to get in on the Padam Padam party.

Minogue was booked to play this year’s Splendour in the Grass – a move our music writer Robert Moran called “the smartest decision the organisers have ever made” – but the festival was cancelled soon after.

Strongly teased ever since, the Tension Tour will be Minogue’s first home run of shows since 2019 (supporting her country pivot, Golden) and her biggest global tour since 2011’s Aphrodite Les Folies (which spent three months in Europe before heading to the US, Asia, Australia and South Africa).

After Australia, the tour is so far locked in for Asia and the UK with further destinations still to be announced. Ticket presales will begin on September 24, with general tickets going on sale October 2.