Kylie's all conquering, first ever live concert tour of North America was a huge hit with fans and critics alike. Read some of the fantastic reviews!
What the papers said – New York:
The concert (was) efficient, clobbering, expensive, generous, drenched in film and costumes and dancing - close to an alternate reality... Champion stagecraft too.. (last night’s show) was a stadiumshow intelligently compressed for 3,500 people, and that was why it worked.
NEW YORK TIMES – Wednesday 14th October 2009 - USA
Houston, we have a problem. Kylie Minogue isn't coming anywhere near Texas... It was, in a word, SUPERPOPGLITTERGOODNESS. The songs were fantastic. The crowd was crazy. The dancers were hot. The music she was playing really blew my mind.
HOUSTON CHRONICLE - Tuesday 13th October 2009 - USA
To be unique – and I mean one-of-a-kind, untouchable, line-walkingly individual – is no small feat in the continually proliferating music scene. But, Kylie Minogue is impossible to duplicate. You just can't get her outta of your heads... Minogue is a pop sensation
MARTINIBOYS.COM –Tuesday 13th October 2009 - USA
Last night's show at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom was a two-hour post-disco fantasia of strobe, bass,and glitter—an all-out spectacle worthy of her American fans' pent-up adoration. Barreling through her sizable songbook, Kylie stepped into a cast of personae... each with its own over-the-top costume
and set decor. Seven jumbo screens pulsed background images for each number. The crowd... roared their approval, a warm NYC welcome twenty years in the making. It would be a shame to make them wait that long again.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY – Monday 12th October 2009 - USA
What the papers said – Toronto:
Minogue show out of this world .. the 41-year-old Australian singer didn't disappoint (with) glamorous, sexy costumes (courtesy of Jean-Paul Gaultier); flashy, futuristic show design; and clear, high voice... the blonde bombshell clearly knows how to command a stage... (she) opened the two-hour evening spectacularly, descending from above while perched on top of a glowing red skull while singing Light Years... it was pretty much non-stop action in terms of constant costume changes (I lost count after six); ever-changing, slick-looking video with the emphasis on Minogue’s fetching face and form...
TORONTO SUN – Saturday 10th October 2009 - USA
A shivering and uninitiated Toronto crowd was treated to over two hours of pounding dance-floor magic from the international pop star, sex symbol, high-profile cancer survivor and greatest Australian export... Let it be said that Kylie knows how to make an entrance,... we had collectively entered a
galaxy far, far away where Kylie Minogue was both queen of everything and congenial air hostess. The show was everything that every solid pop spectacle should be. There were lasers. There were countless costume changes. There were beefy back-up dancers wearing next to nothing. And there was so much glitter... Even if you take away all of the lasers and glitter and dry ice, a highly compelling performer remains.
EXCLAIM.CA – Saturday 10th October 2009
What the papers said – Los Angeles:
QUEEN OF POP: Kylie
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles... it's one big party! From the second she descends on stage via a huge metal skull to her final bows, she proves that her
first US tour was long overdue... she showed her excited audience just what they'd been missing. Note-perfect live vocals, unceasingly energetic dance routines, countless show-stopping costume changes and endearing between-song banter means a show well worth the wait... The crowd (went) ballistic... A slowed-down bar-room version of I Should Be So Lucky in the encore raises huge cheers before Love At First Sight closes a perfect show. How the Yanks haven't taken Kylie to their hearts before is a mystery, as this performance is on a par with the best a young Madonna or even a sane Britney could ever offer. Keep spinning around, Kyles -on a night like this, you proved why you're the queen of pop.
NEWS OF THE WORLD – Sunday 11th October 2009 - UK
For her first ever Los Angeles show at the Hollywood Bowl, the pop diva (gave an)... eye-popping, hitsfilledrun through (her) career that was replete with numerous costume changes, massive digital screens, dazzling laser displays and a hard working fog machine. Let's be clear - this wasn't a lipsyncing
showcase. Minogue sang live and was in fine voice throughout her set... Minogue had the audience eating out of her petite hands.
BILLBOARD – Tuesday 6th October – USA
A down-to-earth Kylie Minogue. Yes, there was spacey excess, but it was her warm, eager-to-please stage presence that gave the show lift-off... Minogue managed Sunday to give her carefully calibrated arena-pop moves an uncommon degree of human warmth.
L.A. TIMES – Tuesday 6th October – USA
Kylie Minogue Conquers America!
Kylie Kills It: Kylie Minogue brought... a phenomenal almost two-hour set that included all of her hits and even a song off her upcoming eleventh album – and ummm, Britney, Janet, Ashlee and Heidi – she did it without lip-synching.
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HOLLYWOOD.com – Monday 5th October – USA
Kylie Minogue proves big hit in L.A. (with her)... sell-out show at the Hollywood Bowl... Fans were enthusiastic about the two-hour, fast-paced performance... "The energy is so incredible. Everyone's dancing the whole time", said concertgoer Billy Folchetti. "Her outfits were incredible. It was
absolutely an all-around fabulous show."
ITN.com – Monday 5th October – USA
... an impressively maximalist display of showmanship that satisfied her rabid, long-neglected fans... Minogue is a lovely and graceful presence, gently commanding the stage.
VARIETY – Monday 5th October – USA
What the papers said – Las Vegas:
Kylie Minogue's pop spectacle worth the (22-year) wait.
... her stateside fans were ecstatic to have her finally grace this country... New song "Better Than Today", debuting on this tour, fit seamlessly in with the catchy, impeccably crafted songs that Minogue has reliably delivered over the past two decades... on this night Minogue validated her superstar status
LAS VEGAS WEEKLY – Sunday 4th October – USA
What the papers said - San Francisco:
The energy there was so special and the show was... all about the fans... I am a hardcore Kylie fan and... I could not stop smiling in that show .. it was so fabulous. ...it was a live singing spectacular... all I can say is it was so amazing I am so happy that I was able to see her in America in one of the first
shows she’s ever done here... and if we are lucky she'll come back... this is her best tour ever, because it really is getting all of the best elements from all of her best shows and putting (them together in oneshow)... Amazing!!
PEREZ HILTON – Friday 2nd October – USA
In tears!!!! Such a beautiful night!!!!! Dreams come true... I love music so much, as you all know. And I LOVE Kylie and her tunes. So happy right now! Heaven!... I haven't been this happy in so long! Viva la Minogue!!!!!! ... I worship Madonna, BUT... I honestly have loved this Kylie show soooo much
more than M's last tour. This is all about the fans. Hits!... Show!
PEREZ HILTON'S TWITTER – Thursday 1st October – USA
Minogue's spectacle never relented once... (she) radiates a bliss that can't be bought. Even in the midst of painstaking choreography, her sense of ecstasy is utterly of the moment. When a throng of exceptionally organized fans sent a wave of Mylar pillows unexpectedly bouncing toward the stage during "Wow", she registered astonishment but without missing a beat grabbed a pillow and twirled
around the stage as if she’d just been handed a tremendous present. It takes a special kind of star to accommodate and make the most of an unplanned special effect, and Minogue is effortlessly, exactly that. Comments... Thank you for capturing her stage presence and for pointing out that she truly is
connected and grateful to her audience. I was overcome with tears at the show - 22 years is a long time to catch a glimpse of perfection!!
ROLLINGSTONE.com – Thursday 1st October – USA
"Kylie, Kylie, Kylie!" shrieked the ecstatic crowd on September 30 as Kylie Minogue, riding a gigantic gold skull, descended to the stage to start what was the beginning of her very first US tour. From the stunning laser show to her edgy geometric costume, Kylie awed her fans with her energy and hot dance moves... It's inspiring to see someone in her 40s be so sexy and confident on stage. You go, Kylie! Take on the US - you'll have no problem winning over every last one of us!’
SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN - Thursday 1st October 2009 - USA
This was easily the best show I've seen at The Fox in Oakland, and may be the best for some time. Kylie Minogue is a great performer, and the entire show is so much bigger than the room, it can blow away anyone who might come into contact with it. I’m glad to have been there, ... go for it. You won’t
be disappointed.
SPINNING PLATTERS - Thursday 1st October 2009 - USA
"It was nothing short of gigantic, an over-the-top spectacle that featured enormous props, a killer laser-light show, wild theatrical elements, artfully choreographed dance routines and a Cher-worthy closet full of pricey costumes. It was a stadium-sized event, put on for the 2,800 people who turned out
at the Fox Theater in Oakland."
OAKLAND TRIBUNE - Thursday 1st October 2009 – USA
"The Aussie singer... proved why she's a pop icon at the first gig of her north American tour last night... One fan, speaking outside the Fox Theater in California, exclaimed: "We're so excited. "We've been waiting millions of years!"
DAILY STAR – Thursday 1st October – UK
"Kylie Minogue looked truly out of this world as she kicked off her US tour last night in an array of cosmic costumes. The pop star showed off her incredible figure at the opening night of her For You,For Me tour in Oakland, California. Also known as KylieUSA2009, it was the singer's live North
American debut and it seems she pulled out all the stops."
DAILY MIRROR – Thursday 1st October – UK
"Kylie Minogue looks out of this world in a silver space-suit style outfit. The Aussie pop princess was kicking off her tour in America and was on top form."
THE SUN – Thursday 1st October – UK