You, dear reader, are given the chance to vote in 17 categories from October this year to tell us your favourite theatre, music, TV, film and podcast of 2025.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN?: Monday 26 May 2025, tour runs through 26 August 2025
Setlist: Lights Camera Action; In Your Eyes; Get Outta My Way; What Do I Have To Do?; Come Into My World; Good As Gone; Spinning Around; On A Night Like This; Last Night I Dreamt I Fell In Love; Better The Devil You Know; Shocked; Things We Do For Love; Dancing; The Locomotion; Hold On To Now; Never Too Late; What Kind Of Fool?; I Should Be So Lucky; Where The Wild Roses Grow; Say Something; Supernova/Real Groove/Magic/Where Does The DJ Go?; Confide In Me; Slow; Timebomb; Edge Of Saturday Night; Tension; Can’t Get You Out Of My Head; All The Lovers; Padam Padam; Love At First Sight
Kylie has been releasing music for almost as long as we’ve been listening to pop and tonight we marvel at the consistency of her hits over 5 decades as well as the showgirl pizzazz with which she performs them.
Ms Minogue’s Tension show arrives in London for 4 gigs at The 02 this and next month as part of a world tour which runs through 26 August 2025. Tickets We 1st saw her live on the Enjoy Yourself tour at London’s now-no-more London Arena in 1990 and have seen her since at the old Wembley Arena, Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, new Wembley Arena and many times at The 02 – but not since 2014. Our review
It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2024? Over the next 2 months we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our Oscars, or 10th annual monstas if you will, of 2024.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
TRACKLIST: Lights Camera Action; Taboo; Someone For Me; Good As Gone; Kiss Bang Bang; Diamonds; Hello; Dance To The Music; Should’ve Left Ya; Edge Of Saturday Night; My Oh My; Midnight Ride; Dance Alone
Minogue’s purple patch continues with this 17th album a mere 12 months after its predecessor perpetuating the Tension-era vibe of electronic dance music with a very commercial edge.
It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2024? Over the next 2 months we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our Oscars, or 10th annual monstas if you will, of 2024.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
The vibe is 90s Brothers In Rhythm uptempo house served with some block-rockin’ beats courtesy of The Blessed Madonna and Kylie is having an absolute ball explaining were it necessary: ‘Monday doesn’t matter at all’.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
‘When you asked: ‘What’s your name, what’s your sign?’ ‘I’m Kylie, it’s Gemini.’ ‘What’s your drink, let me buy.’ ‘You had me when you said: ‘Hi!’ ‘Hi!’
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
TRACKLIST: Padam Padam; Hold On To Now; Things We Do For Love; Tension; One More Time; You Still Get Me High; Hands; Green Light; Vegas High; 10 Out Of 10; Story
There were 18 months between the 1st time we saw Kylie live on the Enjoy Yourself tour at the now-no-more London Arena in Docklands in 1990 and the 2nd on the Let’s Get To It tour at the old Wembley Arena.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
The title track from Kylie’s 16th album out 22 September proves Padam Padam, a song of the week for us in May and Ms Minogue’s biggest UK hit for 13 years, was no flash in the pan.
