VipMedia Goes Live.../Kylie
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The massive screens were of course stunning and they took the show to whole another level. Especially in the scenes like the intro of the show. And when "Speakerphone" starts to play, Kylie appears hanging up in this huge ball in the middle of the stage, moving closer to the crowd between the screens that move away from Kylie. Just amaizing, just gives you shivers!Quickly you see that this is it, Kylie takes you this ride of diffirent styles, mixing up fashion and music in this amaizing stage thing but being vocally flawless. It was one thing I was bit conserned before the show, because after few bit off-key performances and barely breathless 3-minute promotions on TV, her vocals were not the thing that just seemed the strongest feature of the show. BUT after seeing the show, Kylie is stronger than ever performing the songs with amaizing vocals, catching the notes and singing all the long high notes perfectly.
After such hits like "Can't get you outta my Head", it was back on the new "X"-tracks. She quickly transformed in to this cheerleader-girl, that makes us totally forget how she has actually aged, and is not the young princess that appears on stage, more flexible than ever. Songs like "Wow", make the impact on crowd. It sounds amaizing performed live. And who would now remember that I disliked the song, back when it was single in UK. It's pretty safe to say that apart the thing that it is a grower, it is catchy piece of Pop.
As the 3rd part of the show, She re-appeared on the stage hanging again up there on a giant, shimmering skull in this red eye-catching dress performing sensually her new hit that has started playing in finnish radio stations, "Like a Drug". The performance of the track is something that I can remember guite well from the show, one of the best moments from the show. Some songs that have been my favourites from her all along, really hit me again with this tour. "Slow" was so electric and stunning to hear again. "2 Hearts", also the song that got me disappointed at the start of the "x"-era has grown alot on me, and is definately best moments of the album and worked well performed live.
4th act of the show, officially called "Black Versus White" started with "On a Night Like This", that is one of the best songs from her definately, and it was pleasant surprise that it was kept as poppy, disco-track that it was back in 2000. It was amaizing to see her singing those long tones from the song live. On her own words, WOW. "Your Disco Needs You" was of course taken with huge cheers, as the biggest part of the audience was gay-men and the song is considered as Gay-anthem of hers due it's campness. I Never have liked it much before, but it worked well as tour version, it's very eurovision-type of a song really. "Kids" was nice song also being performed, one of my favourites. Of course, it doesn't sound that good with Robbie not being part of it but anyway.
"In My Arms" was one of the songs I wanted to hear how it works in tour. I remember that I haven't really liked any of the performances seen from the song. It's highly electric track and hard to sing live. But she worked it. Good performance, especially with the video screens showing outtakes from the video. Pretty iconic for the album. I loved the song when it came out, and I still love it.Only part of the show, that I thought was bit useless, was the "Loveboat/cabaree"-theme that was bit boring to me really. Almost all of the songs were not her song's and it took part of the enjoyment. I would've added more of her older tracks from previous records to the set instead. Especially few of my favourites, "Red Blooded Woman", "Confide In Me" and "Breathe" Could've been awsome as Tour versions, tide in to some sort of theme.
"Naughty Manga Girl"-act was definately one of the most fashion meets music-type of performances on the show. She looked stunning and everything on the set, Samurais entering the set, Dancers dropping to the stages on red strings and beautiful japanese set looked amaizing! Kylie entered the stage, from the pyramid that opened in after the intro. "Come Into My World" performed as Fischerspooner Remix was AMAIZING! It was right choise for a version performed. It has got to be the best remix of any song I have ever heard, apart from Melanie C "I turn To You (Hex Hector's Radio Mix)". Electric, sexy and everything that Kylie is. Wow. Just another amaizing part of a show."Nu-di-ty" was propably one of the songs that was the hardest to get excited for. It is odd and apart from the verses that are electric and catchy, the song has almost no appeal. Still, the performance was robotic and sexual. But she kept her clothes on with this tour, You can't say the same from Madonna.
She also had the part of the show where she just performed ballads in this beautiful blue gawn. Stage was dark, just these amaizing lights made the scene even more beautiful around her. I Loved especially overwhealmingly beautiful ballad-version of "I Believe In You". She sure CAN sing live. After perfoming songs like "I Should be So Lucky" in her encore, people still couldn't get enough from her. She laughed alot when the crowd screamed loudly for her to stay, when she was planning to close the night and thank the audience again. She was overwhealmed from the crowd and their love showing to her, she just couldn't leave.There Happened a little conversation between the crowd and Kylie. After being generally surprised, she joked, "Don't You guys have homes to go to?".
Crowd: No!
Kylie: So you decided to camp in here?
Crowd: Yes!
Kylie: You know, I'll be there in the back (Showing the backstage)
She then had no choise but to continue the show by saying: "Well, Usually that was supposed to be the last song of the night but..." and she decided to sing acoustic version from her US-Single "All I See". I also have small video from the acoustic version of "All I See".
Generally, the show was 2nd best I have ever seen and propably the biggest show yet seen in Finland and will be seen in long time! And I'm counting Gwen Stefani's gig last year and expensive Celine Dion-gig that was just few days ago. Kylie was definately Wow, and so much more than I expected and made me bigger fan of hers. She was genuine, nice and interaction with the audience was real. Stage and everything visual was very classy and well done and the show was just amaizing. Also, it was mentioned somewhere that it is her most expensive Tour to date. Amaizing, huh?












