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. The tour comprised six shows in Europe, commencing on 12 June in

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and finishing on 18 July in

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Background

"Kylie Summer 2015" was a series of shows present by Kylie during the 2015 summer at the northern hemisphere. Was a reworked version of the previous tour", which included a revamped setlist with new songs, new costumes, and new screen visuals. To announces the tour,Kylie shared the poster on social media platforms including

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days before her first show.

Synopsis

The show began with the video introduction of " Breathe", as used in the Kiss Me Once Tour. Minogue then appears on the same pair of lips from behind the dancers and sings "

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". After this she goes on to sing " In My Arms" which was followed with a performance of the KylieX2008 and

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version of "

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". Minogue then quickly addressed the audience, and closed the first section with the Kiss Me Once Tour remix of " Wow". The Bauhaus Disco act commences with the same intro and remix of "

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",used at the Kiss Me Once Tour, followed by the same remixes of "

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", "

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" and "

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", where Minogue wore a red sequined dress with matching boots, along with the collar and tie used for this section in the Kiss Me Once Tour. After this, Minogue went on to perform a cover of

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' "

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" which was followed with performances of "

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" and "

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". Minogue then took requests from the audience before singing the first verse and chorus of "

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" accompanied by a live drum beat. At Hyde Park, Minogue invited the audience to sing the whole song while she was carried round the audience on dancers' shoulders, before going on to sing "

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", and closing the section with "

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". The Showgirl 2015 act starts and used the same version of "

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", but has a shortened intro; Minogue wore a gold jumpsuit with matching shoes. Minogue then went on to sing the Kiss Me Once Tour version of "

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" before performing her 1992 version of Kool & Gang song " Celebration". Minogue then addressed the audience and closed the main body of the show with "

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". Minogue then performed a one-song encore of " Into the Blue" to close the show. This was the only song from ''

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'' featured in the set list.

Critical reception

The tour received positive reviews from most critics. Following her show at

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, Tom Belger of the ''

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'' gave the show 4 stars, saying it was a "triumphant return to

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". He commented that Minogue's costume "looked a lot like

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, but it's hard to blame her for mixing things up on a seemingly endless tour." Ashley Percival of ''

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'' said that Minogue's

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show was "the

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set that never was". He gave the show 5 stars, stating that "Kylie proved that you can't keep a disco diva down" following "a tumultuous few years ..after signing up to

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following the split from her manager of 25 years in late 2013". He concluded his review by saying hopefully "

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has already been on the blower for a headline slot at Glasto 2016". Caroline Sullivan of ''

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'' also gave the same concert 5 stars, saying Minogue and "her set reinforces her status as dancepop's greatest poppet". Pierre Perrone of ''

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'' was slightly more critical of the concert, giving it 3 stars, stating that "

didn't quite make the leap to outdoor headliner status".

Commercial performance

All 22,000 tickets for Minogue's performance on 19 June 2015 in Suffolk were sold out in a record-breaking 30 minutes.

Setlist

#"Video Sequence" #"

" #" In My Arms" #"

" #" Wow" #"Video Sequence" #"

" #"

" #" Celebration" #"

" ;Encore #

" Into the Blue"

Show dates

;Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Notes

References

{{Kylie Minogue 2015 concert tours Kylie Minogue concert tours