Summer 2019 was the second festival tour by Australian recording artist

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, in support of her greatest hits album, '' Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection'' (2019). The tour commenced on 20 June 2019 in

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at the

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, and ended at the Latin American Memorial in

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in 7 March 2020.

Background

The tour was first announced on 12 November 2018, during the European leg of her

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, with Minogue posting a photo of the dates on her social media sites. Over the course of the following months, a further eight dates were added to the tour, including her performance at the 'legend slot' at

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Critical reception

For the opening night of the tour in Hampton Court Palace, Thomas Hobbs from the ''

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'' gave the show four stars out of five, calling the show "the perfect warm-up for her Sunday evening legends slot", stating that Minogue was "unapologetically cheesy" but "so endearing". He also picked out the mashup of " Slow" and Bowie's "

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" as a highlight of the show. Laura Snapes from ''

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'' gave the Glastonbury show a five-star review, complimenting Minogue on managing a "seemingly impossible combination of sincerity and camp, pop perfection and pure emotion". She went on to applaud her set list and showmanship as "absolutely phenomenal" and concluded saying, "Never mind the legends slot; next stop, headliner." Dan Stubbs from

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praised the show for being "subtly subversive" and concluded that her Glastonbury debut was "worth the wait". Similarly, Anna Leszkiewicz from ''

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'' gave the show a positive review. Leszkiewicz praised that Minogue "has never been one to shy away from her brand of school disco pop", yet criticised that she sometimes "veered into self-parody" during the show. Minogue's performance was the most watched Glastonbury performance in history, peaking with 3.9 million viewers.

Setlist

This set list is representative of the 23 June 2019 show in Blenheim. It does not represent all dates of the tour. Act 1: Ka-Pow # "

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I Should Be So Lucky "I Should Be So Lucky" is a 1987 song performed by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue from her debut studio album, ''Kylie (album), Kylie'' (1988). Released on 29 December 1987 by Mushroom Records and Pete Waterman Entertainment, P ...

" # "

On a Night Like This "On a Night Like This" is a song by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It was released on 11 September 2000 by Parlophone and Mushroom Records as the second single for her seventh studio album, ''Light Years'' (2000), and was distrib ...

" # "

Get Outta My Way "Get Outta My Way" is a song recorded by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue for her eleventh studio album ''Aphrodite'' (2010). "Get Outta My Way" was written and produced by Mich Hansen, Lucas Secon, Damon Sharpe, Peter Wallevik, Dan ...

" # "

What Do I Have to Do "What Do I Have to Do" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue from her third studio album, '' Rhythm of Love'' (1990). The song was written and produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Originally, the song was planned ...

" # " Never Too Late" Act 2: Berlin Electro Love #

" Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi" # "

Hand on Your Heart "Hand on Your Heart" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her second studio album, '' Enjoy Yourself'' (1989), and released as its lead single on 24 April 1989. Much like her previous releases up to ''Let's Get to It'' (1991), the ...

" # "

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" # " The One"' Act 3: The Summer In Avalon #

" Slow" # "

Confide in Me "Confide in Me" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her Kylie Minogue (album), self-titled fifth studio album (1994). It was released as the album's lead single on 29 August 1994 by Deconstruction Records, Deconstruction, Imago R ...

" # "

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Can't Get You Out of My Head "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album, ''Fever (Kylie Minogue album), Fever'' (2001). Parlophone, Parlophone Records released the song as the album's Single (music), ...

" Act 4: The Wedding Disco #

Especially for You "Especially for You" is a song performed by Australian recording artists Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan from Donovan's debut album, '' Ten Good Reasons'' (1989). The song was released as his album's second single on 28 November 1988 and was w ...

" # " Shocked" # "

Step Back in Time "Step Back in Time" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her third studio album, ''Rhythm of Love (Kylie Minogue album), Rhythm of Love'' (1990). It was released as the album's second single on 22 October 1990, and distributed by ...

" # "

Better the Devil You Know "Better the Devil You Know" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, taken from her third studio album ''Rhythm of Love (Kylie Minogue album), Rhythm of Love'' (1990). The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and was rel ...

" # "

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All the Lovers "All the Lovers" is a song recorded by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue for her eleventh studio album, ''Aphrodite (Kylie Minogue album), Aphrodite'' (2010). Parlophone released it on 11 June 2010 as the lead single from the album. ...

" Encore / The Final Stretch #

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Spinning Around "Spinning Around" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her seventh studio album, '' Light Years'' (2000). Written by Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi and Paula Abdul, the song was initially meant to be recorded by A ...

Notes

* On opening night, "Spinning Around" was performed before "Dancing", but the songs were swapped thereafter. * At the

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show, "Get Outta My Way", "What Do I Have to Do", "Never Too Late", "In Your Eyes" and "The One" were not performed. Minogue performed "

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" with

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after "Hand on Your Heart", and was joined by

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lead singer

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to perform "Can't Get You Out of My Head". *At the

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performance, Minogue added "

Your Disco Needs You "Your Disco Needs You" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue, taken from her seventh studio album ''Light Years (Kylie Minogue album), Light Years'' (2000). The song was written by Minogue, Guy Chambers and Robbie Williams ...

" replacing The Locomotion before "All the Lovers". *At the Dubai concert Minogue added " Wow" to the setlist, replacing "

", while "What Do I Have to Do", "Never Too Late" and "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" were also not performed. "Get Outta My Way" was moved to where "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" was originally performed in the set. "Especially for You" was also moved, being performed after "The Loco-Motion", with "Shocked" opening the fourth act instead. Additionally, the "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" performance was altered, with the acoustic version being dropped in favor of an the original version. * The São Paulo concert followed the same setlist as Dubai, with some specific changes. Minogue performed " In My Arms" right after "On A Night Like This", as a nod to the

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show in the same city. Additionally, snippets of both "

" and "

Come Into My World "Come into My World" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album ''Fever (Kylie Minogue album), Fever'' (2001). Written and produced by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis (musician), Rob Davis, it is a dance-pop so ...

" were performed impromptu due to fans requesting them while "Especially for You" was dropped from the setlist.

Shows

Notes

References

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