On a Night Like This (concert tour) explained

Concert Tour Name:On a Night Like This
Location:Europe • Oceania
Album:Light Years
Start Date:3 March 2001
End Date:15 May 2001
Artist:Kylie Minogue
Number Of Legs:2
Last Tour:Intimate and Live
(1998)
This Tour:On a Night Like This
(2001)
Next Tour:KylieFever2002
(2002)

On a Night Like This was the sixth concert tour by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, in support of her seventh studio album, Light Years (2000). The tour consisted of a European leg and Australian leg, beginning on 3 March 2001 at the Clyde Auditorium, in Glasgow, Scotland, and concluding back in Australia on 15 May 2001 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. With both legs of the tour consisting of 23 shows, respectively, Kylie was among the most successful Australian touring artists.

After the success of her performances at the 2000 Sydney Olympics' closing ceremonies and during the opening ceremony of the Paralympics, days later, Minogue's team announced details of the planned tour. Tickets went on sale in November of 2000, with a demand that established her as one of the most popular live acts at the time. However, the tour began somewhat problematically, when opening night at the RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland, on 1 March 2001, was cancelled due to air traffic control restrictions.

Background

Minogue was inspired by the style of Broadway shows such as 42nd Street and films such as Anchors Aweigh, South Pacific and the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals of the 1930s. Describing Bette Midler as a "heroine", she also incorporated some of the "camp and burlesque" elements of Midler's live performances. The show directed and choreographed by Luca Tommassini featured elaborate backdrops, such as the deck of an ocean liner, an Art Deco New York City skyline, and the interior of a space ship. Minogue was praised for her new material and her reinterpretations of some of her greatest successes, turning "I Should Be So Lucky" into a torch song and "Better the Devil You Know" into a 1940s big band number.

Opening act

Setlist

The following set list is obtained from the 11 May 2001 show in Sydney, Australia. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.Act 1: Loveboat

  1. "Loveboat"
  2. "Koocachoo"
  3. "Hand on Your Heart"
  4. "Put Yourself in My Place"

Act 2: Revue

  1. "On a Night Like This"
  2. "Step Back in Time" / "Never Too Late" / "Wouldn't Change a Thing" / "Turn It into Love" / "Celebration"
  3. "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
  4. "Your Disco Needs You"

Act 3: Broadway Swing

  1. "I Should Be So Lucky"
  2. "Better the Devil You Know"
  3. "So Now Goodbye"

Act 4: Club

  1. "Physical"
  2. "Butterfly"
  3. "Confide in Me" / "Did It Again"
  4. "Kids"
  5. "Shocked"

Act 5: Space Odyssey

  1. "Light Years"
  2. "What Do I Have to Do"

Encore

  1. "Spinning Around"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
3 March 2001GlasgowScotlandClyde Auditorium
4 March 2001
5 March 2001
7 March 2001ManchesterEnglandManchester Apollo
8 March 2001
9 March 2001
10 March 2001
12 March 2001BrightonBrighton Centre
13 March 2001
14 March 2001CardiffWalesCardiff International Arena
15 March 2001BournemouthEnglandWindsor Hall
17 March 2001LondonHammersmith Apollo
18 March 2001
19 March 2001
20 March 2001
23 March 2001CopenhagenDenmarkVega Musikkens Hus
25 March 2001BerlinGermanyColumbiahalle
26 March 2001HamburgGroße Freiheit 36
27 March 2001CologneE-Werk
28 March 2001ParisFranceBataclan
30 March 2001LondonEnglandHammersmith Apollo
31 March 2001
1 April 2001
Oceania
14 April 2001BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment Centre
16 April 2001SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
17 April 2001
18 April 2001
19 April 2001
21 April 2001HobartDerwent Entertainment Centre
23 April 2001MelbourneRod Laver Arena
24 April 2001
25 April 2001AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre
26 April 2001
28 April 2001PerthPerth Entertainment Centre
30 April 2001
3 May 2001MelbourneRod Laver Arena
5 May 2001
6 May 2001
7 May 2001
9 May 2001SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
10 May 2001
11 May 2001
12 May 2001
13 May 2001
14 May 2001
15 May 2001

Broadcasts and recordings

See main article: Live in Sydney. Minogue's performance in Sydney, Australia, on 11 May 2001 was filmed for DVD entitled, Live in Sydney. The DVD was released on 1 October 2001[1] in the UK and 15 October 2001[2] in Australia.

The DVD features exclusive backstage footage of the concert, including a look into the dancers' dressing rooms and a prank played on Kylie during the show entitled 'Will Kylie Crack'. The prank consists of stage personnel doing random things below the stage where Kylie can see them when she turns to look at the backdrop during "So Now Goodbye".

Personnel

Musicians

Dancers

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00005NMYY Kylie: Live in Sydney Amazon UK Listing
  2. http://www.warnermusic.com.au/product,w_prod,0927405532AU