I normally bitch about the punters around me but not tonight. Everyone was lovely. Even after the interval, when the young people thought they would make their way to the front only to encounter the dividing barrier - for a golden circle that was less than packed - they didn't make a fuss and edged back again.
Ms. Minogue was on top form. With another chart-topping album under her cowgirl belt, she wowed us with hit after hit, taking us from 50's America, through the rebellious sixties, onto the disco floors of 70's Studio 54 and then right up to now.
The choreography was classy without being too showy, the huge screens were used superbly to convey desert vistas, pool hall bars, shadowy forests and display specially shot videos to complement the stage performance; the lighting was amazing and the staging used the walkway and front stage to good effect, bringing her closer to everyone. When the show finished, the noise from the crowd was the loudest I've ever heard at the Hydro.
What a night. She's a special girl.
Setlist
Act I: Desert Sunrise
Golden
Get Outta My Way
Better the Devil You Know
Act II: The High and Dry
Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett song)
(Interlude)
Confide in Me
I Believe in You
Where the Wild Roses Grow (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds cover) (Snippet)
In Your Eyes
A Lifetime to Repair
Act III: Nothing Behind Me, Everything Ahead of Me
Shelby '68
Radio On
Wow
Can't Get You Out of My Head (Contains elements of "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac)
Act IV: At the Biker Rally
Slow (Contains elements of "Being Boiled" by The Human League)
Kids (Robbie Williams cover)
The One
Stop Me From Falling
Act V: At the Picnic after the Biker Rally
Wouldn't Change a Thing
I'll Still Be Loving You
Especially for You (Jason Donovan cover)
Lost Without You
All the Lovers
Act VI: Studio 54
New York City / Raining Glitter / On a Night Like This
The Loco-Motion (Carole King cover) (Contains elements of "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer)
Spinning Around
Encore:
Love at First Sight
Dancing
