‘I am beyond excited’: Kylie Minogue announces biggest tour in a decade

Kylie Minogue has announced her biggest tour in a decade in support of her comeback album Tension.

Minogue’s tour, which has 20 dates with more “to be announced soon”, will begin in Australia, before heading to Bangkok to kickoff its Asia leg. On 16 May Minogue will reach the UK, where she will perform at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro indoor arena.

She will then appear in Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham and Birmingham, as well as two nights at the O2 in London.

The Australian star also announced her next studio album, Tension II, a sequel to her 2023 effort that produced the Grammy-winning hit Padam Padam. The album, which includes nine new tracks, will be released on 18 October.

In a statement, Minogue said: “I am beyond excited to announce the Tension tour 2025. I can’t wait to share beautiful and wild moments with fans all over the world, celebrating the Tension era and more.

“It’s been an exhilarating ride so far, and now get ready for your close up because I will be calling Lights, Camera, Action … and there will be a whole lot of Padaming.”

Last year, Tension became the Australian singer’s ninth number one album in the UK charts. Minogue this year took home the global icon award at the Brits and won the best pop dance recording Grammy for Padam Padam.

She also performed at the British Summer Time festival in Hyde Park in July, after becoming the first headliner at nightclub Voltaire, a venue at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, in November 2023.

Some fans on social media noted the Newcastle tour date and Eurovision fall on the same date, posing a tricky dilemma for some. Others expressed their excitement about seeing Minogue on stage.

One said on X: “OMG I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS AND TEARS IN MY EYES!!!!”. Another, who said they had been a fan of the singer since 1987 and “the Charlene days on Neighbours”, had never seen Minogue live but this time they are “making it happen”.

Tickets for her UK dates will go on general sale at 10am on Friday 27 September.