| Tour by Kylie Minogue | |
 Promotional poster for the tour | |
| Location | Europe |
|---|---|
| Associated album | Ultimate Kylie |
| Start date | 19 March 2005 |
| End date | 7 May 2005 |
| Legs | 1 |
| No. of shows | 37 |
| Box office | US$19.97 million (23 reported shows) |
| Kylie Minogue concert chronology | |
Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour was the eighth concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was launched in support of her second major greatest hits compilation, Ultimate Kylie (2004) and visited Europe. It began on 19 March 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland at SECC Concert Hall 4 and concluded on 7 May 2005 in London, England at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The tour was announced on 24 October 2004, promoted by 3A Entertainment in Europe and Frontier Touring in Asia and Australia. Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour was intended to be a celebration of both Minogue's career and long-term relationship with her audience.
Eight distinct sections divided the tour; Showgirl, Smiley Kylie, Denial, What Kylie Wants, Kylie Gets, Dreams, Kyliesque, Minx in Space and an encore. It featured costumes from designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Julien Macdonald, as well as the iconic showgirl costume designed by John Galliano. The tour also featured an Art Deco-inspired stage costing £1,000,000.[1] The set list consisted of Minogue's greatest hits along with the singles from Ultimate Kylie.
The tour was also commercially successful. The shows in the United Kingdom sold out in two hours and went on to gross nearly $20 million. In Europe, 339,105 tickets were sold in total. The tour also placed 46th on Pollstar's 2005 "Top 100 Worldwide Tours" at the conclusion of the year.[2][3] Footage from the 6 May show in London was also filmed for television broadcast and DVD release. It was released on DVD in November 2005, titled Showgirl. The following month, a live album of the same name was released, featuring eight songs from the show.
Twenty shows in Australia and three shows in Asia were originally scheduled for the tour. Following the conclusion of the European leg, Minogue travelled to Australia to continue the tour, where she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The remainder of the tour, including a headlining slot at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival, was consequently cancelled. The shows in Australia were rescheduled and 14 additional shows in the United Kingdom were added following Minogue's recovery. The tour resumed in November 2006, renamed Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour, with a revised set list and new costumes to accommodate her medical state.[4][5]
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- ^ "Year End Top 100 Worldwide Ticket Tour Sales" (PDF). Pollstar. 16 January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Sams, Christine (12 November 2006). "Feathered Kylie's fans tickled pink". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
- ^ Corder, Mike (17 May 2005). "Kylie Minogue Has Breast Cancer". CBS. Retrieved 9 May 2008.