21st June 2002

Kylie enters the Eurochart at #6 this week with Love At First Sight as it also breaks into the Billboard Hot 100 at #95 and rises to #7 on the Billboard Dance chart, Kylie will be promoting the single over there in July before the Australian leg of the tour. In Australia Fever moves up to #5 on the album charts as Love At First Sight drops to #8 on its third week in the top ten. Kylie this week broke the record for the most amount of plays on the UK airplay chart despite losing the top spot to Elvis, she beat her own record made by Can't Get You Out Of My Head (3062 plays) with Love At First Sight (3116 plays). There are rumours that a Fever tour documentary is in production to be broadcast by the BBC over the next few months. We can confirm that BMG will be issuing a double CD of previously unreleased material and mixes of Kylie's Deconstruction material, currently the release date is penciled in for late November

18th June 2002

The Love At First Sight single debuts at #2 on the UK charts with sales of 80,000, behind the Elvis Presley hit remix of Little Less Conversation. Again the album rises back into the UK top ten at #9. On the airplay charts it spends another week at #1 with 2926 spins (104.77 million audience). In Australia the single drops to #5 but the album rises to #7 making it 5x platinum, her biggest selling album since her 1988 debut. Kylie Fever has truly gripped Melbourne and Sydney as the tickets for the Australian shows have gone on sale and most have the tickets have already sold out, there are a few left for the third dates at each venue. Many fans have camped out over night to get golden seat tickets, the frenzy has created media interest with many news programmes running the story. There are rumours that before the Australian leg of the tour starts that she will jet over to the US to perform Love At First Sight on the Jay Leno show. It looks likely that Come Into My World will now be the fourth and final release from Fever, JXL have already confirmed a remix of the track although it is yet to be approved. A Kylie Advent Calendar has been commissioned it will hit the shops in November in time for the Christmas countdown. 

13th June 2002

Kylie enters at #3 with Love At First Sight on the Australian charts behind Holly Valance and Eminem respectively. In the UK Kylie is expected to enter the charts at #2 with the single, the album is expected to climb to #8. Kylie wowed the crowds in Frankfurt last night as the Fever Tour carries on its assault around Europe, she even sang the German speech from Your Disco Needs You before bursting into Kids as a special treat for her German fans. The News Of The World have reports that Kylie will be writing a duet for herself and actress Nicole Kidman, the single will be apparently released during the Christmas period as part of the Baz Luhrmann duets album project. In the US Love At First Sight moves up from #21 to #12 on the Billboard Dance Charts as airplay across the Atlantic steadily increases. 

6th June 2002

Official dates have been announced for the Australian leg of the tour. There will be two shows in Melbourne at the Rod Laver venue starting on August 10th and one show on July 29th at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Tickets go on sale on June 17th, priced at $85 for normal seats or $140 for golden circle seats. The gap between the dates suggests that these three dates are the first of more that will be announced later in the month. On the UK airplay charts Love At First Sight climbs to #3 with 2163 plays (audience of 79.83m). James Gooding has spoken to Heat magazine and confirmed that he and Kylie are back together, but they are taking things slowly, best of luck to them both!!! Kylie has reportedly signed a three album deal extension to her record contract with Festival Mushroom in Australia.

1st June 2002

We can confirm that Kylie will take the spectacular Fever Tour to Australian shores before the end of the year. The Australian dates will only be in Sydney and Melbourne, the first performance of the twelve date Australian leg will be in Sydney on July 29th. This is the biggest tour Kylie has ever undertaken, and is not expected to be completed until September. The setlist for all territories will remain the same, the US shows will be slightly less complex regarding special effects etc. although there is the possibility that Kylie will play the Pride event in NYC on June 30th. Unfortunately, the Barcelona date in Spain has been cancelled due to a strike in the country, expect news on a rescheduled date soon.

Kylie's birthday bash on Wednesday made all the tabloids with the lady herself donning a white toga and looking elegant as ever! With the release of Love At First Sight looming, Kylie is facing tough competition from Holly Valance's debut, the two are undertaking a sales war and if Kylie wins she will make history by becoming the first artist in Australia to have three hits debuting at #1 from the same album. 

19th May 2002

Kylie has been nominated in the MTV Movie Awards for her cameo in Moulin Rouge. In the US Can't Get You Our Of My Head drops out of the Billboard Top 50 to #52 on its 18th week on the chart. As the single drops out of the top 50, another is released as the 12" and maxi cassette of Love At First Sight is issued on the June 3rd. At the computer aided design awards Can't Get You Out Of My Head won four awards for its video; Best Video, Best Pop Video, Best Cinematography, and Best Telecine In A Video. Kylie features on the front cover of Q Magazine this month. Good news for the album in both the UK and Australia as it rises to #8 and #20 respectively. Kylie will host the Ed Doolan show on WM radio in the Birmingham area next week, if you're in the locality check out 95.6FM all next week. Beverley Knight is the latest star to cover Can't Get You Out Of My Head, when she entertained the Shepherd's Bush Empire with a slow jam version of the #1 hit.

10th May 2002

Good news on the UK airplay charts, as Kylie has three songs in the top 75; Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head at #42, In Your Eyes at #43, and Love At First Sight at #67. Love At First Sight has now been A listed at Radio One and the radio release date for it has been set for June 4th in the US, although some stations have started its rotation early. On May 25th the UK will get a special documentary aired on ITV, named There Is Only One Kylie Minogue, it is rumoured to feature special interviews with Madonna, Prince and Janet Jackson. The tracklisting for the UK single release on June 10th is:

CD1 Love At First Sight/ Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head/ Baby/ (Video)

CD2 (Ruff And Jam Club Mix)/ (Twin Master Plan Mix)/ (The Scum Frog's Beauty And The Beast Vocal Edit)

12"  (Kid Creme Vocal Dub)/ Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head/ (The Scum Frog's Beauty And The Beast

      Vocal Mix)/ (The Scum Frog Acapella)

Australia's release will be on one maxi CD only priced at $14.95, the tracklisting is:

Love At First Sight/ Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head/ Baby/ (Ruff And Jam Club Mix)/ (Twin Master Plan Mix)/ (The Scum Frog's Beauty And The Beast Vocal Edit)

Australia will also get a DVD release with the single, its video, and the Ruff N Jam Lounge Mix included.

5th May 2002

Kylie has spoken to The Sun about her split from James Gooding earlier this week, here is what she had to say about the split:

"I am devastated. There have been a lot of tears, particularly today, and I’ve only just felt strong enough to talk about it. I’m numb. I cannot imagine him not being a part of my life. It’s been a real emotional rollercoaster. I’ve felt sick all day. I  feel I’ve been the one who’s been selfish. There hasn’t been any kind of confrontation between us. My career in the last year has just exploded and what has happened is I’ve become so dedicated to that. Unfortunately that has been to the detriment of our relationship."

The video for Love At First Sight has been serviced to all the major music channels. Using the original album version, Kylie runs around in a white vest and combats in a fresh, summery video. The Ruff 'N' Jam radio mix is starting to get played on WKTU in New York so things look like they will take off for her second single in the US. Kylie's 1998 concert in Sydney is being released on DVD, 'Intimate And Live' will be a multi-region DVD which will be released on 15th July on Mushroom in Australia. Meanwhile in the UK chart Fever climbs back into the top twenty at #16. 'Kylie-Naked', probably the best biography about Kylie so far, will hit the shops in the UK later this week.

3rd May 2002

Kylie has split from her partner of two and a half years James Gooding. The news has been plastered across every tabloid this morning with many reporting that it was Kylie that dumped him despite a statement issued by both of them saying it was an amicable mutual decision brought on by work commitments.

Parlophone have decided to make Love At First Sight a double A side with Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head, as the latter is getting greater airplay than Love At First Sight as it shoots up from #88 to #43 on the UK airplay charts. Love At First Sight is making excellent progress in clubland entering the Cool Cuts chart at #13. The release of Love At First Sight in Australia has been dropped from its May 13th slot, as yet a new date for its release has not materialised. 

Don't forget the live concert webcast at http://www.msn.co.uk/liveevents_kylie/default.asp starts on 4th May at 8.30pm GMT. Next week on Channel 5 is Kylie Week, every day at 17.25 there will be Kylie Jukebox where viewers get to vote for their favourite video, and then they will play a top ten at 17.25 on Saturday. Also on Saturday 11th May at 8pm they will broadcast Kylie: Spinning Around a documentary featuring interviews with Pete Waterman, Natalie Imbruglia, and Jason Donovan among others.

29th April 2002

Kylie opened her tour in spectacular style in Cardiff on Friday night, for all the latest information and reviews check out the tour news section. Love At First Sight is making spectacular progress in airplay terms, the single is already #25 on the Australian airplay charts two weeks ahead of its release, in Germany it is #11 on their FHH radio charts. The single has just been released in promo format in the form of a 1 track album version CD, and two 12" singles. The first 12" includes the Twin Masterplan Remix, the Ruff 'N' Jam Vocal 7" Mix, and the Ruff 'N' Jam Club Mix. The second 12" includes the Scumfrogs Beauty And The Beast Vocal, Scumfrogs Beauty And The Beast Dub and the Scumfrogs Beauty And The Beast Acapella. In Canada, the album climbs to #10, as In Your Eyes climbs back to #40 in the UK top forty.

25th April 2002

Love At First Sight has already been C-Listed at Radio One six weeks ahead of release and the Blue Monday mix of Can't Get You Out Of My Head is also getting significant radio exposure. In the US the album drops to #36 on the Billboard charts, sales of Fever there total 490,000 expect Platinum status soon. Kylie will gain more exposure in the US as unreleased song Whenever You Feel Like It has been chosen for inclusion on the Scooby Doo movie soundtrack, set for release on June 4th. In Canada In Your Eyes is #19 on the sales chart and #1 on the Muchmoremusic video request chart as the album shoots up to #10. As Kylie's tour kicks off tomorrow night in Cardiff it has been announced that the gig on 4th May at Manchester Evening News Arena will be webcast and also filmed for Video/DVD release, Robbie Williams is expected to make a guest appearance at the show. We can confirm there will be no tour edition release of Fever despite the chance to increase sales. Kylie was voted the most popular body in a poll for women to decide their most desired shape. 

19th April 2002

The release of 'Love At First Sight' has been put back another further week for release in the UK on June 10th. The mixes will be spread across two CD singles, where as in Australia only one CD will be issued on May 18th. The video for the single will be premiered on CD:UK on the 27th April, the video remix has been done by Ruff 'N' Jam.  'In Your Eyes' climbs to #18 in New Zealand, as the track spends its 4th week at #2 on the world charts. A new remix of the single has become available in France. The mix is unusual in the fact that it samples 'GBI' from 1998 in the song, the 'Extended Mix' has been confirmed as official. The 'Fever Tour' now has three sponsors as Evian confirm their involvement, Evian join Vodafone and Ka who are both running lucrative campaigns around the concerts. For more tour news check here. The US release for 'Hits+' has been put back and the tracklisting has changed omitting both 'Where The Wild Roses Grow' and 'This Girl'.

7th April 2002

The release of 'Love At First Sight' has been put back a week until June 3rd. The remixers for the single have been confirmed as Scumfrog, Twin Masterplan, Kid Creme, and Ruff 'N' Jam. Another set of remixes by Wayne G will not be used for the promotion of the single in the UK, but may be used in Australia. The video set for the single has been described as a giant labyrinth of videoscreens which display backgrounds such as clouds and the sea. An excerpt of Kylie behind the scenes at the shoot for the video, complete with striking green eye shadow, was shown on SMTV when Kylie sent a goodbye message to Cat Deeley.

In America, the single holds steady at #11 as the album achieves gold status (platinum in Canada). Kylie features in this months editions of Spin, Stuff, and Flaunt in the US, and is expected to feature on the cover of Rolling Stone next month. It is under debate whether 'In Your Eyes' or 'Love At First Sight' will be the next single in America, Kylie has been using 'In Your Eyes' as a second song to perform over there, but 'Love At First Sight' appears more radio friendly. In the next couple of weeks Kylie will appear on the Howard Stern radio show, which is transmitted on television on cable in America as well. At the end of June Kylie is expected to make a PA at the New York Pride festival, watch this space!

In Australia there are rumours that she will extend her tour over there in October although this is yet to be confirmed. The 'In Your Eyes' single makes progress in New Zealand climbing to its highest chart position yet at #18. In France it also climbs to #24. Two unofficial books Kylie Naked and Kylie Confidential will hit the bookstands over the coming weeks, as well as an unofficial interview CD called 'Maximum Kylie'. Check out this month's edition of GQ magazine for those David LaChappelle photographs in full size.

For more exclusive section on her forthcoming European tour check here