Even though her career kicked off with a Hi-NRG bang 37 years ago when her cover of “The Loco-Motion” hit No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, Kylie Minogue achieved a historic first over the weekend. On Friday (April 4), she headlined New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden venue for the first time. (She had performed at MSG as part of the Z100 Jingle Ball lineup in 2002 when “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” returned her to the Hot 100’s top 10, but this was her first time delivering a full concert as the top-billed act).
During her Saturday (April 5) night show at MSG, the Australian pop legend was still pinching herself: “Tonight, I get to say the last time I did a full-scale show in New York City was last night. Because you sold out two nights at Madison Square Garden,” she said, beaming.
“It’s wild,” she told Billboard last October when asked about headlining the Garden for the first time. “It feels slightly like an out of body experience.”
While Minogue is always energetic and upbeat on stage, she seemed particularly effervescent as she treated her rabid fanbase to a career-spanning selection of hits and deep cuts, everything from 2023’s viral breakthrough “Padam Padam” to 2003’s sensual “Slow” to 1994’s trip-hop foray “Confide in Me” – and of course, a healthy selection of songs from her most recent albums, Tension and Tension II (it is the Tension Tour, after all).
From surprise songs she sang as part of an audience request section to her final encore, here are seven fabulous moments from Kylie Minogue’s MSG show on Saturday night.
The post “7 Fabulous Moments From Kylie Minogue’s Madison Square Garden Show” by Joe Lynch was published on 04/07/2025 by www.billboard.com