Kylie Minogue has made a triumphant and sometimes teary return to the stage 18 months after a battle with breast cancer began.
Reviews in the Australian press Sunday of the London-based diva’s three-hour Sydney concert before a sellout crowd of 10,000 adoring fans Saturday night were overwhelmingly positive.
Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer in May last year. She underwent successful surgery in her hometown of Melbourne that month, followed by five months of chemotherapy in Paris.
An emotional Minogue, wearing an elaborate feathered headdress, held back tears Saturday as she thanked fans for their support during the first concert of her renamed “Showgirl Homecoming Tour.”
“I have thought about this moment for a long time,” the diminutive 38-year-old Australian told the cheering audience.
“And I tried to practice in my head what I was going to say — I couldn’t prepare anything, I really couldn’t,” she said.
“Generally I am, like, 10 minutes late … this is officially fashionably late, a year-and-a-half, but I mean fashionably,” she added.
The 2004 Grammy winner was diagnosed with cancer days before she was due to start the final leg of her “The Showgirl World Tour” in her homeland following a hectic European schedule.
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