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| Kylie returns to stage in Sydney | |
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| Pop star Kylie Minogue has taken to the stage in Sydney wearing feathers and sequins for her first concert since being treated for breast cancer. | |
| The singer was launching the Australian leg of a world tour which was postponed after her diagnosis in May 2005. | |
| The 38-year-old plays 20 concerts in her native Australia before the Showgirl tour reaches the UK next year. | |
| Changes have been made to the show because the chart-topping singer is not yet fully fit. | Changes have been made to the show because the chart-topping singer is not yet fully fit. |
| 'Hopeful' | 'Hopeful' |
| "I'm thrilled to be back. I've been looking forward to this for such a long time," she said. | "I'm thrilled to be back. I've been looking forward to this for such a long time," she said. |
| "I'm as prepared as I can be but I'm not sure that I'll be able to do everything that I did before - not that I do an enormous amount of jumping all over the stage, but quick changes are really stressful." | "I'm as prepared as I can be but I'm not sure that I'll be able to do everything that I did before - not that I do an enormous amount of jumping all over the stage, but quick changes are really stressful." |
| But the singer said she was uncertain about how she would feel once she took to the stage. | |
| "I think about it often. I simply can't come up with the answer," she told Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper. | |
| Kylie had surgery days after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and completed a course of chemotherapy in December. | |
| She performed UK and European dates of her greatest hits tour between March and May last year. | She performed UK and European dates of her greatest hits tour between March and May last year. |
| But she was forced to cancel a headline appearance at the Glastonbury Festival that was due to close that leg of the tour. | But she was forced to cancel a headline appearance at the Glastonbury Festival that was due to close that leg of the tour. |
| Festival organiser Michael Eavis has said he remains "hopeful" that the star will play next year's event. | Festival organiser Michael Eavis has said he remains "hopeful" that the star will play next year's event. |