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Kylie returns to stage in Sydney 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. Pop star Kylie Minogue has taken to the stage in Sydney wearing a pink feather head-dress 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. "Good evening Sydney!" the singer shouted as she emerged from a rising platform in the centre of the stage.
The 38-year-old plays 20 concerts in her native Australia before the Showgirl tour reaches the UK next year. Minogue, 38, was re-opening her Showgirl world tour which was postponed after her diagnosis in May 2005.
She will play 20 concerts in her native Australia before the tour reaches the UK in January 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. Despite her worries, the star put on an energetic performance, and managed to squeeze into a variety of costumes designed by fashion icons such as Dolce e Gabbana, Karl Lagerfeld, Emilio Pucci and John Galliano.
"I think about it often. I simply can't come up with the answer," she told Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper. She performed hits from her 20-year-long pop career, including In Your Eyes, Shocked, and Better The Devil You Know - which opened the show.
Kylie had surgery days after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and completed a course of chemotherapy in December. The concert also featured a new song, White Diamond, co-written with the US dance act, Scissor Sisters.
Surgery
Minogue revealed that she had cancer in May 2005 and underwent surgery in Australia two days later.
The singer finished her chemotherapy in December 2005, but still receives treatment to prevent a return of the cancer.
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 the pop star was forced to abandon her Showgirl world tour and an appearance at the Glastonbury Festival after her diagnosis.
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.