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17-08-05, 01:52 PM
Pop diva Kylie Minogue, whose hit album “Fever” went platinum in the United States, has postponed her Australian and Asian tour. A statement from Minogue’s management said Tuesday the 36-year-old has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo immediate treatment
Minogue “Showgirl Tour” was to open Thursday in Australia before performances in Asia and a headlining act at Glastonbury, Europe’s biggest music festival, at the end of June.
She said was sorry to disappoint her fans.
“Nevertheless, hopefully all will work out fine and I’ll be back with you all again soon,” Minogue said in a statement.
In the past, Minogue has auctioned one of her bras to raise money for breast cancer research and worked to raise awareness of prostate cancer, after her father was diagnosed with it.
“Whilst at home in Melbourne with her family this week, prior to her Australian Showgirl Tour, Kylie was diagnosed with early breast cancer,” said the Frontier Touring Company.
“She will undergo immediate treatment and consequently her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned,” the company said in a statement.
The singer was also due to hold concerts in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Minogue, 36, is Australia’s biggest music star, rising from humble beginnings as an Australian teenage soap-opera actress to international stardom as one of the world’s top pop singers and, most recently, as a flamboyant gay icon revered in Britain.
The Showgirl Tour was to have included performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth over the next month.
Michael Gudinski, head of Frontier Touring, the company promoting her Australian tour, said it was “way too early to tell” when Minogue might resume her tour and that it was appropriate to postpone the tour indefinitely to “let her find her space and deal with it.”
“I’m just hoping and praying because the doctors found it so early that everything will be OK,” he told an Australian television network.
“Our thoughts and I’m sure many, many legions of Kylie fans will be with her all the way,” he said.
“It is unusual because breast cancer is predominately a disease of older women,” Professor John Toy, the medical director of the charity Cancer Research UK said.
“To be diagnosed at 36 is unusually bad luck for her.”
But Toy said the disease was diagnosed early, which speaks well for Minogue’s prognosis.
Australian concert promoter and long-time friend Michael Gudinski said Minogue was fit and strong.
Minogue is understood to be staying with her family at their home in the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury.
Her sister Dannii, also a successful singer, was expected to return from London, Australian media reported. It was unclear whether Minogue’s French boyfriend, actor Olivier Martinez, was with her in Australia.
Minogue “Showgirl Tour” was to open Thursday in Australia before performances in Asia and a headlining act at Glastonbury, Europe’s biggest music festival, at the end of June.
She said was sorry to disappoint her fans.
“Nevertheless, hopefully all will work out fine and I’ll be back with you all again soon,” Minogue said in a statement.
In the past, Minogue has auctioned one of her bras to raise money for breast cancer research and worked to raise awareness of prostate cancer, after her father was diagnosed with it.
“Whilst at home in Melbourne with her family this week, prior to her Australian Showgirl Tour, Kylie was diagnosed with early breast cancer,” said the Frontier Touring Company.
“She will undergo immediate treatment and consequently her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned,” the company said in a statement.
The singer was also due to hold concerts in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Minogue, 36, is Australia’s biggest music star, rising from humble beginnings as an Australian teenage soap-opera actress to international stardom as one of the world’s top pop singers and, most recently, as a flamboyant gay icon revered in Britain.
The Showgirl Tour was to have included performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth over the next month.
Michael Gudinski, head of Frontier Touring, the company promoting her Australian tour, said it was “way too early to tell” when Minogue might resume her tour and that it was appropriate to postpone the tour indefinitely to “let her find her space and deal with it.”
“I’m just hoping and praying because the doctors found it so early that everything will be OK,” he told an Australian television network.
“Our thoughts and I’m sure many, many legions of Kylie fans will be with her all the way,” he said.
“It is unusual because breast cancer is predominately a disease of older women,” Professor John Toy, the medical director of the charity Cancer Research UK said.
“To be diagnosed at 36 is unusually bad luck for her.”
But Toy said the disease was diagnosed early, which speaks well for Minogue’s prognosis.
Australian concert promoter and long-time friend Michael Gudinski said Minogue was fit and strong.
Minogue is understood to be staying with her family at their home in the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury.
Her sister Dannii, also a successful singer, was expected to return from London, Australian media reported. It was unclear whether Minogue’s French boyfriend, actor Olivier Martinez, was with her in Australia.