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She celebrated a golden birthday this year and on Tuesday night Kylie Minogue continued the celebrations by raising the curtain on her Golden tour in serious style in Newcastle.

Four years after her last visit to Tyneside with her Kiss Me Once tour, Kylie was back at the Metro Radio Arena with the thousands of fans in the audience and her millions of followers across the world full of anticipation for what was to come.

While she teased fans that she'd be singing a mix of classics and new tracks, there were no Golden tour setlist spoilers ahead of opening night, meaning every single song was a surprise.

And I'm pleased to report that there were plenty of welcome shocks. While early 90s banger Shocked sadly didn't make the cut, there some unexpected tunes dusted off from Kylie's now massive back catalogue that must have shocked a few people with their appearance.

Looking an absolute vision in hot pink, Kylie cut a stunning figure as she rose to her second stage at the end of a catwalk to make her grand but rather understated entrance, much to the delight of those who forked out for gold circle tickets.

Kicking off as you might well expect with Golden’s title track, Kylie dazzled in front of a set with visuals that looked like they’d been lifted straight from a picture perfect postcard of the Wild West.

There was an early trip back to her much celebrated 2010 album Aphrodite for the second song of the evening - the anthemic and vastly underrated Get Outta My Way.

It was back to 2018 then for One Last Kiss but it was PWL classic Better The Devil You Know which really took things up a notch and got many people in the seats on the side up dancing.

The archives were utilised again after a costume change with Kylie emerging in a striking and very sultry and sophisticated white trouser suit to perform a very mean and moody Confide in Me, complete with thrashing drums and guitars, and then Breathe - taken from her Impossible Princess album- which was one of the opening night’s setlist’s most surprising additions.

(Image: © Andrew Whitton Photography 2018)

Kylie’s much publicised and much envied perfect posterior night not have been in hot pants but it looked amazing in a pair of high waisted jeans as she brought Golden’s Shelby 68 and Radio On to the live arena.

The first half of a bumper two part show left the Geordie audience wanting more as Wow paved the way for one of the biggest hits of Kylie’s illustrious the edgy and earwomningly excellent Can’t Get You Out of My Head at the end of which Kylie donned a denim jacket with ‘Newcastle Golden’ emblazoned on the back.

(Image: © Andrew Whitton Photography 2018)

Country Kylie transformed into Biker Chick Kylie in time for the start of the second half which arrived in blazing style with a rocked up Slow and a raucous rendition of Kids.

Giving fellow Aussie Olivia Newton John a run for her money in some tight leather pants, Kylie then delivered X favourite The One.

Things briefly became a French affair for a quick burst of Je Ne Sais Pas Pourqoi before a first foray into the Newcastle stage for one of Golden’s trump cards Stop Me From Falling.

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Kylie then hopped into a time machine to take things back to the days of perms and stonewashed denim for a back to back of Wouldn’t Change A Thing and Especially For You, with the Newcastle crowd being Jason Donovan for the night.

The arena was treated to an exclusive first live performance of Lost Without You before the Metro Radio Arena became Studio 54 for a high octane medley of New York City/Raining Glitter/On A Night Like This.

There was even a place for The Locomotion before Spinning Around strutted into proceedings in all its sequin glad glory.

The Kiss Me Once tour was good but the Golden tour is AMAZING!

When it comes to divas and gay icons I’ve always been more of a Celine and Whitney boy but Kylie Minogue put on of the best pop shows I’ve ever experienced.

With confetti in abundance, well executed and deliciously camp choreography and so many Kylie classics, the Golden tour is a must see.

And she looks incredible!

Tickets for the remaining dates of UK tour are still available from Ticketmaster here.