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Kylie Minogue

Interview by Tom Hibbert, Smash Hits, 20 April 1988

She's already been number one for about 12 years with 'I Should Be So Lucky', she's about to bring out her new single 'Got To ...

Kylie Minogue: Toothpaste, Thunderbirds And A Chocolate Sandwich?!!!

Interview by Chris Heath, Smash Hits, 27 July 1988

...And pandas, the planet Pluto and about a million other spook-objects. What do they all have in "common"? They're just some of the things that ...

Jason & Kylie: Awwww... Kissy-Kissy!!... JD ♥ KM... Coo-ee!!... Yes Dear...

Interview by Chris Heath, Smash Hits, 30 November 1988

Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, eh? It's the kiss-up of the century, the romance of the millennium, is it not? "Er, no actually, we're really, ...

Kylie Speaks Out... On Love, Money, Marriage And Three Foot Grandmothers!!!

Interview by Tom Doyle, Smash Hits, 9 August 1989

And that's not all. For she has a thing or two to say about brown paper bags, plumbing and lime-green sequinned bras too!! And why ...

Kylie: Taking Charge

Interview by Clinton Walker, The Edge, January 1990

It was always easy to make fun of Kylie Minogue. But now, having turned 21, she's started to take more control of her career and ...

Kylie Minogue: N.E.C., Birmingham

Live Review by Chris Heath, Smash Hits, 2 May 1990

A SIZZLING X-RATED SHOW! (except it's nothing of the sort) ...

Kylie Minogue: Docklands Arena, London

Live Review by Everett True, Melody Maker, 5 May 1990

KYLIE UNLIKELY ...

Kylie Minogue et al: Mild at heart

Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 23 October 1990

Today's pop idols seem so insipid that fans are turning to turtles for thrills. Caroline Sullivan on the Kylie/Jason phenomenon. ...

Kylie Minogue: "Sexbomb!!? Never call me that!"

Interview by Tom Doyle, Smash Hits, 3 August 1991

Crumbs! Kylie Minogue's got a bone to pick with Britain's Bounciest Pop Gazette (i.e. Smash Hits) because last time we interviewed her she told us ...

Kylie Minogue: A Wallaby Adored

Interview by David Quantick, New Musical Express, 28 September 1991

Be very afraid, indie saddos, for the Queen God-Empress of the Known Universe, KYLIE MINOGUE, will now transform into a Perv Rock Temptress before your ...

Kylie Minogue: Let's Get To It (PWL/All formats)

Review by Betty Page, New Musical Express, 12 October 1991

IT'S REALLY not that surprising that Kylie (Coy be-ribboned Girl- Next-Door) metamorphosised into SexKylie (Slinksome Vamptress and Pop-Dance Empress), although it's probably safe to say ...

Kylie Minogue: She Came, She S.A.W., She Conquered

Interview by Stuart Maconie, New Musical Express, 22 August 1992

In the great theme park that is the British Popular Experience, KYLIE MINOGUE represents a national treasure, which is not bad going for an Australian. ...

Kylie Minogue: My Top Tunes

Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, September 1992

'Flowers' — Titiyo"I think she's Swedish [she is], but I really know nothing about this, so I don't know what to tell you. I was ...

Who The Hell Does Kylie Minogue Think She Is?

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, October 1992

Where is she now, our little smiley gonk in primary colours? She became a saucy siren with eyes that said Come closer, a backside that ...

Kylie Minogue: A Wallaby Together

Interview by Keith Cameron, New Musical Express, 3 September 1994

It's been a difficult gestation, but the world looks set to witness the rebirth of KYLIE MINOGUE as she emerges from the cocoon with colourful ...

Kylie Minogue: Fever Kitsch

Profile and Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 6 September 1994

From wholesome soap star to scantily clad sex kitten — Kylie Minogue has changed her image more times than she might care to remember. But ...

Kylie Minogue: Kylie Minogue (Deconstruction)

Review by Caitlin Moran, Melody Maker, 1 October 1994

WHY HAS THIS perspex bubble, this one-way mirror, this empty shop window, this unfilled gilt frame, this unformed lust, this shapeless beauty, this Kylie, become ...

Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue: The Devil and Miss Bones

Interview by Johnny Cigarettes, New Musical Express, 7 October 1995

Together at last — two great antipodean, pop phenomena who have, in their individual ways, made a unique contribution to the business called show. NICK ...

Kylie Minogue: Deep Dish

Interview by Susan Corrigan, i-D, September 1997

Burn the negatives, bury the tapes, banish the rumours. After ten years in the spotlight, Miss Minogue seeks a fresh start ...

Kylie Minogue: "I'm a drag queen trapped in a woman's body"

Interview by Sylvia Patterson, New Musical Express, 6 September 1997

Crikey! Has KYLIE gone mad? Has working with Nick Cave, the Manics and associating with Shaun Ryder finally pushed her over the edge? And has ...

Humbug in the wind

Comment by Caitlin Moran, The Times, 12 September 1997

Elton John aside, pop's tributes to the Princess seem to be rather lacking in sincerity ...

The Minogues: Just like sisters, only much weirder

Report by Caitlin Moran, The Times, 26 September 1997

First there was Kylie Minogue, says Caitlin Moran, then there was Dannii, now there's, er... ...

Kylie Minogue: Kylie Minogue (deConstruction 12tks/50mins)

Review by Robin Bresnark, Melody Maker, 27 September 1997

Mission impossible: With yet another musical direction has Kylie finally found her niche? ...

"This will not be a party weekend."

Report by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, October 1997

CAFE DEL MAR ALBUM ON ROTATION, TIM WESTWOOD SILENT, RECORD SHOPS SHUT AND CLUBS PLAYING 'WONDERWALL'. HOW DID DIANA'S DEATH AFFECT THE CLUB WORLD? ...

Kylie Minogue: A Redesign for Life!

Interview by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 8 November 1997

She used to be in Neighbours, then came the pop career then Nick Cave then the bloody Manics! Now KYLIE is Indiekylie and she's cooler ...

Kylie Minogue: Kylie Minogue (deConstruction) *** £15.99

Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 20 March 1998

Caroline Sullivan on the latest from the former pop kitten who's moving ever closer to that elusive musical maturity ...

Kylie Minogue: The Think Tank

Interview by Caitlin Moran, Select, April 1998

She's never tempted by Chicken Tonight, is haunted by Michael Hutchence, her bum isn't too small and she thinks 10am is too early to talk ...

Kylie Minogue: Shepherds Bush Empire, London

Live Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 31 July 1998

SHE MAY HAVE spent most of the Nineties pursuing different musical directions with mixed results, but Kylie Minogue can still sell out three nights at ...

Kylie Minogue: Little Miss Boomerang

Profile and Interview by Sheryl Garratt, The Guardian, 8 August 1998

Kylie Minogue has probably had more brickbats than bouquets since she quit soap stardom to become a pop singer. But, with a new record in ...

Pete Waterman: Style Counsel

Interview by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 16 January 1999

Last week, Pete Waterman the Brian Clough of pop, stoutly defended his new teenpop cadets Steps and his revitalised label PWL. Here Doctor Waterman offers ...

Camping with Kylie: Kylie Minogue: Manchester Apollo, Manchester

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 9 March 2001

HAVING RECOVERED FROM the pretensions of duets with Nick Cave and songwriting with the Manic Street Preachers, Kylie has returned to the fluffy pop we ...

Kylie Minogue: The Showgirl Must Go On

Interview by Sheryl Garratt, The Observer, 23 September 2001

Kylie Minogue won't discuss her personal life, but after 17 dizzy years as soap starlet, pop princess, gay icon and Barbie Doll, she's starting to ...

NME Awards: Where's the aggro?

Comment by Tom Cox, Daily Telegraph, 2 March 2002

This week's NME Awards celebrated the same corporate values as the Brits, says Tom Cox ...

Dispatches From The Wrong Side: Kylie Party

Report by Simon Morrison, DJ Magazine, May 2002

Hap-py Birth-Day Dear Kyyyyylie. Fast Lessons In How To Gatecrash A Pop Diva's Party ...

Kylie Minogue: Attack of the 5ft Woman!

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, Q, June 2002

AAARG! In 1998, one time pop robot and po-mo pin-up Kylie Minogue was on a commercial cold slab. Now scarily re-animated, she's an irony-free megastar ...

The Brits: Early night for wild things at alco-less pops

Report by Caitlin Moran, The Times, 21 February 2003

THE DEPARTMENT for Work and Pensions has been plugging this year's Brit Awards with the happy promise "anything can happen at the Brits", but then ...

British Pop Acts Raise The Anti

Report by Phil Sutcliffe, Los Angeles Times, 22 February 2003

Celebrity dissent grows during U.K.'s music awards, as Coldplay's singer and Ms Dynamite protest an Iraq war. ...

Kylie Minogue: The Butt Stops Here

Comment by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 19 November 2003

So she's 35, but does that really mean Kylie should cover up, asks Caroline Sullivan ...

Kylie Minogue: Body Language (Parlophone) ****

Review by Bob Stanley, MOJO, December 2003

Cosmetically enhanced pop icon believes there was more to the '80s than Level 42 and stonewashed denim. ...

Kylie Minogue: Body Language

Review by Jude Rogers, The Word, January 2004

TAKING THE ZEITGEIST by its shirt tails used to be Madonna's job — having hunches about cutting-edge producers and trends, placing a jazzily-painted nail on ...

Kylie Minogue: The Tao of Kylie

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Blender, April 2004

AS AN omnipresent international celebrity, Kylie Minogue is no stranger to unfounded gossip, but this one persistent item, as Australians are wont to say, is ...

Battle of the pop babes: Britney Spears' Greatest Hits; Kylie Minogue's Ultimate Kylie

Review by Kathryn Flett, The Observer, 17 October 2004

IT'S OBVIOUSLY entirely unfair to treat the popular artistes Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears as conjoined twins, forcing them to share the same review (would ...

Dancing Queen: Kylie Minogue: Wembley Arena, London ****

Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, March 2007

The Showgirl returns. Praise be. ...

Robyn: Robyn/Kylie Minogue: X

Live Review by James Hunter, The Village Voice, 29 April 2008

MOST OF Robyn recasts the teenage hitmaker of a decade ago as a formidable 26-year-old Stockholm chick. ...

Kylie Minogue: Aphrodite

Review by Pete Paphides, The Times, 2 July 2010

With a new single and album that mark a return to form and after her Glastonbury debut, Kylie is more loved than ever. ...

Kylie Minogue: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

Live Review by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 27 March 2011

KYLIE MINOGUE's Aphrodite – Les Folies tour, which arrived in Britain with two dates in Cardiff last weekend before taking up a five-night residency at ...

Kylie Minogue: The Abbey Road Sessions

Review by Jude Rogers, The Quietus, 30 November 2011

IN 2006, while in recovery from cancer, Kylie Minogue talked to Another Magazine about her love of Grey Gardens.  ...

Kylie Minogue: The mysterious popstar who can do no wrong

Report and Interview by Kate Mossman, New Statesman, 29 November 2012

As an album of "reimagined" Kylie songs emerges, Kate Mossman goes in search of the singer herself. ...

Kylie Minogue: "It's not right if you're a woman who enjoys expressing her sexuality pretending you're not sexual"

Interview by Jude Rogers, New Statesman, 27 March 2014

Jude Rogers talks to the pop princess about gay best friends, life after breast cancer and why she spent New Year alone. ...

Kylie Minogue: Golden

Review by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 5 April 2018

Download this: 'Golden', 'Shelby '68', 'L.O.V.E.', 'Music's Too Sad Without You' ...

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