Showgirl Returns

Showgirl Returns is a concert Tour by Australian artist Kylie Minogue, in support of her greatest hits album, Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection

Rehearsals
With the release of the Step Back in Time album, Kylie knew that the set list for the tour had to be hit-heavy, and easily adaptable for the different countries and venues she was visiting, including notably shorter festival set lists. From the get-go, the start of the show would always involve clocks and the Light Years interpolation, but initially, the show would start with the Dance Kylie section, with Classic Kylie coming as the last section of the main body of the show.

The Dance Kylie section was initially comprised of Timebomb, Get Outta My Way, In My Arms and Spinning Around to open the show, where the energy was set to be high, and the songs set to flow into each other, with a short break after In My Arms for Kylie to speak to the audience. This was set to be followed by Cute Kylie, where a five song medley was originally rehearsed, comprising of Wouldn't Change a Thing, Hand On Your Heart, Never Too Late, Got to Be Certain and I Should be So Lucky, with an extended intro to Wouldn't Change a Thing; however, once it was decided that the opening section would be three PWL songs back to back, Cute Kylie was moved to the third act, and reduced to four songs performed more in full, with a minimix interlude to preface it; I Should Be So Lucky was also considered for contention as the last song of the first encore at one point, but due to the desired mood of the section it was included in it. Electro Kylie was meant to follow this, with Word Is Out actually performed after Slow. Indie Kylie was meant to be the fourth act, and Some Kind Of Bliss was rehearsed to be the first song of the section, with Breathe rehearsed interchangeably with Put Yourself in My Place.

Sex Kylie was always meant to come as the fifth act, but Come into My World wasn't added to the set order until extremely late into rehearsals; a proper performance of I Was Gonna Cancel was originally in this section, after the performance of Red Blooded Woman, with 2 Hearts coming after that. Disco Kylie is the only act that has remained more or less the same; initially, elements of 100 Degrees were incorporated into the Raining Glitter interlude, but they ended up being cut. Classic Kylie was meant to come next, and this was meant to consist of performances of Step Back in Time, What Do I Have to Do, Shocked, Better the Devil You Know and Can't Get You Out Of My Head to end the main body of the show.

The encores of the show didn't reach two encores until the run of shows at the O2 Arena in London; initially, there was only one encore, consisting of All the Lovers and Love at First Sight respectively and the songs that didn't have a designated section in the show were performed in rehearsals along with the four main songs; these included: Into the Blue, Celebration, The One, I Believe in You, Stop Me From Falling, Give Me Just a Little More Time and Kids. Dancing wasn't originally in any section of the show, and it wasn't until opening night that it was given a permanent space in the first encore.

Rehearsal set list
Act I - Dance Kylie Light Years (Intro) 1. Timebomb 2. Get Outta My Way 3. In My Arms 4. Spinning Around

Act II - Cute Kylie 5. Wouldn't Change a Thing 6. Hand On Your Heart 7. Never Too Late 8. Got to Be Certain 9. I Should Be So Lucky

Act III - Electro Kylie 10. Slow 11. Word Is Out 12. Chocolate 13. In Your Eyes

Act IV - Indie Kylie Where Is the Feeling? (Interlude) 14. Some Kind of Bliss 15. Confide in Me 16. Breathe or Put Yourself in My Place 17. Did It Again

Act V - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude) 18. Red Blooded Woman 19. I Was Gonna Cancel 20. 2 Hearts 21. Please Stay 22. Wow

Act VI - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter / 100 Degrees (Interlude) 23. New York City 24. Your Disco Needs You 25. On a Night Like This 26. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Classic Kylie Light Years (Interlude) 27. Step Back in Time 28. What Do I Have to Do 29. Shocked 30. Better the Devil You Know 31. Can't Get You Out Of My Head

Encore 32. All the Lovers 33. Love at First Sight 34. Into the Blue 35. Stop Me From Falling 36. I Believe in You 37. The One 38. Give Me Just a Little More Time 39. Kids 40. Celebration 41. What Kind Of Fool (Heard All That Before)

Synopsis
The set list was devised based on Kylie's career and back catalog, separating the show into sections based on different genres and personas from Kylie's career, much like the music video for Did It Again: Classic Kylie, Indie Kylie, Cute Kylie, Electro Kylie, Sex Kylie, Disco Kylie, Dance Kylie and two encores.

The show begins with ticking clocks, along with excerpts of Light Years and Breathe; this leads into a new remix of Step Back in Time, where Kylie emerges in a sleeveless black sequined jumpsuit; this is followed by new remixes of What Do I Have to Do and Shocked.

Indie Kylie begins with a dance remix of Where Is the Feeling?, with the dancers emerging dressed in black, and Kylie appearing in black and white on the video screens, liken the music video; this interlude incorporates elements of Limbo, Dreams and Falling. This is followed by the single mix of Confide in Me, with Kylie emerging in a white flowing dress to perform alone. She then performs a remix of Put Yourself in My Place, similar to that of the Dan's Old Skool Mix, and finishes the section with a performance of Did It Again, with four female dancers emerging to recreate the music video.

Cute Kylie begins with a three-minute minimix of four of Kylie's PWL songs: Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself; Kylie appears on the screens, shown to be recreating the music videos and looks from that time. The act following includes the songs Hand On Your Heart, Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi, Never Too Late and Got to Be Certain, with Kylie and the dancers recreating scenes from the music video, with excerpts of said music videos being intertwined with the screen visuals.

Electro Kylie begins with the Summer Breeze Mix of Word Is Out, which incorporates elements of Slow, which is the first song performed of the section; this is then followed by the EMO Mix of Chocolate, where Kylie is joined by her female dancers only. The section ends with a remix of In Your Eyes, where the dancers perform a complex partnered routine.

Sex Kylie begins with an interlude of Skirt, interpolating elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize, leading directly into the Fischerspooner Mix of Come into My World. This is followed by a performance of Red Blooded Woman, Please Stay and a 90s house remix of Wow

Disco Kylie begins with an interlude of Raining Glitter, which leads into a performance of New York City. This is then followed by performance of Your Disco Needs You, On a Night Like This and the The Loco-Motion.

Dance Kylie begins again with an interlude of Light Years, which incorporates the ticking clock sound effect from the top of the show; this then leads into a performance of Timebomb, followed by Get Outta My Way and In My Arms. Kylie takes a moment to chat to the audience about the meaning of the show, and her journey throughout her career, and goes on to sing an upbeat dance remix of I Believe in You, followed by Better the Devil You Know and Spinning Around.

The first encore begins with All the Lovers, followed by Dancing; the second encore starts with an extended version of Love at First Sight and the show ends with a performance of Can't Get You Out Of My Head.

20th June 2019 (Opening Night - Liverpool, Echo Arena)
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked 4. Better the Devil You Know

Act II - Indie Kylie Where Is the Feeling? (Interlude - with elements of Falling, Dreams and Limbo) 5. Confide in Me 6. Did It Again

Act III - Cute Kylie PWL Minimix (Interlude - with elements of Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself) 7. Hand On Your Heart 8. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 9. Never Too Late 10. I Should Be So Lucky

Act IV - Electro Kylie Word Is Out (Interlude) 11. Slow 12. Chocolate (EMO Mix) 13. In Your Eyes

Act V - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 14. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 15. Red Blooded Woman 16. Please Stay 17. Wow

Act VI - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 18. New York City 19. Your Disco Needs You 20. On a Night Like This 21. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 22. Timebomb 23. Get Outta My Way 24. In My Arms 25. Spinning Around 26. Can't Get You Out Of My Head

Encore 27. All the Lovers 28. Love at First Sight

21st June 2019 (Liverpool, Echo Arena)
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked

Act II - Indie Kylie Where Is the Feeling? (Interlude - with elements of Falling, Dreams and Limbo) 4. Confide in Me 5. Put Yourself in My Place 6. Did It Again

Act III - Cute Kylie PWL Minimix (Interlude - with elements of Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself) 7. Hand On Your Heart 8. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 9. Never Too Late 10. I Should Be So Lucky

Act IV - Electro Kylie Word Is Out (Interlude) 11. Slow 12. Chocolate (EMO Mix) 13. In Your Eyes

Act V - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 14. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 15. Red Blooded Woman 16. Please Stay 17. Wow

Act VI - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 18. New York City 19. Your Disco Needs You 20. On a Night Like This 21. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 22. Timebomb 23. Get Outta My Way 24. In My Arms 25. Better the Devil You Know 26. Spinning Around

Encore 27. Can't Get You Out Of My Head 28. All the Lovers 29. Love at First Sight

23rd June 2019 (Manchester Arena)
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked

Act II - Indie Kylie Where Is the Feeling? (Interlude - with elements of Falling, Dreams and Limbo) 4. Confide in Me 5. Breathe 6. Did It Again

Act III - Cute Kylie PWL Minimix (Interlude - with elements of Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself) 7. Hand On Your Heart 8. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 9. Never Too Late 10. I Should Be So Lucky

Act IV - Electro Kylie Word Is Out (Interlude) 11. Slow 12. Chocolate (EMO Mix) 13. In Your Eyes

Act V - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 14. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 15. Red Blooded Woman 16. Please Stay 17. Wow

Act VI - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 18. New York City 19. Your Disco Needs You 20. On a Night Like This 21. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 22. Timebomb 23. Get Outta My Way 24. In My Arms 25. I Believe in You 26. Spinning Around

Encore 27. All the Lovers 27. Can't Get You Out Of My Head 29. Love at First Sight

24th June 2019 (Manchester Arena)
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked

Act II - Indie Kylie Where Is the Feeling? (Interlude - with elements of Falling, Dreams and Limbo) 4. Confide in Me 5. Put Yourself in My Place 6. Did It Again

Act III - Cute Kylie PWL Minimix (Interlude - with elements of Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself) 7. Hand On Your Heart 8. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 9. Never Too Late 10. I Should Be So Lucky

Act IV - Electro Kylie Word Is Out (Interlude) 11. Slow 12. Chocolate (EMO Mix) 13. In Your Eyes

Act V - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 14. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 15. Red Blooded Woman 16. Please Stay 17. Wow

Act VI - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 18. New York City 19. Your Disco Needs You 20. On a Night Like This 21. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 22. Timebomb 23. Get Outta My Way 24. In My Arms 25. I Believe in You 26. Spinning Around

Encore 27. All the Lovers 28. Can't Get You Out Of My Head 29. Better the Devil You Know 30. Love at First Sight

25th June 2019 (Manchester Arena)
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked

Act II - Indie Kylie Where Is the Feeling? (Interlude - with elements of Falling, Dreams and Limbo) 4. Confide in Me 5. Put Yourself in My Place 6. Did It Again

Act III - Cute Kylie PWL Minimix (Interlude - with elements of Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself) 7. Hand On Your Heart 8. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 9. Never Too Late 10. I Should Be So Lucky

Act IV - Electro Kylie Word Is Out (Interlude) 11. Slow 12. Chocolate (EMO Mix) 13. In Your Eyes

Act V - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 14. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 15. Red Blooded Woman 16. Please Stay 17. Wow

Act VI - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 18. New York City 19. Your Disco Needs You 20. On a Night Like This 21. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 22. Timebomb 23. Get Outta My Way 24. In My Arms 25. I Believe in You 26. Better the Devil You Know 27. Spinning Around

Encore 28. All the Lovers 29. Can't Get You Out Of My Head 30. Love at First Sight

28th June 2019 - 13th July 2019
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked

Act II - Indie Kylie Where Is the Feeling? (Interlude - with elements of Falling, Dreams and Limbo) 4. Confide in Me 5. Put Yourself in My Place 6. Did It Again

Act III - Cute Kylie PWL Minimix (Interlude - with elements of Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself) 7. Hand On Your Heart 8. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 9. Never Too Late 10. I Should Be So Lucky

Act IV - Electro Kylie Word Is Out (Interlude) 11. Slow 12. Chocolate (EMO Mix) 13. In Your Eyes

Act V - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 14. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 15. Red Blooded Woman 16. Please Stay 17. Wow

Act VI - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 18. New York City 19. Your Disco Needs You 20. On a Night Like This 21. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 22. Timebomb 23. Get Outta My Way 24. In My Arms 25. I Believe in You 26. Better the Devil You Know 27. Spinning Around

Encore 28. Dancing 29. All the Lovers 30. Love at First Sight 31. Can't Get You Out Of My Head

UK / Ireland / Europe (16th July onward - Arena shows)
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked

Act II - Indie Kylie Where Is the Feeling? (Interlude - with elements of Falling, Dreams and Limbo) 4. Confide in Me 5. Put Yourself in My Place 6. Did It Again

Act III - Cute Kylie PWL Minimix (Interlude - with elements of Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself) 7. Hand On Your Heart 8. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 9. Never Too Late 10. I Should Be So Lucky

Act IV - Electro Kylie Word Is Out (Interlude) 11. Slow 12. Chocolate (EMO Mix) 13. In Your Eyes

Act V - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 14. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 15. Red Blooded Woman 16. Please Stay 17. Wow

Act VI - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 18. New York City 19. Your Disco Needs You 20. On a Night Like This 21. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 22. Timebomb 23. Get Outta My Way 24. In My Arms 25. I Believe in You 26. Better the Devil You Know 27. Spinning Around

Encore I 28. All the Lovers 29. Dancing

Encore II 30. Love at First Sight 31. Can't Get You Out Of My Head

Europe (small venues)
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked 4. Confide in Me

Act II - Cute Kylie PWL Minimix (Interlude - with elements of Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself) 5. Hand On Your Heart 6. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 7. Never Too Late 8. I Should Be So Lucky

Act III - Electro Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 9. Slow 10. In Your Eyes 11. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 12. Red Blooded Woman 13. Wow

Act IV - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 14. New York City 15. Your Disco Needs You 16. On a Night Like This 17. The Loco-Motion

Act V - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 18. Timebomb 19. Get Outta My Way 20. In My Arms 21. I Believe in You 22. Better the Devil You Know 23. Spinning Around

Encore I 24. Dancing 25. All the Lovers 26. Love at First Sight 27. Can't Get You Out Of My Head

North America
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked 4. Slow 5. In Your Eyes

Act II - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 6. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 7. Red Blooded Woman 8. Confide in Me 9. Wow

Act III - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 10. New York City 11. Your Disco Needs You 12. On a Night Like This 13. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 14. Timebomb 15. Get Outta My Way 16. In My Arms 17. I Believe in You 18. Spinning Around

Encore I 19. Better the Devil You Know 20. The One 21. I Should Be So Lucky

Encore II 22. Can't Get You Out Of My Head 23. Love at First Sight

South America / Asia / Africa
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked 4. I Should Be So Lucky

Act II - Electro Kylie Word Is Out (Interlude) 5. Confide in Me 6. Slow 7. In Your Eyes 8. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix)

Act III - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 9. New York City 10. Your Disco Needs You 11. On a Night Like This 12. I Believe in You 13. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 14. Timebomb 15. Get Outta My Way 16. In My Arms 17. Spinning Around

Encore I 18. Better the Devil You Know 19. Can't Get You Out Of My Head 20. Love at First Sight

Australasia (Arenas)
Act I - Classic Kylie Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked

Act II - Indie Kylie Where Is the Feeling? (Interlude - with elements of Falling, Dreams and Limbo) 4. Confide in Me 5. Breathe 6. Put Yourself in My Place 7. Did It Again

Act III - Cute Kylie PWL Minimix (Interlude - with elements of Got to Be Certain, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Made in Heaven and Enjoy Yourself) 8. Hand On Your Heart 9. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 10. Never Too Late 11. I Should Be So Lucky

Act IV - Electro Kylie Word Is Out (Interlude) 12. Slow 13. Chocolate (EMO Mix) 14. In Your Eyes

Act V - Sex Kylie Skirt (Interlude - with elements of Mr President, Nu-Di-Ty and Sexercize) 15. Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) 16. Red Blooded Woman 17. Wow

Act VI - Disco Kylie Raining Glitter (Interlude) 18. New York City 19. Your Disco Needs You 20. On a Night Like This 21. I Believe in You 21. The Loco-Motion

Act VII - Dance Kylie Light Years ( (Interlude) 22. Timebomb 23. Get Outta My Way 24. In My Arms 25. Can't Get You Out Of My Head

Encore I 26. Better the Devil You Know 27. Spinning Around 28. Love at First Sight

Festival set list
Act I Light Years (Intro - with elements of Breathe) 1. Step Back in Time 2. What Do I Have to Do 3. Shocked 4. I Should Be So Lucky

Act II Word Is Out (Interlude) 5. Slow 6. I Believe in You 7. In Your Eyes 8. Wow

Act III Raining Glitter (Interlude) 9. New York City 10. Your Disco Needs You 11. On a Night Like This 12. The Loco-Motion

Act IV Light Years ( (Interlude) 13. Get Outta My Way 14. In My Arms 15. Can't Get You Out Of My Head 16. Spinning Around

Encore 17. Better the Devil You Know 18. Love at First Sight