Kylie Minogue Starts North American Tour Tonight and Sets EP Release

This is Kylie's most extensive North American outing to date as the pop goddess will play 16 shows including a 3-night stint at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom, a return to the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and will close at the legendary Colosseum at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas before heading to Australia and South Africa.

To celebrate the tour, Astralwerks Records will release a new exclusive digital EP North American Tour Bonus Edition on May 3rd. The EP consists of 5 live recordings, three from a semi-acoustic BBC Live Lounge session - "Can't Get You Out Of My Head," "All The Lovers" and "Get Outta My Way", and two recorded live in New York in October 2009 during Kylie's first North American Tour - "Better Than Today" and "Confide In Me". As a special fan treat the EP also includes a short film featuring behind the scenes footage of Kylie on tour plus original tour wardrobe sketches by Dolce & Gabbana.

In addition a new remix EP for the song "Put Your Hands Up" will be released on May 31st which will include the album track with brand new remixes including the Pete Hammond remix that Kylie shared with fans as a thank you for the support of the song during the live shows on the European leg of the tour. Kylie sent the following message when she posted a lyric video with the remix on her youtube channel: "Thank you all for making Aphrodite Les Folies' such an amazing experience for me. Those of you who have been to a show will know that 'Put Your Hands Up' goes OFF! So as a tour thank you I wanted to share this 80's-tastic remix by the legendary Pete Hammond. Enjoy!!" The lyric video can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Rr_2CS1kQ.