The Showgirl!

Believe it or not, I went with Catherine to see Kylie Minogue in concert last night.
There are 3 things completely working against me if I am at all wishing to fit the "Kylie demographic" (which incidentally, I'm not so fussed): I'm 41, I'm male and I'm heterosexual!
Lo and behold there were about 6 or 7 other blokes like me there, not bad out of an audience of approximately 12,000. I was a little surprised at the general age group of the girls and gay guys there - generally in there early to mid 30's - makes sense I guess as they would have watched The Showgirl progress from her halcyon Charlene days in Neighbours to the stunning success she has become.
I take my hat off to her!
It was a fabulous show, one of the slickest and best produced concerts I think I've ever seen. I have to admit, I've never been to see Prince, Michael Jackson nor did I jump on the Kiss bandwagon when I was a teenager, so my experience of "mega" shows is somewhat limited.
Having said all that, it perhaps lacked a little in the way of originality - band and 3 black female back up vocalists very much in the background, splendid sets with elevator platforms so our Kylie can materialise from below the floor, snazzy green laser light effects etc, etc.
The costumes weren't over the top "Priscilla" style (thankfully), but were none the less magnificent, as were the dozen or so dancers - exceptional physiques and constant, energetic choreography. The music wasn't bad and just as I was thinking "excellent; no Locomotion", there was a costume change, out came everybody in the knee high patent leather boots, stockings and garter style one piecers (tassels on the boobs) and Kylie in the Liza Minelli style cabaret wig adorned with the black feather boa mohawk of all things!! The band struck up a raunchy, striptease, grunty sax style nightclub refrain and she launched into - you guessed it - "Locomotion"! It ended up being one of the highlights of the night.
I've just realised I'm virtually doing a complete review here. Sorry, that wasn't my intention. I'll just finish by sharing a bizarre observation - during the final song ("Especially for You"), which I think was intended to make her old hometown Melbourne crowd feel all warm and fuzzy - the big video screens up the back showed this type of Kylie retrospective of all the images we've seen of her over the years from her videos. I was struck by the number of times these images reminded me of my favouirite Aussie girl next door, Elle McPherson! Now there's a showgirl!! If any of you go to the show; you be the judge.