主演：凯莉米洛

Although I feel odd about admitting it, I have gained a certain amount of respect for Kylie Minogue over the past couple of years. When she started her musical career in the 1980s, after her now infamous run on Neighbours, I can remember being very derisive, not just of the quality of her music, but also of her (in)abilities as a performer. The past two years have somewhat changed my opinion of the so-called 'singing budgie', after the quality of her product and the quality of her performance increased. KylieFever2002 -- In Concert, Live in Manchester is the perfect showcase for this evolution.

The marketing people behind Kylie deserve every cent they've earnt, but more than that Kylie deserves much kudos for getting to where she is today. Certainly, a lot of the Kylie franchise works on the basis that sex sells, and Kylie is certainly not beyond wearing costumes that show a lot of well-toned flesh and basically leaving nothing to the imagination. However, she doesn't market herself as a sex-craving teen Lolita in the way that Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera do, but rather as the new sporty, toned sex-goddess image that is more fashionable within the European fashion market. And, better yet, she has learnt to sing.

KylieFever2002 is a live show based around seven Acts:

1. "Silvanemesis" (Tracks 1 - 4)

2. "Droogie Nights" (Track 5)

3. "The Crying Game" (Track 6)

4. "Street Style" (Tracks 7 - 10)

5. "Sex In Venice" (Tracks 11 - 13)

6. "Cybertronica" (Tracks 14 - 17)

7. "Voodooinferno" (Tracks 18 - 20)

Each of these act changes is marked by a costume change and a set / lighting / effects change so that the mood of the performance is drastically altered. This is quite effective and makes for a visually dazzling show as well as an auditory journey. Intensively choreographed and with fantastic costumes, you find yourself actually watching the show, rather than just listening to the music.

Despite the magnificent dancing and lighting, this show is hardly all flash and no substance. Kylie opens up with dance club hit "Come Into My World", works through a rock remix of "Shocked", hits the dance happy "Love At First Sight" and the funky "Fever". With the change in acts, we get a performance of the classic "Spinning Around", which melts into a ballad mix of "The Crying Game". The pace picks up with a rock/trip-hop remix of "Confide In Me" and a scratchy version of "Kids" before kicking it into a fantastic funk remix of "On A Night like This" complete with 'wah' guitar, a down and dirty version of "Locomotion" (although I have to admit the track still sounds kitchy) and an extensive Latin take on "In Your Eyes". The show kicks into high gear with a thumping version of "Limbo", and a dance mix of "Light Years / I Feel Love", before the mood comes back down with a brilliant ambient techno remix of "I Should Be So Lucky" which evolves into a dark hard house beat that is so far removed from its original release I wasn't even sure it was the same track that I heard all those years ago. Kylie builds her final act with a funk/garage mix of "Burning Up", a not-so-hot disco mix of "Better The Devil You Know", and takes us out for the finale with a version of club favourite "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" which (believe it or not) allows Kylie to showcase her vocals.

Although at times Kylie's show seems more like soft-porn than music performance, I have no particular issue with this, and all the various suggestive sexual imagery is usually quite good for a laugh. Of course, that comes from someone who watches David Cronenberg's Crash over breakfast. What impressed me about the show was Kylie's ability to dance and sing simultaneously, while staying on key and in time. So although the documentary confirms that Kylie is a thirty-year-old fifteen-year-old, in that she still acts like a ditzy kid a lot of the time, her stage performance is worth the entry price of this DVD. There is no real hope of winning over Kylie haters, but the fans are going to love this one.

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