Kylie Showgirl is a live DVD by Australian Kylie Minogue. It was during Kylie's Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour on 6 May 2005 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England, which was the second to last show of the tour, and was released by EMI on 25 November 2005 in Europe.
Background[]
The show at which the video was filmed was originally filmed for a broadcast on Channel 4, with plans for a DVD and potential live album to be recorded in Melbourne on Kylie's birthday. These plans however fell through due to Kylie's diagnosis of early stage breast cancer, and subsequent cancellation of the rest of the tour, which had 18 scheduled shows in Australia, as well as 3 in Asia.
The tour was continued a year and a half later, under the name Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour, which featured new costumes and a modified running order; this tour visited Australia and the UK, with a total of 34 shows performed; 20 in Australia and 14 in the United Kingdom.
The initial idea for the Homecoming Tour was for Kylie to reprise the Showgirl Tour completely, in terms of costume and setlist, however, Klie felt like she couldn't go back there and so the show was reworked in order to accommodate her.
Release[]
The DVD was released in November 2005, and contained the full two-hour show, as well as the addition of a Behind the Feathers documentary, featuring interviews with Kylie, the onstage cast and the crew, as well as screen visuals for the Smiley Kylie medley ("Shocked", "What Do I Have to Do" and "Spinning Around"), and "Red Blooded Woman" / "Where the Wild Roses Grow". A ROM section was also included, which featured screensavers, desktop wallpapers and a Showgirl gallery.
The tour was also released as a live EP under the same name; this EP featured eight tracks from the performance, and was released in December of 2005, which preceded the release of Kylie's live version of "Over the Rainbow", which was her first digital single.
