After unveiling the K25 surprises for January (Abbey Road rendition of “Finer Feelings”), February (Abbey Road rendition of “On A Night Like This”), March (“I Don’t Need Anyone” Anti Tour rehearsal footage) and April (“Cherry Bomb” live from the Anti Tour), Queen Kylie kontinues the year long festivities with the release of a brand new greatest hits record: The Best Of Kylie Minogue.

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Another month, another surprise in the Year of #K25.

Today, after another quick and thrilling round of Tweet To Unlock (which will also the name of my firstborn child), Queen Kylie Minogue unveiled the latest gift from the Minogue Vaults: A full live performance of “Cherry Bomb” from her Anti Tour show in Melbourne earlier this year.

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ATTENTION ENGLAND: Kylie Minogue‘s coming for you!

After kicking off her incredible Anti Tour earlier this month at home in Australia, Queen Kylie’s confirmed that she’ll be heading back up to the UK for the next two stops on her beloved B-side and rarities fan fest.

From Kylie.com:

SUNDAY 1ST APRIL 2012 – MANCHESTER ACADEMY
TUESDAY 3RD APRIL 2012 – LONDON HMV APOLLO HAMMERSMITH

Tickets for these shows will go on sale at 9.00am MONDAY 26TH MARCH 2012

No word on whether more tour dates will be added across the pond in the US, but my fingers have been crossed for well over a month now. (Makes it quite hard to type, I should add.)

Plus, to keep the K25 celebration coming this year, the dancing diva just premiered the full rehearsal footage of “I Don’t Need Anyone” from the Anti Tour, one of my all time favorites (if not my very favorite!) from the Impossible Princess era. Such flawless vocals…maybe even better than the original!

Enjoy yourself!

“I don’t need anyone, except for someone that I don’t know…”

Aphrodite Les Folies: Live In London was released in November. (iTunes)

Kylie Minogue, The Only Pop Star Amazing Enough To Tour Her Own B-Sides, kicked off her highly anticipated Anti Tour last night in Melbourne.

As previously reported, the stripped down set was dedicated to the hardcore KM fans only, devoid of any one “hit” song. And so she delivered: The set-list from the evening includes B-sides, album tracks and rarities aplenty, including I’m Over Dreaming (Over You)” and “Enjoy Yourself” from the Enjoy Yourself era, “B.P.M.” from Ultimate Kylie era (YES!), “Paper Dolls” and “Bittersweet Goodbye” from the Light Years era, “Stars,” “Magnetic Electric” and “Cherry Bomb” from the X era, “Drunk,” “You’re The One” (!) and “I Don’t Need Anyone” from the Impossible Princess era, and a handful of other carefully curated cuts, all arranged by Mizz Minogue’s faithful music man, the genius Mr. Steve Anderson.

Below is official footage from Team Kylie of the event, and as you can see, it was just about as stripped down and personal as a superstar could possibly get: A few band players, a few back-up singers, and the disco diva herself, clad in a Marilyn Monroe vintage tee from Westwood which she first wore in 1994 (incredible), Dolce & Gabbana jean shorts and Giuseppe Zanotti boots.

Oh, and there was confirmation that it was being filmed. That might have just been for the video above, but let’s hope the full production makes it onto a DVD!

I’m seven shades of green with envy for the lucky Aussies who got to attend last evening (I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky). Oh, Queen Kylie–how good you are to your faithful and adoring fans. Here’s yet another hope and a prayer that the Anti Tour takes off internationally as well!

For more, check out tons of videos, tour merchandise and pictures at Live Learn Shine On, and check the full setlist courtesy of Setlist.fm, click under the cut!

Photo credit above: Jason South

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After wow, wow, wow WOW-ing the crowd at Sydney Mardi Gras over the weekend, Queen Kylie Minogue has finally announced the first two dates for her much-anticipated Anti-Tour, an intimate showcase for hardcore fans devoted to the B-sides, rarities and unreleased tracks we giggle and fawn over in both forums and the blog world alike.

From Kylie.com:

Sunday 18th March 2012 The Palace, 20-30 Bourke St., Melbourne
Tuesday 20th March 2012 The Big Top, Luna Park, Sydney

Small, intimate, unexpected. A unique experience, for super fans only. Kylie and her band performing those songs you thought you’d never hear live! The flipside to a huge “Kylie production”, a once in a lifetime chance and a night to remember.

Tickets for the first Australian shows are going on sale Wednesday (!), so check out Kylie.com for full details now. (Fingers crossed for at least one US show later this year!)

The only question that remains: What numbers will Kylie perform? PopJustice compiled a solid 5 song request list this morning. “Loving You” is likely my number one as well: The song decimates entire discographies of other artists.

Some other ones I’d love to see/hear?

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Just one day after the news of her upcoming studio album in 2013, Pop Goddess Kylie Minogue‘s coming back for more, more, more.

Beginning at 7 P.M. UK time (that’s 2 P.M. EST), fans will be asked to tweet using another hashtag: #k25studio. As they do so, their Twitter icon will be added to an image of Kylie and her band in Abbey Road Studio. After 10,000 tweets, the surprise will be unlocked on Kylie.com.

Ready for this, fellow Kylie-maniacs? Shake out them fingers, ’cause we’ve got some serious tweeting to do this afternoon.

This post will be updated with the surprise once it’s revealed!

EDIT: You did it–in less than an hour, no less! Enjoy…the Abbey Road Studio rendition of “On A Night Like This”!

That sexy surf guitar strut, the string flourishes, the sensual vocals….wow, wow, WOW! Unbelievably gorgeous.

In case you missed it, check out the first K25 present from January: The Abbey Road Studio version of “Finer Feelings.”

I absolutely cannot wait for an EP (or perhaps a full LP!) of these recordings!

Breathe…

After a knockout Aphrodite-inspired appearance at the 2012 Brits earlier this week, Queen Kylie Minogue spoke to Metro about her plans for the upcoming “K25″ celebration in 2012–as well as a new album in 2013.

From Metro:

‘I have started on new music already. It should be ready for 2013,’ the pop princess said, who has been celebrating her K25 milestone in the musical mecca of Abbey Road Studios.

The 43-year-old is arming herself with a few geniuses for the follow-up to her 2010 No.1 album Aphrodite.

‘It’s a few different people,’ she said, refusing to name names but promising fans her new offering is ‘really exciting and different’.

Thanks to a few not-so-subtle hints on Twitter, we already know that Kylie’s been hitting the studio with Bonnie McKee (Katy Perry, Britney Spears), Greg Kurstin and Karen Poole–a SMASH HIT team of superb pop scribes.

(Kurstin and Poole previously worked together with Kylie to craft “Wow,” “No More Rain” and “Magnetic Electric” off of X.)

With a performance coming up in Sydney for the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Party on March 3 (her grand return after 14 years!) and plenty of surprises coming up for K25, it looks like we’re in store for much, much more Minogue.

We did it, Kylie fans!

After successfully tweeting the hashtag #K25fans 25,000 times, Kylie fans have just unlocked the first gift from the iconic singer’s 25th Anniversary celebration: The orchestral version of “Finer Feelings”!

For those unfamiliar with the song–a lesser known musical offering by Mizz Minogue–”Finer Feelings” was produced by Mike Stock and Peter Waterman of the almighty power pop production troupe SAW. Released in April 1992 as a single off of her fourth studio album, Let’s Get to It, the song narrowly missed charting within the Top 10 in the UK (at #11), and became one of her lowest charting songs in Australia.

Still, I’ve always considered “Finer Feelings” one of Kylie’s more underrated numbers (and I know there are plenty of fans that would agree): The lyrics are brilliant (“But what is love without the finer feelings? It’s just sex without the sexual healing!”) and the melody is absolutely gorgeous, so it’s nice to see KM giving it the lovin’ it deserves.

But this version? This would stop anyone dead in their tracks. Such dramatic instrumentation, such spine-tingling vocals…just wow, wow, WOW! Chills all over the place. I’m thoroughly stunned!

And now, the Abbey Road orchestral rendition of “Finer Feelings”:

Here’s to a year of Kylie in 2012!