Kylie Minogue sparkles on Glastonbury stage 14 years after cancer battle
GLASTONBURY, England, June 30 (Reuters) - Kylie Minogue, 51, delighted a huge crowd at Glastonbury with hits including 'Spinning Around', 'Shocked' and 'Better the Devil You Know', 14 years after illness forced her to cancel a headline performance at the festival.
Minogue played all the catchy disco pop hits that the audience had come to hear, from 'I Should Be So Lucky', her breakthrough 1988 worldwide number one, to her 2010 release 'All the Lovers'.
Minogue was due to headline Glastonbury, the world's largest greenfield festival, in 2005, but was forced to pull out after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
"I wished things were different but life is what it is," she said, chocking back tears of emotion. "We're all here together in this moment."
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She said some of the artists in 2005 had covered her songs, and she welcomed on stage one of them, Coldplay's Chris Martin, to join her in performing 'Can't Get You Out of My Head'.
Singers Kylie Minogue, left, and Chris Martin perform on the final day of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 30, 2019. T(Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP) AP/AAP
The gig changed gear midway when she was joined by previous collaborator, Australian musician Nick Cave for the murder-themed ballad 'Where the Wild Roses Grow'.
Singers Kylie Minogue, left, and Nick Cave perform on the final day of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP) AP/AAP
But the serious interlude was brief in a show that featured a blast of rainbow Pride confetti, four costume changes, and mass singalongs from the sun-bathed capacity crowd, including for the 'Spinning Around' finale.
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Taking to Instagram to thank her fans, Minogue wrote, "Thank you SO MUCH! Words cannot describe what today meant."
Her younger sister, Dannii Minogue, 47, also gushed about her standout performance, commenting on her post, "So great to see my sister shine at Glastonbury. Everyone is spinning around with excitement. What a moment 💃🏻🌟Go Kylie."
Kylie was followed by U.S. singer Miley Cyrus, who opened with 'Nothing Breaks Like a Heart', her collaboration with Mark Ronson, who joined her on stage.
Her father Billy Ray Cyrus also appeared during the show, performing 'Old Town Road', with rapper Lil Nas X.
(Additional reporting by Hanna Rantala; editing by Kate Holton)
