"I think the show is really dynamic," she says. "The team who helped me put the show together have worked with me on many tours and I think our experience, individually and collectively, has helped make this show, maybe the best tour I've done.

"I like every section of the show for different reasons but a favorite is the 'Heartbeat Rock' section - the cheerleading section.

"It is so vibrant and it's where the brass players march on stage and the girls come out in their cheerleading outfits. It's absolute fun. I love it."

Minogue rose to fame in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera "Neighbors" in which the then-18-year-old played Charlene, one of the most popular characters in Australian TV history.

An episode featuring Charlene's marriage to the character played by Jason Donovan attracted a massive TV audience and made Minogue become the first person to win four Logie Awards in the same year. The Logies are the Oscars of Australian television.

A year later in 1987, Minogue made the inevitable transition into music, covering Little Eva's "Locomotion." The single went to the top of the UK and Australian charts, and a year later she achieved three top 10 singles and a platinum album in the UK.

Minogue has gone on to enjoy a stellar career becoming the second most successful woman on the British singles charts, second only to Madonna.

In 2005 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and forced to put her career on hold as she battled the disease. But with "Kylie X 2008," the heroic star has firmly put her illness behind her, proving once again she is the undisputed queen of the pop landscape.

"I like to challenge myself," she says. "I don't know if I would say I challenge the audience but at least I like to surprise them and hopefully inspire them and just take them away from the outer world."

Date: November 29, 7:30pm

Venue: Hongkou Football Stadium, 444 Dongjiangwan Rd

Tickets: 180-1,680 yuan

Tel: 962-388, 6289-3919

(Shanghai Daily November 21, 2008)