KYLIE Minogue is gearing up for a pitch perfect performance — headlining the AFL Grand Final show in her native Melbourne, which is Australia’s answer to the Super Bowl.
She posed with a glittery Aussie football ahead of the show, which she is hoping will be less taxing than her 66-date Tension Tour last year.
said: “I think I crawled over the finish line.
“I honestly felt like I bruised my rib from the high-altitude performances in Latin America. When we were in Europe, it was a heatwave, too. I had to try and look after my knees and my lungs.”
Tomorrow’s 20-minute set, which will air on TNT Sports 1 in the UK, is tipped to include almost 100 dancers and will see Kylie belt out her biggest hits on a rotating stage.
She said: “I am nervous, excited right now. I am all those things.
“When it comes to just about to go on, maybe I will feel right at home. I don’t know.
“I am not in a team sport, but I kind of am. There are so many people working on this show. Everyone has got everyone’s back.”
The I Should Be So Lucky singer added: “The self-talk in your brain leading up to any important gig is this: ‘You can do it, you can’t do it.’ ‘This is going to go right, this is going to go wrong.’ ‘What if? Maybe?’”
Earlier this year, Kylie achieved her first billion-stream hit with Can’t Get You Out Of My Head.
The song is currently being streamed around 850,000 times per day – and reached the billion mark around 25 years to the week after its release on September 8, 2001.
was the lead single from her album, Fever and has become her landmark hit.
The track hit the No. 1 spot in over 40 countries and sold more than five million copies worldwide.
