On a Night Like This (concert tour)
| Tour by Kylie Minogue | |
Promotional poster for the tour | |
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| Associated album | Light Years |
| Start date | 3 March 2001 |
| End date | 15 May 2001 |
| Legs | 2 |
| No. of shows | 46 |
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| Kylie Minogue concert chronology | |
On a Night Like This was the sixth concert tour by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, in support of her seventh studio album, Light Years (2000). The tour consisted of a European leg and Australian leg, beginning on 3 March 2001 at the Clyde Auditorium, in Glasgow, Scotland, and concluding back in Australia on 15 May 2001 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
After the success of her performances at the 2000 Sydney Olympics' closing ceremonies and during the opening ceremony of the Paralympics, days later, Minogue's team announced details of the planned tour. Tickets went on sale in November of 2000, with a demand that established her as one of the most popular live acts at the time. However, the tour began somewhat problematically, when opening night at the RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland, on 1 March 2001, was cancelled due to air traffic control restrictions.
The setlist featured the majority of Light Years, with Minogue's top hits from her previous studio albums, including Kylie (1988), Enjoy Yourself (1989), Rhythm of Love (1990), Kylie Minogue (1994) and Impossible Princess (1997), making Let's Get to It (1991) the sole exclusion. The tour additionally marked the premiere of "Can't Get You Out of My Head" as Minogue was working on her upcoming album, Fever. The complete 19-track setlist was divided into five separate acts plus an encore.
To coincide with the success of the tour, Minogue reissued Light Years as a 2-CD set with bonus remixes on 5 March 2001. Meanwhile, the Australian releases included an Olivia Newton-John cover of "Physical", one of the exclusive performances to debut in On a Night Like This. The 11 May concert in Sydney was recorded and released commercially in DVD and VCD format, entitled Live in Sydney.
With both legs of the tour consisting of 23 shows, respectively, Minogue was among the most successful Australian touring artists. Reported from the Australian leg alone, the tour garnered over 200,000 ticket sales.