KYLIE: Kylie Minogue

It's now been more than seven months since Kylie Minogue's diagnosis of breast cancer was revealed to a shocked public. If even a fraction of the recent press coverage about her is true, she appears to be on the mend - she's out and about with family and friends, having undergone initial surgery followed by a six month stint of chemotherapy. Currently in Australia, she is undergoing radiation therapy five days per week with the aim of reducing the risk of a recurrence of cancer cells.

Bless her, eh? Back in 1987, at the age of 11, I bought her single (is there anyone who didn't?), 'I should be so lucky', which was a huge hit. It was the first single I ever bought and she has been with us, as a nation, pretty much ever since. Over the years, she has released hit after hit and her concerts have got better and better with record companies pumping ever increasing amounts of money into her concert budget because she's such a sure thing!

Rumour has it that she is planning to return to work, perhaps completing the remainder of her Showgirl Greatest Hits Tour in Australiasia at the end of 2006 and recording a new album in 2007. Her tour was postponed in May 2005, having completed the UK leg of it - my boyfriend and I actually saw her show at Earl's Court last May and she was fantastic!

Great kylie websites:
www.kylie.com
www.kylie.co.uk
www.slokylie.com