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Kylie's still a record breaker

by Riazat Butt
14/ 4/2005

KYLIE Minogue has sealed her reputation as a box office smash at the MEN Arena by keeping the record for the most tickets sold by a solo artist at the venue.

Fans have snapped up tickets for all five dates for the Manchester leg of her lucrative Showgirl tour, which comes to town next Saturday.

Over the five nights more than 75,000 people will see Kylie performing her greatest hits and, by the time the curtain falls on the final concert on April 28, she will have performed a total of 11 shows at the Arena.

Other big-selling solo draws at the venue include Robbie Williams, who has had seven dates, and US heavyweight Meatloaf, who has had six.

Kylie's sold-out world tour opened on March 19 in Glasgow and she is playing 23 nights at just four venues in the UK, including five nights at the Arena and seven nights at Earls Court in London. She will then visit Europe, Australia and the Far East before ending with a headline appearance at the Glastonbury Festival on June 26.

Her Manchester triumph comes three years after she broke Arena box office records with her Fever tour when, over six nights, more than 84,000 fans paid more than £2m to see her spectacular show.


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