Kylie Minogue
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Melbourne, Australia, 28 May 2020
- Assiociated with: Dannii Minogue, Jason Donovan
A source is quoted in The Sun newspaper as saying: "Kylie’s last chemo session is on December 18 which doesn’t leave much time before Christmas Day. "She has to have a blood cell count afterwards to check she is well enough to make the very long flight. Doctors have advised her she probably won’t be up to it so she’s decided to stay in Paris. "She’s distraught because it’s going to be a very traumatic time for her rather than the happy family day she’s planned."
Last month it was revealed Kylie is planning to return to her native Australia to skydive over Ayer’s Rock as soon as she is well. The singer told friends she wants to live life to the full after being diagnosed with cancer. She reportedly said: "The time has come to live my life exactly how I want. It’s something I always wanted to do."
Kylie has been given the all-clear - Nov 07, 2020
Kylie Minogue has been given the all-clear from doctors to jet back home to Australia for Christmas. The star - undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer - is said to be thrilled to be spending the seasonal holiday with her family, according to her sister Dannii. The diminutive singer had put travelling plans on hold until specialists had decided she was strong enough to endure the 24 hour flight to Australia from Paris, France, where she has been staying with her lover, actor Olivier Martinez.
Dannii said: "It’s great. She’s doing really well and is getting stronger every day. We’re all looking forward to Christmas." The singer was diagnosed with cancer in May and after an initial operation in her homeland has been receiving specialist treatment at the Institute Gustave-Roussy in Paris, one of the world’s leading cancer treatment centres. A source added to the People newspaper: "A bit of sunshine will do her the world of good. Her mum and dad hope they can build her up."
Kylie has turned to Gwyneth Paltrow’s alternative doctor - Oct 21, 2020
Kylie Minogue has turned to Gwyneth Paltrow’s alternative doctor in a bid to beat breast cancer. The diminutive star - who has been having chemotherapy treatment - is reportedly set to see London-based holistic medicine specialist Dr Nishi Joshi. The doctor - who has also treated Cate Blanchett and Kate Moss - uses therapies like acupuncture and cupping, where a heated cup draws toxins from the body.
A friend told the Evening Standard newspaper: "Kylie is hugely impressed with what Nishi has been telling her, but feels she needs to see him to get the best out of his treatment. "She’s feeling very weak and vulnerable at the moment, but as soon as she feels able to, she’ll travel over to London to see Dr Joshi. Kylie is certain he has an enormous amount to contribute to her beating the illness, which is exactly what she’s going to do."
Earlier this month, it was claimed Kylie’s parents were begging her to return to Australia for treatment because they feared she was becoming obsessed with alternative medicine. A friend told Grazia magazine: "Kylie has not been eating properly and we are all hugely worried about her health. Her parents are shocked at how frail she looks and are worried the alternative doctor she is seeing is not the right person to treat her."
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In 1986 Kylie was offered the role of Charlene Mitchell in upcoming soap Neighbours. Her storylines made her a household name in both Australia and the UK and the on screen wedding between Charlene and Scott Robinson (played by Jason Donovan) attracted record numbers of viewers.
Whilst performing The Locomotion on stage at a benefit in 1987 Kylie was spotted by representatives of Mushroom Records who signed her up and released the track. The success of her first release saw Kylie travel to London to meet with pop moguls Stock Aitken and Waterman who penned I Should Be So Lucky for her on the spot. The single was a smash and launched Kylie as one to watch and indeed her debut album became the biggest seller of the year here in the UK.
Panned by critics, Especially For You, a duet recorded with Jason Donovan (by this time a pop star in his own right) was a huge hit in 1989 but Kylie’s follow up album, Enjoy Yourself, whilst successful in Europe and Australia flopped in the US, resulting in the singer being dropped by her American label.
1990 saw Kylie make the first radical adjustment to her image. Gone was the cutesy girl next door in favour of a more sexy look for Better The Devil You Know, while a relationship with bad boy rocker Michael Hutchence cemented Kylie’s new ’cool’ status. Rhythm of Love produced several well received dance-orientated singles and was enough of a success to persuade Kylie to produce a further album despite her contract with PWA being up. Let’s Get To It was a critical success but was her first release to miss the top ten. Realising that she was stifled by the Stock Aitken and Waterman formula she recorded three new tracks for a Greatest Hits album and made a break for it.
So it was time for another change in direction. Kylie went indie following her signing to Deconstruction Records and Confide in Me spent several weeks at the Aussie top spot. The self titled album released alongside sold reasonably well although it received mixed reviews from the press while follow up singles eached top twenty. Elsewhere Kylie went extra dark, appearing on Nick Cave’s Where The Wild Roses Grow, a move which promised a more credible pop star in the future.
By 1997 Kylie had overhauled her image again, and the release of Impossible Princess the following year reflected that. A collaboration with the Manic Street Preachers wasn’t enough to stop the album from becoming the least successful of her releases and the end of Kylie’s pop career looked near.
However a split with Deconstruction resulted in Kylie hooking up with Parlophone and in an explosion of gold glitter and disco the pop starlet burst back on to the scene in an unfeasibly small pair of gold hotpants to promote Spinning Around and accompanying album Light Years. The single was Kylie’s first UK number one in ten years and resulted in a duet with Robbie Williams and a sell out tour. However, it was 2001’s Fever which cemented Kylie’s future. The unforgettable video for impossibly catchy single Can’t Get You Out Of My Head ensured that the track reached number one in over 40 countries. Follow up singles were almost equally successful and the awards flooded in while next album, Body Language, was another hit while Ultimate Kylie, a greatest hits release was accompanied by a lavish tour.
It was during this time that Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer, much to the shock of her fans. Her headline slot at Glastonbury was cancelled and the rest of the Showgirl tour was postponed but after treatment from Australia and France’s best doctors Kylie was back on the scene looking better than ever. She began work on a new album and released a children’s book The Showgirl Princess closely followed by a perfume, Darling. She resumed her Showgirl tour and split with French boyfriend Olivier Martinez.
Elsewhere Kylie’s film career has been slightly less successful than her musical one. From The Deliquents to Street Fighter she has been panned for her on screen work her only success coming in the form of the green absinthe fairy in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!
updated March 2007
October 2007