Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with breast cancer, prompting her to cancel her current Australian tour, her touring company said on Tuesday.
”Frontier Touring Company … confirmed that Kylie’s tour has been postponed due to health reasons,” the company said in a statement.
”While at home in Melbourne with her family this week … Kylie was diagnosed with early [stage] breast cancer,” the statement said.
”She will undergo immediate treatment and, consequently, her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned.”
Minogue was said to be disappointed at having to postpone the shows.
”I was so looking forward to bringing the Showgirl tour to Australian audiences, and am sorry to have to disappoint my fans,” she was quoted as saying in the statement.
”Nevertheless, hopefully all will work out fine and I’ll be back with you all again soon.”
Minogue had been due to arrive in Sydney from Melbourne on Tuesday to begin the Australian leg of her tour, which started in the United Kingdom.
Accompanying her is her French beau, Olivier Martinez, who has been staying with her and her family in Melbourne, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Minogue’s promoter, Michael Gudinski, wished her a speedy recovery and said all her fans will be praying for her.
”I’m hoping and praying because the doctor found it so early that everything will be okay,” he told the Seven Network. ”Let’s just give her time to go through what she’s going through and we’ll worry about all that in the future.
”Our thoughts, and I’m sure all the legions of Kylie’s fans, will be with her all the way.”
Minogue, who rose to fame in the 1980s as an actor in the popular sitcom Neighbours and later launched a pop career, was due to play six shows in Sydney from Thursday.
The Showgirl tour was also scheduled to tour Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth over the next month. — AFP
