{"id":905852,"date":"2026-09-26T05:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T05:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/905852\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T05:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T05:46:13","slug":"kylie-minogue-stuns-mcg-with-huge-afl-grand-final-show-packed-with-aussie-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/905852\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue stuns MCG with huge AFL grand final show packed with Aussie stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kylie Minogue has descended on the MCG, bringing out some of Australia\u2019s<\/a> biggest stars for a mammoth AFL<\/a> grand final performance.<\/p>\n

The Melbourne<\/a> icon opened with Love at First Sight, emerging among metallic blue, alien-like dancers in a fringed skirt as the stadium erupted.<\/p>\n

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Rain be damned: Kylie Minogue rocks the \u2019G moments before the AFL grand final kicks off.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

It was an immediate hit with the crowd, but Minogue barely gave them time to settle before charging into Spinning Around and swapping into a black mini dress emblazoned with \u201c2026\u201d in gold.<\/p>\n

Fishnet tights, sparkling Tiffany jewels, killer boots and a wall of dancers completed the look as the field began to resemble a giant concert stage. <\/p>\n

Acclaimed First Nations musician William Barton joined Minogue for Confide in Me with his acoustic guitar. <\/p>\n

She wore a gold jacket for the number as pyrotechnics lit up the surrounding stage.<\/p>\n

G Flip was next to join Minogue, returning to the field after already kicking off the pre-game entertainment with a two-song set.<\/p>\n

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Fishnet tights, sparkling Tiffany jewels, killer boots and a wall of dancers completed the look.\u00a0via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The St Kilda-born singer and multi-instrumentalist had opened with The Worst Person Alive before later linking up with Minogue during the headline act.<\/p>\n

The Inspired Unemployed also popped up, as performers fanned across the ground.<\/p>\n

She then pulled out The Loco-Motion, giving the crowd one of the easiest singalong moments of the afternoon.<\/p>\n

For Can\u2019t Get You Out of My Head, Minogue appeared high above the MCG above a giant orange football, dressed in a glittering white gown, fishnets and sleek black Versace sunglasses.<\/p>\n

The 20-minute set played out in front of about 100,000 fans and marked a huge hometown moment for the singer.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the performance, Minogue made it clear the occasion meant something different to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re getting a show, they\u2019re getting a Melbourne girl performing in her hometown\u2026I\u2019m in awe and wonder of this moment. It\u2019s a celebration for all of us,\u201d Minogue said.<\/p>\n

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Minogue floated above the MCG dressed in a glittering white gown, fishnets and sleek black Versace sunglasses.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

She had also spoken earlier in the week about why she finally agreed to headline the AFL grand final after years of interest from the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s led me back to centre stage at home in the most iconic venue for the most iconic game, an Australian game,\u201d she said this week. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s just so much about this moment for me that\u2019s hard for me to grasp.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m kind of in awe and wonder myself at this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MCG is not unfamiliar territory for Minogue.<\/p>\n

She previously performed there in 1998 during Mushroom Records\u2019 25th birthday celebrations, playing a roughly 20-minute set in front of about 55,000 people.<\/p>\n

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Kylie Minogue brings out Aussie stars for mammoth AFL grand final performance.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s crowd was almost double that.<\/p>\n

The appearance also came after another massive period on the road for Minogue, whose Tension tour ran for 66 dates around the world last year.<\/p>\n

The tour drew about 576,000 fans and grossed $US78.4 million, around $110 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue has descended on the MCG, bringing out some of Australia\u2019s biggest stars for a mammoth AFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-905852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}