{"id":614568,"date":"2026-09-28T18:50:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614568\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:50:36","slug":"kylie-minogue-lights-up-the-mcg-for-afl-grand-final-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614568\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue Lights Up the MCG for AFL Grand Final Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kylie Minogue rocked out the MCG on Saturday for the AFL Grand Final pregame show, ahead of the clash between the Brisbane Lions and Fremantle Dockers.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian pop icon treated the crowd to a career-spanning set featuring fan favourites including \u201cSpinning Around\u201d, \u201cSlow\u201d, \u201cAll the Lovers\u201d, \u201cOn a Night Like This\u201d, and, of course, Rolling Stone AU\/NZ\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/best-australian-new-zealand-songs-21st-century-so-far-list-87989\/kylie-minogue-cant-get-you-out-of-my-head-2-88476\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">best Australian song of the 21st century<\/a>, \u201cCan\u2019t Get You Out of My Head\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Minogue opened her set with \u201cLove at First Sight\u201d, before making her way through the string of hits spanning more than three decades.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t just her commanding the stage, with G Flip joining her for a rendition of \u201cPadam Padam\u201d, while comedy duo The Inspired Unemployed made a surprise appearance during \u201cThe Loco-Motion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dom Dolla also got in on the action, making an appearance as Minogue\u2019s aircraft marshaller before she launched into \u201cCan\u2019t Get You Out of My Head\u201d, which incorporated a remix by the Melbourne DJ.\u00a0Another highlight came courtesy of acclaimed Australian musician William Barton, who joined Minogue on stage for a special collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the afternoon, G Flip kicked off the pregame entertainment with their viral hit \u201cBed on Fire\u201d and \u201cWorst Person Alive\u201d, before returning to the stage alongside Minogue. The lineup also featured Mike Brady performing the AFL anthem \u201cUp There Cazaly\u201d, while Michael Paynter was enlisted to sing the national anthem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue rocked out the MCG on Saturday for the AFL Grand Final pregame show, ahead of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[39869,302838,156,86653,38157,302839,302840,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-614568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-afl","tag-afl-grand-final","tag-entertainment","tag-g-flip","tag-kylie-minogue","tag-kylie-minogue-afl","tag-kylie-minogue-afl-grand-final","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}