The Kylie renaissance continues with a British Summer Time headline slot

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Padam Padam! Pop queen Kylie Minogue seems to have reached a new chapter in her ongoing profession renaissance, securing some of the coveted headline spots of the summer season at British Summer Time pageant.

The annual occasion takes place at London’s Hyde Park, and this 12 months stars pop artist Robbie Williams, country-pop icon Shania Twain, and Ok-pop superstars Stray Kids on the highest billing.

Australian pop icon Minogue, 55, is the most recent addition to the lineup, and can take to the stage on Saturday 13 July.

“I can’t wait to return to BST Hyde Park this summer,” she mentioned. “My last appearance at this iconic event was in 2015 and it was a truly unforgettable experience. So excited to see you all again!”

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 21 February at 10am GMT.

The announcement comes shortly after Minogue scooped her second Grammy Award for her 2023 summer season anthem, “Padam Padam”. Released because the lead single from Minogue’s sixteenth studio album, Tension, the observe was written by Norwegian singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen and producer Lostboy.

Wroldsen informed The Independent final 12 months that, opposite to well-liked perception, the chorus was impressed by an expression uttered by her English mother-in-law.

“My mother-in-law from north London would always go, ‘Oh my heart’s going ped-ou, ped-ou,’” she defined. “I went to the studio and it was in my head, but ‘ped-ou’ doesn’t sound very nice. So we did ‘padam’.”

”Padam Padam” turned the topic of controversy final 12 months after it was claimed that sure mainstream radio stations had been refusing to play the track as a consequence of Minogue’s standing as an veteran feminine pop star.

“I could see it as clear as day; it was definitely a wake-up call,” producer Lostboy, actual title Pete Rycroft, mentioned. “There are other 55-year-old artists, David Guetta for example, and he’s all over the radio obviously, because he’s a bloke and he’s got some amazing tunes. ‘Padam’ should have been on there from the beginning and it’s just a reflection on Radio 1.”

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Fortunately, thanks partially to fierce campaigning from Minogue’s followers, Radio 1 “caved” and positioned the track on its C record.

“I’ve had songs that were way less of a social phenomenon that were straight onto the A list,” Wroldsen mentioned. “So C list feels like a bit of an insult, but it was a small victory for her.”

Minogue has loved many big victories within the months since. In August, “Padam Padam” turned her first Top 40 hit within the US in nearly 20 years, in addition to her highest-charting single within the UK charts in a decade.

At the Grammy Awards this month, she received the prize for Best Pop Dance Recording, beating fellow Australian Troye Sivan for his membership anthem “Rush”, alongside with “Miracle” by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding. She additionally beat two entries by Guetta: “One in a Million” with Bebe Rexha” and “Baby Don’t Hurt Me” with Anne-Marie and Coi Leray.

This week, the Brit Awards organisers introduced that she would obtain the 2024 Global Icon award on the ceremony on 2 March, in recognition of her profession spanning 5 many years.

A press launch sharing the information acknowledged Minogue’s file gross sales exceeing 80 million, plus 5 billion streams and 9 UK No 1 albums. She is the one artist in historical past to realize a No 1 album in 5 consecutive many years.

Minogue, who’s nominated for the Brit Award for International Artist of the Year, will even carry out reside on the evening. Previous Icon award winners embody Elton John, Robbie Williams, David Bowie and Taylor Swift.

“I am beyond thrilled to be honoured with the Global Icon Award and to be joining a roll call of such incredible artists,” she mentioned in a assertion.

“The UK has always been a home from home so the BRITs have a very special place in my heart. I have some amazing memories from the awards over the years and I can’t wait to be back on the Brits stage. See you at the O2!”