During the first half of 2002, Kylie Minogue toured Europe and Australia. This DVD captures it. Live In Manchester is a good concert that explores Kylie's musical catalog rather well from her days as a manufactured pop tart princess to her current status as icon and electro-pop diva.

The concert occurs in seven different acts meant to display Kylie in some of the different manifestaions she has adopted throughout her career. Cultural references are everywhere in this concert. There's a nod to Keith Haring, and many others from Staney Kubrick, burlesque, and sci-fi flicks. It's all hard to catch, but done very well.

Kylie's dancers have a strange look that coincides with the videos from her 'Fever' album. William Baker, her creative director, came up with the ideas for the concert. My only advice is that he should have hired a better choreographer because the dance moves are repetitive at times.

The music is the best thing (isn't that what should be best?) It ranges from latin, hip-hop, trance, euro-pop, funk, to the oddball. Some of her songs recieve heavy reinvention. Her older hits from her days as the 'Loco-Motion' girl are brought into the 21st century and the songs from her artistic, but commercial failure "Impossible Princess" bring an element of darkness to an otherwise frothy, but stylish show. In a great moment, Kylie references Donna Summer incorporating 'I Feel Love' into 'Light Years', songs that are very close cousins.

Kylie's voice sounds great. A definite improvement from her earlier days.

The documentary on this DVD is a fun piece of info about the concert although it was originally cut down from an hour to half an hour.

I don't recommend this to a fan who has only bought the 'Fever' album. The lack of knowledge of the other songs might confuse them. This disc is one for the fans who have been with her for a long time and know the history of this lovely Aussie.

Kylie is a great singer and dancer and this live DVD is her best concert I have ever seen - maybe even the best concert I have ever seen with any artist. There's so much great stuff in this DVD...there's great lights and much of stage stuff...also a bed. Her clothing is so great...she changes is about 6-8 times during the concert and they all are awesome...she has a beautfiful wardrobe. This concert is defintely one of the classic concert, actually this one was the first Kylie recording I have ever bought. Her dancers are great and if some DVD is perfect...it is this one. I also enjoyed very much the new versions of "I Should Be So Lucky" and "Loco-Motion"...in "Loco-Motion" she looks so sexy with her clothing...she wears only underwears???

TRACKS:

1)Come into My World

2)Shocked

3)Love at First Sight

4)Fever

5)Spinning Around

6)The Crying Game (The Ballads Section) / Finer Feelings

7)GBI

8)Confide in Me

9)Cowboy Style

10)Kids

11)On a Night Like This

12)Locomotion

13)In Your Eyes (latin section) / Please Stay

14)Limbo

15)Light Years / I Feel Love

16)I Should Be So Lucky

17)Burning Up

18)Better the Devil You Know

19)Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head

I was at this show and any fan of kylie will not be dissapointed. All the best songs are there from her latest album, the show opening with a fantastic performance of Come into my world (possibly the best track on the album). For the older fans who remember Kylie's early songs two of the great early tracks, I should be so lucky and the locomotion receive some re-mixing to bring them into the new millenium. This is a great show with great costumes and fantastic dancers. Thank you Kylie for a fantastic night out, now the memory will live on forever.

I am sure words cannot describe the feelings if you were present at the live show of this magnificent tour. But since most of us state side were not, we are able to capture the Kylie essence the world knows so well on this just released DVD.

Most fans caught the 2001 On a Night Like This Tour and were pleasantly surprised, but KylieFever 2002 brings a new meaning to the concert experience.

For nearly 2 hours Kylie takes us into her world, a world of mostly make believe where anyone can sing and dance. Kylie and her fabulous dancers take us on a whirlwind trip through some of her greatest hits to her recent songs from her Fever album.

From the opening Come Into My World to the closing pop smash CGYOOMH Kylie emerges as a tough act to follow. Madonna may have set the stage for vivid concerts and advanced technology but Kylie is the star of the stage now.

From latin tinged numbers to a disco oldie, Kylie tranverses almost every style of music.

This is a must for any Kylie fan or for those who want a glimpse into what Kylie fans call Kylie Fever!

As a Kylie's fan I'm a bit dissapointed with this DVD. First of all, I expected with this one an improved experience than the previous DVD KYLIE LIVE IN SYDNEY wich, by the way, is excellent. Don't get me wrong, Live in Manchester is a great concert with amazing visual concepts like SPINNING AROUND's Droogie Nights theme, taken from the movie A Clockwork Orange for example.

Now the things I didn't like:

- No DTS track. On the contrary, the DTS from LIVE IN SYDNEY is superb.

- The Dolby Digital 5.1 track is the worst I've ever hear on a concert with almost no bass or "punch" in it, the sound is almost flat. Again, this one can't match the wonderful surround sound and powerful bass from LIVE IN SYDNEY.

- The incredible slow version of THE LOCO-MOTION sounds weird!.

- I've expected a more spectacular finale with CAN'T GET (BLUE MONDAY*) OUT WITH MY HEAD, but instead you get a "regular" and unispired performance of this smashing hit. *The remix version from ther FEVER SPECIAL EDITION CD is much, much better.

Anyway if you like Kylie Minogue LIVE IN MANCHESTER is a must.