Kylie Minogue announces new tour including Manchester AO Arena gig - how to get tickets and pre-sale

The Manchester gig for Kylie Minogue has been revealed after she announced her world tour. The songstress' highly anticipated 'Tension Tour' will see her visit the city to perform at the AO Arena on May 19 2025.

The tour is set to be Kylie’s biggest since 2011 and will open in Kylie's home country of Australia before making its way to Asia and then the UK in May.

More countries and dates to be announced over the coming weeks including Europe and North and South America. Speaking about the announcement, Kylie said: “I am beyond excited to announce the TENSION TOUR 2025. I can’t wait to share beautiful and wild moments with fans all over the world, celebrating the Tension era and more! It’s been an exhilarating ride so far and now, get ready for your close up because I will be calling Lights, Camera, Action … and there will be a whole lot of Padaming!”

UK tour dates 2025

Fri 16 May - OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland

Sat 17 May - Utilita Arena, Newcastle, England

Mon 19 May - AO Arena, Manchester, England

Thu 22 May - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England

Fri 23 May - Utilita Arena, Sheffield, England

Mon 26 May - The O2, London, England

Tues 27 May - The O2, London, England

Fri 30 May - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England

Sat 31 May - bp pulse LIVE, Birmingham, England

How to get tickets

Tickets for the UK dates will go on general sale at 9am Friday 27^th September. Please visit Kylie.com for more information on tickets for the ‘Tension Tour’.

Mobile network company Three is offering customers the chance to get their hands on exclusive pre-sale ticket access to Kylie’s gigs - thanks to Three+, the mobile network’s rewards app.

The Three+ pre-sale tickets are on sale from 10am on Wednesday 25^th September for up to 48 hours. To access this pre-sale ticket window, fans need to be a Three UK customer (Pay Monthly, Pay As You Go and Business customers) and have downloaded and registered on the Three+ app before pre-sale opens.

More information can be found via their site.

American Express® Cardmembers can also purchase tickets before the general public. The Amex presale begins 10am Wednesday 25^th September for all venues except London and from 10am Thursday 26^th September for London through to 9am Friday 27^th September.

‘Tension II’ - a brand new collection of 13 songs - will be released on 18th October via BMG and is available to pre-order here. The high energy, high octane partner of the Number 1 album and global smash ‘Tension’, sees Kylie head further into the electronic space, and is packed full of dance floor anthems. The record includes nine brand new Kylie studio tracks plus the latest dance hit ‘Edge of Saturday Night’ with The Blessed Madonna as well as the collaborations with Orville Peck, Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo, and Sia.

Full track listing for the album is -

1. Lights Camera Action

2. Taboo

3. Someone For Me

4. Good As Gone

5. Kiss Bang Bang

6. Diamonds

7. Hello

8. Dance To The Music

9. Shoulda Left Ya

10. Edge Of Saturday Night (with The Blessed Madonna)

11. My Oh My (with Bebe Rexha & Tove Lo)

12. Midnight Ride (with Orville Peck & Diplo)

13. Dance Alone (with Sia)

Lead single from the new collection ‘Lights Camera Action’ will be released on 27th September and is available to pre-save now.