Rebecca Cook
Published December 1, 2025 7:00am
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Kylie Minogue’s 2019 Glastonbury slot was a five-star affair (Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage)
‘She’s a national treasure. Period.’ That was Jacob Elordi’s take on Kylie Minogue when asked about the status of his fellow Aussie back in 2023.
It’s no surprise then that living icon Kylie took the legends slot on the Glastonbury stage in 2019, in what was a long-overdue debut at the Somerset festival after she had initially been slated to perform in 2005.
The 57-year-old might have been treated to a hero’s welcome back then, but she hasn’t ruled out another solid gold set at Worthy Farm – even if there is going to be a fallow year in 2026.
The festival break, which comes around every five years, gives the pastures a bit of respite from being underfoot a horde of wellies.
But if the Eavis family rang about getting something in the diary for 2027? ‘I would say yes. 100 per cent,’ she tells Metro and other press, adding that she isn’t against doing the headline slot of 14 years prior. ‘I’ve done a lot of things upside down and the wrong way around.’
Without prompting, Kylie singles out that 2019 Pyramid Stage as ‘the gig of her life’, explaining: ‘Nothing in my experiences compared to Glastonbury. I think globally, it’s viewed that way.’
Kylie singles out that 2019 stage as ‘the gig of her life’ (Picture: Jim Dyson/Getty Images)
Kylie blinked back tears as she finally got to play Glastonbury (Picture: Aaron Chown/PA)
Even now, it’s clearly a pinch-me moment for the pop megastar. ‘If you mentioned to me 10 years ago that I’d be doing… it doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t compute,’ she smiles, a palpable twinkle in the eye.
‘To have an opportunity to really “Buckle the buckle”, as a French ex-boyfriend used to say. I said, “What do you mean?” He said, “I don’t know.”
‘I think he means to complete the circle. I like it, it’s cute. Buckle the buckle. That would be amazing.’
And she wouldn’t be without new music to showcase. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Kylie Christmas, we’re getting the updated, revamped Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) this festive season. Like its predecessor, the album is a chocolate box assortment of tracks, with some bumper additions.
There are the best bits of the original, including the collaborations of yore with Frank Sinatra and Kylie’s sister Dannii Minogue. Then, there are four newbies thrown in, including the banging romp XMAS – pronounced X – M – A – S – which comes with an alphabetised dance sequence to suggest it’s making a play for another gay anthem’s lunch.
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of Kylie Christmas (Picture: Neil Hall/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) has four new tracks (Picture: Warner/Amazon)
Elsewhere on the album, Kylie plays pretend at having a regular 9 to 5 with the cheeky track Office Party, even as she admits: ‘I haven’t had a day job.’ (This is rapidly caveated with the fair addition: ‘I haven’t stopped working all my life.’)
The new tracks offer a potential soundtrack for when we’re getting snozzled on Baileys over Christmas. For Kylie, they might just be a gateway to the Christmas number one spot.
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Not that it’s troubling her. ‘I honestly haven’t been thinking about that,’ she tells us. So how does she feel about having to go up against the reigning Christmas queen Mariah Carey? ‘That’s like trying to stop a tidal wave,’ she says, pure sincerity.
‘MC will always be Christmas. But hey, we’ll see. It would make me feel like it’s 1988 again, which would be a lot of fun.’
The first doors on advent calendars have already been popped open, so the countdown is on.
Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) is available to pre-order now. The album will be released on December 5.
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