Mardi Gras set will be over in a flash ... Singer Kylie Minogue is this year's star attraction at the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Picture: John Grainger Source: The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph reports
The queen of this year's Mardi Gras Kylie Minogue fronted up for the first of her official parade duties, hosting an intimate soiree at the Sheraton on the Park in the lead-up to her Saturday night performance.
Kylie is making her first appearance at the Mardi Gras in 14 years and coincidentally the visit coincides with the year-long celebration of her career to date, dubbed K25.
The shindig, which drew a few visiting celebs including Little Britain’s Matt Lucas and Aussie performer Sam Sparro, was an informal get-together prior to Saturday's parade, with Minogue working the room for parade's bosses and its sponsors.
And Minogue's sister Dannii was expected to drop by, after a CBD book signing, as was US drag queen Ru Paul who is in town on Mardi Gras duties.
Minogue, who arrived in Sydney on Monday, has been rehearsing her post-parade performance in town this week with a troupe of dancers from her Aphrodite: Les Folie tour, with a 20-minute medley planned for the Hordern Pavilion event.
"It's going to go by in a flash, because the show will be a pretty fast-paced 20 minutes of goodness," Minogue told Sydney gay and lesbian magazine the Star Observer this week.
"It was really hard to choose what to do in that 20 minutes, because I can't do everything.
"I'm sure there's going to be some people saying 'why didn't she do this' or 'why didn't she do that'.
"But it's a celebration; I could go there and sing everyone's name in the hall, and we'd still have a good time.
"And my understanding of having a gay following started in Sydney, so it feels poetic to come back and celebrate that."
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