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Kylie X 2008 (PAL/Region 2)

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I've been a Kylie fan for a long time and I have all of her DVD's. I used to think that Showgirl/Homecoming tour was amazing until I saw this one. There is only one word to describe this show, it's SPECTACULAR.

She just gets better and better. She might not be the greatest singer on earth but she always sing LIVE and she CAN sing really well.

The other great thing about the tour is the stage. Especially when they lit up the floor, it looks fantastic. The costumes and the dancers are awesome too (Jason Beitel!).

There are only 2 things that I don't like throughout the show, one of them is Act 4: Naughty Manga Girl. The video Sometime Samurai is too long and I wish she didn't sing Sensitized. The other one is I think 4 songs for the Encore is just too much. They should have left out "The One" (I know it wasn't in the set list at most of the shows, I guess she sang it that day because of the DVD shooting.)

Best Performances:

Boombox/Can't Get You Out Of My Head: It's not one of my favourite Kylie songs but I really like how they combined it with Boombox and the background projections are great.

Heart Beat Rock/Wow/Shocked: The whole Cheer Squad theme is really entertaining and fun.

Copacabana: This performance is just amazing. You feel like you're watching a play, so fun.

2 Hearts: I like how she says "Let me tell you something, I'm in love" and it's such a colorful performance with the musicians.

Your Disco Needs You: One of my favourite Kylie songs, the last notes are amazing. "Shall we take it to the opera?"

Step Back In Time: I love how she starts singing acapella and so soft then the music begins and the dancers come to the stage, really good.
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You're gonna love this DVD.
(Also, I've ordered this from amazon.co.uk and it's Region 0 not 2.)

While this concert doesn't have the same visuals and highly intense choreography of a madonna gig, she holds out on her own; i actually like the idea of her not doing all that much dancing and focus on singing, which she carries off well - yes, she doesn't lipsync! Nor can you discern any recorded enhancements for vocals. The set and visuals, top notch.

To me, the best moments are the encore numbers where it's just her and the audience. The best thing about this dvd is that it got me listening to her "x" cd again, after languishing on my shelf for the past 6 months.

I totally enjoyed watching this concert footage. It's a shame that she isn't all that popular here in the States. But definitely worth spending every dime on the DVD.

Kylie's really something else. Not only are her albums the best dance pop around, but her shows are more than just concerts: they're theater. Her DVDs are polished, beautifully filmed documents of her always astounding performances. Given her recent illness, it should be no surprise that she eases up a bit on the physical demands she puts on herself, compared with her previous tours. While still gorgeous, she's not as young as she used to be. She still puts herself through a superhuman work-out, but it is a little less than we saw on previous concert DVDs.

As usual, her most recent album's songs are featured heavily in this concert. X has a lot of great stuff on it, so they fit in well with such classics as Spinning Around and Can't Get You Out of My Head. As usual, Kylie SINGS the songs, and a live band (of sickeningly beautiful people) plays most of the music. Kylie's performances are always that much more impressive when you consider that they really are making the music in addition to all the unbelievable choreography.

Like her hit song says: Wow.

(A word to American buyers: Do note that this is a Region 2 DVD. I'm unable to play it in my Sony DVD player, but I can watch it on my laptop.)

I did order"X 2008" thru amazon.uk (secret, it was cheap ). and I can't stop playing this dvd.
the best female pop artist ever and forever.she is the new CHER.

Amazing performance,amazing voice,amazing grace she has.

My favorites songs, all of them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.But, I love the "Copacabana" performance.
The 80's sound from the 'X" cd is phenomenal.
the skull when she sings "like a drug" is very "WOW"
It is a shame that she is not touring in the USA.Maybe she will sent to the bench Madonna, Britney,the disney girl, and others pseudo singers, if she perfoms in USA soil!!!!

Just one bad thing, the perfromace of 'the One" is so dull,but still good.
The image and sound are fantastic.

It is a shame that she is not touring in the USA.Maybe she will sent to the bench Madonna, Britney,the disney girl, and others pseudo singers, if she perfoms in USA soil!!!!

PS.the dvd was pal, region 0, it won't play in the Sony blu-ray player..but it played in my old dvd phillips upscaling 1080i p.I'm looking for the blu ray in the future.

This was Kylie's latest tour, KYLIEX2008, filmed at the O2 Arena in London, this past summer. I was there personally and the DVD showcases the amazing show from the beginning with "Speakerphone" to the finale of her 1st hit 21 years ago, "I Should Be So Lucky."

Any fan of the US who does not know all of her songs will enjoy this DVD as there are many familiar songs that have been released in the States, but many new ones of her past that you will fall in love with.

I adore Kylie and am her biggest fan. I ordered this from England not knowing if it would work in my players (DVD was Region 2 & PAL video) It not only worked it lets me watch the woman I love in all her glory! I am Kylie's biggest fan in the USA. Not many of us here and she doesn't come here but this way I still get to see her.

I'm a big fan of Kylie and almost have all Kylie's dvds. But after I saw this X tour 2008, it was quite disappointing.
1. No matter how good or bad the show is, the production quality of this dvd is NOT good. Quite scene I can tell Kylie's face was blurry, the whole show is not high definition of picture quality,and it's very dark. It's not I'm very picky, but this was compare to all other Kylie's dvds. Can't compare to Showgirl, Fever Tour 2002, Homecoming/White Diamond, or can't compare to Celine Dion's live in Las Vegas at all or any Ayumi Hamasaki's dvds. If you have a LCD TV or nice Flat TV, you can tell a huge difference. After I finished watching this dvd, I put back the Homecoming dvd, WOW everything was so much better!

2. The costumes, considering Gaultier (Madonna) had designed them, were uninspired and quite unflattering at times, that cheerleader get up sent shivers down my spine!! Her Japanese section was a blatant rip off of Madonna's Samurai section from her Drowned World tour in 2001, the song choice also lacked inspiration taking much of its que from the lacklustre disc that was X.

Overall, this dvd still worth watching but do not expect too much if you have seen other Kylie's dvd, even it's a more than 2 hours show. Simply go get Showgirl, Homecoming/White Diamond, or Fever 2002 Tour dvds. All these 3 dvds are so much better than this one. Especially Fever 2002, the beginning of show -the robot space costume with Coming Into My World" is defintely of the best!