Kylie Minogue: Money Can't Buy – Концерт 2003 года

2003 one off concert by Kylie Minogue supporting her album Body Language

Money Can't Buy was a one off, 75 minute concert show held on 15 November 2003 at the Carling Apollo in London to promote Australian singer Kylie Minogue's ninth studio album Body Language (2003). Its title alludes to the fact that tickets were not for sale and limited to invited guests and competition winners. The total cost of staging the concert was £1 million. William Baker and Alan MacDonald served as creative and art directors, respectively, while Michael Rooney and Steve Anderson worked on the choreography and musical arrangements. Minogue primarily performed tracks from Body Language during the show, although previously released singles were also included in the setlist. The concert was streamed live on AOL. com and broadcast on television channels ITV1 and Network Ten a few days later. It was released as a DVD, entitled Body Language Live, on 12 July 2004.

Following the global success of her eighth studio album Fever, Minogue began working on her ninth studio album Body Language. Aiming to create a dance pop album inspired by electronic music from the 1980s, Minogue enlisted collaborators such as Cathy Dennis, Dan Carey, Emiliana Torrini, Johnny Douglas and Mantronix. To promote Body Language, a one off concert show was organised to be held at entertainment venue Carling Apollo, London, on 15 November 2003 – two days before the release of the album. For the show, Minogue collaborated with creative director William Baker and art director Alan MacDonald. Baker and MacDonald had previously worked with the singer on her KylieFever2002 tour. Display hardware manufacturer Barco was hired to provide 100 square metres large LED displays, which were set up on the stage behind Minogue. They were used to show animations and high resolution graphics. Minogue wore five different costumes during the 75 minute long show. The Sydney Morning Herald found it surprising that Minogue chose to perform in an "intimate" setting as she had chiefly embarked on large arena tours in the past. The newspaper felt it was similar to Madonna's decision to perform at a small show at Brixton Academy, London, in 2000.

The concert was divided into four segments (in chronological order): "Paris By Night", "Bardello", "Electro", and "On Yer Bike." "Paris By Night" opened with the Body Language track "Still Standing", which Minogue sang from atop an eight metre long black beam suspended in the air. She continued singing as the beam slowly descended to the stage. The performance of "Still Standing" was followed by "Red Blooded Woman", another track from Body Language, and "On a Night Like This". The latter's performance was inspired by the 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain and featured "dancers spinning iridescent red umbrellas against LCD displays of digital drizzle." The "Bardello" act commenced with a mashup of Minogue's 1998 single "Breathe" and "Je t'aime moi non plus", a 1969 French duet between Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin.

In their review of the show, The Age commented that Minogue was able to emulate Bardot's appearance well and wrote: "[Minogue] looked the spitting image of Brigitte Bardot as she turned a corner of west London into Paris for the evening." Writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, Greg Hassall gave a favourable review of Money Can't Buy and summarised it as "lots of '80s influenced electro pop, with a few oldies thrown in for good measure." People magazine complimented the visuals but felt Minogue's vocals were "electronically enhanced." Craig MacLean from the Daily Telegraph called Money Can't Buy a "real tour de force" and noticed that the tracks from Body Language were more low key than songs from her previous albums, describing them as "sedate and immaculate dancefloor rhythm" and "All very stylish and considerably more affecting than the similarly nostalgic Sophie Ellis Bextor." In the United States, the DVD was released on 7 September.