Kylie Minogue announces new album Tension II and 2025 world tour

Kylie Minogue has never done things by halves. Today, the pop superstar revealed that not only will a brand new album - Tension II - be arriving next month, but she'll be hitting the road for a world tour in 2025.

Tension II (what happened to Tensions or Tension: Here We Go Again?) will officially arrive on October 18, while its lead single, Lights, Camera, Action, is also not that far way either - due to drop September 27 via BMG.

Alongside the brand new album, Kylie has also announced that next year will mark a major world tour, The Tension Tour, and she'll be coming to the UK!

LOVERS …. TENSION II … The sequel with NINE new tracks will be yours on October 18th! 🩶🩵🩶 Get ready for your close up ... Lead single coming September 27th … LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION 💡📸🎬 But wait! There's more ....https://t.co/3R3ZhXDJeJ pic.twitter.com/cdSkGnDnXK

— Kylie Minogue (@kylieminogue) September 19, 2024

So far, we have no less than nine announced UK dates, including two back-to-back nights at London's O2 Arena next May.

Tickets for the Tension Tour will officially go on sale Friday September 27 at 10am.

Released last year, Kylie's 16th studio album Tension kickstarted a massive modern-day career renaissance for the Aussie superstar, helped along of course by Kylie ushering her very own Padamic with Padam Padam.

The elastic electro-pop tune, which functioned as the lead single from Tension, was a viral sensation that landed all the way at Number 8 on the Official Singles Chart - becoming a rare late-career modern pop hit, and the 35th Top 10 single of Kylie's illustrious career. 

Tension then went one better and debuted at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, becoming Kylie's ninth UK Number 1 album. 

Already this year we've had a tease of what Tension II might indeed sound like, Kylie teamed up with Tove Lo and Bebe Rexha for the single My Oh My, which peaked at Number 63 in the UK. 

Kylie Minogue's 2025 Tension UK tour dates

• May 16 - Glasgow (OVO Hydro)

• May 17 - Newcastle (Utilita Arena)

• May 19 - Manchester (AO Arena)

• May 22 - Liverpool (M&S Bank Arena)

• May 23 - Sheffield (Utilita Arena)

• May 26 & 27 - London (O2 Arena)

• May 30 - Nottingham (Motorpoint Arena)

• May 31 - Birmingham (bp pulse LIVE)

Kylie Minogue's Tension II tracklist in full

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)

Tension II by Kylie Minogue drops October 18 via BMG.