2012 is K25

Hello.

Happy New Year! How was your Christmas? Mine was lovely, thank you for asking.

Just in case you are wondering whether 2012 is going to be one hell of a year, let me tell you that the answer is YES. And that's because 2012 has actually been renamed K25 by everyone Kylie and everything Minogue. And that's because the Minoguester has been in the music business for 25 years this year. And that's because she's bloody amazing.

Kylie's creative team are so keen to celebrate this milestone that they've decided to turn this year into a brand of its very own, even going to the bother of designing a commemorative logo (see above). I'm not overly in love with it, to be honest. The diamante is rather fabulous but the K is a little too metallic and angular for my liking. It looks like a K that would stab you in the heart and leave you for dead, perhaps. And we know that Kylie isn't a mass people murderer [and no, she hasn't murdered any songs either, to any smart alecky types who are reading this].

The prospect of what is to come during K25 is much more appealing, however. To be fair, the only thing we know for sure at the moment is that there will be a new album this year. Rather appropriately, it'll be another hits album, however this time it will feature classical and/or acoustic reworkings of the classic songs. Aren't you getting just a teensy bit excited about the prospect of a classical version of Better The Devil You Know, for instance? What about Never Too Late? ::snigger:: We've already heard some snippets of her recording sessions at Abbey Road towards the end of last year and it all sounds very promising indeed. Her sneaky live set, where she performed On A Night Like This complete with a full orchestra was rather wonderful to say the least.

What's even more exciting is the prospect of some special events and live shows throughout the year. Alas, Kylie has denied rumours that she's about to perform/record a duet with Madonna [fans were agog last week when the rumours surfaced but ultimately were left disappointed] but she's yet to deny the rumour that she'll embark on an anti-tour in 2012 K25. And if you don't know what an anti-tour is, think of the Aphrodite Les Folies Tour of 2011, but in an alternative universe where the sky is green, the grass is blue, Downton Abbey is shit and I'm a millionaire. Indeed, the anti-tour should only include shows in small intimate venues, with an approximate tour budget of about 10 bucks per show, and Kylie should rightly sing a few of her songs that'd normally never have a hope in hell of being performed on one of her Greatest Hits extravaganzas. Even though tickets will be nigh on impossible to get a hold of, the fans who manage it will be certain to have the night of their lives.

Meanwhile, Kylie's Twitter page has gone all #BlastFromThePast over the past few days with Kylie and her fans sharing some of her most (and least) favourite photos from the past 25 years. It's properly hysterical. You should definitely check it out.

So Happy K25, here's to having a brilliant 12 months, whatever it decides to throw at us, Kylie events-wise or just general soap opera life events-wise. :-)