Minogue tour reports premature

The organisers of Kylie Minogue's Showgirl tour have denied reports the singer will be well enough to perform the postponed concerts early next year.

The Spinning Around beauty was forced to cancel a series of live shows when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May.

But, despite making good progress following two operations and intensive chemotherapy and radiation treatment, it is still unclear when the 37-year-old hitmaker will be well enough to return to the stage.

Frontier, the company responsible for the ill-fated Australian leg of Minogue's world tour, yesterday dismissed recent rumours that the tour has already been rescheduled and urged ticketholders to remain patient.