Kylie announces arena show dates

Kylie Minogue has announced a series of arena shows in the UK and Ireland later this year.

The Australian singer is to play the gigs – in the wake of new album Kiss Me Once – during her upcoming 31-date European tour.

The new album, which features tracks by Haim producer Ariel Rechtshaid as well as Pharrell Williams, is her first for four years and is released today.

Tickets for the Kiss Me Once tour go on sale on Friday at 9am and are available through Ticketmaster.

The shows begin in Manchester on September 29, calling at London, Cardiff, Nottingham, Birmingham, Dublin, Belfast, Newcastle, Glasgow and winding up in Sheffield on November 13.

Her show in Dublin is on November 8.