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million in dollars) | last_tour = X Tour (2008–09) | this_tour = For You, for Me (2009) | next_tour = Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour (2011) }} For You, for Me〔Source for title: * * * * *〕 (promoted as KylieUSA2009) was the eleventh concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. This was Minogue's first concert tour in North America. The concert has received very favorable reviews from music critics. Despite previous criticism of touring this territory by Minogue and her management, the tour grossed over three million dollars. It was the follow on tour aiding her tenth studio album, and promoting her previous world tour, which didn't tour in North America. ==Background== In 2002, there was speculation Minogue would bring her Fever tour to the U.S. and Canada, after the success of ''Fever'' and its singles in those territories. It was originally believed Minogue did not want to scale down the show for smaller venues but later revealed she was swayed by her management to not perform in the U.S. and Canada. However, Minogue did tour the U.S. with Jingle Ball, an annual concert festival produced on by KIIS-FM, visiting Boston, Anaheim, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, New York City, and Seattle. The tour was officially announced via ''Billboard'' on 6 May 2009. Minogue stated, "I’ve wanted to tour in America and Canada for years now and know that fans have been waiting a long time for this. I’m thrilled that the opportunity has finally arrived." Bill Silva (CEO of Bill Silva Presents) stated, "Kylie has such a successful career outside of North America that it has taken quite a while to find a window in her schedule for the U.S. and Canada. Her amazing fans in North America will be well rewarded for their patience when they experience her show and its entire spectacle." Minogue promoted the tour on the fourth hour of the ''Today Show'' in New York stating that she's always wanted to tour the US, but it was a constant battle with her manager. During an interview with ''BlackBook Magazine'' Minogue spoke about her fanbase in North America: "The fans in America aren’t great in number, but they’re great in spirit. And they’ve been so patient. I think I really shocked them when I said I was touring, because they’ve become accepting of the fact that it was never going to happen. But I meant it, all the years I spent saying I would love to tour the States" and what they should expect from the tour: "I decided not to go somewhere I’ve never been before, direction-wise, because American audiences haven’t seen my live shows for the most part. So we decided—and I guess it works well in these financial times—to bring with us a “best of” my different tours". Jean Paul Gaultier created some of the outfits for the show. Minogue later commented on the tour, stating, "It was a micro-tour, but I’ve got to tell you it was so rewarding () It was a mission from the heart… It was like… setting my wallet on fire because basically it just made no financial sense to do it, but I just reached a point where I thought, ‘That’s it! I just wanna!’ I got a lot of reward from it. Right back to the heart, so it was amazing." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「For You, for Me」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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