Kylie Minogue is set to make her much-anticipated return to touring for the first time since May 2005, when she had to cut her tour short after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

During the interim she has undergone chemotherapy and had a tumor removed and found time to pen a fictional book: The Showgirl Princess.

Kylie says she’s still got a mountain to climb:

…But I don’t fancy hanging around at the bottom of the mountain.