{"id":2350553,"date":"2026-03-29T20:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2350553"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:40:29","slug":"kylie-minogue-to-headline-2026-afl-grand-final-entertainment-the-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kylie-minogue-to-headline-2026-afl-grand-final-entertainment-the-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue To Headline 2026 AFL Grand Final Entertainment \u2014 The Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Global pop music superstar and Aussie icon Kylie Minogue has been chosen as the headline act for this year\u2019s Telstra Pre-Game Entertainment at the 2026 Toyota AFL Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">The diminutive entertainer has done it all across a career spanning almost five decades \u2013 selling over 80 million records worldwide, garnering over five billion streams and collecting a whopping nine #1 Australian albums. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Minogue is an 18-time ARIA Award winner and has also taken home four BRIT Awards, two MTV Awards and two Grammys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">\u201cThe AFL Grand Final at Melbourne\u2019s one and only, forever iconic MCG? Yes please!\u201d said Minogue about being asked to perform at this year\u2019s GF. \u201cAs a Melburnian, I\u2019m so excited to be coming home for the biggest day in the Aussie sporting calendar. I\u2019ll not only be performing, but I\u2019ll be one of 100,000 fans at the \u2018G, watching the wonder that is footy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">\u201cThe Toyota AFL Grand Final is the biggest event on the Australian sporting calendar &#8211; and this year, we welcome home an Australian icon.\u201d\u00a0AFL CEO Andrew Dillon said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">\u201cKylie has been on our wish list for a long time, and there is no better artist for headline the performance prior to our biggest game of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">\u201cOur AFL team recently joined Kylie at the MCG for the Grand Final content shoot, and you could already feel the excitement for September building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenote.com.au\/news\/dmas-headline-new-afl-gather-round-site-next-door-hosted-by-hard-rated\"><strong>DMA\u2019s Headline New AFL Gather Round Site Next Door hosted by Hard Rated<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thenote.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global pop music superstar and Aussie icon Kylie Minogue has been chosen as the headline act for this year\u2019s Telstra Pre-Game Entertainment at the 2026 Toyota AFL Grand Final. 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