Australian pop star Kylie Minogue who released her new album "X" this week has announced a new European concert tour and promised the show would be "totally different" from previous performances, media reported yesterday.

The new tour will open in Paris on May 6 just days before her 40th birthday and end more than two months later on July 27 in London's O2 Arena.

The tour -- called "KYLIEX2008" after her latest album "X" -- includes gigs in Antwerp, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Munich, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki and Rotterdam. She will also play two gigs each in four British cities -- Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester and London.

Minogue cancelled her "Showgirl" tour when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 but returned last year with the "Showgirl Homecoming Tour." Tickets go on sale for the UK shows on Dec. 3 priced US$103, the same price as those for her last "Showgirl Homecoming" tour.

Minogue underwent surgery in Melbourne, followed by chemotherapy in Paris where her then boyfriend had a home. The announcement will end media speculation that she may have to cancel a planned tour due to concerns over her health after she recovered from breast cancer.

The 39-year-old singer said on her website that the two celebratory tours would be new and exciting experience for both the audience and herself.