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"Whilst at home in Melbourne with her family this week Kylie was diagnosed with early (stage) breast cancer,"??a statement said. "She will undergo immediate treatment and consequently her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned."??She was said to be disappointed at having to postpone the shows. She had been due to arrive in Sydney from Melbourne on Tuesday to officially begin the Australian leg of her tour which began in Britain. "I was so looking forward to bringing the Showgirl tour to Australian audiences and am sorry to have to disappoint my fans," she was quoted as saying in the statement. "Nevertheless hopefully all will work out fine and I'll be back with you all again soon."

Kylie's promoter Michael Gudinski wished her a speedy recovery and said all her fans would be praying for her. "I'm hoping and praying because the doctor found it so early that everything will be OK," he told the Seven Network. "Let's just give her time to go through what she's going through and we'll worry about all that in the future. Our thoughts, and I'm sure all the legions of Kylie's fans, will be with her all the way."

Kylie was due to play six shows in Sydney from Thursday. 'The Showgirl Tour' was also scheduled to tour Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth over the next month. Her headlining appearance at this summer's Glastonbury Festival is also expected to be cancelled.

Scissor Sisters have begun work on their second album.

Interviewed on Xfm, Ana Matronic said: "The first album was recorded in Babydaddy's apartment??? So we've started the second one, and we've gone back. We're pretty much in there every weekday??? It's only been two weeks since we've been home [from touring], so it's early days, but everything so far is going pretty good."

"Scissor Sisters" was the biggest selling album in the UK in 2004, selling 1,594,259 copies.

Scissor Sisters headline the V Festival on August 20 and 21 in Weston Park, Staffordshire, and Hylands Park, Chelmsford.

BANANARAMA's much anticipated new single will be called 'Move In My Direction' and is scheduled for a July 18th release!

JOHN FOXX and JAPAN's STEVE JANSEN are on the bill of a very special concert taking place at the Brighton Festival on May 21st. The show is a tribute to Harold Budd and will also see Budd's last ever live performance.

PET SHOP BOYS frontman NEIL TENNANT has cowritten a track on the forthcoming album from Superchumbo, 'WowieZowie'. Tennant also provides vocals for the track which is titled 'Tranquilizer'.

BOY GEORGE has written a song, 'Even God', which will appear on the forthcoming album from Charlotte Church who is reinventing herself as a pop singer with her forthcoming album 'Tissues & Issues' which is due in July.

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS have confirmed two dates in the UK and a show in Ireland in June. See the website for all the dates.

LOVE & ROCKETS and BAUHAUS mainman DANIEL ASH will release a live album 'Come Alive' on June 13th (May 31st in the USA).