Kesha, Blusher @ Entertainment Centre, Adelaide 24/2/2026
Pop star Kesha returned to Adelaide for one massive night at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. It had been sold out for ages and was pretty much fingers crossed and hope for the best trying to get a ticket last minute by any legitimate means possible. Party vibes were building on this very Wednesday night and this was just one of the many happenings around town but this was the hot ticket. The tour was titled ‘The T!ts Out’ and statements don’t get any bolder than that serving as a beacon to summon the predominantly youthful female fan base to high tail to the Entertainment Centre. It was quite obvious that the positive messaging and attitude resonates strongly encouraging and empowering young females to be who they want to be and conquer the world not letting anyone hold them back. Looking at Kesha’s CV there isn’t much that she has not done either musically as well as being an advocate and championing a number of different causes.
Melbourne dance group Blusher landed the coveted national support slot with this tour propelling them into limelight. They are an inch away from breaking in a big way and have a promising future ahead of them. The music, the choreography, the dance moves and the outfits all seemed to go hand in hand making for the complete production lifting the bar for any support act. They performed with such precision making sure every last detail was in check. Racer and Somebody New were electrifying openers encouraging the crowd to “cut loose” on WHATEVERWHATEVER. There was a brief acknowledgment saying that it was hard to believe that their dreams are about to come true starting in a share house in suburban Melbourne.
Pulling out all stops with the dance moves on Backbone that intensity continued through Rave Angel and Last Man Standing. Addison Rae cover Diet Pepsi went down smooth like the actual drink. New single Rager got hips shaking and the Blusher remix of Kesha’s single GLOW was bold but really well done. Encouraging the crowd to dance like is was 3am it was Accelerator that brought this quick fire set to an end leaving the stage smouldering.
Kesha doesn’t follow any play book doing it uniquely her way and being authentically Kesha. Her performance was split into four acts. The first act was One Of One with Kesha appearing with a very life like mannequin of her own head launching in to massive hit single Tik Tok. Encouraging the crowd to hold the hands in the air it was the bold statements “only love can save us” and “the most radical thing we can do is love ourselves and each other” preceding a mix of Warrior, Crazy Kids and C’mon. Kesha pointed out that a lot of these songs had not been played in thirteen years taking the original production and reproducing them for this show.
Act II: Heaven in Hell saw Kesha returning in black leather with an electric guitar up the raunchiness asking Adelaide “are you read to get sleazy”. The crowd responded and the likes of Cannibal and Take It Off not only got everyone a bit hot under the collar but turned who GA area in to a massive dance floor. Not sure how many people got in to the spirit of ‘taking it all off’ as was in encouraged but got the crowd chanting those words.
The Ram Dass Interlude / FREEDOM. Set the tone for Act III: Freedom C*** with some big moments with the likes of JOYRIDE and YIPPEE-KI-YAY. Kesha spoke of being a free woman starting Kesha Records and later adding that she had been searching for the missing piece suggesting that she is her own “sugar daddy” and that “I’m the love of my life, I’m the one!” Highlights were RED FLAG and Dinosaur with a snippet of Devo’s Whip It. There was the “pretend last song” with Die Young wrapping up Act III.
ACT IV: Period should another side of Kesha and was less about pop and more about letting her vocals shine singing stunning versions of Cathedral and Praying. Emotive and vulnerability are words that come to mind to show the impact of these particular songs before revving things up on show closers Your Love Is My Drug topped off with We R Who We R. Hard to believe ninety minutes whizzed by. Definitely not a nostalgia trip but an artist honouring her hits but still forging a new direction with them.
Live Review By Rob Lyon