NBA playoff game forces Kylie Minogue to cancel Denver concert: ‘I’m so sorry’

Kylie Minogue‘s U.S. fan base is saying “Padam, Pa-damn“ after the Australian pop icon was forced to cancel a rare North American tour date due to a scheduling conflict with an NBA playoff game.

The “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” singer announced Wednesday that her planned April 29 concert in Denver as part of her Tension tour — her first North American tour since 2011 — was no longer moving forward because of a late-breaking Denver Nuggets basketball game at the city’s Ball Arena.

“I’m so sorry that we’re now unable to visit Denver on the Tension Tour due to a scheduling conflict with the NBA playoffs,” Minogue wrote on her Instagram Story, adding that she was “really looking forward to performing in Colorado for the first time.”

However, the singer and recent supporting actress on The Residence was a good sport about the conflict.

“Sending my best to the Denver Nuggets for their hometown games,” Minogue said, “and I really hope to visit you all in Denver soon.”

The Nuggets will now host the Los Angeles Clippers at Ball Arena on the 29th, in game 5 of their first-round playoff series.

Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Minogue for further comment.

Launched in February to promote her 2023 and 2024 albums Tension and Tension II, Minogue’s tour includes some of the biggest hits of her career, including “Love at First Sight,” “On a Night Like This,” and “Padam Padam.”

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Though she rarely visits North America on tour, Minogue did launch a Las Vegas residency in 2023, which concluded its initial run in May 2024.

Minogue’s Tension tour will continue with three final U.S. and Canada dates through May 2, before hitting Europe, South America, and Mexico through Aug. 26.