Carol Jones has served as Minogue's assistant for 25 years, but the singer is keen to relieve her mother of her duties.

She tells Britain's The Sun newspaper, "Mum would be there with a cup of tea for me at the end of the show, and then she'd be washing out the stinky costumes. I eventually thought, 'Mum, go and watch the show. Still come on tour, just don't work so hard'."