BREAKING NEWS Mariah Carey to return to Australia for the first time in 11 years to headline Fridayz Live alongside Pitbull and Wiz Khalifa
Mariah Carey is returning to Australia in 2025 to headline Fridayz Live, marking her first tour Down Under in over a decade.
Daily Mail Australia exclusively revealed on Tuesday that the 56-year-old pop star will play shows in Sydney and Melbourne later this year.
And this October, Fridayz Live hits the road for a massive Australian tour after a year off, bringing a string of major artists to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
Five-time Grammy winner Mariah, who is currently on tour in Asia in celebration of the 20th anniversary of her album The Emancipation of Mimi, will perform alongside US rapper Wiz Khalifa and Pitbull.
'I missed you terribly, certainly the fans and the people, the beautiful land and the animals, you know, it's Australia, c'mon!' she said.
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Carey is bringing her dazzling glamour and a setlist stacked with chart-topping tracks to Fridayz Live including Fantasy, Always Be My Baby and We Belong Together.
Pop icon Mariah is also set to bring her Celebration of Mimi tour, commemorating the 20th anniversary of her acclaimed 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi, to international audiences, with Australian dates expected to be announced soon.
'Mariah has been eager to reconnect with her Australian fans,' an entertainment promoter told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday.
'The Celebration of Mimi tour is the perfect opportunity to do so, and plans are underway to include Australia in the tour itinerary later this year.'
Mariah recently teased fans with an Instagram video featuring an Australian flag and kangaroos marked on a calendar, hinting at upcoming tour dates in the country.
This follows the cancellation of her planned 2018 Australian tour due to a 'scheduling conflict'.
While official dates and venues are yet to be confirmed, fans are encouraged to stay tuned for announcements.
Tickets are expected to sell quickly once released, given Carey's enduring popularity and the anticipation surrounding her return to Australian stages.
Meanwhile, the iconic pop star recently revealed what's bugged her most throughout her decades-long singing career.
Speaking with People, she admitted that upon its release she felt 'annoyed' that it was referred to as a 'comeback album.'
'At the time, it annoyed me when they called it a comeback album,' she told the publication. 'But now I'm just like, 'Oh yeah, my comeback album.''
The project — which featured collaborations with Snoop Dogg and Jermaine Dupri — was released just three years after 2002's Charmbracelet, which received mixed reviews and debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart.
Despite the success of The Emancipation of Mimi's predecessor, she said the 'comeback' description is 'somewhat accurate.'
Carey expressed her frustration as she asked rhetorically, 'It's like, how many comebacks do I have to have?'
She noted that if people 'know the album, then they usually are fans of the album.'
'But not everybody knows that album,' the entertainer explained. 'So people can discover various songs and kind of get to know the feeling of that album.'
Acknowledging the milestone anniversary on social media last week, Mariah wrote to her 14 million Instagram followers: 'Happy 'Mimi' Anniversary!! I'm excited to celebrate this one with you.'
A special edition 20th anniversary iteration of the LP will be released on May 30.
Mariah added in her Instagram caption, 'While working on #Mimi20, I got to relive all the memories from this pivotal moment in my personal and professional life.
'This album has some of my biggest hits to date, as well as some personal favourites that are very special to me. Let me know what your favourite Mimi lyric is and stay tuned for more surprises yet to come! Love, MC.'
In a video shared by Spotify days ago, Mariah stated, 'The Emancipation of Mimi represents an incredible part of my life — obviously the music and the songs and just where it took me as an artist and as a person.'
She named Fly Like A Bird as one of her favourite tracks from the album, calling it 'the vocal take that I'm most proud of.'
'It was such a strong message that I was kind of writing to God, to myself, to my fans. It still feels that way to me,' Mariah said of the soft and uplifting R&B tune.
The album went on to sell 10 million albums worldwide, with six million purchased in the United States.
The star was married to Nick Cannon from 2008-2016 and they share 13-year-old fraternal twins Moroccan and Monroe.
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