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Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
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. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the 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.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Mariah Carey, 56, looks incredibly youthful in striking snaps as she becomes latest star to baffle fans by appearing to age backwards
Mariah Carey looked like she'd barely aged a day in her latest slew of stunning snaps. The singer, 56, took to Instagram on Monday to document her time in Asia, writing: 'Loved celebrating Mother's Day in China! ❤️' Yet fans were focused on her stunning youthful looks, flooding the comments sections with compliments. Among the sweet messages were: 'Always beautiful'; 'Whoaaaa!!! So beautiful ❤️❤️❤️'; 'Slay mama ❤️❤️❤️❤️'; 'A+Amazing dahling'. Mariah - who is currently on her Celebration of Mimi tour - is mother to twins Monroe and Moroccan, 14. She is the latest Hollywood star to baffle fans by looking younger than ever as the years pass. Cosmetic surgeons have reported a recent rise in deep plane face lifts - with a myriad of A-listers including Nicole Kidman, Lindsay Lohan and Anne Hathaway - speculated to have had one. Mariah has denied having any cosmetic surgery and has instead credited many other factors for her youthful looks. Over the years she has opened up about various beauty tips - which range from never smoking cigarettes to only being photographed from her 'good side'. The singer has often highlighted the importance of external factors, like angles and positioning. She has on several occasions admitted to feeling 'tortured' by 'hideous' overhead lighting. Speaking recently on the Las Culturistas podcast with Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, she voiced her grievances. 'I can't with the overhead lighting. Why do they do it to us? I shouldn't say us, it's not us. It's me,' Mariah remarked. 'I'm the one who's the most tortured by the hideous lighting in every elevator, doorways, gyms - not that I go to the gym. But I'm just saying, it's hideous lighting.' She added that 'the sun is OK if it's sunset', but is 'careful' to the UV ray exposure. 'But overheard lighting, I don't think so, honey,' the singer expressed. 'Everywhere I go, shut the lights. Turn them out. I don't want to see them no more.' It's not the first time Mariah has expressed that overhead lighting makes her 'sick'. In an interview with the Sunday Times in 2016, as reported by Yahoo!, the musician told the journalist: 'I have to point out this is a rented house - I would never have overhead lighting. High hats, they call them. 'In my apartment in New York, it's all recessed lighting, chandeliers, candles. This lighting is abusive.' Elsewhere earlier this year Mariah took to Instagram to show what she deemed the 'bad side' of her face. 'New year, new beginnings... taking a picture from my 'bad side'!' the caption read. Mariah smiled softly with the camera facing the left side of her face, where she has a signature mole between her lips and jawline. The star has frequently joked about her 'bad side' with fans, after in 2016 revealing that she was told to favour one side of her visage when she was only 19. Recounting the tale on her docuseries Mariah's World, she said it was her first ever shoot, and a photographer said her right side was her 'good side'. 'This is your good side,' they allegedly said. 'Only let people photograph you from your good side. Ever.' For years after, Mariah reportedly wouldn't allow photographs of her 'bad side' - but eventually leaned into it. In 2009, speaking to the Associated Press - as shared by Yahoo! - she revealed: 'I don't feel like, "Oh, I have to be on this side, or I have to be on this side." I really had specific things that someone told me when I was 19 starting in the business and I listened to them. I don't care anymore.' The pop sensation has also been rumoured to be a fan of unusual beauty treatments - including milk baths. Speaking to the Guardian in 2018, Mariah clarified an interviewer's question about whether it was really true that she only bathed in French mineral water? 'No, I bathe in milk,' she replied. 'Yes, sometimes I use milk as a beauty treatment. I don't want to give away all my secrets... Cold milk.' Elsewhere a US Weekly report once claimed that the artist paid a masseuse $1,500 to massage her for eight hours, while she slept. Speaking to FEMAIL, Dr Akis Ntonos, founder of Aion Aesthetics and partner of Certainly Health also suggested it's possible Mariah may have gotten 'tweakments' over the years to maintain her youthful appearance. The doctor shared that it is likely that Botox has been used in various areas of her face. The injections appear to have been administered masterfully, knocking years off her appearance while still keeping her looking like herself. 'Mariah has a very defined facial structure, so Botox would be used to fill out her lines without losing that striking definition,' he explained. 'It's been strategically injected in a way that lifts her eyes rather than making them droop. Her practitioner has done an excellent job. 'Good Botox is all about enhancing what's already there, not completely overhauling your natural beauty.' Dr Ntonos believes that part of the reason Mariah Carey's Botox is so impressive is that it is most likely been used preventatively. He added: 'Botox is a widely used treatment to diminish signs of ageing, such as wrinkles and fine lines. 'Most people get Botox once these signs have already appeared; however, preventive Botox aims to beat the formation of wrinkles. 'By relaxing or weakening the facial muscles that cause wrinkles, preventive Botox can help to slow down the development of these lines.' When it comes to make-up, the star has also revealed a surprising product that she 'never' wears. Speaking to US Weekly, Mariah admitted that she 'hates' mascara. 'Whenever a makeup artist tries to put it on me, I throw a fit,' she added. Mariah also told the outlet that she has a strict no-smoking policy for her wellbeing. 'I smoked quite frequently from the time I was 12 to when I was 18,' the singer admitted. 'I gave up smoking in one day and never went back. I absolutely detest cigarette smoke now.' However, the rule does appear to be linked to her vocal abilities more than anything else. 'One day I promised God if he'd give me my voice back, I'd never smoke again,' she had said in an interview, as shared by Vogue. 'And I got three octaves back after quitting.' Because nobody does a comeback story quite like a true pop diva. In 2016 Mariah also opened up about her food choices, for maintaining a healthy body. 'It's really hard. My diet, you would hate it,' she told E! News. 'All you eat is Norwegian salmon and capers every day. That's it. 'I'm actually serious... I try to stick with the proteins. It's the worst.'
