Dannii's "So Under Pressure" has debuted at Number #16 this week on the ARIA Singles Charts. This is not good enough. Today, you are all to go out and purchase at least 2 copies of CD1, and 2 copies of CD2, understood?

Very good. And whilst you're there, pick up a copy of her fabulous new album, "The Hits & Beyond". Make sure it's the Limited Edition one though, because that's the one that comes with a DVD containing a breathtaking collection of some of D's greatest video clips.

NOW. On Saturday afternoon myself and a couple of my closest friends (who are also obsessive Dannii fans), drove up to the Virgin Megastore on Chapel Street in Melbourne to meet Ms. Minogue at her CD signing. It was slated to begin at 2pm.

IT DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL QUITE A LENGTHY TIME AFTER 3PM.

Apparently poor Dannii was stuck in Saturday afternoon Chapel Street traffic. Which is fair enough really. Anyone who has driven down Chapel Street between the hours of 9pm Friday Evening through till 1am Sunday Morning will understand that it is one of the most difficult places in Melbourne to travel down. Knowing all this, however, did not stop me from whinging about a sore back the ENTIRE WAIT though, did it?

In a brilliant turn of events, I managed to run into the delightful Patrick from Pop Goes Canberra and the hilarious Will from Fop. It was also with great thanks to them that I managed to cut into the line. Lovely.

During our lengthy wait, Patrick sang "Perfection" and "Love Fight" at an alarmingly brilliant volume, whilst Will took it upon himself to help the Virgin Megastore out in its plight of destruction against itself. Several items, which should have been bolted down properly to avoid any horrific accents, were not. This managed to ignite a spark in Will who decided to bang, knock and generally fool around with any of the items which looked as if they were about to fall apart. At one point one of the items, a large metal thing which read "EASY LISTENING", was going to be ripped from its already failing bolts in the CD rack, and be presented to Dannii in order to be signed. Sadly, the bolts were managing to hold on by a tiny thread, and they stayed in.

Next time I shall have to take a screwdriver for Will to finish the job.

People sang for prizes (some smart arse sang "Better The Devil You Know"), Will hid EVERY SINGLE Gretchen Wilson CD he managed to find in the racks along the way - never to be found again, and I may have gone on about Sandi Thom being an "ugly cunt" for a bit too longer than I should have. I also yelled out "Coconut!!" when the dickhead on the microphone asked if we had any requests for Dannii to sing. She did not comply. =(

Whilst in line we were all discussing what it was we should say/ask Dannii when our time to meet her came.

Some of the suggestions were:

(Take up the "Ultimate Kylie" CD) "How are you feeling now? All better?"

"So Dannii... what was it like to work on the movie 'Secrets'?"

"Would you like to explain just exactly why you seem to have forgotten about your brilliant cover of 'Coconut'?"

(Take up the "Nip/Tuck" Season 1 DVD) "When's the anniversary?!"

There were plenty more but I've forgotten them.

We all eventually found ourselves closer in the line to Dannii, and once my turn came along, I asked her of any possible Melbourne shows some time down the track this year. "Not this year" she said, "But if things change I'll definitely be putting all the details up on the website".

She also told Will, when he asked about the next single, that "Love Fight" had been suggested by quite a few fans, and that she would be speaking to her record company this week to decide what single would be next. So, we all got our singles, albums, posters and VHS releases signed, and she even took the time to stand up and get her photo taken with anyone wishing to do so.

WHAT AN AMAZING WOMAN.

Overall, it may have been a long wait, but it certainly was not without any brilliance and chaos along the way. I would like to thank my friends Ben & Michelle for coming along for the afternoon, and an even bigger thank you to Will and Patrick, who managed to entertain me for a good three hours and were probably the sole reason I did not throw a major hissy fit and leave.

BUY! >> "The Hits & Beyond" with bonus DVD

BUY! >> CD 1 "So Under Pressure" Single
BUY! >> CD 2 "So Under Pressure" Single

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