Kylie Minogue has announced a string of live dates across the UK and Ireland for later this year.

The Aussie pop princess - currently wowing viewers of The Voice on BBC One - will play 12 arena shows across the British Isles in September, October and November.

The tour will be in support of her new album Kiss Me Once, which is released today, and will apparently feature both new and old material.

Titled the Kiss Me Once Tour, it will call at London, Glasgow, Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Newcastle, Belfast and Dublin.

Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am.

Kylie recently joined forces with Facebook to preview her new LP.

The full list of dates and venues is...

24 September – Echo Arena, Liverpool
26 September – Phones 4u Arena, Manchester
29 September – The O2, London
30 September – The O2 ,London
3 October – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
5 October – Capital FM Arena, Nottingham
7 October – NIA, Birmingham
8 November – The O2, Dublin
9 November – Odyssey Arena, Belfast
11 November – Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
12 November – SSE Hydro, Glasgow
13 November – Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield