Kylie Celebrates 40th Birthday

Kylie Minogue celebrates her 40th birthday today.

The petite star will take a break from her X tour to mark the date with a small group of family and friends.

Dannii Minogue will be joining her sister at what is expected to be a lavish sit-down dinner in Germany, while mother Carol and father Ron are flying in from Australia.

Her tour resumes with a gig in Munich on Thursday, before moving to Switzerland, France and Spain.

Last week, she kicked off her birthday celebrations in Greece.

Kylie booked a three-storey hotel overlooking the Aegean sea for her entourage.

More than 100 people celebrated at an all-night party, attended by people from her record label, her tour and management.

Her catering staff from the X tour were also invited - with the 40-year-old hiring outside caterers so they could get the night off.

A spokesman said: "Kylie will be celebrating her birthday with her family and close friends."