The album is a live recording of her For You, for Me Tour, during her performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

Live in New York was released on 14 December 2009, exclusively to online digital media stores.

Minogue's official YouTube page streamed a live recording of the first half of the concert on 12 December 2009.

[4] The album was initially released to digitally to various online stores both in the U.S. and internationally.

Additionally, a free promotional sampler, entitled Performance, was included in The Mail on Sunday on 19 September 2010.