Next tour and the next leg too, if the rumours are true about 2nd NA leg.

Oh yeah! Hopefully she gets to do a couple of stadiums in NA with the next album.

The 2nd NA leg isn't a rumor, she confirmed it. But she can always change her mind. It's Pink.

Pink Rocks Out, Flies High at Her First-Ever Nashville, TN Headlining Show

Nearly six years to the day that she opened for Justin Timberlake at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, Pink headlined the venue for a completely sold-out crowd Saturday concert on her The Truth About Love tour.

Pink commented on the Music City achievement early on in the show, saying, "This is my first big show of my own here not opening for Justin Timberlake or 'N Sync ." She later added, "It's surreal to be in Nashville."

Pink's new stage production certainly offered plenty of surreal moments thanks to her high-flying acrobatic work, starting with the set opener, "Raise Your Glass." She took to the air throughout the show, performing death-defying stunts on "Sober," "Glitter in the Air" and "So What."

Those in the music industry-heavy Nashville crowd especially appreciated Pink actually singing live as she swung through the air. Taylor Swift 's record label president, Scott Borchetta, was spotted in the crowd, and Lady Antebellum 's Hillary Scott was there to see Pink's show again after catching it earlier in the week in Florida.

Pink's concert wasn't all special effects and tricks, though. She mixed some intimate moments into the night as well, recreating the intricate dance number from her "Try" video onstage, and singing "Family Portrait" alone at the piano as photos from her childhood flashed behind her.

Though she's just reached headliner status in the U.S. in the past few years, Pink has been a mainstay at pop radio since 2000. She reminded the crowd of that fact with a medley of early hits "You Make Me Sick," "Most Girls" and "There You Go" from her debut, Can't Take Me Home. Raucous readings of "Trouble" and "U + Ur Hand" kept the party going, and Pink now has so many hits that when she left out one of her biggest singles, "Get This Party Started," nobody really noticed.

Pink may have just reached headlining status in Nashville, but after Saturday night's show, she's definitely earned an open invitation back to Music City any time she wants to visit.

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Wow! Hillary Scott must be a stan.

Why the shape-shifting superstar deserves a second look

The modern pop music career is often a perfect encapsulation of bipolar disorder — soaring highs, devastating lows and no center to hold to when sales shift, program directors change and the kids grow up. When you look at the bumper crop of young diva-ettes who made their debut in the late '90s and early Aughts, you find a great deal of talented women who have since found refuge away from the vicissitudes of the pop market — whether via acting (Mandy Moore), TV (Christina Aguilera), the healing dualities of dance music and professional help (Britney Spears), multimedia divatry (J-Lo) or finding fame just for being themselves (Jessica Simpson).

But somehow, Alecia Moore, the artist known as P!nk, has stayed in the game by staying spry and consistent, and maintaining a distinctive voice in pop music. She still sells records. She still has hits. Pop radio — with its corporate feeder-fish mentality — still plays her music. And what makes P!nk all the more fascinating is that she didn't let the marketplace change her. Grad-school dissertations could be written about the interesting ways that she has shaped her image — there's a playful element to the P!nk experience that seems at odds with the accepted narrative that being a pop star is such hard, soul-destroying work. Granted, she fell out of an aerial harness three years ago, but she continues the aerial acrobatics on a nightly basis while on tour.

P!nk claims dominion over her sexuality like classic burlesque artists, deploying garters and glam because it's fun — not just to bring in ancillary young males. She uses the pop music idiom to tell tales we can relate to: It's not just simplistic abstractions about timeless loves, sad breakups and kicking it in the club. This woman took the pain of a marriage then crumbling around her and turned it into "Funhouse," an exceptional detonation of anxiety that found her battling evil clowns, breaking into her own home and incinerating the insurmountable. She took drunken sexual harassment and turned it on its ass with the masterful "U + Ur Hand." You know that amazing vulnerability that happens when genuine domestic sadness collides with state-of-the-art pop songcraft? Britney found it with "Everytime" and "Shadow" from her In the Zone album. Christina got close to it with "Hurt" (but not really). P!nk finds it all the time. "Sober," "Who Knew" and "Please Don't Leave Me" — those three songs alone are remarkable achievements, and they all hit some deep-seated pain in completely different ways. P!nk carries a certain fiery realness (in both the literal and drag concepts of the word) that brings things across as facets and moods instead of formats and marketing. Even that hoariest of genres, the inspirational power ballad, sounds like something deeper and realer when P!nk is behind the mic — case in point, her most recent single "Try."

Few other artists could declaim they'd had a **** day on The Daily Show and not come off silly; but there's always been grit with the glamour, going back to 2001's M!zzundastood, the remarkable fusion of the catchy and the confessional that changed the game completely. Since she first caught the international public's eye with the smooth R&B tell-off "There You Go" back in 2000, P!nk has won awards, changed direction and sounds a few times, become a superstar in Australia, done voiceover work, been one of Charlie's Angels, opened for Lenny Kravitz and 'N Sync, gotten married and had a kid, starred in a glorious mess of a horror film with Shannyn Sossamon called Catacombs (it's on Netflix and worth watching), found rewarding recurrent partnerships with remixers Hani, Digital Dog and Bimbo Jones (all collaborations worth seeking out), and become a spokesperson for heaps of charities and awareness organizations. With this, her sixth world tour in 11 years, P!nk seems to have found her niche.

Nashville concertgoers left reeling from the one-two cancellations of Morrissey and Lady Gaga (and don't kid yourselves, because there's more overlap there than you might think) have an opportunity here to experience something distinctive. In a town that prizes individuality and artistic freedom while at the same time fiending for success and acclaim, you can look to P!nk to lead the way. Possibly from mid-air.

Why the shape-shifting superstar deserves a second look

She took drunken sexual harassment and turned it on its ass with the masterful "U + Ur Hand."

Stanning for the masterpiece!

A game-changer indeed. The deep-dark-personal clones that came afterwards were all amusing. The album that redefined the sound of US radio. Only a non-factor with no impact.

Loved it!

"this is the first time P!nk has incorporated pyrotechnics into her show." This is not true tho, she used them on the Summer Carnival, at the end of So What.

Everybody's raving!

P!NK shares The Truth about Love at her Rockin' Concert
3:46 p.m. EST, March 5, 2013

At 7:30 PM on February 26, the diverse crowd began to trickle in to the BB&T center in Sunrise, Florida

to see the talented singer Pink perform her new show, The Truth about Love. Thirty minutes late, The Hives, an alternative rock, Swedish band took the stage. Dressed in tuxedos and top hats, the band ran on stage. The well-known band was energetic and electric, jumping on the drum sets and playing the guitar all across the stage. The band played songs such as “Hate to Say I Told you So” and “Tick Tick Boom.” Although they livened up the stage, their accent was hard to understand. Their music resembled a loud ruckus, and people who had not heard the songs previously could not understand the lyrics. Their performance was memorable for fans of the band, but it had a negative imprint on some people.

At nine, thirty minutes after The Hives finished their performance, the lights dimmed once again and the full stadium cheered for the spunky singer. The show began with an energetic older man appearing on the stage in a vibrant suit of sparkles, stripes, and pink. He cackled and introduced the audience to his game show, The Truth about Love. His contestant was the one and only Pink who appeared in a video drunk at a bar with a man. She got upset and left the bar, which kick started her first song, “Raise your Glass.” Glittering, she rose up from underneath the stage and walked on to the platform.

Pink sang extremely well, her voice, which sounded like it does on the radio or television, resonating throughout the stadium to the glee of a roaring crowd. Throughout her performance, she twisted and turned, performing many acrobatic feats. Her costuming was revealing and glamorous and fit well with the show. Next, she performed her song “Walk of Shame.” The background of the stage consisted of many different television screens on which different videos having to do with the theme of the song played. During one song, the background televisions showed Pink as a video game character defeating the monsters in her life.

At various times during Pink’s performance, she flew up into the air on silks and performed crazy acrobatic stunts while singing. It was extremely impressive to see her flying while singing with such accuracy. Her physical talent matched that of her vocals, and when she used them together, she was a spectacle. Pink also changed costumes frequently throughout the show. Each outfit was more dazzling than the last, and Pink’s costume always managed to awe the crowd.

Pink’s performance was both enthralling and entertaining. Pink never failed to entertain the audience, and her dancing and singing both added to the performance. Pink’s background singers, dancers, and band were also flawless. Pink pulled off her over-the-top performance without making it look too dramatic or flamboyant. The whole show was memorable. From Pink’s performance with a videotaped Nate Reuss (F.U.N.) to her acrobatic encore, the show was a success.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/teenlink...,5677629.story

Destroying everyone with reviews!

Great review from the show I went to!

P!nk Teaches Nashville & Chad “The Truth About Love” at Bridgestone Arena
By Chadwick Benefield March 4, 2013 5:50 AM

Saturday morning I was sitting at the computer and, on a whim, decided to see if I could find some last minute tickets for the P!nk concert at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. As fate (and luck) would have it, I logged onto Ticketmaster just as the arena released a handful of last-minute seats. Those seats . . . 6 ROWS FROM THE STAGE! Needless to say I bought them and was absolutely blown away by what I saw. P!nk was AMAZING! And there are videos and photos to prove it. WATCH!

I didn’t shoot that video. To be honest, I was to mesmorized to focus. For much of the show, I stood there dumfounded . . . drooling, my tongue hanging out. I was amazed at P!nk’s voice (she sounds superb live), her athleticism, her ridiculous abs and the spectacle and scope of her The Truth About Love tour. It was pop/rock music meets Cirque du Soleil.

And, after that rousing encore of ” So What” sent her flying the lengths and rafters of Bridgestone Arena, P!nk returned to the stage for a second encore. And this was BEAUTIFUL and breathtaking!

I have seen just about everyone under the sun in concert. From Garth Brooks to Janet Jackson. From George Strait to Patti LaBelle. From Brooks and Dunn to MC Hammer. From Reba McEntire to Lady Gaga. From Blake Shelton to Milli Vanilli (and, no, I am not kidding). But I have to say . . . P!nk was freaking unbelievable. Truly. She rocked my country world.

So, my Saturday was pretty awesome. I literally lucked into tickets just hours before the show. Those tickets plopped me literally 15-20 feet from the stage. And I got to see and hear one of my favorite artists live. P!nk is simply spellbinding. I left Bridgestone Arena completely moved and convinced I had just witnessed the best concert I had ever seen. I have a hunch, the other 20,000 people there Saturday feel the exact same way.

By the way, P!nk will be at the KFC Yum Center Friday, March 8th. If you can, GET TICKETS and learn The Truth About Love.

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Amen.

Pink in rare air with over-the-top performance at Palace

Pop singer Pink often goes by P!nk, and she earned the exclamation point in her name Tuesday night at a sold-out Palace of Auburn Hills with a high-flying, even death-defying concert that made most earthbound pop stars look downright lazy.

She opened the show with "Raise Your Glass," performed while dangling from the arms of her male dancers high above the Palace floor. For "Try," she twisted and turned above the crowd on an assortment of ropes, and for "Sober" she danced inside and swung from the side of a cage that spun 15-20 feet above the stage. Short of being blasted from a canon and flying across the arena, she pulled off just about every high risk act you could hope for, and she did them without a net.

Impressive as those stunts were, they were merely a warm-up for her encore. During "So What," Pink strapped herself into a wire harness that allowed her to fly over the entire crowd, spinning in circles the whole time, and nailing her landings on two small towers placed in the back of the crowd. And she did it all while singing live. Now what's that you were saying about how impressive Beyonce was at the Super Bowl?

Tuesday's concert was Pink's first area headlining show since 2002, and she's now entered a master class of pop spectacle providers. She displayed the physicality of Madonna in the way she lead her troupe of dancers, and the production was on par with that of any big name pop act. She carried herself with a confidence and ease of someone completely comfortable in their element; "uhhh, what was the first line?" she said when she blew the opening of "Who Knew," performed during a stripped-down acoustic portion of the show. It wasn't about being perfect, it was about being in the moment.

For all the spectacular aerial moments during the two-hour show, Pink also held her own while gravity-bound on stage. The busy production included nine video screens, a seven piece band and a team of dancers, while Pink was at the center of most of the action. (The MC used to occasionally narrate the action was grating.)

The setlist covered her whole career, and a medley of songs from her 2000 debut album served as a reminder that it took Pink awhile before she found herself, musically. Her early R&B sound later gave way to rock-spiked pop; and on Tuesday, her initial leanings came off like a character she was being forced to play against her will. At least during the show, she was able to have fun with the persona, and she treated the early songs like she was playing dress-up with an old wardrobe.

Pink, 33, has often painted herself as an outsider, aligning with the misfits in her audience and playing the role of rebel pop star. There was plenty of that Tuesday — she dedicated a song to all the "terrible dancers" in the audience and encouraged them to let loose — but she also proved herself to be an extremely hard worker with almost superhuman abilities. Stunts or no, she performed with a ton of heart and hit concertgoers on an emotional level while entertaining them all the while. In short, she soars.

Openers the Hives were ridiculously entertaining in their own right, with frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist raising his crazed, attention-starved shtick to ever-new heights. It's rare that headliners enter the crowd during the show and almost unheard of for an opener, but Almqvist was all over the Palace during the group's 40-minute set, mixing it up with the crowd and winning them over one fan at a time.



From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...#ixzz2MlAmPXUd

RAVE! RAVE for the QUEEN! Another great review to add to the long list!

Concert review | Pink: Spitfire star connects amid dazzling visuals

"...Famous for her infectious pop-rock that cuts at lousy exes and champions the underdog, Pink came out swinging last night.

Suspended from a bungee cord, that is.

The 33-year-old belted the words to Raise Your Glass — no lip syncing, haters — while simultaneously doing flips high above the Value City Arena stage.

Indeed, many a Budweiser and Smirnoff Ice were hoisted throughout Pink’s two-hour concert, which was packed with dazzling visuals and Vegas decadence that never overshadowed the spitfire star.

Framed loosely with the concept of a television dating show, the singer born Alecia Moore spanned her catalog, from hip-hop-lite 1999 debut Can’t Take Me Home to her latest — and first No. 1 — release, The Truth About Love.

It was as much a treat for the eyes as the ears.

She spun, tangled in ropes, during the slow-burning Try. She hung from an orblike cage while singing of emptiness in Sober. While snarling through the sassy kiss-off So What, she slipped a metal ring around her waist and rocketed into orbit toward the cheap seats.

A smart crew of artful modern dancers nicely boosted several tunes...."

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The praise. We will be needing a thesaurus soon.