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Celeb News: Pink outsold Katy and Taylor, set another record
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Pink outsold Katy and Taylor, set another record
Pink delivers record-setting show at Yum! Center
Pink sold out the KFC Yum! Center Friday night, in the process becoming the highest-grossing female artist to so far play the arena. Take that, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.
Pink earned her pay-day, delivering a show that expertly played up her most enduring image: the tough girl with a heart of gold and really bad luck with guys. She calls it “The Truth About Love Tour,” and the most essential truth seems to be that girls rule, boys drool.
While mostly just an elaborate and exhaustively paced pop show — Pink has to be the hardest-working singer in the business — there were some high-concept elements.
An art-damaged cabaret type acted as emcee, playing the host of a game show called “The Truth About Love.” The conceit never really went anywhere but it was fun enough, and his spoken-word bit about embracing your weirdness without shame underscored one of Pink’s favorite themes.
The show was filled with a playful sexuality. Fetishistic imagery was abundant, from dancers dressed in panties and stockings to a female bass player, and the androgynous Pink got much love from both her male and female entourage. But it wasn’t packaged as a sermon, as it is at Lady Gaga shows. It felt more like just another Friday night at Pink’s house.
Pink touched on every phase of her career in a roughly two-hour performance, mixing punchy anthems such as “Raise Your Glass” and “Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)” with more introspective songs, including “Family Portrait” and “Sober.” Her singing was always impressive, even when she was also doing acrobatics.
Which was often. Too often, really; Pink seems obsessed with aerial gymnastics, to the point where it all turns into schtick. Flying over the crowd, bouncing in a harness made of bungee cord, climbing on an art-deco jungle gym suspended 20 feet above the stage — it got to the point where you just didn’t want to see her go airborne again, ever...
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She's a great touring force, that's for sure. 
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Great for her!
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Queen of music
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Legend.
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So much for a "forgettable" artist
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Queen
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Wow, congrats 
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I see this was not in Australia but in Katy and Taylor's strongest market.
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Good for her! But this stood out in the article:
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Pink touched on every phase of her career in a roughly two-hour performance, mixing punchy anthems such as “Raise Your Glass” and “Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)” with more introspective songs, including “Family Portrait” and “Sober.” Her singing was always impressive, even when she was also doing acrobatics.
Which was often. Too often, really; Pink seems obsessed with aerial gymnastics, to the point where it all turns into schtick. Flying over the crowd, bouncing in a harness made of bungee cord, climbing on an art-deco jungle gym suspended 20 feet above the stage — it got to the point where you just didn’t want to see her go airborne again, ever...
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She is a much better performer than them, that's for sure. Deserved
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Which was often. Too often, really; Pink seems obsessed with aerial gymnastics, to the point where it all turns into schtick. Flying over the crowd, bouncing in a harness made of bungee cord, climbing on an art-deco jungle gym suspended 20 feet above the stage — it got to the point where you just didn’t want to see her go airborne again, ever...
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Love her ! Congratzzzz 
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Which was often. Too often, really; Pink seems obsessed with aerial gymnastics, to the point where it all turns into schtick. Flying over the crowd, bouncing in a harness made of bungee cord, climbing on an art-deco jungle gym suspended 20 feet above the stage — it got to the point where you just didn’t want to see her go airborne again, ever...
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Wow! Legend. 
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