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Pink Finally Bringing High-Flying Funhouse Spectacle to the States

Singer vows to go "higher, faster, bigger, better"

Posted May 19, 2009 7:05 AM

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Pink

Opener The Ting Tings

Tickets $34-$50

WHAT TO EXPECT:
The last time Pink hit U.S. stages — opening for Justin Timberlake in '07 — she spun from the ceiling on silk curtains. Now, after selling out arenas around Europe and Australia, she's bringing her hit-packed, circus-like Funhouse spectacle — filled with acrobatic stunts, multiple costume changes and giant evil inflatable clowns — to America. "I am so freaking excited to finally show my own damn country what I do," she says. "Every tour I'm like, 'OK, it has to be more dangerous, harder to get insurance, higher, faster, bigger, better.' I'm hanging upside down, spinning around 40 feet in the air, singing. I would rather sound like shit than lip-sync. I can't drink before the show, but I pretty damn well earn it after."

VINTAGE PINK:
The Singer on Britney Spears, Therapy and Taking on L.A. Reid, from April 2002

PINK ON STAGE:

Pink on stage through the years

PLAYLIST TO GET YOU PUMPED:

"Get the Party Started"
"Just Like a Pill"
"U + Ur Hand"
"Trouble"
"Bad Influence"
"Family Portrait"
"Sober"
"Please Don't Leave Me"
"Funhouse"
"Glitter in the Air"
"So What"
Play All

WHERE TO CATCH IT:
9/15 – Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theatre
9/17 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavillion
9/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
9/20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Jobing.com Arena
9/23 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
9/24 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
9/26 – Chicago, IL @ All State Arena
9/28 – Fairfax, VA @ The Patriot Center
9/30 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Center
10/2 – Boston, MA @ TD North Bank Garden Arena
10/5 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

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