Pink Adelaide review: High-flying pop powerhouse reaches new heights
The pop megastar and her family boarded a chartered plane after wowing a massive Adelaide Oval crowd. Here’s our review of a truly memorable gig.
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Pop megastar Pink has jetted out of town following her epic concert at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday night.
On Wednesday at about 2pm, the US singer, along with her husband, Carey Hart, and children Willow and Jameson, emerged from a black van at Adelaide airport and boarded their chartered Virgin flight.
Sporting a wide-brimmed hat, ripped jeans and big sunglasses, Pink looked relaxed while her young son Jameson carried a Spiderman backpack.
Their plane will now head to Perth for the next show of her Australian tour on Friday at Optus Stadium.
Tuesday night’s concert was the ninth on her current Summer Carnival tour of Australia/New Zealand, which has already featured concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle and the Gold Coast.
Pink Adelaide review: High-flying pop powerhouse reaches new heights
Adelaide Oval has played host to many a high-flyer over the years, but few have soared to the heights reached by pop powerhouse Pink on Tuesday night.
Emerging from a neon sign 30m above the stage, the US singer leapt off a trapeze before somersaulting several times into the air via bungee cords, all while belting out her signature hit, Get The Party Started (naturally).
It was a typically grand entrance befitting one of the world’s biggest music stars, playing one of the biggest shows ever seen in Adelaide.
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Pink’s love affair with Australia is well-documented and the feeling is definitely mutual as almost 60,000 fans – many of whom had waited hours in sweltering conditions – crammed into the Oval on a balmy February night.
When she finally arrived on stage at 8.40pm the sound was deafening and it only grew louder as she kicked off the show with a collection of hits any singer would be proud of, from Raise Your Glass and Who Knew to Just Like a Pill and Try.
“Oh my god. How the hell is everybody?
“Hopefully by seeing me wear a jacket it makes you feel colder,” she told the crowd as she continued her high energy performance, flanked by a series of dancers, armed with colourful props including pink flamingoes, and with fireworks going off around her.
Soon after arriving in Adelaide on Monday, Pink, 44, and her family, including husband Carey Hart and children Willow and Jameson, completed the Adelaide Oval roofclimb. She raved about the stadium to the audience.
“I got to climb this building last night and this is the most incredible venue I have ever seen,” said the singer, dressed in a sparkly leotard and pink jacket.
“I was looking out at the city today but I forgot how freaking beautiful it is. I’ve been coming here so long, it really feels like home.
“Thank you for bringing me here.”
On her last Adelaide visit in 2018, Pink played four shows at the Entertainment Centre, but the Oval is a venue more suited to a performer of her stature.
Despite the cavernous nature of the stadium, Pink’s ability to connect with the massive audience is a special gift, and she used every part of the stage to speak to her fans.
“Is everybody hydrating?? Are you ready to sweat?” she asked the crowd; later telling “every single person” to get water – but also suggesting beer.
At one point she was given Tim Tams by a crowd member and she gave them a go, licking the packet and declaring they smelt like a “chocolate sauna” in the sweltering conditions.
“Ahh Tim Tams . . .Thank you . . . I won’t be able to eat them any other way now,” she quipped.
“I will have to put them in the microwave,” she said.
The vast majority of the female-dominated audience were Pink devotees, many of them families with young children decked out in various shades of pink, singing along to every word of her pop rock anthems.
Even if you weren’t overly familiar with her back catalogue, chances are you’d know the chorus to at least a dozen of Pink’s bangers, many of which remain on regular radio rotation around the country.
During Turbulence, Pink performed more aerial acrobatics, twirling and spinning on ropes metres in the air, alongside one of her dancers.
Who needs to go to the Fringe when you can see Pink’s high-wire act?
One of the night’s biggest cheers came as she introduced her daughter, Willow, who joined her for a special duet of Cover Me In Sunshine.
The proud mother looked on glowingly as “One-Take Willow” nailed the chorus, just like her famous mum.
“Oh my god she’s so perfect,” Pink said.
On the slower, acoustic tracks, such as Don’t Let Me Get Me and When I Get There, Pink showed off her vocal chops, demonstrating she’s more than the stunning spectacle – she’s got real musical substance too.
For the jaw-dropping finale, Pink turned into the flying singer and soared once more through the sky, suspended by wires as she saluted all corners of the stadium with her encore song, So What.
Tuesday night’s show was the ninth on her current Summer Carnival tour of Australia/New Zealand, which has already featured epic concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle and the Gold Coast.
It was a spectacular, high-octane performance from a peerless entertainer still right at the top of her game, almost 25 years on from her debut.
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