Review: What it was like at Pink’s Friday night Brisbane concert

Alecia Beth Moore is 44 years old and can still rock on with the best of them as Carlie Walker discovered at Pink’s Brisbane concert at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.

Pink pictured performing at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16th February 2024. (Image/Josh Woning, J&A Photography)

• In Pictures: Pink lights up Brisbane

I’ve been obsessed with Pink since I saw the deliciously deranged music video for her single ‘Please Don’t Leave Me’, but tonight marks the first time I saw the chart topping ‘Get This Party Started’ queen live.

After rocking Newcastle and Sydney, where she stopped a show when a fan went into labour, tonight it was Brisbane’s turn to witness her Summer Carnival world tour and Pink, also known as Alecia Moore, didn’t disappoint.

A sea of people outfitted in ponchos filled Suncorp Stadium, braving the rain to see the global superstar.

One super fan, who described herself as an old-school Pink fan, waited outside the stadium ahead of the show and said she had been to see the mum of two every time she toured and she was most looking forward to seeing the performer’s older catalogue of hits.

Tones and I proved to be the perfect opening act, bringing the stadium to life with hits including ‘Dance Monkey’ and ‘Bad Child’, as well as a cover of ‘Forever Young’.

She also performed her new yet to be released single Dreaming and lit up Suncorp by asking the crowd to get out the torch lights on their phones while performing a cover of Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’.

Pink pictured performing at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16th February 2024. (Image/Josh Woning, J&A Photography)

Fittingly Pink, 44, opened the show in a glittering leotard with ‘Get the Party Started’, hanging from bungees on the neon-lit stage, performing somersaults and bringing a huge amount of energy to the first number.

Pink followed up the opening song with another hit that brought crowd to life, ‘Raise Your Glass’, complete with flamingo scooters zooming across the stage.

One of the highlights of the night then came, with Pink being handed a packet of TimTams from a member of the crowd.

She then launched into a series of hits, including ‘Who Knew’, ‘Just Like a Pill’, ‘Try’ and ‘What About Us’.

In Pictures: Pink lights up Brisbane

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Later, her emotional rendition of ‘F—kin’ Perfect’ brought the crowd to its feet.

Pink loves visiting Australia and the feeling is mutual. She’s toured the nation seven times and played dozens of shows, banking more than $109 million in the process. Every part of her live shows stun the crowd - she can dial it back with an acoustic number that showcases the range of her unique voice, and equally she can hit every note while hanging from bungee ropes above Suncorp Stadium or tethered on wires zooming through the air in aerial manoeuvres that have to be seen to be believed.

Staying on the Gold Coast during her visit to the Sunshine State, Pink and her husband, motocross legend Carey Hart, were spotted getting out on Harleys and enjoying the beach with their children ahead of her six Queensland shows, where more than 200,000 people are set to see the legendary singer perform live.

In addition to her own songs, Pink also covered classic hits including Bob Dylan’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’ and ‘Heartbreaker’ by Pat Benatar.

Pink pictured performing at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16th February 2024. (Image/Josh Woning, J&A Photography)

She’s renowned for making cover songs her own, as she did performing Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ during her tour in 2013 and with her stunning version of Jefferson Airplane’s ‘White Rabbit.’

The energy she brings is electric and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a crowd this excited by a performer.

This marks the first time Pink has played stadium shows in Australia, leaving behind the relative intimacy of arenas across the nation to play before up to 50,000 people a night.