Pitch perfect Pink performance

Birthday girl Maggie, 9, and her sister Grace Reid, 12, of Queenstown, are blushing pink ahead of the Pink concert. The concert was a birthday gift to Maggie, who made the trip down along with her mum and sister. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Pink wowed the 37,000-strong crowd with a visually stunning show. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER

Pink delighted the 37,000-strong crowd with a visually stunning show. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER

Alyssa Garrett and her mother Odette Garrett, of Christchurch, prepare to head into the show....

Alyssa Garrett and her mother Odette Garrett, of Christchurch, prepare to head into the stadium. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

University of Otago master’s student Breana Riordan (23) has her hair dyed pink by Celeste Swale at RA Hair and Beauty yesterday. In light of Pink visiting Dunedin, she felt it was a "rite of passage". PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

It's the third time Pink has performed in Dunedin. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER

Happy crowds make their way towards the concert. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Pink soars above the crowd on Tuesday. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER

Crowds queue up at Forsyth Barr Stadium. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Pink's Summer Carnival tour set-list was a mix of greatest hits and a couple of performances from latest 2023 album Trustfall. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER

Sisters Nina (left) and Sarah Heydon, of Christchurch and Mataura respectively, alongside their mother Maria McLaren, of Mataura, were dressed to impress on their way to Forsyth Barr Stadium to see Pink. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Braving the elements on the way to the stadium are (from left) Renee Growcott, of Hokitika, Eva Buchanan, 12, of Hokitika, and Allison Buchanan, of Alexandra. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Pink performing with her dancers at Forsyth Barr Stadium. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER

Pink - Summer Carnival tour
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Tuesday, March 5

REVIEWED BY LAINE PRIESTLEY

Dunedin concert-goers were tickled pink by a mesmerising performance put on by one of the biggest stars to ever swing from Forsyth Barr Stadium’s rafters.

Last night, US pop star Pink dazzled about 37,000 Southern fans with a colourful display of top-tier choreography, stage theatrics and vocals - oftentimes performed while strung up precariously in the air.

Pink wowed the crowd with an acrobatic opening to her show in Dunedin last night. It's the third time she has performed in the city. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER

Pink opened up with a collection of some of her biggest hits from her decades-long career, and wowed the crowd with an opening number of Get the Party Started where she swung into the stadium through a pair of lips suspended from the roof.

What followed was an amazing display of singing, swinging and acrobatics that caused the crowd to melt down into awed screams of amazement.

The Summer Carnival tour set-list was a mix of greatest hits and a couple of performances from latest 2023 album Trustfall scattered throughout.

Her hits from the early 2000s brought the party-girl back out of the mums in the crowd, and rightly so.

It was near impossible not to feel giddy and get up and dance during her entire set.

It's the third time Pink has performed in Dunedin. PHOTO CRAIG BAXTER

Pink’s voice has been blaring from our radios for more than two decades and the diversity of the crowd demonstrated that.

From children with their parents to young ladies on a mid-week night out, and people enjoying their golden years, the audience was a collection of fans from all walks of life.

Many concert-goers in the crowd would have spent their youth partying in clubs to Pink’s music, and now blast out her music in the car with the children in the back.

Being her ninth concert tour, Pink’s experience at giving fans a show to remember is second to none, and her masterful crowd engagement made everyone in the "room" feel like her best friend.

One thing was for sure, nobody puts on a show quite like Pink.

laine.priestley@odt.co.nz