The setup began at Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday ahead of Pink's The Beautiful Trauma World Tour concert tomorrow night.
Organisers yesterday said more than 37,000 tickets were sold for the concert, making it one of the largest for the venue.
The show clocks in at more than two hours and features dancing and aerial acrobatics.
Live Nation production and logistics VP Nik Tischler said it was a "massive thing" logistically getting the gear to Dunedin.
The two 747s and one 767 needed to carry the almost 70 tonnes of gear were too big for Dunedin Airport, he said.
The set therefore had to be flown to Christchurch, loaded on to trucks, and freighted down by road.
"We did Kendrick Lamar in Dunedin recently, and in 25 years of working, I got a bill that I'd never seen before; to de-ice a plane. I didn't know where that went in the budget."
Superfan Kara Flanagan (29) loves all things pink.
The colour infiltrates her wardrobe and also found its way on to her car.
"The love of the colour, I don't know where that came from."
She was excited when she found out the singer was returning, but was not able to afford a ticket.
"I asked my mum to buy one, but found out recently she missed out on tickets in the initial run. I am very gutted. I'm obsessed with Pink."
She would get a Pink tattoo if someone was able to buy her one, she said.
She and a friend counted down in a diary for 104 days before the singer's 2002 Party Tour concert.
"She sings about some good things, not just about guys."
For a pre-concert Pink treat, two Otago Polytechnic students have the answer.
Sachien Budhia and Georgia Rhodes, third-year bachelor of culinary arts students, will sell pink doughnuts on Anzac Ave before and after the concert.
Passionfruit and lemon curd are one of three sweet doughnut flavours and they will sell savoury "doughnut burgers" from a Polytechnic food truck.
Mr Budhia said the pink doughnuts were about being "customisable to the customer".
Concert information
Gates open at 5.30pm.
No bags larger than 30cm x 30cm permitted.
No bags allowed into the Wild Hearts Zone.
No food or drink except bottles of water, up to 1 litre, with seals unbroken and homemade food, such as sandwiches or cakes, and fruit.
No professional cameras and video/audio recorders (including cameras with detachable lenses).
No glass, including perfume bottles.
Free shuttle buses from Octagon every 5 mins from 4pm.
Road restrictions around the stadium, limited parking in area.
Buses from central city between 11.30pm and 1.30am on three routes: South Dunedin, North Dunedin (via Highgate) and Mosgiel. Gold coin donation.
