On This Day in Pink History… 24th February 2009, The Funhouse Tour started in Nice, France

The Funhouse Tour was the fourth concert tour by Pink. The tour supported her fifth studio album, Funhouse. The tour visited Europe, Australia and North America. According to Pollstar, the Funhouse Tour earned around $180 million with more than 3 million in attendance becoming one of the highest-grossing concert tours in the history of music . The Australian leg of the tour broke the record for the biggest tour in the history of the country. Over 660,000 people attended the Australian shows and grossed over $80 million.

The tour was announced in October 2008, nearly two weeks before the release of her fifth studio album. Pink stated, “I’m so excited to get back on the road. The ‘Funhouse’ tour ideas are running rampant in my head. Who knows what they’ll come out as… And I can’t wait to see.” The tour followed her internationally successful I’m Not Dead Tour, which became one of the biggest tours in 2006 and 2007.

The tour also marked the first time Pink has headlined a North American arena tour. To describe the event, Pink stated, “I’ve waited 30 years for this tour. I really wasn’t sure if anyone was going to show up.”

The concert starts with a video introduction which feature Pink watching TV. She then gets up and puts her lovers hand into a warm glass of water. She goes upstairs and gets changed into a white shirt and some jeans. She gets on a motorcycle and rides off, resembling her Funhouse music video. She finds a clown crying on the side of the road. She gets of her bike and gives him a flower hat. As the video ends, the clown appears on stage. He walks up to the end of the catwalk and finds a Box with a handle. As he turns the handle, a trapdoor opens, and Pink is lifted up into the air on a rope. The song Bad Influence then starts. She gets lowered down onto the main stage and starts to sing. She then sings Just Like a Pill, Who Knew, Ave Mary A and Don’t Let Me Get Me. She then goes offstage. At some shows, Pink might perform It’s All Your Fault after Just Like A Pill.

A red couch appears on the stage and Pink is seen walking over to it. She then starts to sing I Touch Myself. Whilst singing, hands come out of the couch and touch her. She then performs Please Don’t Leave Me. She briefly goes offstage whilst her dancers come onstage. She comes back on to perform U + Ur Hand. A love heart shaped bed appears onstage as she performs Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely) and So What. She then goes offstage again.

Her pianist then starts to play piano. She then comes back onstage to perform Family Portrait. She then plays I Don’t Believe You on the guitar. She would then perform Crystal Ball, Trouble and Babe I’m Gonna Leave You. She then goes offstage. At some shows, Pink might perform Dear Mr. President.

Two of her dancers then come and perform Ballet moves. This is then followed by Sober when she performs a trapeze. She quickly goes offstage and returns for Bohemian Rhapsody. Four mirrors are brought onstage as she performs Funhouse and Crazy. She says goodbye to the crowd and goes offstage. On the last leg, she would perform Stupid Girls after Funhouse

For the encore, She performed Get the Party Started and Glitter in the Air. For all shows except for the Premiere, there would be a video montage of all her videos with God Is a DJ playing after Get The Party Started. For Get The Party Started, she would perform some acrobatics. She would then go offstage. After a costume change, she would come back onstage to perform the final number, Glitter In The Air. She would be in the air performing some more acrobatics. Whilst that was happening, she would get lowered into the trapdoor that was used earlier in the show and be dipped in water. After she was lowered back onto the main stage, she bowed and walked offstage. The screen in the background showed THE END on it.

Opening Acts

• Raygun (Europe Leg 1) (select dates)
• Faker (Australia) (select dates)
• Evermore (Australia and Europe Leg 2) (select dates)
• The Ting Tings (North America) (select dates)

Facts

• To congratulate Pink on eleven sold out concerts at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, the artist was given a public toilet located on the upper level of the arena, entitled “P!nk Ladies”.
• The Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour and the Funhouse Tour sold a combined total 3 million tickets
• She performed 17 shows at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, breaking Farnham’s record for most shows at the venue during one tour.
• During a performance at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong, New South Wales, the tour crew and dancers did an impromptu performance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

The show received critical acclaim, with critics commenting on its theatricality and Pink’s live singing.

• “A Pink show is more than just a pop concert – it’s a major spectacle that you can’t take your eyes off. The show was simply mesmerising.” – Aberdeen Evening Express

• “Pink can rock it, that’s for sure. She has the anthems, the voice and the sass…4 stars” – The Glasgow Herald

• “She’s no slouch as an aerial dare-devil, but here’s one rock star at her most compelling when she has two feet planted squarely on the ground.” – The Independent 

• “Her singing was perfect, even when she was suspended mid-air, on her back and spinning rapidly on her harness.” – Express & Star

• Her stage presence was also praised as “alluring and suggestive,” likening the show to Janet Jackson’s Velvet Rope Tour. – OC Register

Setlists

• Premiere 
  1. Bad Influence
  2. Just Like a Pill
  3. Who Knew
  4. Please Don’t Leave Me
  5. It’s All Your Fault
  6. I Touch Myself
  7. One Foot Wrong
  8. U + Ur Hand
  9. Ave Mary A
  10. Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)
  11. So What
  12. Family Portrait
  13. I Don’t Believe You
  14. Crystal Ball
  15. Trouble
  16. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
  17. Sober
  18. Bohemian Rhapsody
  19. Funhouse
  20. Crazy

  Encore

  21. Get the Party Started
  22. Glitter in the Air

• European 1st Leg 
  1. Bad Influence
  2. Just Like a Pill
  3. Who Knew
  4. Ave Mary A
  5. Don’t Let Me Get Me
  6. I Touch Myself
  7. Please Don’t Leave Me
  8. U + Ur Hand
  9. Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)
  10. So What
  11. Family Portrait
  12. I Don’t Believe You
  13. Crystal Ball
  14. Trouble
  15. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
  16. Sober
  17. Bohemian Rhapsody
  18. Funhouse
  19. Crazy

  Encore

  20. Get the Party Started
  21. God Is a DJ (Video Interlude)
  22. Glitter in the Air

   

• Australia 
  1. Bad Influence
  2. Just Like a Pill
  3. It’s All Your Fault
  4. Who Knew
  5. Ave Mary A
  6. Don’t Let Me Get Me
  7. I Touch Myself
  8. Please Don’t Leave Me
  9. U + Ur Hand
  10. Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)
  11. So What
  12. Family Portrait
  13. I Don’t Believe You
  14. Crystal Ball (Except August 25)
  15. Dear Mr. President (August 25 only)
  16. Trouble
  17. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
  18. Sober
  19. Bohemian Rhapsody
  20. Funhouse
  21. Crazy

  Encore

  22. Get the Party Started
  23. God Is A DJ (Video Interlude)
  24. Glitter in the Air

• North America
  1. Bad Influence
  2. Just Like A Pill
  3. Who Knew
  4. Don’t Let Me Get Me
  5. I Touch Myself
  6. Please Don’t Leave Me
  7. U + Ur Hand
  8. Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)
  9. So What
  10. Family Portrait
  11. I Don’t Believe You
  12. Dear Mr President
  13. Trouble
  14. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
  15. Sober
  16. Bohemian Rhapsody
  17. Funhouse
  18. Crazy

  Encore

  19. Get the Party Started
  20. God Is a DJ (Video Interlude)
  21. Glitter in the Air

• European 2nd Leg 
  1. Bad Influence
  2. Just Like A Pill
  3. Who Knew
  4. Ave Mary A
  5. Don’t Let Me Get Me
  6. I Touch Myself
  7. Please Don’t Leave Me
  8. U + Ur Hand
  9. Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)
  10. So What
  11. Family Portrait
  12. I Don’t Believe You
  13. Dear Mr. President
  14. Crystal Ball
  15. Trouble
  16. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
  17. Sober (Except November 10 and December 15)
  18. Bohemian Rhapsody
  19. Funhouse
  20. Stupid Girls
  21. Crazy

  Encore

  22. Get the Party Started
  23. God Is a DJ (Video Interlude)
  24. Glitter in the Air

   

Wikipedia

Band/Backing singers/Dancers

• Jason Chapman – Musical director/Keyboards/Vocals
• Mark Schulman – Drums/Cello
• Justin Derrico – Lead guitar
• Eva Gardner – Bass
• Kat Lucas – Keyboards/Rhythm guitar/Vocals
• Jessy Greene – Violin
• Jenny Douglas-McRae – Background vocals
• Vivian Saunders – Background vocals
• Stacy Campbell – Background vocals
• Leo Moctezuma – Dancer
• Alison Faulk – Dancer
• Reina Hidalgo – Dancer
• Nikki Tuazon – Dancer
• Addie Yungmee – Dancer
• Sebastien Stella – Aerialist

Welcome to the Funhouse!

Strap yourselves in please… Spiral down with me into the MADNESS. It’s going to be a wild ride

We’re going around the world in a day, (thats how it feels anyway)

I have had a hell of a time putting this show together – And I do mean that in a nice yummy, positive way – I swear!

I know its a good sign when before I even stepped foot on the stage for the first show my shoulders are sore, I’m newly afraid of heights, and I have a constant attitude problem, it means its going to be GREAT!

Thank you from the itty-bitty bottom of my heart for joining us, for coming out to play and for being so much fun to Rock out with!

Lets SHRED THE GNAR PEOPLE!

xoxoxoxox

P!nk

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On This Day in Pink History… 20th February 2003, Pink attended the Brit Awards

In 2003, Pink attended the Brit Awards and performed a medley, Get The Party Started & Just Like A Pill. She also won the award for Best International Female Artist.

On This Day in Pink History… 19th February 2004, The Try This Tour started

The First Set

The Second Set

The Third & Acoustic Set

The Fourth Set

Encore

The Try This tour was Pink’s second headlining tour. It started in Dublin, Ireland, and went to cities all over Europe. The tour then went to Australia, before coming back to Europe for festivals in the summer.

1. Can’t Take Me Home
2. There You Go
3. Split Personality
4. Most Girls
5. Lady Marmalade (contains excerpts from Beautiful)
6. I Wanna Rock
7. Don’t Let Me Get Me
8. 18 Wheeler
9. Family Portrait
10. Just like a Pill
11. Respect
12. Medley: My Vietnam / Misery / Eventually
13. Medley: Summertime / Me and Bobby McGee / Piece of My Heart
14. Feel Good Time
15. God Is a DJ
16. Oh My God
17. Trouble
18. Last to Know
19. Try Too Hard
20. Unwind

Encore

21. Welcome to the Jungle
22. Get the Party Started

Video created by Operation Pinkies

On This Day in Pink History… 19th February 2002, Don’t Let Me Get Me was released

Don’t Let Me Get Me was released as the second single from Pink’s second album, Missundaztood.

Lyrics

The song earned positive reports from music critics, but most gave sensitively mixed reviews upon her self-hating lyrical content. Robert Christgau in his consumer guide for MSN wrote that “Despite Pink’s audacious claim that she’s not as pretty as ‘damn Britney Spears,’ celebrity anxiety takes a backseat to a credible personal pain rooted in credible family travails, a pain held at bay by expression.” Jim Farber of Entertainment Weekly wrote that “In Don’t Let Me Get Me, she turns self-loathing into a perverse kind of anthem.”

Jason Thompson of PopMatters wrote, “on the power rock of ‘Don’t Let Me Get Me,’ Pink herself tells it like it is and attempts to break free from the image making machine. ‘Tired of being compared / To damn Britney Spears / She’s so pretty / That just ain’t me.’ Well, that’s debatable in itself, but the fact that Pink takes it upon herself to call Spears out should be nothing short of revelatory. Spears certainly has nothing on Pink in the vocal department. Pink can actually sing. And damn well, mind you.”

Jim Alexander wrote a negative review, saying that the rest of Missundaztood is full of bad songs and that “‘Don’t Let Me Get Me’ and ‘Dear Diary’ see all pop joy expunged for acoustic seriousness, dreary unobtrusive beats and lyrics about relationship woes and record company badness.”

Wikipedia

Peak Chart Positions:

• Australia – 8
• Germany – 10
• New Zealand – 1
• UK – 6
• US Billboard Hot 100 – 8

Today, Sunday 8th February 2015, marks 15 years since Pink’s debut single There You Go was released. (Click HERE to read the blog post on this event)

To celebrate this milestone in Pink’s career, I have spent the last few months working on something, as a gift from one Pink fan to others around the world, Pink History’s gift to you all is….

Click picture to take you to the site

https://pinkhistorylyrics.wordpress.com

I have created a site with all of Pink’s lyrics, separated into different sections, with video links to almost all the songs.

Please check out the website, there is also a lyrics page on this website HERE which will take you to the lyrics site (so you don’t need to bookmark both if you don’t want to!)

I hope you enjoy the site, and here’s to the next 15 years worth of songs!

On This Day in Pink History… 8th February 2002, Pink performed Get The Party Started on Top of the Pops 

On This Day in Pink History… 8th February 2000, There You Go was released

There You Go is Pink’s debut single from her debut album, Can’t Take Me Home. The song, written by Pink, Kandi Burruss and Kevin “She’kspere” Briggs, was released in the United States in February 2000. The song is noted for the longest consecutive debut at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart and never peaking at No. 1, staying at No. 2 for ten consecutive weeks.

The single peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 2 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. In Australia it was credited Platinum with sales of over 70,000.

Allmusic highlighted the song. Rob Brunner compared: “Briggs’s ‘There You Go’ is remarkably similar to his hits for Destiny’s Child (‘Bills, Bills, Bills’) and TLC (‘No Scrubs’) but minus the vocal interplay that gives those tunes their punch.” MTV Asia wrote that this song is an edgy cut that haves all that it takes to top the charts. Rolling Stone was also positive: “Her debut has one awesome single in ‘There You Go’, whose wronged-woman sass is set to a stop-start groove so bling-bling it redeems a chorus that ends, ‘Sometimes it be’s like that.'” Complex magazine named it the 11th best R&B song by a white singer in 2000s.

In the music video, Pink’s ex-boyfriend calls her asking for a ride, and she reluctantly agrees to give him one. Pink hops on a motorcycle and rides to the top of a parking structure overlooking her ex’s apartment, where she calls him on her cell. She then accelerates her motorcycle, jumps off at the last second, and watches as it soars off the building and crashes into his apartment window before exploding into flames. Pink then jumps into a car driven by a new guy, giving her ex the middle finger as they drive off. The Entertainment Weekly editor described the video with the following: “In the video for ‘There You Go’ — her smash single — the piqued Pink freaks, sending a motorcycle crashing into Floyd’s fab bachelor pad.”

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On This Day in Pink History… 13th February 2013, The Truth About Love Tour started in Phoenix, USA

On This Day in Pink History… 13th February 2001, You Make Me Sick was released

You Make Me Sick, written by Brainz Dimilo, Anthony President and Mark Tabb, was the third and final single from Pink’s first album, Can’t Take Me Home. It peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at number 25 in Australia where it sold 35,000 copies and was accredited Gold

On This Day in Pink History… 10th February 2007, Pink attended the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Party