Summer Carnival (tour)

The Summer Carnival[2] is the ongoing eighth concert tour by American singer Pink. The tour began on June 7, 2023, at the University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, England and will finish at the Queensland Country Bank Stadium on March 23, 2024, in Townsville, Australia. It is in support of her ninth studio album Trustfall (2023). The tour includes appearances at three major European music festivals: Pinkpop Festival, Werchter Boutique and BST Hyde Park.

Summer Carnival
Tour by Pink
Promotional poster for the 2023 leg of the tour
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated albumTrustfall
Start dateJune 7, 2023 (2023-06-07)
End dateMarch 23, 2024 (2024-03-23)
Legs3
No. of shows65
Supporting acts
Box officeUS$257.6 million[lower-alpha 1]
Websitepinksummercarnival.com
Pink concert chronology

Background

In October 2022, Pink announced her stadium tour in the UK and Europe, which includes festivals such as BST Hyde Park, Werchter Boutique and Pinkpop Festival.[3] On November 14, 2022, Pink announced North American dates for the tour.[4] On February 8, 2023, The Edge announced two New Zealand shows. Seven dates in Australia were announced the next day, marking her first Australian stadium tour.[5] On March 5, 2023, two additional dates in Australia were announced in Melbourne and Sydney.[6] Pink also announced another date in Australia, days later, in Brisbane. On August 13, 2023, two additional dates in Melbourne and Townsville were announced, as well as Tones and I as the supporting act for the entire Oceania duration.[7] Four days layer, it was announced Pink would headline the first night of the 2023 Music Midtown in Atlanta.[8] A second show in Townsville was announced on August 23, 2023.[9] On September 29, 2023, she announced her Arlington concert was postponed, due to a sinus infection.[10]

In her cover story of Women's Health magazine, she said that she is "kind of like a circus act" and when performing she is "always on the lookout for new cool things that you might not die from."[2]

Commercial performance

Boxscore and ticket sales

Billboard reported tour promoter Live Nation Entertainment projected the Australian concerts would be "biggest-selling Australian visit ever by a female artist."[11] Australia's ABC News reported the singer's March 22, 2024, concert in Townsville had "sold out within 16 minutes of going on sale last week" and, as a result, accommodation prices in the city had "skyrocketed". Speaking to the news publication, Townsville Enterprise chief executive Claudia Brumme-Smith stated: "What we saw was over 60,000 people trying to get tickets." As a result of this, it is projected the two concerts will "inject almost $20 million into the region's economy", per the report.[12]

Billboard reported the singer sold 871,000 tickets during the European leg of the tour, bringing in $106.8 million. In North America, she grossed $150.7 million from 914,000 tickets sold.[1]

Venue records
List of venue records
Year Dates Venue Country Description Ref.
2023 June 10–11 Stadium of Light England First female act to perform two shows on a single tour. [13]
June 13 Villa Park First female act to headline the venue. [14]
June 24–25 Hyde Park Biggest gross by an American and overall solo act in the venue's history. [1]
July 31–August 1 Fenway Park United States Biggest two-day attendance (76,564) [15]
August 5 PNC Park First female to headline the venue [16]
August 10 Target Field Biggest single-day attendance (44,152) [17]
August 14 American Family Field First female to headline a stadium in Wisconsin [18]
Biggest single-day attendance (46,644)
August 16 Comerica Park Largest concert attendance in stadium history (over 45,000) [19]
2024 March 22–23 Queensland Country Bank Stadium Australia First female to headline the venue and perform two shows on a single tour. [20]

Critical reception

The tour received positive reviews from critics, who praised the spectacle of the show.[21][22][23]

Paul Brannigan of Louder Sound gave the tour five out of five stars, writing that "there's so much going on in this show that you could write a book", appreciating the political efforts in the videos and Pink's vocal abilities.[24] Dave Simpson of The Guardian was impressed by the extravagance of the show, associating it with "a circus troupe"; Simpson appreciated the "acoustic section" where the singer "shows what she can deliver without the trappings. Her voice is intimate but powerful."[25] Sachyn Mital of PopMatters also associated the shows "less to a carnival and more of a circus with the charismatic and candid singer as the ringleader of the unique pop spectacle", and that "while flipping through the air cements her status as one".[26]

Set list

This set list is from the June 7, 2023, concert in Bolton.[27][28] It may not represent all concerts for the tour.

  1. "Get the Party Started" (contains elements of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)")
  2. "Raise Your Glass"
  3. "Who Knew"
  4. "Just Like a Pill"
  5. "Try"
  6. "What About Us"
  7. "Turbulence"
  8. "Make You Feel My Love"
  9. "Just Give Me a Reason"
  10. "Fuckin' Perfect"
  11. "Just Like Fire" (contains elements of "Heartbreaker")
  12. "Please Don't Leave Me"
  13. "Cover Me in Sunshine"
  14. "Kids in Love"
  15. "When I Get There"
  16. "I Am Here"
  17. "Irrelevant"
  18. "No Ordinary Love"
  19. "Runaway"
  20. "Trustfall"
  21. "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"
  22. "Never Gonna Not Dance Again"
  23. "Last Call"
  24. "So What"

Additional notes
  • During the June 7, 8, 10,24,25 and October 9, 2023, concerts, "Cover Me in Sunshine" was performed with Pink's daughter Willow Sage Hart.[29][30][31][32]
  • During the July 26, 2023, concert, Pink and opening act Brandi Carlile performed "Nothing Compares 2 U", as tribute to Sinéad O'Connor, who died earlier the same day.[33] The duo reprised the performance during the August 5 and 21, 2023, concerts.[34][35]
  • During the July 31, 2023, concert, "Runaway" was not performed.[36]
  • During the August 16 and 19, 2023, concerts, "Don't Let Me Get Me" was performed.[37][38]
  • During the October 5, 2023, concert, several changes to the set list were made. "You Oughta Know was performed with Alanis Morissette, "Heartbreaker" was performed with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, "Don't Let Me Get Me" was performed in replacement of "Cover Me in Sunshine", and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" was performed in replacement of "Irrelevant".[39]
  • During the October 9, 2023, "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" was performed in replacement of "Irrelevant" and "Runaway" was not performed.[32]

Shows
List of European concerts[3]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance[1] Revenue[1]
June 7, 2023 Bolton England University of Bolton Stadium The Script
Gayle
KidCutUp		 — —
June 8, 2023
June 10, 2023 Sunderland Stadium of Light — —
June 11, 2023
June 13, 2023 Birmingham Villa Park — —
June 16, 2023[lower-alpha 2] Landgraaf Netherlands Megaland Park — —
June 17, 2023[lower-alpha 3] Werchter Belgium Festivalpark Werchter — —
June 20, 2023 Nanterre France La Défense Arena — —
June 21, 2023
June 24, 2023[lower-alpha 4] London England Hyde Park Sam Ryder
Gayle
KidCutUp
Gwen Stefani		 130,000 / 130,000 $20,900,000
June 25, 2023[lower-alpha 4]
June 28, 2023 Berlin Germany Olympiastadion The Script
Gayle
KidCutUp		 — —
July 1, 2023 Vienna Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion Alice Merton
Gayle
KidCutUp		 — —
July 2, 2023 The Script
Gayle
KidCutUp
July 5, 2023 Munich Germany Olympiastadion — —
July 6, 2023
July 8, 2023 Cologne RheinEnergieStadion — —
July 9, 2023
July 12, 2023 Hanover HDI-Arena — —
July 13, 2023
July 16, 2023 Warsaw Poland PGE Narodowy Margaret
KidCutUp
Viki Gabor		 — —
List of North American concerts[4]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance[1] Revenue[1]
July 24, 2023 Toronto Canada Rogers Centre Grouplove
KidCutUp
Brandi Carlile		 — —
July 26, 2023 Cincinnati United States Great American Ball Park — —
July 31, 2023 Boston Fenway Park Grouplove
KidCutUp
Pat Benatar
Neil Giraldo		 78,000 / 78,000 $13,600,000
August 1, 2023
August 3, 2023 New York City Citi Field Grouplove
KidCutUp
Brandi Carlile		 — —
August 5, 2023 Pittsburgh PNC Park — —
August 7, 2023 Washington, D.C. Nationals Park Grouplove
KidCutUp
Pat Benatar
Neil Giraldo		 — —
August 10, 2023 Minneapolis Target Field — —
August 12, 2023 Chicago Wrigley Field — —
August 14, 2023 Milwaukee American Family Field — —
August 16, 2023 Detroit Comerica Park Grouplove
KidCutUp
Brandi Carlile		 — —
August 19, 2023 Fargo Fargodome — —
August 21, 2023 Omaha Charles Schwab Field Omaha — —
September 15, 2023[lower-alpha 5] Atlanta Piedmont Park — — —
September 18, 2023 Philadelphia Citizens Bank Park Grouplove
KidCutUp
Brandi Carlile		 93,000 / 93,000 $14,200,000
September 19, 2023
September 22, 2023 Nashville Geodis Park — —
September 25, 2023 San Antonio Alamodome — —
September 27, 2023 Houston Minute Maid Park — —
October 3, 2023 San Diego Snapdragon Stadium — —
October 5, 2023 Inglewood SoFi Stadium Grouplove
KidCutUp
Pat Benatar
Neil Giraldo		 — —
October 7, 2023 Paradise Allegiant Stadium Grouplove
KidCutUp
Brandi Carlile		 — —
October 9, 2023 Phoenix Chase Field — —
November 26, 2023[lower-alpha 6] Arlington Globe Life Field — —
List of Oceania concerts[5][6][7][9]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
February 9, 2024 Sydney Australia Allianz Stadium Tones and I — —
February 10, 2024
February 13, 2024 Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium — —
February 16, 2024 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium — —
February 17, 2024
February 20, 2024 Gold Coast Heritage Bank Stadium — —
February 23, 2024 Melbourne Marvel Stadium — —
February 24, 2024
February 27, 2024 Adelaide Adelaide Oval — —
March 1, 2024 Perth Optus Stadium — —
March 2, 2024
March 5, 2024 Dunedin New Zealand Forsyth Barr Stadium — —
March 8, 2024 Auckland Eden Park — —
March 9, 2024
March 12, 2024 Melbourne Australia Marvel Stadium — —
March 13, 2024
March 16, 2024 Sydney Accor Stadium — —
March 19, 2024 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium — —
March 22, 2024 Townsville Queensland Country Bank Stadium — —
March 23, 2024
Total — —

Notes
  1. Gross is reported based on 41 total concerts.[1]
  2. The June 16, 2023, show in Landgraaf is part of Pinkpop Festival.
  3. The June 17, 2023, show in Werchter is part of the "satellite festival" Werchter Boutique.
  4. The June 24 and 25, 2023, shows in London are part of BST Hyde Park.
  5. The September 15, 2023, show in Atlanta is part of Music Midtown 2023.[8]
  6. The concert of November 26, 2023, at Globe Life Field in Arlington was originally planned to take place on September 29, 2023, but was rescheduled due to a sinus infection.[10]

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