Pop superstar Pink returns to Alabama with high-flying ‘Summer Carnival’ tour
Get ready to cheer, if you’re a Pink fan in Alabama. The pop-rock star has announced a Birmingham date for her “Summer Carnival” tour, and is set to perform on Nov. 16 at the Legacy Arena at the BJCC.
Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show will go on sale Friday, March 1, at 10 a.m. CT via Ticketmaster, after a round of pre-sales. Prices are $59.95, $89.95, $129.95, $169.95, $209.95, $269.95, $329.95 and $349.95, plus service charges, according to promoter Live Nation. Pre-sales start on Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT and end on Thursday at 10 p.m. CT, according to the Ticketmaster listing. Grouplove and KidCutUp also are on the bill.
The Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex had been teasing the concert announcement over the weekend with posts on Instagram and Facebook that emphasized the color pink and included exclamation points. (Pink, born Alecia Beth Moore, styles her stage name as P!nk.) Legacy Arena can hold up to 18,000 people for events, depending on the stage position and seating configuration.
Pink, 44, a powerful singer and charismatic performer, has appeared at the downtown arena twice before, making her Birmingham debut in December 2013 with the “Truth About Love” tour. She returned here in 2019 with a tour called “Beautiful Trauma.” Both were splashy, fast-moving concerts, designed to resemble a carnival slideshow and featuring the artist’s signature acrobatics, along with about 20 songs.
“There’s a lot to look at, a lot to listen to, and a lot to appreciate, once you fall under Pink’s spell,” AL.com said in its review of Pink’s performance in March 2019. “Simplicity on tour is not her strong point — at the BJCC, she seemed more like the mistress of madness — but even when her visual extravaganza threatened to go over the top, Pink was always there to bring things back to earth, performing with a wink and a smile, or a dose of serious intent.
“She can hold the audience’s attention by simply standing there and singing, as she did on Thursday with ‘Glitter in the Air,’ her final encore. But in general, Pink prefers to follow in Madonna’s footsteps, treating her show as a theater piece that’s stuffed with drama and color.”
But as AL.com noted in its 2013 review of Pink’s show here: “(Pink has) tweaked the blueprint to suit her personality and fan base. She’s far less calculating than Madonna (the dominatrix of icy precision) and knows how to smash the walls separating performer and audience. For the encore, for example, Pink strapped herself into a circular contraption, rose into the air like Tinkerbell and careened around the arena, waving to folks in the nosebleed seats.”
Pink, 44, has nine studio albums to her credit, 2000-present, the most recent of which is 2023′s “Trustfall.” Her radio hits include “Perfect,” “Just Like Fire,” “Just Give Me a Reason,” “Raise Your Glass,” “So What,” “Try,” “Get the Party Started,” “Sober,” “Cover Me in Sundshine” and “Blow Me (One Last Kiss).”
Originally regarded as a teen idol, Pink has developed a reputation as a strong, independent artist who’s not afraid to take risks in her music, her lyrics or her costume choices. Case in point: Her video for “Beautiful Trauma” was designed in 1950′s style but also lampooned the social conventions and gender roles of that time. Actor Channing Tatum, an Alabama native, was Pink’s co-star for the clip.
Pink’s 2024 tour runs through the end of November. according to her website. Overseas dates are scheduled through July — she’s currently playing in Australia — and Pink will continue her concert trek in North America starting in August.
Along with the Birmingham show, she has fall dates scheduled in Southern cities such as Raleigh, North Carolina (Nov. 11, PNC Arena); Atlanta, Georgia (Nov. 14, State Farm Arena); Orlando, Florida (Nov. 18, Camping World Stadium); and Columbia, South Carolina (Nov. 20, Colonial Life Arena).