WITH a tour called Funhouse you expecting some-thing crazy, quirky and original.

Shown on the screen hiding the stage was a video of Pink getting ready for the show, singing to Highway to Hell, and this set the tone for the whole gig.

Pink, herself, has admitted she isn’t one of those singers who only do their latest songs, everything she does is geared toward the audience.

With crowd-pleasers like Just Like A Pill, Don’t Let Me Get Me, Stupid Girls and Funhouse, you could hear the audience singing along – and at one point she even had to tell them to wait for her!

She was singing live and part of the show was almost acoustic as she sat down with minimal backing and sang slower songs like Dear Mr President and really showed she could sing, with a piano accompanied version of Family Portrait.

She also knew how to work the crowd, with the stage extending into the audience. She spent a lot of time there, making her more accessible.

She hugged audience members because “they had a poster saying I love your dog, hug me, and I love my dog, so I did”, asking for requests then saying, “I’m not singing that” and accepting presents.

Pink pretty much does what she wants, singing versions of I Touch Myself, taking on Bohemian Rhapsody and even Led Zeppelin.

What sets this show apart is she really looks like she’s having fun. If things go wrong, such a malfunctioning prop or a dodgy microphone, it’s “So what!”.

She doesn’t take herself seriously, making fun of her “terrible dancing” and past wardrobe disasters.

Being a solo artist means she needs a strong team of dancers, musicians and back-up singers to take over while she quick-changes and she never fails to acknowledge the hard work they’re doing.

The show ends, ironically, with Get This Party Started or at least it seems as it does – until the countdown when she sings a slow ballad while performing an aerial show above the crowd.

Ultimately Funhouse is what it is – unexpected, original and, most of all, fun.

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Source: Chroniclelive.co.uk

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