Pink

Worldwide Concert Tour 2009

Come one, come all - and step into the Funhouse!
Worldwide Ticketing provides tickets to the P!nk Worldwide Concert Tour 2009

Pink has never been afraid to speak her mind, bare her soul, and share her deepest feelings in her songs. As she casually confers, "I have no choice. It's what I do." Indeed, it is what P!nk does. And, her 23 million in album sales, two Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, and eight top 10 hit singles are proof that the tattooed badass with the heart of a p****cat does what she does well. Very well. But, with her fifth studio album, Funhouse (Oct. 28 via LaFace/Zomba), P!nk gets even more personal, more exposed, and more revealing. "This is my most vulnerable album to date," says P!nk, 29, who has no problem fessing up to the fact that the split from her husband, motocross star Carey Hart, earlier this year is the subject of some songs on Funhouse. "On my first record, Can't Take Me Home (2000), I was pissed off at a guy and that was cathartic for me. M!ssundaztood (2001) was very personal and even more cathartic. I remember talking about the song 'Family Portrait' in interviews and just crying. Each record got a little deeper and more cathartic than the last. In two years I will probably have worked through all of my issues." But, for now, one issue that P!nk is still working through is heartbreak. "Heartbreak is a Motherf***er is what I originally wanted to name the album," laughs the singer. "But this album is not all about that. It's not just a breakup album. There is a lot of that, but there is fun happening too and that's why I named it Funhouse in the end." P!nk admits that it felt as "scary" as it felt "great" to reach new depths of vulnerability on such tracks as "Please Don't Leave Me," a painfully honest love song disguised by upbeat, cheerful, and happy instrumentation with sing-along "da da da da"s in the background, and "I Don't Believe You," the heart-wrenching ballad featuring P!nk's raw vocals over simple piano and strings. (Both songs were co-written with Max Martin.) "It's like letting down the armor and admitting I'm human. I'm a girl. We all want to be loved and love. That's all we want," she explains. "'Please Don't Leave Me' is also kind of funny though. It's like, 'Okay, I'm an a**hole, but love me anyway.' I'm trying to be better. We're all a work in progress. And, 'I Don't Believe You' is one of my favorite songs because it's just so naked. It's like taking a deep breathe and saying, 'Here I am. Take me. Take your best shot.' 'Mean' is a country-Aerosmith-rock song that asks, 'How did we get so mean?' Everything starts out so yummy. 'Where did we lose the plot? How is it that you once were holding the door for me and now I'm slamming it in your face?'" P!nk also pulls no punches tackling the breakup issue on the first single, the infectious pop-rocker "So What," which hit No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 on September 18, 2008 making it the singer's first No. 1 solo hit song in her career. (She previously shared the top spot on the Hot 100 with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, and Mya on 2001's "Lady Marmalade" from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack.) On "So What," P!nk gets real once again but this time it's infused with her trademark humor as evidenced by such funny-honest lyrics as "I guess I just lost my husband/I don't know where he went/So I'm gonna drink my money/I'm not gonna pay his rent." Having her ex, Carey Hart, in the Dave Meyers-directed video diffused some of the reaction to the lyrical content. "At first I was kind of irked because everyone was like, 'Well, wait. I thought the split was amicable and now she's talking s*** about him?! What the f***?' It's hypocritical.' But once everyone saw the video and saw that Carey was in it, it shut everybody up, which was lovely," explains P!nk, who collaborated with Martin once again for this track. "Carey hadn't heard the song before he did the video. That's how much he trusts and loves me. He pretty much just rolls his eyes, throws his hands up in the air, and hugs me. He gets it. He gets me. It's nice." Although P!nk expanded her emotional and musical horizons on this new collection, the one song she is most proud of is "Crystal Ball," an acoustic guitar ballad written with Billy Mann, who worked on such past hits as "Stupid Girls," "Dear Mr. President," and "I'm Not Dead," among others. "I am proud of the songwriting, melody, and vocals on that song," she says. "I recorded it in one take and we didn't mix it. It just went straight to master. It was all about a vibe and not about perfection or being polished. I just love that song and I loved recording it. Me and Billy got in a room and lit some candles, had some wine, and threw up a guitar mike and two vocal mikes and just went with it." Other revealing tracks include "It's All Your Fault," in which she proclaims in the lyrics "I conjure up the thought of being gone, but I'd probably even do that wrong." While in "Glitter in the Air," P!nk asks a lot of questions such as, "Have you ever looked fear in the face and said I just don't care?" and "Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone?" P!nk admits, "I still don't have some of the answers to the questions I pose on this record. I'm still figuring it all out." But as P!nk said, Funhouse isn't just a breakup album. "Bad Influence" (written with Billy Mann and Butch Walker) is a straight up rock chick party song that makes no apologies for wilding out with your gal pals once in a while. "I'm with the Hindus on that one," laughs P!nk. "Pleasure for pleasure's sake is not a guilty sin." "Sober" is another song that has nothing to do with heartbreak. It's a dark ditty with strings about how one wishes they could be fearless and lose their inhibitions without having a vice. The bluesy "One Foot Wrong" is about an acid trip gone bad. "I used to be into a lot of crazy s***," says P!nk. "Acid's the most awful drug ever. Don't take it. But, that song is also about losing control and how easy it is to lose the plot in life and teeter on the edge." Meanwhile, "Ave Mary A" takes on the world and social issues, asking for help in letting go from "the chaos around me" and dealing with a "world gone mad." As for the title, Funhouse, P!nk explains, "I look at life like a carnival. Clowns are supposed to be happy, but they are really scary. Carnivals are supposed to be fun, but really they are kind of creepy. But, we go and we buy cotton candy and we force our laughter and we get on rides and we strap ourselves in and we do it. And that's like life to me, and love. Love is supposed to be fun, but it can sometimes be really scary. And the funhouse mirrors that make you look so distorted that you don't recognize yourself and you ask yourself, 'How did I get here? How do I get out of here?' But, you think that you want to do it again. That is the same as love and life. It's a metaphor for being in love and for life." The title track itself is a funky rocker with the fists-in-the-air refrain of "This used to be our funhouse/But now it's full of evil clowns/It's time to start the countdown/I'm gonna burn it down." "It's about when the box you're in doesn't fit anymore, burn that f***er down and start a new one," says P!nk. "This was the first song I did with Tony Kanal of No Doubt and his writing partner Jimmy Harry. I fell in love with working with them. We wrote fun f***ing songs together. We did 'Funhouse' and 'Sober.'" P!nk stepped out of her comfort zone in the recording of Funhouse by working away from her usual stomping grounds of Los Angeles and New York for the first time. She recorded "One Foot Wrong," a bluesy slow-cooked rocker showcasing the grittier side of the singer's vocal talents, with British musician/writer/producer Eg White (Francis Anthony "Eg" White, who has worked on No. 1 albums by British singers Duffy and Adele) in his home studio in London. And, she headed to Stockholm, Sweden to work with Max Martin, who previously co-penned such hits as "Who Knew," "U + Ur Hand," and "Cuz I Can" from 2006's I'm Not Dead. "It was really good to get out of my house and get away from my life. No distractions. No phones," explains P!nk of her overseas sessions. "It was my first time working with Eg White and I just adore him. He's eccentric and messy and f***ing awesome. We worked in his basement while his wife would be cooking dinner upstairs with their three babies and I just loved it. It was really inspiring and a great change of pace - different people, different energy." With its mix of sad, thoughtful love songs and fun, upbeat, feisty rock anthems. P!nk achieved exactly what she wanted to on Funhouse. "It feels good to get people not just emoting and releasing all that energy, but getting angry and motivated too. It's group therapy."

Worldwide Ticketing provides tickets to the P!nk Worldwide Concert Tour 2009

Date	City	Venue
April
Apr 7 2009	Munich	Olympiahalle
Apr 8 2009	Dortmnd	Westfalenhalle
Apr 11 2009	Glasgow	SECC
Apr 12 2009	Glasgow	SECC
Apr 13 2009	Aberdeen	E&CC
Apr 16 2009	Birmingham	NIA
Apr 17 2009	Birmingham	NIA
Apr 19 2009	Dubin	O2 Arena
Apr 20 2009	Dubin	O2 Arena
Apr 22 2009	Belfast	Odyssey
Apr 23 2009	Belfast	Odyssey
Apr 25 2009	Manchester	MEN Arena
Apr 26 2009	Manchester	MEN Arena
Apr 28 2009	Newcastle	Metro FM Arena
Apr 29 2009	Liverpool	Echo Arena
May
May 1 2009	London	O2 Arena
May 2 2009	London	O2 Arena
May 4 2009	London	O2 Arena
May 22 2009	Perth	Perth Burswood Dome
May 23 2009	Perth	Perth Burswood Dome
May 26 2009	Adelaide	Adelaide Ent. Center
May 27 2009	Adelaide	Adelaide Ent. Center
May 30 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
May 31 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
June
Jun 3 2009	Newcastle	Newcastle Ent.Centre
Jun 3 2009	Newcastle	Newcastle Ent.Centre
Jun 6 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jun 7 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jun 9 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jun 10 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jun 12 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jun 13 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jun 15 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jun 16 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jun 18 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Jun 20 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Jun 21 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Jun 23 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Jun 24 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Jun 26 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jun 27 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jun 27 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jun 29 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jun 30 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
July
Jul 3 2009	Newcastle	Newcastle Ent.Centre
Jul 4 2009	Newcastle	Newcastle Ent.Centre
Jul 14 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Jul 15 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Jul 17 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jul 18 2009	Sydney	Sydney Ent.Centre
Jul 22 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jul 23 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jul 25 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jul 25 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jul 26 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jul 26 2009	Brisbane	Brisbane Ent. Center
Jul 29 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Jul 30 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Jul 30 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
August
Aug 1 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Aug 1 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Aug 2 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Aug 2 2009	Melbourne	Rod Laver Arena
Aug 4 2009	Hindmarsh, AUS	Adelaide Ent. Center
Aug 4 2009	Adelaide	Adelaide Ent. Center
Aug 5 2009	Hindmarsh, AUS	Adelaide Ent. Center
Aug 5 2009	Adelaide	Adelaide Ent. Center
Aug 6 2009	Perth	Perth Burswood Dome
Aug 7 2009	Perth	Perth Burswood Dome
Aug 7 2009	Perth	Perth Burswood Dome
Aug 8 2009	Perth	Perth Burswood Dome
Aug 8 2009	Perth	Perth Burswood Dome
Aug 10 2009	Hindmarsh, AUS	Adelaide Ent. Center
Aug 10 2009	Adelaide	Adelaide Ent. Center
Aug 11 2009	Hindmarsh, AUS	Adelaide Ent. Center
Aug 11 2009	Adelaide	Adelaide Ent. Center
October
Oct 14 2009	Dublin	O2 Arena
Oct 17 2009	Belfast	Belfast Odyssey
Oct 18 2009	Belfast, UK	Odyssey Arena
Oct 20 2009	Glasgow	SECC
Oct 21 2009	Glasgow	SECC
Oct 23 2009	Manchester, UK	MEN Arena
Oct 27 2009	Liverpool, UK	Echo Arena
Oct 28 2009	Sheffield, UK	Sheffield Arena
Oct 30 2009	Birminham, UK	Birmingham NIA
November
Nov 2 2009	Newcastle, UK	Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Nov 3 2009	Nottingham, UK	Trent FM Arena, Nottingham
Nov 5 2009	Antwerp, Belgium	Sport Paleis
Nov 7 2009	Copenhagen, Denmark	Forum
Nov 9 2009	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum
Nov 10 2009	Stockholm, Sweden	Hovet
Nov 12 2009	Helsinki, Finland	Hartwall Arena
Nov 15 2009	Dortmund	Westfalenhalle
Nov 17 2009	Bremen	AWD-Dome
Nov 20 2009	Frankfurt, GER	Festhalle - Messe Frankfurt
Nov 22 2009	Munich, GER	Olympiahalle
Nov 23 2009	Freiburg, GER	Rothaus Arena
Nov 25 2009	Stuttgart, GER	Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle
Nov 26 2009	Erfurt, GER	Messenhalle
Nov 28 2009	Dusseldorf, GER	ISS Dome
Nov 30 2009	Oberhausen, GER	Oberhausen Arena
December
Dec 2 2009	Zunich, Switzerland	Hallenstadion
Dec 6 2009	Rotterdam,The Netherlands	Ahoy
Dec 8 2009	London, UK	02 Areana
Dec 8 2009	London, UK	02 Areana
Dec 15 2009	Geneva, Switzerland	Areana
Dec 17 2009	Vienna, Austria	Stadthalle
Dec 19 2009	Stuttgat, Germany	Schleyerhalle
Dec 20 2009	Hannover	AWD Arena
Worldwide Ticketing provides tickets to the P!nk Worldwide Concert Tour 2009