Words: Chloe Jackson-Nott
Photography: High Fives & Stage Dives

Flying, bungee jumping, free falling and so much more at P!nk’s Summer Carnival! It’s a huge understatement to say the party started in Principality Stadium; the greatest show on earth began!

Kicking off the show as support acts were KidCutUp, Gayle and The Script. KidCutUp warmed up the crowd in between sets, Gayle rocked the stage in her Cymru bucket hat and scarf, and The Script made sure the crowd were ‘still alive but barely breathing!’

We knew before the show started that we were in for a treat, but from the first song P!nk really showed us how the night was going to continue. When she sang ‘I’m coming up, so you better get this party started;’’ that was not a lie. At the top of the stage, towards the roof, standing proudly singing was P!nk herself! And what an entrance she made. She threw herself off the top and bungee jumped down completing acrobatic tricks on the way whilst STILL singing. 

The entire show was filled with fun. There were segway flamingos, hanging bunches of bananas, palm tree, fireworks, flames… you name it, we saw it! We even saw two couples get engaged during her set, which was absolutely adorable to witness. 

Just coming up to the halfway point, P!nk started singing Cover Me In Sunshine before her 13-year old, Willow, walked out onto stage and joined her. The bravery and courage of Willow to perform in front of a stadium filled with fans at such a young age was commendable, and Willow probably had the biggest cheer of the night. 

P!nk introduced a cover of What’s Up? by saying that she was once arrested for disturbing the peace by singing it when she was younger. The entire stadium definitely disturbed the peace with this song too and bystanders around Cardiff outside could probably hear every lyric as clear as day.

I’d like to take a moment to give P!nk a huge pat on the back for introducing every single person on stage individually and making sure they had their moment to shine. She introduced and named every band member, every back-up singer and every dancer and made it known that she was friends with the most talented people on the planet. A lot of bands and artists don’t take the time to give the other creatives on stage a platform and the fact that P!nk used a couple of songs to hype each one up, was fantastic to see.

Ending her set with So What! came with the most anticipated moment of the night. She flew! Strapped into a harness, P!nk was raised up into the air and launched around the stadium making sure every single fan in that venue got a chance to see her. It was so surreal that she looked like a doll being flown around!

It was an absolute pleasure to experience P!nk’s Summer Carnival and we’re so glad that she started the tour off in Cardiff!