In her second efficiency of the evening, Pink graced the American Music Awards viewers with a transferring tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John. The artist sang a beautiful rendition of “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” taking to the stage to flawlessly belt the excessive notes on the basic “Grease” ballad, which, in fact, Newton-John famously sang as Sandy within the 1978 film. Though Pink wasn’t accompanied by any backup dancers and flashing lights like a lot of the evening’s different performances, the additional area allowed the tune’s emotional energy and her voice to shine, and the tribute was made all of the extra transferring by the portraits of Newton-John that crammed the display behind her.
While on the crimson carpet firstly of the evening, the artist honored Newton-John, who died on Aug. 8. “She was an absolute icon, and in addition, she was an exquisite human being,” the artist informed Entertainment Tonight. “I beloved her voice. My daughter simply bought performed doing Grease in her theatre manufacturing, and she or he truly helped me study the tune.”
Earlier within the evening, Pink introduced the home down along with her first reside efficiency of her new single “Never Gonna Not Dance Again.” After exhibiting a clip from the tune’s music video, the star roller-skated onto the stage together with a number of acrobatic backup dancers to ship a Nineteen Eighties-inspired efficiency of the monitor. The artist, who was joined by her household on the AMAs, launched “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” on Nov. 4, full with an accompanying music video. In the video, she roller-skates and dances her means round a grocery retailer till she turns it right into a full-on celebration.
On Nov. 14, Pink introduced a large summer season live performance tour titled Summer Carnival 2023. She’ll play 21 ballparks throughout North America, with help from Brandi Carlile, Pat Benatar, Grouplove, and KidCutUp. It appears she’ll launch a brand new studio album — her ninth — earlier than then, although a title and launch date have not been introduced. In 2021, she launched a reside album, “All I Know So Far: Setlist.”
On Nov. 6, Pink was one of many artists who helped induct Dolly Parton into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She shared photographs from the evening on Instagram on the time, “Just casually inducting DOLLY PARTON into the Hall of Fame, singing with my buddy Brandi CARLILE and Sheryl CROW and DOLLY!!!!! Oh and Annie LENNOXXXXXXXXXXX and simply hanging out within the hallway with my new bestie Olivia RODRIGO who’s by the way in which SO SWEET!” The ceremony aired on HBO Nov. 19.
Ahead, take a look at extra photographs of her AMAs performances.