Pink performed more than two hours at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday night as part of her "Truth About Love" world tour.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – It may have been the most spectacular stunt ever pulled at an arena concert.
Hooked at the waist to cables strung from the farthest reaches of Mohegan Sun Arena, pop-rock star Pink sailed to all four corners of the venue, spinning, cavorting and deftly touching down on slim steel girders at the back end of the hall.
This wasn’t Taylor Swift’s little pulley-princess carriage ride or Carrie Underwood’s makeshift pick-up truck jaunt.
This was an acrobatic, mesmerizing, Spiderman / Cirque-du-Soleil, soon-to-be-a-ride-at-Disney, feat of wonder.
The journey was part of Pink’s “So What” encore to the two hour and 30 minute “Truth About Love” tour stop at the casino on Wednesday night. It wasn’t the first time during the evening that the energetic star was seen hanging from a rope.
Rarely has a rock star been propped as high and dropped as far as Pink was, from her set opening “Raise Your Glass,” while bounding from the rafters attached to bungee ropes, to her mid set, suspended-cage ride during “Sober,” Pink seemed to be in hanging in perpetual motion.
Surrounded by a full band and a bevy of dancers (utilized during several modern dance interludes during the show) Pink delivered 18 songs over the course of the set.
Behind all the bells and whistles (and ropes and pulleys) was one amazing concert performance. Despite what she called “the worst sound issues I’ve had in my career” Pink sounded incredible on songs like “Just Like a Pill,” and a cover of Chris Isaak’s sultry “Wicked Game.”
She had early trouble with an ear-piece monitor, and while it may have impacted her on-stage sound, it wasn’t noticeable to the audience. During an acoustic “Who Knew” she reached out and stopped the guitar, again wondering if she might be off-key (she wasn’t). She finished the song a-capella showcasing one of the most powerful voices in pop.
Pink pulled liberally from the “Truth About Love” release performing the album’s three hits “Try,” “Blow Me (One Last Kiss),” and “Just Give Me A Reason.”
The latter song, recorded with Nate Ruess of fun was performed as a duet with Ruess adding his parts via the large video screen that backed the stage. Songs “Trouble” and “All We All We Are” were also highlights.
The night was also the last night of the tour featuring The Hives as openers.
“We are The Hives, we are from Sweden, and we are rock’ n’ roll,” claimed lead singer Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist who wore a top hat and tails during the performance.