Summer Carnival (tour)

The Summer Carnival was the eighth concert tour by American singer Pink in support of her ninth studio album Trustfall (2023). The tour commenced on June 7, 2023, at the University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, England, and concluded at the Camping World Stadium on November 18, 2024, in Orlando, United States. The tour included appearances at three major European music festivals: Pinkpop Festival, Werchter Boutique and BST Hyde Park. As of November 2024, it is the second highest-grossing concert tour by a woman.

Summer Carnival

Tour by Pink
Promotional poster for the tour (2023)
Location	Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	Trustfall
Start date	June 7, 2023 (2023-06-07)
End date	November 18, 2024 (2024-11-18)
No. of shows	97
Supporting acts	Pat Benatar Brandi Carlile Sheryl Crow Noga Erez Viki Gabor Gayle Neil Giraldo Grouplove KidCutUp Margaret Alice Merton Rag'n'Bone Man Sam Ryder The Script Gwen Stefani Tones and I
Attendance	4.8 million[1]
Box office	US$584.7 million[1]
Website	pinksummercarnival.com
Pink concert chronology

Background

In October 2022, Pink announced her stadium tour in the UK and Europe, which includes festivals such as BST Hyde Park, Werchter Boutique and Pinkpop Festival.^[2] On November 14, 2022, Pink announced North American dates for the tour.^[3] On February 8, 2023, The Edge announced two New Zealand shows. Seven dates in Australia were announced the next day, marking her first Australian stadium tour.^[4] On March 5, 2023, two additional dates in Australia were announced in Melbourne and Sydney.^[5] Pink also announced another date in Australia, days later, in Brisbane. On August 13, 2023, two additional dates in Melbourne and Townsville were announced, as well as Tones and I as the supporting act for the entire Oceania duration.^[6] Four days later, it was announced Pink would headline the first night of the 2023 Music Midtown in Atlanta.^[7] A second show in Townsville was announced on August 23, 2023.^[8] On September 29, 2023, she announced her Arlington, Texas, concert was postponed, due to a sinus infection;^[9] the rescheduled concert was postponed a second time for unspecified reasons and was rescheduled for November 2024.^[10][11] On November 21, 2023, she announced seventeen additional concerts in Europe.^[12] Two days later, an additional concert in Amsterdam was announced.^[13] On December 5, 2023, seventeen additional dates in North America were announced, with support from Sheryl Crow, KidCutUp and The Script.^[14][15]

In September 2024, it was announced Noga Erez would also be supporting the concerts in Tulsa and Arlington.^[16] During an interview with Women's Health magazine, Pink called herself "kind of like a circus act" and mentioned when performing she is "always on the lookout for new cool things that you might not die from."^[17]

Critical reception

The tour received positive reviews from critics, who praised the spectacle of the show.^[18][19][20] Paul Brannigan of Louder Sound gave the tour five out of five stars, writing that "there's so much going on in this show that you could write a book", appreciating the political efforts in the videos and Pink's vocal abilities.^[21] Dave Simpson of The Guardian was impressed by the extravagance of the show, associating it with "a circus troupe"; Simpson appreciated the "acoustic section" where the singer "shows what she can deliver without the trappings. Her voice is intimate but powerful."^[22] Sachyn Mital of PopMatters also associated the shows "less to a carnival and more of a circus with the charismatic and candid singer as the ringleader of the unique pop spectacle", and that "while flipping through the air cements her status as one".^[23]

Commercial performance

Boxscore and ticket sales

Billboard reported tour promoter Live Nation Entertainment projected the Australian concerts would be "biggest-selling Australian visit ever by a female artist."^[24] Australia's ABC News reported the singer's March 22, 2024, concert in Townsville had "sold out within 16 minutes of going on sale last week" and, as a result, accommodation prices in the city had "skyrocketed". Speaking to the news publication, Townsville Enterprise chief executive Claudia Brumme-Smith stated: "What we saw was over 60,000 people trying to get tickets." As a result of this, it is projected the two concerts will "inject almost $20 million into the region's economy", per the report.^[25]

Billboard reported the singer sold 871,000 tickets during the European leg of the tour, bringing in $106.8 million. In North America, she grossed $150.7 million from 914,000 tickets sold.^[26] According to Forbes, the Summer Carnvial tour has grossed $300 million from 37 shows as of August 2023, making it the seventh highest-grossing tour by a woman in history.^[27] In December 2023, Pollstar reported an estimated gross of $231,681,720 from 39/44 concerts, making the Summer Carnival the eighth highest-grossing concert tour of the year worldwide, and was listed as the fifth highest-grossing concert tour in North America in 2023, with a reported estimated gross of $182,629,816 for 30/33 concerts.^[28] In an August 2024 report, Billboard reported the tour had grossed $469.3 million and sold 3.6 million tickets as of July of the same year.^[29] In November 2024, Billboard reported sales of 4,800,000 tickets throughout the tour, bringing in a total gross of $584.7 million.^[1]

Venue records

List of venue records

Year	Dates	Venue	Country	Description	Ref.
2023	June 7–8	University of Bolton Stadium	England	Biggest two-day attendance (67,000+)	[30]
	June 10–11	Stadium of Light		First female act to perform two shows on a single tour	[31]
	June 13	Villa Park		First female act to headline the venue	[32]
	June 24–25	Hyde Park		Biggest gross by an American and overall solo act in the venue's history	[26]
	July 31–August 1	Fenway Park	United States	Biggest two-day attendance (76,564)	[33]
	August 3	Citi Field		Biggest single-day attendance (42,733)	[34]
	August 5	PNC Park		First female to headline the venue	[35]
	August 10	Target Field		Biggest single-day attendance (44,152)	[36]
	August 14	American Family Field		First female to headline a stadium in Wisconsin	[37]
				Biggest single-day attendance (46,644)
	August 16	Comerica Park		Largest concert attendance in stadium history (over 45,000)	[38]
2024	March 8–9	Eden Park	New Zealand	First female to headline the venue and perform two shows on a single tour	[39]
	March 22–23	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Australia	First female to headline the venue and perform two shows on a single tour	[40]

Accolades

List of tour accolades

Year	Organization	Award	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2024	Pollstar Awards	Pop Tour of the Year	Summer Carnival Tour	Won	[41][42]
		Road Warrior of the Year	Malcolm Weldon, Pink	Nominated
		Support / Special guest of the Year	Brandi Carlile	Won
2025		Pop Tour of the Year	Summer Carnival 2024	Pending	[43]

Set list

This set list is from the June 7, 2023, concert in Bolton.^[44][45] It may not represent all concerts for the tour.

1. "Get the Party Started" (contains elements of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)")
2. "Raise Your Glass"
3. "Who Knew"
4. "Just Like a Pill"
5. "Try"
6. "What About Us"
7. "Turbulence"
8. "Make You Feel My Love"
9. "Just Give Me a Reason"
10. "Fuckin' Perfect"
11. "Just Like Fire" (contains elements of "Heartbreaker")
12. "Please Don't Leave Me"
13. "Cover Me in Sunshine"
14. "Kids in Love"
15. "When I Get There"
16. "I Am Here"
17. "Irrelevant"
18. "No Ordinary Love"
19. "Runaway"
20. "Trustfall"
21. "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"
22. "Never Gonna Not Dance Again"
23. "Last Call"
24. "So What"

Alterations

• During the June 7, 8, 10, 24 and 25, and October 9, 2023, concerts, "Cover Me in Sunshine" was performed with Pink's daughter Willow Sage Hart.^{[46][47][48][49]}
• During the July 26, 2023, concert, Pink and opening act Brandi Carlile performed "Nothing Compares 2 U", as tribute to Sinéad O'Connor, who died earlier the same day.^[50] The duo reprised the performance during the August 5 and 21, 2023, concerts.^{[51][better source needed][52]}
• During the July 31, 2023, concert, "Runaway" was not performed.^[53]
• During the August 16 and 19, 2023, concerts, "Don't Let Me Get Me" was performed.^[54][55]
• During the October 5, 2023, concert, several changes to the set list were made. "You Oughta Know" was performed with Alanis Morissette, "Heartbreaker" was performed with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, "Don't Let Me Get Me" was performed in replacement of "Cover Me in Sunshine", and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" was performed in replacement of "Irrelevant".^[56]
• During the October 9, 2023, "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" was performed in replacement of "Irrelevant" and "Runaway" was not performed.^[49]

Shows

List of 2023 concerts^[2][3]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance[26][57][58][59][60][61]	Revenue[26][57][58][59][60][61]
June 7	Bolton	England	University of Bolton Stadium	The Script Gayle KidCutUp	—	—
June 8
June 10	Sunderland		Stadium of Light		—	—
June 11
June 13	Birmingham		Villa Park		—	—
June 16[a]	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Megaland Park		—	—
June 17[b]	Werchter	Belgium	Festivalpark Werchter
June 20	Nanterre[c]	France	La Défense Arena		79,996	$8,153,396
June 21
June 24[d]	London	England	Hyde Park	Sam Ryder Gayle KidCutUp Gwen Stefani	—	—
June 25[d]
June 28	Berlin	Germany	Olympiastadion	The Script Gayle KidCutUp	57,524	$6,461,778
July 1	Vienna	Austria	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	Alice Merton Gayle KidCutUp	—	—
July 2				The Script Gayle KidCutUp
July 5	Munich	Germany	Olympiastadion		111,435	$12,177,223
July 6
July 8	Cologne		RheinEnergieStadion		—	—
July 9
July 12	Hanover		HDI-Arena		—	—
July 13
July 16	Warsaw	Poland	PGE Narodowy	Margaret KidCutUp Viki Gabor	—	—
July 24	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre	Grouplove KidCutUp Brandi Carlile	45,741	$7,330,327
July 26	Cincinnati	United States	Great American Ball Park		40,800	$6,912,375
July 31	Boston		Fenway Park	Grouplove KidCutUp Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo	78,081	$13,600,204
August 1
August 3	New York City		Citi Field	Grouplove KidCutUp Brandi Carlile	43,700	$8,300,000
August 5	Pittsburgh		PNC Park		43,194	$6,835,257
August 7	Washington, D.C.		Nationals Park	Grouplove KidCutUp Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo	43,487	$7,222,988
August 10	Minneapolis		Target Field		42,330	$7,732,241
August 12	Chicago		Wrigley Field		42,129	$8,260,117
August 14	Milwaukee		American Family Field		46,700	$7,256,942
August 16	Detroit		Comerica Park	Grouplove KidCutUp Brandi Carlile	44,904	$6,570,825
August 19	Fargo		Fargodome		—	—
August 21	Omaha		Charles Schwab Field Omaha		—	—
September 15[e]	Atlanta		Piedmont Park	—	—	—
September 18	Philadelphia		Citizens Bank Park	Grouplove KidCutUp Brandi Carlile	93,185	$14,249,206
September 19
September 22	Nashville		Geodis Park		—	—
September 25	San Antonio		Alamodome		—	—
September 27	Houston		Minute Maid Park		—	—
October 3	San Diego		Snapdragon Stadium		32,600	$6,100,000
October 5	Inglewood		SoFi Stadium	Grouplove KidCutUp Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo	49,559	$8,104,762
October 7	Paradise[f]		Allegiant Stadium	Grouplove KidCutUp Brandi Carlile	54,693	$8,969,920
October 9	Phoenix		Chase Field		53,437	$7,795,413

List of 2024 concerts^{[4][5][6][8][12][13][14]}

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance[29][62][63][64][65]	Revenue[29][62][63][64][65]
February 9	Sydney	Australia	Allianz Stadium	Tones and I KidCutUp	78,500	$9,800,000
February 10
February 13	Newcastle		McDonald Jones Stadium		—	—
February 16	Brisbane		Suncorp Stadium		94,600	$11,000,000
February 17
February 20	Gold Coast		Heritage Bank Stadium		—	—
February 23	Melbourne		Marvel Stadium		124,000	$13,200,000
February 24
February 27	Adelaide		Adelaide Oval		59,200	$5,900,000
March 1	Perth		Optus Stadium		121,000	$11,300,000
March 2
March 5	Dunedin	New Zealand	Forsyth Barr Stadium		—	—
March 8	Auckland		Eden Park		97,500	$9,600,000
March 9
March 12	Melbourne	Australia	Marvel Stadium		107,000	$11,600,000
March 13
March 16	Sydney		Accor Stadium		74,000	$7,900,000
March 19	Brisbane		Suncorp Stadium		—	—
March 22	Townsville		Queensland Country Bank Stadium		60,100	$6,600,000
March 23
June 11	Cardiff	Wales	Principality Stadium	Gayle KidCutUp The Script	—	—
June 15	London	England	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium		—	—
June 16
June 20	Dublin	Ireland	Aviva Stadium	Gayle KidCutUp Rag'n'Bone Man	—	—
June 21[66]
June 24	Liverpool	England	Anfield	Gayle KidCutUp The Script	—	—
June 25
June 28	Glasgow	Scotland	Hampden Park		—	—
June 29
July 6	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium		—	—
July 10	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Johan Cruijff Arena		105,000	$13,600,000
July 11
July 14	Brussels	Belgium	King Baudouin Stadium		—	–
July 17	Leipzig	Germany	Red Bull Arena		—	—
July 19	Stuttgart		MHPArena		—	—
July 21	Mönchengladbach		Borussia-Park		—	—
July 25	Stockholm	Sweden	Friends Arena		—	—
August 10	St. Louis	United States	The Dome at America's Center	Sheryl Crow KidCutUp The Script	—	—
August 14	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre		—	—
August 18	Philadelphia	United States	Lincoln Financial Field		54,600	$8,300,000
August 21	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium		55,700	$10,800,000
August 24	Chicago		Soldier Field		52,300	$9,400,000
August 28	Missoula		Washington–Grizzly Stadium		—	—
August 31	Edmonton	Canada	Commonwealth Stadium		56,000	$9,100,000
September 11	San Diego	United States	Petco Park		—	—
September 13	Paradise[f]		Allegiant Stadium		47,000	$6,600,000
September 15	Los Angeles		Dodger Stadium		—	—
October 1	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium		29,700	$5,700,000
October 3	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium		60,400	$9,100,000
October 6	Syracuse		JMA Wireless Dome		37,300	$7,100,000
October 12	Indianapolis		Lucas Oil Stadium		55,400	$6,900,000
November 6[g]	Arlington		Globe Life Field	Sheryl Crow KidCutUp Noga Erez	—	—
November 18	Orlando		Camping World Stadium		—	—
Total					—	$587,700,000

Canceled shows

List of canceled concerts

Date (2024)	City	Country	Venue	Reason	Ref.
July 3	Bern	Switzerland	Stadion Wankdorf	Unspecified health issue	[67]
November 23	Miami	United States	LoanDepot Park		[68]

Notes

1. The June 16, 2023, show in Landgraaf is part of Pinkpop Festival.
2. The June 17, 2023, show in Werchter is part of the Satellite Festival at Werchter Boutique.
3. Labeled as Paris in promotional materials.
4. The June 24 and 25, 2023, shows in London are part of BST Hyde Park.
5. The September 15, 2023, show in Atlanta is part of Music Midtown 2023.^[7]
6. Labelled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
7. The November 6, 2024, concert was originally scheduled for September 29, 2023, but was postponed to November 23, 2023, due to Pink having a sinus infection.^[9] The rescheduled concert was postponed a second time for unspecified reasons.^[10][11]