Pink tells ’60 Minutes,’ followers earlier than fame. Plus, how she sings in a sling 100 ft within the air, and the way she might land her act in Vegas.

In a yr that’s been marked by economy-altering live performance excursions from main pop stars like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, one performer has flown a bit underneath the radar whereas additionally flying excessive to drag off stunts her friends might solely dream of. And that artist is Pink.

The three-time Grammy winner and infamous open ebook sat down with Cecelia Vega of 60 Minutes for Sunday’s episode to speak about issues like her childhood, her previous struggles with dependancy and her foray into the world of winemaking. She additionally broke down why she does not care that her tour hasn’t gotten the identical sort of consideration as a few of her friends’ have this yr, and simply how within the heck she will sing and be an acrobat on the identical time whereas performing.

Pink’s period

In help of her album Trustfall, Pink launched her eighth-ever live performance tour in London again in June referred to as the Summer time Carnival, which is slated to wrap up in March of 2024 in Australia. CBS reported that the tour has bought $350 million in tickets around the globe to this point this yr, however when requested why she doesn’t suppose she wins the recognition contest along with her friends, Pink doesn’t appear to care both manner.

“We’ve bought three million tickets within the final six months, however you don’t actually hear about it except you went,” she mentioned. “So, on the finish of the day, do I actually give a s*** who talks about me? So long as the mother and the daughter, or the dad who’s within the Pink T-shirt in addition to his daughter and her three associates had a improbable time. Or the homosexual couple that got here collectively and felt tremendous protected at my present as a result of nobody heckled them. That’s what actually issues.”

Sadly for Pink, a number of bumps within the highway have derailed her present tour only a bit, after she was forced to cancel two shows in Tacoma, Wash., for a “household medical concern,” after which needed to cancel no less than two extra in Vancouver this previous weekend for a “respiratory an infection.”

Pink within the sky

Together with numerous hit songs from over 20 years within the music business, Pink’s tour is highlighted by the truth that she additionally performs high-flying stunts whereas singing and flipping over 100 ft within the air.

The 44-year-old singer, who can be asthmatic, mentioned she faucets into her gymnastics courses from childhood to assist her with the stunts, whereas additionally working with aerialist coach Dreya Weber. Since Pink doesn’t do any lip-syncing throughout her set, she trains to have the ability to sing whereas being the other way up or proper aspect up and every thing in between. To additional exhibit, Pink had Weber stand on her abdomen for the 60 Minutes cameras whereas Pink flawlessly belted out a number of traces from a track.

“I am not only a singer. I am a gymnast. I can do every kind of issues. I am bodily,” Pink mentioned. “This physique, like, the muscle tissue that scare individuals are — it is my energy, proper? It is like, I do not eat properly to look good, I eat properly to go far, quick and laborious.”

Pink’s future

If the notion of a performer singing and doing acrobatic stunts excessive above an viewers seems like an act constructed for Las Vegas, properly, Pink can be pondering alongside these traces in the case of her subsequent chapter.

“I wish to have the very best present that Vegas has ever seen,” she mentioned. “And I feel that I can. For a performer like me to have a stage that does not should journey, oh my god, you are able to do so a lot.”

To dig somewhat deeper into what the longer term holds, Pink mentioned that the “laborious edge” she’s had in life and the work she has put in on account of it has given her so much to lean on going ahead.

“I by no means bought a document deal as a result of I used to be cute; I bought a document deal as a result of I used to be fiery,” she mentioned. “I had so much to say, and I had a voice. So I am relieved I haven’t got to fall again on kind of standard magnificence. And that does not should be my factor. And I haven’t got to maintain that up, both, as I age. I haven’t got to be that. I may be all of this.”

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