| Concert Tour Name: | Summer Carnival |
| Border: | yes |
| Artist: | Pink |
| Album: | Trustfall |
| Number Of Shows: | 97 |
| Gross: | million (37 shows) |
| Last Tour: | Beautiful Trauma World Tour (2018–2019) |
| This Tour: | Summer Carnival (2023–2024) |
| Next Tour: | Trustfall Tour (2023–2024) |
The Summer Carnival is the ongoing eighth concert tour by American singer Pink. The tour began on June 7, 2023, at the University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, England and will finish at the Camping World Stadium on November 18, 2024, in Orlando, United States. It is in support of her ninth studio album Trustfall (2023). The tour includes appearances at three major European music festivals: Pinkpop Festival, Werchter Boutique and BST Hyde Park.
As of June 2024, it is the eighth highest-grossing concert tour by a woman based on 41 concerts.
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. On November 14, 2022, Pink announced North American dates for the tour. 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. On March 5, 2023, two additional dates in Australia were announced in Melbourne and Sydney.[1] 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.[2] Four days later, it was announced Pink would headline the first night of the 2023 Music Midtown in Atlanta.[3] A second show in Townsville was announced on August 23, 2023.[4] On September 29, 2023, she announced her Arlington concert was postponed, due to a sinus infection;[5] the concert was again postponed in November of the same year.[6] On November 21, 2023, she announced seventeen additional concerts in Europe.[7] Two days later, an additional concert in Amsterdam was announced.[8] On December 5, 2023, seventeen additional dates in North America were announced, with support from Sheryl Crow, KidCutUp and The Script.[9] [10]
In her cover story of Women's Health magazine, she said that she is "kind of like a circus act" and when performing she is "always on the lookout for new cool things that you might not die from."[11]
The tour received positive reviews from critics, who praised the spectacle of the show.[12] [13] [14]
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.[15] 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."[16] 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".[17]
Billboard reported tour promoter Live Nation Entertainment projected the Australian concerts would be "biggest-selling Australian visit ever by a female artist."[18] 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.[19]
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.[20] 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.[21] 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.[22]
| Dates | Venue | Country | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | June 7–8 | University of Bolton Stadium | England | Biggest two-day attendance (67,000+) | [23] |
| June 10–11 | Stadium of Light | First female act to perform two shows on a single tour | [24] | ||
| June 13 | Villa Park | First female act to headline the venue | [25] | ||
| June 24–25 | Hyde Park | Biggest gross by an American and overall solo act in the venue's history | |||
| July 31–August 1 | Fenway Park | United States | Biggest two-day attendance (76,564) | [26] | |
| August 3 | Citi Field | Biggest single-day attendance (42,733) | [27] | ||
| August 5 | PNC Park | First female to headline the venue | [28] | ||
| August 10 | Target Field | Biggest single-day attendance (44,152) | [29] | ||
| August 14 | American Family Field | First female to headline a stadium in Wisconsin | [30] | ||
| Biggest single-day attendance (46,644) | |||||
| August 16 | Comerica Park | Largest concert attendance in stadium history (over 45,000) | [31] | ||
| 2024 | March 8–9 | Eden Park | New Zealand | First female to headline the venue and perform two shows on a single tour | [32] |
| March 22–23 | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | Australia | First female to headline the venue and perform two shows on a single tour | [33] |
| Organization | Award | Recipient(s) | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pollstar Awards | Pop Tour of the Year | Summer Carnival Tour | [34] [35] | |
| Road Warrior of the Year | Malcolm Weldon, Pink | ||||
| Support / Special guest of the Year | Brandi Carlile |
This set list is from the June 7, 2023, concert in Bolton.[36] [37] It may not represent all concerts for the tour.
| City | Country | Venue | Opening acts | Attendance[49] [50] | Revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Landgraaf | Netherlands | Megaland Park | rowspan="2" | ||
| June 17 | Werchter | Belgium | Festivalpark Werchter | |||
| June 20 | Nanterre | France | La Défense Arena | — | — | |
| June 21 | ||||||
| June 24 | London | England | Hyde Park | Sam Ryder Gayle KidCutUp Gwen Stefani | rowspan="2" | |
| June 25 | ||||||
| June 28 | Berlin | Germany | Olympiastadion | The Script Gayle KidCutUp | — | — |
| July 1 | Vienna | Austria | Ernst-Happel-Stadion | Alice Merton Gayle KidCutUp | — | — |
| July 2 | The Script Gayle KidCutUp | |||||
| July 5 | Munich | Germany | Olympiastadion | — | — | |
| 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 | — | — |
| July 26 | Cincinnati | United States | Great American Ball Park | — | — | |
| July 31 | Boston | Fenway Park | Grouplove KidCutUp Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo | 78,000 | $13,600,000 | |
| August 1 | ||||||
| August 3 | New York City | Citi Field | Grouplove KidCutUp Brandi Carlile | 43,700 | $8,300,000 | |
| August 5 | Pittsburgh | PNC Park | — | — | ||
| August 7 | Washington, D.C. | Nationals Park | Grouplove KidCutUp Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo | — | — | |
| August 10 | Minneapolis | Target Field | — | — | ||
| August 12 | Chicago | Wrigley Field | 42,100 | $8,300,000 | ||
| August 14 | Milwaukee | American Family Field | — | — | ||
| August 16 | Detroit | Comerica Park | Grouplove KidCutUp Brandi Carlile | — | — | |
| August 19 | Fargo | Fargodome | — | — | ||
| August 21 | Omaha | Charles Schwab Field Omaha | — | — | ||
| September 15 | Atlanta | Piedmont Park | ||||
| September 18 | Philadelphia | Citizens Bank Park | Grouplove KidCutUp Brandi Carlile | 93,000 | $14,200,000 | |
| 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 | 49,600 | $8,100,000 | |
| October 7 | Paradise | Allegiant Stadium | Grouplove KidCutUp Brandi Carlile | 54,700 | $9,000,000 | |
| October 9 | Phoenix | Chase Field | 53,400 | $7,800,000 |
| City | Country | Venue | Opening acts | Attendance[51] [52] | Revenue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[53] | |||||||
| 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 | — | — | ||
| 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 | — | — | ||
| August 21 | Foxborough | Gillette Stadium | — | — | |||
| August 24 | Chicago | Soldier Field | — | — | |||
| August 28 | Missoula | Washington–Grizzly Stadium | — | — | |||
| August 31 | Edmonton | Canada | Commonwealth Stadium | — | — | ||
| September 11 | San Diego | United States | Petco Park | — | — | ||
| September 13 | Paradise | Allegiant Stadium | — | — | |||
| September 15 | Los Angeles | Dodger Stadium | — | — | |||
| October 1 | Hershey | Hersheypark Stadium | — | — | |||
| October 3 | East Rutherford | MetLife Stadium | — | — | |||
| October 6 | Syracuse | JMA Wireless Dome | — | — | |||
| October 12 | Indianapolis | Lucas Oil Stadium | — | — | |||
| November 6 | Arlington | Globe Life Field | Sheryl Crow KidCutUp | — | — | ||
| November 18 | Orlando | Camping World Stadium | — | — | |||
| Total | — | — | |||||
| City | Country | Venue | Reason | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 3 | Bern | Switzerland | Stadion Wankdorf | Unspecified health issue | [54] |
| November 23 | Miami | United States | LoanDepot Park | [55] |