MINNEAPOLIS: Battling the flu, pop star Pink powered through a pre-Super Bowl concert, still hitting high notes, flying in the air and dancing onstage days before she will sing the national anthem at the big game.
Pink skipped some of the words during the songs, relying on her backup singers Friday at Nomadic Live at the Armory in Minneapolis. But she was still energetic and spirited, ending the set with her signature high-flying athleticism while singing the pounding hit, āSo What.ā
The mother of two told the audience she had the flu and that her children ācough into my mouth and I canāt stop them ācause theyāre so cute.ā
āIām not going to sound like (crap) all night because you guys are going to help me,ā she said. āWeāre going to rock the (expletive) out and have a good time.ā
As she began to sing āBeautiful Traumaā ā from her recent album of the same name ā she quickly stopped her band and told the crowd, āI canāt do it.ā
āI hate this,ā she said. āI canāt do that song. Iām sorry.ā
Pink will sing āThe Star-Spangled Bannerā on Sunday at the US Bank Stadium before the New England Patriots take on the Philadelphia Eagles. The 38-year-old singer grew up about 30 miles from Philadelphia and gave a shout-out to the City of Brotherly Love during the show.
She wore a loose white top, loose white pants and red heels as she ran up and down the stage, kicking off the show with the jam āGet the Party Started.ā She later sang well-known hits like āU + Ur Hand,ā āWho Knew,ā āWhat About Usā and āRaise Your Glass.ā
Despite feeling under the weather, she was exceptional when she covered 4 Non Blondesā āWhatās Up,ā a crowd favorite.
āWeāre gonna wake up the entire neighborhood,ā she said before singing the song.
With the flu, Pink powers through pre-Super Bowl concert
Updated 03 February 2018
With the flu, Pink powers through pre-Super Bowl concert
