Pink’s Olivia Newton-John Tribute Efficiency At AMAs: Watch – Hollywood Life

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There’s nobody, now or ever, who will come near singing the Grease ballad ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’ fairly like Olivia Newton-John, however to honor the late actress and performer, Pink gave it a attempt — and got here rattling close to near perfection. Together with performing her new single for the primary time stay on the American Music Awards, Pink was requested to pay tribute to the Olivia, who handed away earlier this 12 months.

Whereas sporting a beautiful white feathered full size robe, she belted out the music superbly with each single particular person within the viewers singing alongside. In her lifetime, Olivia was a 10-time AMA winner and he or she even hosted the 1976 present with Glen Campbell and Aretha Franklin. Pink did the music – and Olivia – justice, placing her personal one-of-a-kind spin on the highly effective excessive notes and the soulful low moments of the ballad.

Her tribute got here after she opened the present with a curler disco degree efficiency of her new single, ‘By no means Gonna Not Dance Once more.’ She traded in her high-flying stunts to maintain each ft on the bottom, however they have been strapped to curler skates and he or she confirmed some insane management doing spins, twirls, and main a conga line with out lacking a single beat!

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Pink’s efficiency wasn’t the one tribute of the night time. Stevie Surprise joins Charlie Puth and Ari Lennox to carry out  a medley of Lionel Richie’s hits in tribute to the enduring star who is that this 12 months’s Icon Award recipient. Different performers for the night time included Carrie Underwood, Dove Cameron, and Bebe Rexha.

Forward of her electrical performances, Pink hit the purple carpet along with her household: husband Carey Hart, daughter Willow Sage, and son Jameson Moon. Her squad all wearing black, whereas she wore a shocking bejeweled halter flapper costume in a shocking black and yellow shade that she took from, what for it, Cher‘s closet!

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“I’m sporting Bob Mackie. That is from Cher’s closet. I requested her if I may borrow some Bob Mackie tonight.” Pink instructed Additional! on the purple carpet, “I’m honoring a legend… Within the spirit of that, I ought to honor different legends as nicely, and that’s Cher and Bob Mackie.”

Pink is about to embark on an thrilling 12 months for her. The brand new single comes off her forthcoming ninth studio album TRUSTFALL, which is able to drop in February of subsequent 12 months. As is anticipated of her at this level, she is going to embark on an enormous, live performance tour following the discharge. The Summer season Carnival tour will hit North American stadiums with a lineup that includes Brandi Carlile, Pat Benatar and Neil Girlado, Grouplove and KidCutUp.