Pink’s Olivia Newton-John Tribute Performance 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 strive — and got here rattling close to near perfection. Together with performing her new single for the primary time dwell on the American Music Awards, Pink was requested to pay tribute to the Olivia, who handed away earlier this yr.

Whereas sporting a beautiful white feathered full size robe, she belted out the track fantastically with each single individual 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 track – 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 stage 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 had 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!

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 yr’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 colour that she took from, what for it, Cher‘s closet!

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

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