Pink Down Under

Why Pink just can't get enough of Australia

Jonathon Moran 
The Sunday Telegraph
 September 30, 2012 12:00AM

SHE smashed records with her 58-show run of Australia and now Pink plans to up the ante with her next tour.

The pop superstar set a new benchmark when she played an astounding number of shows nationally in 2009, selling more than 650,000 tickets.

A friend of mine saw Pink a few years back and said it was the best concert he had ever seen bar none.

"Hell yeah, we are putting it all together now," Pink tells Insider of her Australian tour plans. "I am honestly just trying to figure out how to top the last tour and stay alive. It was so fun, I had such a good time on that show."

Dates for Pink's 2013 Australian shows will be announced this week with the singer to kick off her The Truth About Love world tour in Phoenix on February 13.

Pink's new album, The Truth About Love, and tour mark her return to work after giving birth to daughter Willow in June last year.

Known for her physically gruelling shows, Pink jokes she needed to get into shape for the tour.

"I am going to take my little fat arse to the gym today but other than that I am pretty lazy these days," she says. "We are conceptualising and putting it (the tour) all together. It is definitely a process with us because we go at it from every angle, from the storyline to the songs to the pace and to what song lends itself to what acrobatic."

Pink arrived in Sydney on Tuesday, flying in to spend time with her daughter and husband Carey Hart ahead of her Australian promotional trip that kicks off tomorrow with a planned media blitz.

The album today tops the ARIA Album Chart for the second week running with her new track, Try, sitting at No.11 on the singles chart.

"I'm sorry. I am apologising ahead of time for anybody that is sick of me. I couldn't wait to get back. It felt so rad bringing Willow here because it is kind of our second home."

The family is making the most of their time here, renting a beachside home in Sydney's north.

It's been an opportunity for Pink and Hart to show off the country they call their second home to their daughter for the first time, including a visit to Sydney Aquarium.

"I've got my little girl running around being a maniac so it is all good," she laughs. "It has been super muggy. I got to stand out in the thunder storm last night."

Even a prank from her neighbours hasn't put the singer off. "We even got egged," she says of finding a dozen eggs smashed on her front door. "It's all good. Please, me, a little egging isn't going to scare me away."