First of the year’s circuses arrives at the 02

From Pink O2 2009

My third night at the O2 in a week was another guaranteed “good show”. P!nk didn’t disappoint, and the presentation supported the music, rather than the reverse for Girls Aloud last weekend.   P!nk might be regretting a circus theme for her Funhouse Tour, with a certain other artist using the same for her tour – but it will an achievement for Britney to top this – especially if the current reviews of “The Circus” are to be believed. I’ll compare the two personally later in the year – and then there is the circus that Michael Jackson tour is bound to be… Particularly impressive where the aerial elements – which weren't restricted to the supporting dancers. Carrying on after an adlib inducing unexpected drop of 3 or 4 feet during the ribbon suspended finally was particularly impressive.

The best set for me was when P!nk made a very strong audition for, in my opinion, the still open position to fill Freddie Mercury’s place in Queen. Freddie would have been proud of her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. P!nk’s stage personality is a close match for that of Freddie – something I don’t think Paul Rodgers does justice to, and her vocals would allow them to reprise great songs Paul Rodgers simply doesn’t have the voice for…