Pink Pays Tribute To Olivia Newton-John At AMAs With Powerhouse Rendition Of ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’

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Pink performs "Never Gonna Not Dance Again" astatine  the American Music Awards, astatine  the Microsoft Theater successful  Los Angeles
2022 American Music Awards - Show, Los Angeles, United States - 20 Nov 2022

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2022 American Music Awards - Show, Los Angeles, United States - 20 Nov 2022

Pink performs "Never Gonna Not Dance Again" astatine  the American Music Awards, astatine  the Microsoft Theater successful  Los Angeles
2022 American Music Awards - Show, Los Angeles, United States - 20 Nov 2022

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There’s nary one, present oregon ever, who volition travel adjacent to singing the Grease ballad ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’ rather similar Olivia Newton-John, but to grant the precocious histrion and performer, Pink gave it a effort — and came damn adjacent adjacent to perfection. Along with performing her caller azygous for the archetypal clip unrecorded astatine the American Music Awards, Pink was asked to wage tribute to the Olivia, who passed away earlier this year.

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While wearing a gorgeous achromatic feathered afloat magnitude gown, she belted retired the opus beautifully with each azygous idiosyncratic successful the assemblage singing along. In her lifetime, Olivia was a 10-time AMA victor and she adjacent hosted the 1976 amusement with Glen Campbell and Aretha Franklin. Pink did the opus – and Olivia – justice, putting her ain one-of-a-kind rotation connected the almighty precocious notes and the soulful debased moments of the ballad.

Her tribute came aft she opened the amusement with a roller disco level show of her caller single, ‘Never Gonna Not Dance Again.’ She traded successful her high-flying stunts to support some feet connected the ground, but they were strapped to roller skates and she showed immoderate insane power doing spins, twirls, and starring a conga enactment without missing a azygous beat!

Pink honored Olivia Newton-John astatine the #AMAs with a tribute show of Hopelessly Devoted To You. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/KpdgF85jCe

— E! News (@enews) November 21, 2022

Pink’s show wasn’t the lone tribute of the night. Stevie Wonder joins Charlie Puth and Ari Lennox to execute  a medley of Lionel Richie’s hits successful tribute to the enduring prima who is this year’s Icon Award recipient. Other performers for the nighttime included Carrie Underwood, Dove Cameron, and Bebe Rexha.

Ahead of her electrical performances, Pink deed the reddish carpet with her family: husband Carey Hart, daughter Willow Sage, and lad Jameson Moon. Her squad each dressed successful black, portion she wore a stunning bejeweled halter flapper formal successful a stunning achromatic and yellowish colour that she took from, what for it, Cher‘s closet!

.@Pink is here… on with her squad! @hartluck and their 2 beauteous children, Willow and Jameson 💖 #AMAs

🎥 : @Tezza pic.twitter.com/DATmqS78e9

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) November 20, 2022

“I’m wearing Bob Mackie. This is from Cher’s closet. I asked her if I could get immoderate Bob Mackie tonight.” Pink told Extra! connected the reddish carpet, “I americium honoring a legend… In the tone of that, I should grant different legends arsenic well, and that’s Cher and Bob Mackie.”

Pink is astir to embark connected an breathtaking twelvemonth for her. The caller azygous comes disconnected her forthcoming 9th workplace medium TRUSTFALL, which volition driblet successful February of adjacent year. As is expected of her astatine this point, she volition embark connected a massive, performance circuit pursuing the release. The Summer Carnival circuit volition deed North American stadiums with a lineup featuring Brandi Carlile, Pat Benatar and Neil Girlado, Grouplove and KidCutUp.

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