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P!nk announces special guests for The Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour!

VV Brown, Hockey, Butch Walker - see below for details on your chosen event

P!nk announced today that the special guests on her first ever stadium tour The Funhouse Summer Carnival will come from UK's newest one to watch VV Brown, Portland's coolest export Hockey and one of the most respected American singer, songwriter and producers Butch Walker. Combined together, The Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour is a blend of the most exciting and eclectic artists in music today.

Like Pink, VV Brown is truly an individual.  At the age of 24, Brown has already moved between LA and London and sang backup vocals for the Pussycat Dolls.  Today, she boasts a career as a singer, songwriter, performer, multi-instrumentalist and a producer, just to name a few. Signed to a major label by the age of 19, Brown recognized her need for individuality from an early age, singing in the Gospel choir and coming home to listen to The Rolling Stones, Elvis, Aretha Franklin and Queen with her parents.  Her diverse musical interests help defines her personality as what she now calls "musical mashed potatoes."  VV has recently become the new face of M & S as well as being heralded a ‘one to watch' by UK and European media alike.

Coming out of the creative hub that is Portland, Hockey are striking a chord across America and the UK.  The band won over New York City crowds during a run of Manhattan and Brooklyn gigs, earning them a spot in NME's ‘ones to watch'. The band's success hasn't just been felt on the home front, after touring the UK they were described as a perfect combination of "arty cool dance and shameless pop."  

Stepping out of the hottest producer shoes in the States, Butch Walker will be the perfect opener for this Carnival spectacular. Butch took to the producer helm for P!nk's Funhouse album which has sold over 4 million copies to date. He has produced records for some of the greatest artists and bands in music today and not only that but has released seven albums of his own, proving that he really is a unique talent and one that is about to take the UK by storm.

With the addition of these artists, The Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour gets ready to take on the UK and Europe with the first show kicking off in Germany on 29 May and it will, without doubt, leave hundreds of thousands of fans across the UK stunned with P!nk's special brand of high octane and dazzling performance. The Funhouse Carnival will be unforgettable and a must see for 2010.

The Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour 2010:

Fri 11 June - Stadium of Light, Sunderland *
Sat 12 June - Reebok Stadium, Bolton **
Sun 13 June - Isle of Wight Festival (Pink only)
Wed 23 June - Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Thurs 24 June - Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Sat 26 June - Hampden Park, Glasgow
Sun 27 June - Alton Towers Resort, Staffordshire
Tues 29 June - Portman Road, Ipswich
Friday 2 July - Wireless Festival (including Hockey)

* Except Hockey
** Except VV Brown

In-depth Biography
Although initially viewed as another face in the late-'90s crowd of teen pop acts, Pink (professionally known as P!nk!) quickly transcended and outgrew that label with her combination of pop songcraft and powerhouse, rock-influenced vocals. Born Alecia Moore on September 8, 1979, in Doylestown, PA, Pink received her nickname as a child, years before she dyed her hair accordingly. She grew up in a musical family and was a regular on the Philadelphia club scene by the age of 13, first as a dancer and then as a backing vocalist for the local hip-hop group Schoolz of Thought. At 14, she began writing her own songs; the same year, a local DJ at Club Fever began inviting her on-stage to sing a song every Friday.

Pink was spotted one night by an executive for MCA Records, who asked her to audition for an R&B group called Basic Instinct. Although Pink's strong vocals landed her the gig, the group imploded not long after. She was quickly recruited for a female R&B trio called Choice, which signed to L.A. Reid and Babyface's LaFace label on the strength of their demo; however, they too disbanded due to differences over musical direction. During Choice's brief studio time, producer Daryl Simmons asked Pink to write a bridge section for the song "Just to Be Loving You." Impressed with the results, Pink rediscovered her songwriting muse, and an equally impressed L.A. Reid soon gave her a solo deal with LaFace.

Pink recorded her solo debut, Can't Take Me Home, with a variety of songwriting partners and dance-pop and R&B producers. Released in 2000, the album was a double-platinum hit; it spun off three Top Ten singles in "There U Go," "Most Girls," and "You Make Me Sick." She toured that summer as the opening act for *N Sync, but soon found herself tired of being pigeonholed as strictly a teen act despite her sassy, forthright persona. As she set about working on her follow-up album, Pink took part in the remake of Patti LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade" featured on the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, which also featured powerhouse divas Christina Aguilera, Mya, and Lil' Kim. The song was a massive hit, topping the charts in both the U.S. and U.K. while expanding Pink's own audience.

Toward the end of the year, Pink released her next single, "Get the Party Started," which climbed into the Top Five and became the singer's most inescapable hit to date. Her accompanying sophomore album, M!ssundaztood, quickly went double platinum; it boasted a more personal voice and an eclectic sound, plus heavy contributions from ex-4 Non Blondes singer Linda Perry, who helped bring some more rock muscle to Pink's sound (as did guest appearances by Steven Tyler and Richie Sambora). M!ssundaztood attracted positive critical notices as well, and its second single, "Don't Let Me Get Me," became another fast-rising Top Ten hit.

Pink next issued Try This in November 2003. The album continued her progression toward more rock-oriented material, due in part to the songwriting collaboration of Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong on eight of the album's tracks. Try This' lead single, "Trouble," cracked the upper regions of -Billboard's Top 40 and earned Pink a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. On the home front, Pink wed motocross racer Carey Hart -- whom she had initially met at 2001's X-Games -- on January 7, 2006, in Costa Rica. Her next album, I'm Not Dead, appeared that April; its first single, "Stupid Girls," quickly became a hit, while "Who Knew" and "U + Ur Hand" both cracked the Top Ten. I'm Not Dead reached platinum status in several countries and helped ramp up anticipation for Pink's follow-up, Funhouse, which arrived in October 2008. "So What," the album's leadoff single, became her first number one hit since "Lady Marmalade." Another hit, "Please Don't Leave Me," followed in 2009 and all her hits were collected on the 2010 release Greatest Hits...So Far!!!, which was preceded by the single "Raise Your Glass." Around the time of the release of Greatest Hits...So Far!!! Pink announced that she and her husband were expecting their first child. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi