I know it’s a bit late but better than never! P!nk played at the Marquee in Cork on the 7^th July. It was brilliant as usual. We walked from the city centre for what seemed like hours to get to the Big Top. We thought we would be able to see it on the horizon but we couldn’t even see it when we joined the queue!

A female DJ was on the decks to warm the place up (trust me, they didn’t need warming up). A fifteen minute break and then “ICE CREAM! ICE CREAM! WE ALL WANT ICE CREAM!”. I couldn’t believe it was a whole 11 months since I last saw this woman, that’s far too long! She didn’t stray from her usual festival set-list which included The Four Non-Blondes’ “What’s Going On” (which is always guaranteed to make everyone hoarse) and the Janis Joplin medley. The best of which was “Piece of My Heart”. (Watch a snippet of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJP6z1Jt88 ). The performances of “Who Knew” and “The One That Got Away” had an added poignancy when you think of her impending divorce from Carey Hart. Her planned costume changes were scuppered by the airport losing her luggage. I assume her hair gel was in the case also as she left her hat on for the entire performance (I did not approve). She left the tent after bouncing renditions of “You & Your Hand” and “Get the Party Started”, her usual encore.

Filtering out of the venue we overheard some eager fans mention the hotel where P!nk was staying for the night. We happened to be passing by on our way back to our own hotel so we may or may not have nonchalantly loitered outside for twenty minutes (with a few other nonchalant loiterers might I add)! We didn’t see her (probably for the best).

A fabulous weekend, I hope it’s not 11 months until her next visit!