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Pink breaks Melbourne record, says thank you to Australia, and jokes John Farnham must be 'pissed off'
[...] Before the concert the venue dedicated a second structural pole backstage to Pink, which she and daughter Willow signed.
There was also a plaque erected backstage signifying the arena record, which Pink signed with the cheeky greeting to other artists at the venue to 'follow that bitches!'
In 2009 Pink broke John Farnham's record when she played 17 dates at the venue on the same tour.
This year she broke her own record with 18 shows.
She has sold close to 250,000 tickets in Melbourne for this tour alone - no other artist has played to more people in Melbourne on one tour.
The closest was AC/DC's three shows at Etihad Stadium in 2011 which sold around 180,000 tickets, while Madonna's three MCG shows were seen by around 145,000 people in 1993.
Between all her tours at Rod Laver Arena Pink has sold over 500,000 tickets - another venue record.
Melbourne is Pink's biggest market per capita in the world.
"John Farnham must be really pissed off now," Pink joked.
The 46 shows between June and September are tipped to generate over $100 million. [...]
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music...9-1226705017617
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