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Pink Announces VV Brown and Hockey As Special Guests On Her Summer Tour

• 31st Mar 2010

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 V V 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, V V Brown is truly an individual. At the age of 26, she boasts a career as a singer, songwriter, performer, multi-instrumentalist and a producer. She has also been snapped up by Next Models and is further about to release a comic book on May 6th. Signed to a major label by the age of 19, V V recognized her need for individuality from an early age, singing in the Gospel choir then coming home to listen to The Rolling Stones, Elvis, Aretha Franklin and Queen with her parents. Her diverse musical interests help define her personality as what she calls “musical mashed potatoes.” V V has recently become the new face of M & S with a huge nationwide campaign taking off last week.

“I'm so excited to be part of such an innovative tour. Pink is such an amazing artist and her tour is so unique.. I'm happy that she decided to go with us. I can't wait to meet her. She seems lovely and very hands on. I'm very excited!” – V V Brown

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)