Pink will be the first solo female pop star to headline the Sphere, with nine nights in Las Vegas in 2027

The singer who built her live reputation by flying over stadium crowds on wires is about to stay in one place. Pink announced on Monday, US time, that she will play nine nights at the Sphere in Las Vegas in 2027, the first residency of a career of more than 25 years.

“For the first time, I’m giving a show a home and I hope you’ll visit,” she wrote on Instagram, after days of teasing the news. “This idea has been bubbling up for years.”

The run opens on Wednesday 29 September 2027 and continues on 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9 October, then returns for 27, 29 and 30 October. Live Nation is promoting it.

Why is this one a first?

The Sphere opened in 2023 with U2 and has since been the territory of bands: Phish, Dead & Company, the Eagles and the Backstreet Boys among them. Pink will be the first solo female pop artist to headline it.

The venue is unlike any arena she has played. Its interior is wrapped in a vast LED screen that curves over and around the audience, with a sound system built into the walls, and seats for about 17,600 people. Nine nights at that size is roughly 158,000 tickets at most, a fraction of what one stadium tour can sell, which is why prices and demand for Sphere shows tend to run high.

It also poses a question fans will enjoy: how an artist famous for aerial acrobatics uses a room where the ceiling is the screen. Pink promised “the highs, the lows, the new, the scary, the never been done before”, and nothing more specific.

How do Australians get tickets?

Fans need to register for the artist presale through Pink’s website. That presale opens on Wednesday 18 November at 10am Las Vegas time, which is Thursday 19 November at 5am AEDT, 4am AEST and 2am AWST.

The general sale follows on Friday 20 November at 10am Las Vegas time: Saturday 21 November at 5am AEDT, 4am AEST and 2am AWST.

No Australian shows have been announced.

Why does Australia care so much?

Few international artists have a bond with Australian audiences like Pink’s. Her tours here have repeatedly run to dozens of stadium and arena dates, and her most recent, the Summer Carnival tour, came through Australia in early 2024. That run, together with her Trustfall tour, sold more than 4 million tickets across 15 countries between 2023 and 2024, according to the residency announcement.

A residency flips the arrangement. Instead of the show travelling to the fans, the fans travel to the show, and for those in Australia that means long-haul flights and Las Vegas hotel prices on top of the ticket.

Is new music coming?

Nothing has been announced. Her most recent album, Trustfall, came out in 2023, and this month marks 25 years since Missundaztood, the album that turned her from an R&B newcomer into a pop-rock star. Whether the Sphere show leans on the anniversary, new songs or the whole catalogue, she has not said.