Pink at DNC tonight before Kamala Harris speech

C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
Updated ·4 min read

Closing out a week of big-name musical stars, global pop star megastar P!nk will get the party started when she headlines the last night of the Democratic National Convention.

She'll be performing ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris when Harris formally accepts the Democratic presidential nomination, a source familiar with the schedule told CNN.

Alecia Moore, who performs as Pink, has long been passionate about LGBTQ+ issues, abortion rights and women's rights for years but this will be the most direct political stand she has taken on a national stage.

Back in 2006 her song "Dear Mr. President" asked then-President George Bush "What kind of father would hate his own daughter if she were gay?" In 2022, she released “Irrelevant" about racism and the fight for women's rights in America. In between she marched for gay rights and talked about LGBTQ+ issues in multiple interviews.

In Florida, she took aim at Gov. DeSantis.

Pink fought back against book bans in Florida

In 2023, at the height of the wave of book challenges and bans in school libraries and classrooms across the country (particularly in the Sunshine State), Pink teamed up with PEN America and handed out 2,000 banned books during two concerts in South Florida.

“Books have held a special joy for me from the time I was a child, and that’s why I am unwilling to stand by and watch while books are banned by schools,” Pink said in a press release.

In a live Instagram post, she said, 'I would say to anyone out there listening, any book you hear is being banned, please run out as fast as you can and get your hands on these books because they're amazing books."

When is Pink performing at the DNC?

The Thursday night speaker schedule has not yet been released, but this article will be updated when it is.

Did Pink cancel her Summer Carnival tour?

Pink temporarily halted her tour when she canceled a show in Bern, Switzerland in July due to an unspecified health issue but she was back in time for the next show in Copenhagen, Denmark.

How can I watch the DNC?

The Democratic National Convention Committee announced it will be streaming the convention over a dozen platforms including, for the first time, vertical streams on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Primetime convention programming will air live from 6:30-11 p.m. EDT on Monday and from 7-11 p.m. EDT Tuesday through Thursday.

Coverage of the convention by television networks will vary slightly. Here’s a breakdown of the major networks and their coverage plans:

  • C-SPAN will carry the entire convention uninterrupted for all four days.

  • CBS television stations will have live coverage starting at 7 a.m. EDT all four days with primetime coverage and analysis.

  • NBC News will broadcast NBC Nightly News live while it streams the program, hosted by Lester Holt all four nights and joined by Samantha Guthrie Tuesday through Friday. The show will run from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. EDT on Monday and Tuesday and from 9-11 p.m. EDT on Wednesday and Thursday.

  • ABC News will broadcast live from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. EDT every day for four days on its main broadcast network and from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. EDT on ABC News Live.

  • Fox News will air extensive coverage during its regular prime-time lineup of shows starting with FOX News Sunday, and will broadcast a nightly one-hour special starting at 10 p.m. EDT, hosted by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.

  • CNN will begin live coverage at 9 a.m. EDT Sunday with special editions of several CNN shows. There will be nearly 24/7 coverage throughout the convention. The network will then have a combination of coverage and analysis each night from 8 p.m. to midnight, anchored by Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper.

  • MSNBC will broadcast coverage every day of the convention along with a prime-time special at 8 p.m. hosted by Rachel Maddow.

  • PBS will have live special coverage starting at 7 p.m. EDT on local PBS channels, on the PBS app and streaming on YouTube, hosted by News Hour's Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett.

  • NewsNation will present special coverage of the DNC throughout the week, beginning Sunday, Aug. 18, through Thursday, Aug. 22. Along with its other programming, NewsNation will present “Decision Desk 2024: The Democratic National Convention” from 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. EDT all four days.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: DNC 2024: Pink to headline last night of convention for Kamala Harris

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