by Kaylon Coleman
If you know me or have read my concert review for Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia tour, you know that nothing revitalizes my spirit more during a semester than a road trip or a concert, let alone both. Well, I treated myself to just that last week with PinkPantheress’ fall 2025 North American tour, and it was more than I could’ve hoped for.
To give a little background, it was around summertime when I was back in SoCal, bored, scrolling through potential concerts to go to when I saw it: a PinkPanthress concert in the bay on my 21st birthday for a whopping 80 dollars. Thanks to installment payments and the lovely folks at Klarna, my ticket was secured and my excitement was unmatched. Fast forward to Nov. 12 and I’m on the way to San Francisco, giddy with anticipation.
Along the way, I had to make a couple of mandatory pitstops — the first of which was the Motel 6 I was gonna spend the night at in Ukiah. Because I was doing a one day turnaround, and because I hate driving through the trees at night getting back up here, I decided to just bite the bullet and get a room. I’m extremely glad I did, because on the way back to Ukiah from San Francisco, it was quite literally raining cats and dogs. I had my hands at ten-and-two the whole way back and was laser-focused on not hydroplaning.
After getting my key and taking a quick bathroom break, I made my way to the second mandatory pitstop along the way — Chick-fil-A. If you’re a Humboldt local, you know how much of a commodity the chicken restaurant is, having to travel a minimum of three hours to partake in the delicacy. So now, with my room secured and hunger satiated, the road was all that stood between me and Ms. Pantheress.
Upon my arrival, I barely made it in with the first wave of people they let go through the security waiting for the doors to open. After directing us up some stairs and through the main lobby the crowd split, with some choosing to purchase their merch ASAP, some grabbing a drink and others, myself included, choosing to rush the floor to secure their spot next to the stage. As someone who isn’t particularly gifted in the height department, it’s imperative to me that I try and grab the best vantage point I can get whenever I attend a concert.
After bonding with another concert goer about clash royale, it wasn’t long before the opening set started up. Headed by Nick Cheo, this had to be one of the best DJ sets I’ve ever seen in my life. I was already familiar with Cheo through his work on Instagram, so when I heard he was the opener I was ecstatic feeling like I got treated to a double feature. He absolutely killed it, overlaying tracks like Latch and I THINK to I KNOW coupled with the most heavenly jazz that I don’t know the name of. He absolutely did what an opener was supposed to do and now my hype levels were through the ceiling.
After about 30 minutes of waiting it was finally time for the main event, the UK queen herself. As soon as the lights dimmed, the atmosphere was electric. The show opened with a narrator reminiscent of the one off Love Island welcoming everyone to the show, into a snippet of Illegal and finally commenced with Stateside.
Immediately, I was encapsulated by the performance I bore witness to. I’ve been to a many concerts in my time and let me say I’ve never seen one quite like this. This really helped demonstrate to me the difference between a show and a performance. Pink had outfit changes, background dancers, an interactive DJ and drummer to boot, it was purely sensational. Without question one of my top three concert experiences of all time; highly highly recommended to any concert goers. And if you happen to be reading this Pink, ilyyy <3.
Kaylon Coleman is a senior journalism major with a concentration in news and a minor in communications. He is the opinion editor for LJ. He is also the vice president of the Black Student Union at CPH, Marketing and Communications lead for the Umoja Center and a part-time radio DJ and merch manager for KRFH. If you have a topic you want him to discuss, email him at kc403@humboldt.edu
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