A 14-year-old girl grieving the recent loss of her mother has been sent "a hug from heaven" after pop star Pink pulled her out of the crowd for a hug, selfie, and motivational chat at one of her concerts this week. Loading Leah Murphy flew from north Queensland to Brisbane with friends and family to attend one of Pink's performances. Her mother Debbie, who passed away in June, had tickets to attend one of Pink's Australian shows. Pink and her music was one of the many bonds Leah shared with her mother, so her aunt, Katrina Donkin, endeavoured to set up a special moment between the two at Monday's show. During the concert on Monday, Ms Donkin, Leah and friends held up signs hoping to grab the singer's attention during the concert. "It read, 'Hi, my name's Leah. I'm 14 years old and I just lost my beautiful mum. I would love a hug'," Ms Donkin said. "Once Pink got down to the quiet music she was looking out to the crowd, that's when I started waving the sign. "I had strangers in the crowd grab them off us as well and start waving them. It was just enough for Pink to say, 'what is that?'." Pink spoke briefly with Leah, telling her everything was going to be okay. ( Supplied: Katrina Donkin "She couldn't read it, but someone handed her a little brochure about Leah and she read it out." Crowds parted so Ms Donkin and her niece could make it to the front row. "I just whispered in her ear, 'you're going to get your hug, sweetheart. We're going to get you the hug'," Ms Donkin said. "We ended up at the front row and Pink just held her for … it felt like 20 seconds. "And Leah's only 14, she's a teeny-tiny little thing and she just sobbed uncontrollably in her arms. "Pink was just so genuine, she said, 'hey, don't cry, everything's going to be okay'. Leah and her mother had bonded over Pink and her music. ( Supplied: Katrina Donkin "Pink took a selfie with her, signed her arm in marker, and then hopped back on the stage and said, 'everyone call your mum'." One of the signs Leah and her supporters held up to grab Pink's attention. ( Supplied: Katrina Donkin Ms Donkin said Leah hasn't stopped talking about that moment. "I haven't seen her smile so much since. Her dad said he woke up feeling happy today, happier than he has been in a long time," she said. "I just really feel it was a hug from heaven. I do feel her mum orchestrated the whole thing." She said Pink's music spoke volumes to Leah. "She relates to the music, I think she's grieving through the lyrics and it's helping her process it. "She's just a huge, huge fan of Pink, and so was her mum, so it was just amazing she took the time to give her a hug." Tickets accidentally left at home, flown to Brisbane Leah's special moment with Pink almost didn't happen — the night before the concert Ms Donkin realised the tickets were still on her bedside table in Cairns, more than 1,680 kilometres away. "I rang my neighbour, my neighbour broke into my house and got them and handed them to someone I know who works on the check-in desk at Qantas," Ms Donkin said. Leah's aunt says the 14-year-old "hasn't stopped talking" about her experience with Pink. ( Supplied: Katrina Donkin "She then asked the pilots of a flight that arrived in Brisbane at lunch time if they could take them down and they said yes. "They handed delivered them to me … I went back out to the airport and the captain walked off and gave me an envelope."<doc-sep>SINGER Pink has stopped her Brisbane show to offer a heartwarming hug to a young teenage girl, who was grieving the loss of her mother. Pink called for Leah Murphy, 14, after the crowd at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre helped to pass a sign to the singer which read “My name is Leah – I’m 14 years old. I lost my beautiful Mum last month. I would LOVE a hug … Please!” “Pink read our sign and straight away said where’s Leah?” Leah told The Courier-Mail. “She came down the stairs and gave me a big, long hug.” “She told me that I looked pretty. She said ‘oh don’t cry’. She said that everything was going to be OK. Then she signed my arm and we took a selfie.” “It meant everything. It was a dream come true.” Leah’s mother Debbie had bought tickets to Pink’s Sydney show and had planned to go with a friend but when she passed away in June, Leah - who bonded with her mother over Pink’s music - decided to go in her place. “When mum bought tickets to Pink she downloaded all of her songs and we would play it on the speaker really loud and dance and sing around the house,” Leah said. “I also said to Pink how much my mum loved her.” However, when Leah was just five minutes away from the Sydney venue Pink cancelled the show due to illness. Leah’s aunt, Katrina Donkin, began scrambling to get tickets to the Brisbane show – including having them hand delivered by Qantas staff from Cairns to Brisbane – before putting together a number of signs in the hope of grabbing Pink’s attention. “We couldn’t believe it worked,” Ms Donkin said. “She hugged her so tight Leah cried. It was so beautiful and so meaningful.” “We think her mum sent her a hug from heaven.” It came hours after Pink, who will conclude the Brisbane leg of her tour tonight, gushed about her time in Queensland on Instagram “Gold Coast we love you,” she wrote alongside a photo of her and son Jameson on the beach.<doc-sep>
She is currently in the middle of 31-date stadium tour of Australia. And on Monday, Pink stopped her Brisbane concert to share a heartwarming moment with a grieving teenage fan. During the show, the Beautiful Trauma star, 38, was passed a sign on stage and made it her mission to locate Leah Murphy, 14, in the crowd. Scroll down for video 'I lost my beautiful mum last month and I would love a hug': Pink shared a heartwarming moment with a grieving teenager at her Brisbane concert on Monday night The sign read: 'My name is Leah - I’m 14 years old. I lost my beautiful mum last month. I would LOVE a hug… Please!' Pink read the message and stepped down from the stage to share a hug with Leah. The Townsville-based teen later told The Courier-Mail: 'It meant everything. It was a dream come true. 'She told me that I looked pretty. She said, "Oh, don't cry". She said that everything was going to be OK. Then she signed my arm and we took a selfie.' 'She told me that I looked pretty. She said, "Oh, don’t cry". She said that everything was going to be OK': Leah told The Courier-Mail that meeting Pink was a dream come true 'I lost my beautiful mum last month. I would LOVE a hug… Please!' Leah had caught Pink's attention by writing a sign that was passed from the crowd to the stage 'She signed my arm and we took a selfie': The Townsville-based teenager was overjoyed by Pink's generosity Leah said she decided to attend Pink's concert in place of her mother, who died in June. Her mother had tickets to attend Pink's Sydney concert, before it was rescheduled due to the singer's illness. Leah's aunt Katrina Donkin organised for he to attend the concert in Brisbane, and was pleasantly surprised that her efforts to attract Pink's attention were successful. 'She hugged her so tight, Leah cried. It was so beautiful and so meaningful,' she said. 'We think her mum sent her a hug from heaven.' 'She hugged her so tight, Leah cried': Leah's aunt Katrina Donkin claimed her niece was overwhelmed by Pink's kindness 'We think her mum sent her a hug from heaven': Leah's mother died in June and was planning to attend one of Pink's Sydney concerts Pink was forced to reschedule four of her Sydney shows earlier this month due to illness. She was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney two weeks ago, suffering from dehydration, before being treated and discharged. However she was readmitted to hospital the following day and diagnosed with a gastric virus. Show goes on! Pink was forced to reschedule four of her Sydney shows earlier this month due to illness. Pictured performing at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on August 14