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Review of Katy Perry's Prismatic World Tour 2014 at the O2
WOW! I went to see Katy Perry in her Prismatic World Tour at the O2 Arena (London) on Wednesday night and was absolutely gob-smacked by her performance! She was just outstandingly incredible and the show she put on for us was crazy! Totally unbelievable: from neon light displays; Egyptian Gods; fi
Before she even took to the stage I was blown away by her support act, Icona Pop, the Swedish girl duo who are famous for their no.1 smash hit “I Love It”. I loved this song when it first came out so much that I subsequently bought their whole album. A truly fun and excited act as they stormed the stage at the O2 with a complicated light show and general incredible performance – it was great to see how they were genuinely enjoying themselves from “Then We Kiss” to “We Got The World” to one of my particular favourites “Girlfriend”. Leaving “I Love It” for last which was a true show stopper as the whole arena chanted together, the base booming loudly with everyone jumping and screaming at the top of their lungs.
Then Perry herself arrived but this is Katy Perry, so everything must be done in style. Surfacing from a gigantic hydraulic prism, she leaps into her empowering opening number, “Roar” using the fantastic triangular shaped TV screens behind her to embellish the song with jewelled lions continually roaring in combination with lasers and other light displays – such as Perry herself! A marvellous costume of strategically placed LED strips that outlined her outfit so that when the lights blacked out she continued dancing in a multi-coloured outline. Accompanied by LED-illuminated Spartan soldiers, all sporting flashing mohicans to truly embellish the creativity and flare of the show made for a fantastic beginning, followed by brilliant performances of “Part Of Me”, “Wide Awake” and “This Moment”/”Love Me”.
As the lights went down, the screens transported us from a launch pad into outer space until we found ourselves back in time to ancient Egypt. Perry then emerged from the stage on a faux golden horse singing her latest hit “Dark Horse”. Decked in fantastic glittering Egyptian costumes, the whole procession carried out precisely themed choreography including acrobatics from several dancers on a cleverly crafted diamond-shaped metal structure that spun madly above the stage, culminating with Perry herself being lifted into the air...whilst singing!
Once we’d jetted back to what feels like ‘normality’, Perry reappeared, having adopted a full feline pink cat suit, heels to match. She then performed a jazzier, slower rendition of “Hot N Cold” which suited the theme perfectly in the fun atmosphere of an enlarged cat play-den, swinging tails and all. This ‘Cat-oure’ section even had a feline-inspired cat-walk, which led to Perry and her dancers strutting down the treadmills of her triangular stage to Madonna’s "Vogue" wearing cat-inspired get-up – from sparkly over sized tuna cans to Perry’s own cleverly designed sparkling fish bone dress. This show was fantastically playful, well thought-out and superbly extravagant – making us feel extremely spoiled with at least 10 costume and set changes.
As this entertaining and light-hearted part of the show came to a close, a ginormous umbrella shaped canopy of sunflowers unfolded from the ceiling to cover the stage. This was where Perry really ‘spoke to us’ and gently sung adaptations of her slower songs, for example “By The Grace Of God” which I honestly find to be one of her most beautiful songs as you can appreciate the heartfelt nature of the piece as Perry references her divorce from Russell Brand in its courageously personal lyrics. She then acoustically sung “Unconditionally” which culminated in a subtly striking performance – demonstrating her true skills and talent as an artist.
Perry brought the party back with “Walking On Air” as she was yet again suspended in mid-air with a large billowing sheet of clouds behind her. Considering she’d used such basic techniques – literally a piece of cloth and a fan when on the ground (admittedly when suspended, there are limits to how simple you can be) – she achieved fantastically stunning results whilst the light show continued behind her which ensured a truly exhilarating, party, feel-good vibe.
Continuing in this feeling of euphoria by belting out “TGIF”/“This Is How We Do”, one of her latest Prism tracks, Perry really showed off the fun of her pop-star life as huge inflatable lit-up balloons bobbed around the standing audience with Perry and her ‘pals’ bouncing around the stage in a blow-up pink convertible. This perfectly slided into “California Gurls” as bright palm trees and a multicoloured Hollywood sign filled the stage.
Then onto “Teenage Dream” and “Birthday”, where she had the whole arena in the palm of her hand as party balloons, confetti and a rising, spinning birthday cake platform rose from the stage. A true showman – everyone was up, everyone was dancing and everyone was belting out the songs with her. The atmosphere was incredible.
Then, just when you think you’ve seen it all, she ended the show with “Firework” – perhaps the most empowering and ‘feel-good’ of all her songs, finishing off with a fantastic firework dress and real fireworks exploding on stage.
Overall an unbelievable night! Perry is an absolutely wonderful performer – a true delight to watch...and sing along with! I can’t wait until her next tour to see what more surprises she can pack into her awe-inspiring routines!
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