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Celeb News: The Prismatic Tour - Reviews - Katy slays NZ
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Review: Katy Perry at LG Arena, Birmingham
It was loud and brash with production values as impressive as the string of hits which followed one after another.
Katy Perry's thumping pop songs were accompanied by amazing pyrotechnics, dazzling light shows, circus acrobatics and films which ranged from the silly to surreal.
Amidst all this were an impressive number of costume changes through which the pop princess transformed into tribal icon, an Egyptian Queen and so on.
Dressed as a pink cat, she balanced on a giant ball of wool while singing her way through a slowed down Hot N Cold.
It was pop theatre on a gigantic scale. And it had the production values of a top West End show.
Energy levels were only lowered briefly for the acoustic set – during which her voice came to the fore, and for a while there was no distraction from the activity around her.
Of course fans were there to hear the hits and they were not disappointed – I Kissed A Girl, Roar and Teenage Dream were all delivered with the LG Arena audience screaming along.
5/5
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Powerhouse Perry continues to display her god-given underrated talent 
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It was pop theatre on a gigantic scale. And it had the production values of a top West End show.
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Review: Katy Perry, SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Lisa-Marie Ferla's verdict: four stars
Fears that Katy Perry's new tour would embrace the darker sounds of last year's Prism album proved unfounded as soon as her army of neon-clad, spear-slinging pharaoh backing dancers started playing jump-rope.
Dubbed 'Prismatic', the show took its motif seriously from the moment a giant pyramid rose up out of the ground with its star inside.
But there was plenty of space for ridiculous costumes, light shows and even an entire segment featuring a pink cat-suited Perry prancing around in front of a video backdrop of anthropomorphised cats.
Dressed in a light-up tennis skirt with matching hair extensions, Perry began the show with high energy and beat-heavy rewordings of "Roar", "Part of Me" and power ballad "Wide Awake", interspersed with shouted platitudes about "loving yourself" and "forgetting your Instagram".
The whole effect was that of a cross between a warehouse rave and an exercise video from the 1990s, and just about as soulless.
That was until the props came out: a giant mechanical horse in Egyptian head-dress for "Dark Horse", mummified dancers camping it up to "I Kissed a Girl" and a spaceship sturdy enough to hold three dancers and stage a mock-abduction during "ET".
Raps by Juicy J and Kanye West were piped in accompanied by cheesy onscreen visuals, but the effect wasn't enough to spoil the fun.
Still, Perry was at her best when the fireworks were turned off, giving her time to interact with and charm the crowd in her Little Pink Riding Hood dress. Prism closer "By The Grace of God" was performed beautifully with just a piano and backing singers, while a self-accompanied acoustic guitar version of "The One That Got Away" was an easy highlight.
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Katy Perry The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, review: 'smart and inventive'
Katy Perry's playful show was a turbocharged love-bomb to her audience, says Matthew Magee
4 out of 5 stars
Many pop stars obsessively try to “keep it real” and come across as fake. Yet American singer Katy Perry, who drenches herself in the deliberately inauthentic and artificial, made the kind of natural connection with her Glasgow audience that her peers would die for.
With multiple themes and an attention to smart and funny details that marked it out from the competition, this show – part of the Prismatic world tour, named after Perry's chart-topping fourth album, 2013’s Prism – was a turbocharged love-bomb to her pop audience.
In the cat-themed section, Perry didn’t have to litter the stage with human-scale cat furniture, but she did. She didn’t have to shoehorn in a dark and disturbing cat-costumed fashion show where glammed-up fashionistas formed sinister tableaux to Madonna’s Vogue, but she did. And she didn’t have to save some of the most striking staging for the section where an audience member is the centre of attention, getting a lap dance in a birthday chair on a cake-shaped riser as acrobatic dancers gyrated on poles. But she did – because with Perry, more is more.
The music was never the focal point, and rightly so – Perry’s sharp pop songs rely heavily on the sonic pizzazz added by crack production teams, and anyway, the big choruses which have helped the 29-year-old sell 81 million singles worldwide have only ever been part of her appeal.
What gave this show its neon-tinged, 120 beats-per-minute heart was the playfulness, joy and invention on show. The inflatable pink Cadillac she bounced around in during the lolloping groove of This Is How We Do and the breathtaking float around the auditorium seemingly held up by balloons in Birthday were funny and knowing, and elicited gasps of wonder. Each theme contained more ideas than entire other tours.
Though Perry sometimes got lost in all the theatrics, she established a firm connection to the audience in an acoustic interlude when she chatted amiably to the crowd, her wide-eyed charisma seemingly shrinking a 10,000 arena to a small, friendly room.
She may dress sexily and sing provocatively, but she entertained with glee rather than cynicism, her primary-coloured glamour providing a bridge between the world of the child and the adult. Even if that audience didn’t go home humming, they certainly went home smiling.
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 Another positive review, i hope the reviews stay positive, the big England cities are coming and is a known fact that they are harsh and less forgiving with their reviews.
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Acclaim!
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Review: Katy Perry @ Phones 4u Arena
With strobe lights, oodles of stardust and an array of dazzling costumes, Katy Perry brings a kaleidoscope party to the Phones 4u Arena.
This is her Prismatic world tour, which translates very literally on the triangular stage which certainly adds to the audience experience as she darts along its points.
Katy is the cartoon superhero at the heart of it all. She performs with terrific gusto and a sense of humour lacking in many of her diva-esque pop peers.
She also clearly appreciates the support of us Mancs from the start of her career.
She asks: "How many of you came to the Academy? And how about the Apollo? And now I'm here. I never leave Manchester off the map."
There are also touching moments, when her vocals really are able to soar when she's dressed as a glitzy red riding hood to perform By the Grace of God and The One That Got Away.
She swiftly lightens the mood by attempting to down a pint of beer - before offering it to the crowds.
There's a dayglo party finale for Teenage Dream and California Gurls and a euphoric balloon flight on Birthday.
And a final thank you to her fans for lifting her to these heights.
She says: "It's not because of these dresses, although they are very pretty."
And she's right. You could buy all the sequins and stardust in the world, but they wouldn't make you another Katy Perry.
4/5
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Katy Perry puts on a spectacular performance at ECHO Arena
4 out of 5 stars
Back In 2008, a quirky singer with one big single to her name was the surprise choice to host the MTV Europe Music Awards at the new ECHO arena.
She won the crowd over that star-studded night with her catchy pop tunes and larger than life costumes.
Six years later she has a host of hits under her sparkly belt.
Taking to the stage just after 9pm, she started her 20-song set with Roar, arriving onto the huge stage in a futuristic prism which unfolded around her illuminated skater dress.
The set was spectacular, even by her usual standards, starting with the cyber-punk prism set, before transforming it into an Egyptian theme for Dark Horse and ET.
She asked the crowd if they were Liverpoolians, before being taught by the crowd: "Scouzer? Oh, Scouser? You are Scousers?" she asked, hardly believing the word could be real.
She celebrated being in the city by joining in with a verse of Hey Jude and ordering a half pint from the Liverpool Organic Brewery, but lost Scouse points by calling the Mersey "a body of water" she'd glimpsed out of the arena window.
Dressed in a cat costume, she won the packed crowd over with a speeded-up version of breakthrough hit I Kissed a Girl And Hot N Cold, picking up a sparkly acoustic guitar to play The One That Got Away and Unconditionally.
Another costume change later, she returned for the rave- themed Walking on Air, It Takes Two and This Is How We Do, before bringing out the big guns for Teenage Dream, California Gurls and Birthday.
Add in a spectacular finale of Firework and it was clear that the California Gurl we met in 2008 has grown up into one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
As she told the crowd: "I always come back to Liverpool because you supported me from the start. I love you, Liverpool."
If last night is anything to go by, the feeling is clearly mutual.
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Loving these reviews! An people criticise her tours/performances pfft
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The acoustic set getting the acclaim Im mad at her not singing ToY in full 
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Amazing reviews from professional critics.
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Review: Katy Perry at The Liverpool Echo Arena
Liverpool Echo Arena
Concert: The Prismatic World Tour - Katy Perry
Click Rating: 5 stars
Katy Perry brought her Prismatic World Tour to Liverpool on Wednesday night which is a spectacle for the eyes and ears. Katy opens the set with her number one smash single 'Roar', which does exactly that, it gets the crowd excited as they scream along with her to one of the many popular singles. She doesn't slow down as she blasts through other hits 'Part of Me' and 'Wide Awake', beaming to the crowd, literally, in her glow in the dark outfit and hair. Both songs are big hits with the crowd, with their messages of empowerment following a break up.
The final song of the Prismatic segment of the show is 'This Moment' and perhaps a highlight. Although it is yet to be released as a single the light show is mesmerizing as it shines on the crowd, making everyone feel like the moment that is happening is all we do have - a once in a lifetime opportunity.
The stage changes to an Egyptian theme for the next part of the set list as Katy embodies a modern day Cleopatra belting out 'Dark Horse' and 'E.T.', while riding on an amazing horse prop, both continuing the flow of the evening with hit after hit as it displays how huge her popularity has become. As she continues into the Cat-Oure segment of the show it begins to slow down with a performance of 'Hot n Cold', being lucky enough to see her on her 'California Dreams Tour' in 2011, this song was such a crowd pleaser, so to see it performed in a slow pace and with jazz music was quite disappointing and the crowd didn't quite connect.
However after one blip she goes back to her roots with her acoustic guitar, with an amazing stage setting of sunflowers and gigantic moving butterflies she performs emotional songs such as 'The One That Got Away' and 'Unconditionally'. In this part of the show she really winds down and chats to the audience, at one point reading a letter from a 14 year old girl in the audience, because it would 'make her day'. Katy gives her a cheeky wink and keeps the letter, she shows us all the personality everyone loves, as well as the music, and why she just works as a pop star, she has that extra endearment.
Katy brings back the fun, and inflatable balloons, in the Throwback segment, performing Prism album tracks such as 'Walking on Air' and 'This is How We Do' both songs harking back to 90's dance music. She then performs crowd favourite 'Last Night Friday Night (T.G.I.F)' all these songs bring high energy easily after an acoustic set, which displays her diversity in her music. Katy finishes on 'Teenage Dream', 'California Gurls', and 'Birthday', again she interacts with the audience and brings one person on stage to perform 'Birthday' with, all three songs are infectious and fun, and there isn't a dull moment.
The crowd shouts ''Katy'' to get her back for the encore, in which she performs her anthem 'Firework', perhaps considered the song with solidified her star quality, the crowd is left in awe of her performance and show overall, she establishes night after night in a different city why she is one of the biggest pop stars in the world through her infectious personality and knack at writing a great pop song.
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Katy Perry - The Prismatic World Tour review
Manchester, May 24
4 out of 5 stars
In the best visual show I've had the pleasure of seeing, Katy Perry stole the hearts of thousands of fans, dragged-along partners, parents and grandparents at Saturday night's Prismatic World Tour show, at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester.
Multiple costume changes for Katy and her loyal troupe of extremely talented dancers, band and backing vocalists saw two hours of her most recognisable hits blended with songs from her latest album 'Prism' in a treat not only for the ears, but the eyes as well.
Though she's been plagued with reports of sounding awful during her live show appearances on episodes of The X Factor and the like, nothing sounded out of place on tour and the track that played to layer over her own vocals wasn't noticeably loud or clearly made to cover up blemishes and mistakes.
Slight annoyance came when Katy spent a good portion of the show at the 'point' of her prism stage - we had pretty much front row seating in the block right next to the main stage, but spent a lot of time looking at her back or straining our necks to get a good look at her on the screen above us.
For the best seats in the house we expected her to play more to us than those near the back of the arena, but this was just a small issue, as there was plenty to keep an eye on when she wasn't around.
Magical butterflies, floating emojis and an array of cats - and one very sneaky rat - were just some of what was paraded around the arena before the show culminated with one lucky fan being taken on stage and sitting on the now famous 'Katy Perry birthday seat', where she sang her new single 'Birthday' before hopping on 'the big, big, big, big, big, big, balloons' and flying around the venue.
An encore of 'Firework' followed after the audience stamped their feet, whooped and cheered for more, and we all left feeling very satisfied.
With a little more stage positioning management, Katy would be on to one of the best tours I've ever seen, but even when you put that aside, she's clearly onto a winner.
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