![]() “Tell him he’s a bad dancer now, why don’t ya,” she cracked.Īfter eight songs of non-stop music, dancing and feel-good fun, Katy took a break to welcome Uncasville to the “Witness: The Tour.” “You ready to show what you can do?” Perry asked before giving the notoriously left-finned shark a public shot at redemption. ![]() In fact, Left Shark received his very own entrance, emerging from a trap door in the stage and introduced as “the best dancing shark in all of history.” Katy calls her mom live on stage (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty) ![]() Perhaps no character was more popular in Uncasville than the infamous “Left Shark,” a costumed character who went viral for his seemingly improvised and uncoordinated dance moves during Katy’s Super Bowl XLIX halftime show. leg, to watch an exclusive video message directly from Katy and snap a personalized photo using the tour’s special Snapchat lens. Throughout the concourse, these costumed fans flocked to the XFINITY “Can I Get a Witness?” photo booths, which will be stationed at each stop on the U.S. As I walked the concourse before the concert’s opening act- Noah Cyrus, who follows the tour through November 1-I spotted an entire family (mom, dad and three girls) dressed as “Katy cats,” a “Roar”-themed jungle woman, a nerdy nod to last “Last Friday Night” and at least one “Swish Swish” basketball player. The enthusiastic Girl Scout was not the only fan paying homage to Katy’s many music video characters. WATCH KATY PEFORM ‘CALIFORNIA GURLS’ IN GLASTONBERRY Perry pointed at the hilarious distraction several rows up-a young girl dressed like a (much tamer) version of Katy’s Girl Scout character from the “California Gurls” video and holding a light-up flamingo. Katy crossed the arena on her serpentine catwalk, belting “Last Friday Night,” when she spotted something in the crowd and released a cackle that permeated the Mohegan Sun Arena. While the first quarter of Perry’s show plays like an intergalactic fever dream complete with giant dice, humanoid playing cards, TV-headed dancers and giant puppet people, the second portion of her set is a uber-crowd-pleasing throwback to past hits such as “Teenage Dream,” “Hot N Cold” and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).”ĭancers flooded the stage in ’80s-flavored costumes, flanked by giant pink flamingos. Thematically, the concert is divided into quarters, with recurring outer space symbolism tying the experience together with a dazzling array of stars, planets and assorted out-of-this-world imagery. Katy performs “Dark Horse” (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty) “The more you give me, the more I’m gonna give you!” she exclaimed. ![]() The crowd roared in response, and Katy informed the fans she feeds off their energy. “I’m so glad I can finally see you, Connecticut!” “Make me your Aphrodite,” Katy sweetly crooned as a pleather-clad pack of dancers in red knee-high boots strutted in rhythm from column to column.īack at stage level, Perry and her dancers paraded to the end of her grand stage-a catwalk juts into the crowd like a tear dripping from the giant eye–and while confetti rained down upon the crowd, she dramatically peeled off her glittery red sunglasses to gaze upon her kingdom. On stage, Perry’s meticulous and dedicated preparation came to life as eight column-like platforms arose from the center of the stage. WATCH KATY PERRY PREPARE FOR ‘WITNESS: THE TOUR’ Katy’s journey to that night in Uncasville was captured on camera exclusively for XFINITY, and shows the Grammy-nominated recording artist coordinating the design of her stage-“It’s massive!” she exclaims-lighting and costumes, and rehearsing the dance routine for her number-one hit single, “Dark Horse.” Katy Perry’s “ Witness: The Tour,” presented by XFINITY, is the culmination of a big dream that started small, and quickly evolved into an 80-date sight and sound spectacle across three continents and 15 countries. “Will you be my witness!?” Perry shouted to the crowd as the massive eye-shaped video screen split and the singer entered the venue on a shooting star. Katy Perry opened the United States leg of her world tour looking for “a witness.” She found thousands.Ī thick blanket of fog engulfed the almond-shaped stage at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut while the bright-blue iris of a 40-foot-tall eyeball darted around the arena, feeding on the growing energy of 10,000 fans screaming for the 32-year-old songstress. Katy Perry performs at “Witness: The Tour” (Photo: Rony Alwin/Getty)
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