The Californian Dreams Tour - April 29th 2011
Supports: Zowie and DJ Skeet
I had wanted to see Katy Perry since year nine, however it was not possible until this year when she did her first arena all ages tour.
I went into this concert expecting it to be bright, colourful, loud and fun! And I was certainly not wrong!
Katy Perry came on a little past 9pm and played for just over 2 hours. She played almost her full first and second albums as well as one full cover song, and a mash up for four other cover songs. I was glad that I knew every song she performed as I hate not knowing a song that is being played!
Walking into the arena, Katy Perry was successful in making it smell like cotton candy, I have to say, I was a little blown away by this. It was awesome!
I have been to many concerts at Rod Laver Arena, and this concert was the first concert that I have been to where the crowd was able to sing (not scream) louder than the music and vocals of the performer. This was an incredible moment for me to hear 15,000 people sing the lyrics to a song so loud.
Vocals: When Katy Perry first started out, performing on TV she wasn't that great and her vocals lacked, I wasn't expecting them to be that great. But the entire time she was performing, her voice was near perfect and notes were the same. She didn't miss a beat and sounded great!
Costumes: Katy Perry's costumes were the brightest, cutest costumes I have ever seen! They were funky and very her. She changed her costume every few songs which was good to mix things up a bit. During one particular song she was able to change her dress six or seven times by climbing through things and coming out the other end having them changed, having a barrier held up and put down resulting in a change and finally her dancers threw confetti in the air, so much that she was able to change her dress without the crowd seeing how it was done.
Stage: Her stage was very brightly coloured, mostly with pinks. Towards the back center of the stage was a raised section with coloured stairs coming down either side with the drummer in the centre. To one side of this was her back up singers and her key board player, the other side was more key boards and a guitarist. The front of the stage had 2 giant cupcakes with stairs up the back so it appeared she was standing in the middle of them. At the back secured up on the wall were three huge screens which showed different footage or images throughout the concert.
Dancing: Katy Perry danced at various parts throughout her performance and with at least some amount of dancing in most of her songs she performed. There was always at least someone dancing on the stage at any one time (excluding the ballad and her acoustic set). She only really did basic dancing but it was enough to use a lot of energy and creativity.
Set list: Her set list contained virtually all songs from her first and second albums, as well as one cover of a dance song and a mash up of four covered songs.
Crowd interaction: For the first half of the concert, Katy Perry did not interact or speak much to the crowd. However she made this up during the second half, particularly when she came down off the stage into the standing area and then she got people up onto the stage, she happily would pose for photos with the people who came up on stage with her. She was entertaining with much of the thing she said. Some of the things she said did sound very scripted, however most came across as natural and made up on the spot.
Support acts: I missed Zowie performing, however I haven't heard any positive feedback on her performance. I saw half of DJ Skeet's set, he really only put on a remix and then walked around the stage and talked through the microphone over the top of the music he was playing - not very good!
Overall I rate this concert five stars out of five - one of the best I have seen!
My next concert is Kylie Minogue and is in June.
Peace
ConcerGoer93 x
