Katy Perry’s £125million Las Vegas show PLAY kicks off with, er, a giant poo
LAS Vegas is home to the weird and wonderful.
But Katy Perry’s new residency at Resorts World, dubbed PLAY, might just be the most bonkers show yet.
From a giant dancing poo emoji to lactating beer from her chest and downing a pint, Katy gave 5,000 fans a mind-bending spectacle at this week’s opening night.
Making light of the pandemic, the 37-year-old slowed things down with an acoustic number alongside a giant facemask which she lovingly referred to as “Mr Maskie”.
The 95-minute show included all of the star’s biggest hits, from breakout track I Kissed A Girl to new release When I’m Gone, which dropped hours before Katy took to the stage.
A performance of Greatest Love Of All, which Whitney Houston once covered, put the singer’s voice centre stage ahead of the surreal props and staging.
Her 32-show Vegas run, ending in March 2022, is expected to pocket Katy £125million — or £3.9million per gig.
Here we pick some of the unforgettable night’s highlights.
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Riding high
HER performance of Top Five single Dark Horse left fans wondering if she really is off her rocker as Katy belted out the track atop a giant wooden steed.
Can-do attitude
ONE or two of her ideas might have been recycled as the California Gurl reclined on a giant can of beer, drinking up the attention from 5,000 fans.
The perfect pick-me-up
KATY hoped for a big hand on her entrance . . . and took no chances here. She felt the pinch as she arrived between a giant thumb and index finger while singing 2010 hit E.T.
Knocker it back
BEING this kooky is clearly thirsty work. Katy paused the show to chug a pint of beer she had “lactated” from her beer-can chest apparatus just seconds earlier.
Cover version
THERE was no masking her delight at the prospect of earning millions per show during her three-month residency as Katy bantered with pandemic pal “Mr Maskie”
Feeling flush
DESPITE the no-no of hoarding this giant pile of toilet paper, Katy did not appear to be flushed with embarrassment – even when she found herself serenading a similarly scaled-up poo emoji.
A spawn entertainer
The jaw-dropping show didn’t leave mushroom for improvement. Fans lapped up the action as Katy boogied with a bikini-clad frog and rode on a giant snail.
