Katy Perry is the highest-paid woman in the music business and her Prismatic World Tour showed why. She knows how to put on a really big show. If you weren’t able to see her in person though, Eagle Vision and Universal Music have the solution ready.
Released on Oct. 30, Katy Perry: Prismatic World Tour Live presents an entire show from the tour, which just wrapped up last month. The mammoth tour ran for 151 shows, talking her all over the world to promote her third album, Prism. It’s part of the reason why Forbes said earlier this week that she earned $135 million in 2015.
The Prismatic World Tour shows were split up into six different sections, with each featuring Perry in progressively more colorful costumes. It all gets started with “Roar” of course, before Perry rips through “Part of Me.” She also brings the music video for “Dark Horse” to life with the “Egyptian” segment.
Perry and her backup dancers don cat outfits for the “Catoure” segment. She also goes “Acoustic” for a few songs, although that segment could have been called “Sunflower.” During “Throwback,” she starts with “Walking On Air” and the “Hyperneon” segment is, well, full of neon. She wraps things up with “Firework.”
Each show during the tour was essentially the same, so the show does seem a big robotic and overly planned. She is well practiced and everything goes off without a hitch (at least, if there were mistakes on this particular night, they were cut out). But if you expected any spontaneity during the show, you’d be disappointed. That said, if you love Perry’s music, there’s a lot of fun to be had, even when seeing the show at home. Perry puts in so much bright eye candy in her shows that you might need sunglasses.
The Blu-ray gives a perfect presentation in 1080i high definition. There are two audio tracks: DTS HD Master Audio and LPCM Stereo. Eagle Vision has included three extras, although none of them are too extensive. First up is a 10-minute compilation of behind-the-scenes footage (it really does take an army to put these shows on) and then a four-minute time-lapse of the stage being put together. Lastly, there’s 19-minute reel of quick interviews with the crew about their experiences working on a Katy Perry show.
Any member of Perry’s legion of fans will want this Blu-ray, either to remember the Prismatic World Tour or to experience the show they missed.
The full setlist:
Prismatic
- Roar
- Part of Me
- Wide Awake
- This Moment/Love Me
Egyptian
- Dark Horse
- E.T.
- Legendary Lovers
- I Kissed A Girl
Catoure
- Hot N Cold
- International Smile
Acoustic
- By The Grace Of God
- The One That Got Away/Thinking Of You
- Unconditionally
Throwback
- Walking On Air
- It Takes Two
- This Is How We Do/Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
Hyperneon
- Teenage Dream
- California Gurls
- Birthday
Encore
- Firework