Critic's Notebook:
Overheard: A couple of dads talking about derivative markets behind me right before the show started. They were both dancing along enthusiastically to the hits as the show progressed, much to my surprise.
Random Detail: Perry hauled a fourteen-year-old boy on stage for the most awkward kiss I've ever seen. She laid one just below his bottom lip (?) then insisted he return the favor on her cheek. It was hard to watch.
Setlist:
"Teenage Dream" "Hummingbird Heartbeat" "Waking Up in Vegas" "Ur So Gay" "Peacock" "I Kissed a Girl" "Circle the Drain" "Who Am I Living For?" "Pearl" "Not Like the Movies" "Only Girl in the World" / "Big Pimpin" / "Friday" / "Whip My Hair" "Thinking of You" "Hot N Cold" "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (by Whitney Houston) "Firework"
Encore "California Gurls"
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