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The Province
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- Entertainment
- The Province
Review: Katy Perry's Vancouver concert was a two-way love affair
'Can I still be your hall pass? I'm 40 years old now?' Perry asked the packed crowd at Rogers Arena INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JULY 15: Katy Perry performs at the Kia Forum on July 15, 2025 in Inglewood, California. Photo by Monica Schipper / Getty Images Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. 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Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Katy Perry rolled into Rogers Arena last night for the opening night of the Canadian dates on the Lifetimes Tour. Save appearing at special one-off events like the Invictus Games in Vancouver last year, it's been eight years since her last live outing here. So she put the question to the packed arena: 'Can I still be your hall pass? I'm 40 years old now?' In pop music circles, taking almost a decade between records and live shows is to risk irrelevancy. Seismic shifts in style and taste in the TikTok era come faster than ever before and this is hard on 'legacy' artists. Based on the high-energy, fully-engaged audience response to every aspect of last night's concert, Perry was spot on answering her own question with '40 and fabulous.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Yes, her comeback seventh album 147 is a bit of a hot mess at times. But the title, meant to represent the phrase I Love You, certainly describes the way the singer engages with her devoted audience. She gives a lot to her fans. Katy Perry performs at the Kia Forum on July 15, 2025 in Inglewood, California. Photo by Monica Schipper / Getty Images The concert plays out within a narrative line about a cyborg named KP 147 travelling different zones on the web to gain hearts that give her the power to take on the autocratic entity known as the Mainframe. This evil entity that shows up in the classic black-and-green outline of the Matrix has captured all the butterflies, which it uses for energy. This makes the world (even the sidekick, Kittybot) very sad. As the 28-plus video screens on stage deliver animated visuals of the journey and challenges the cyborg must face, we enter different levels with unique challenges that are overcome by the cyber-armoured singer and her eight very bendy dancers aided by a figure-eight stage set that has more nifty gadgets built into it than a James Bond car. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Bright, flashy and constantly in motion, this is a fully-loaded arena event. One that got into high gear from the moment Perry arrived suspended in the air performing Chained to the Rhythm, with the extended Hot Chip remix outro adding to the club vibe. From there, it was right into a souped-up Teary Eyes for the first of many sing-along moments. Every track was faster than the studio version and slammed home the message that, like a Cirque du Soleil show, you didn't need to care about the storyline if you didn't want to. Rather, it was time to completely freak out over hits like California Gurls, Teenage Dream, Hot n Cold, Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) and, of course, I Kissed a Girl dropped one after the other. This last hit was 'dedicated to my fans since 2008, to the gay community,' according to Perry. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Katy Perry flies through the air in concert. Stuart Derdeyn At every turn, costume change or trip running across the heads of her dance crew rigged up on a wire, Perry was in high-performance mode. She's been taking some flack for not being a great dancer on social media. OK, but is there a reason nobody is mentioning the side planks, full speed knee-drops, aerial somersaults and runway sprints that she does very well? There was even a full-split drop among the many dance bangers. That should give the haters a clear directive to just shut-up already. A perfectly magical moment came when Perry brought a group of randomly-chosen audience members onstage to join in on the crowd selection portion of the set. The candid responses to Perry's questions proved to be an unexpected comedy set within the show. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Questioning a nervous 12-year-old fan named Ella about what she wanted to be when she grew up, the answer was a marine biologist. This led Perry to observe that the school system in B.C. must be incredible. Then came a 20-year-old from Medicine Hat, AB who worked at the Co-Op Gas Bar. 'Wait, you live in a town where people wear hats with medicine in them and has a gas bar?' Perry asked. 'How fancy is Canada?' The whole show was a two-way love affair between the artist and audience and thoroughly entertaining. When the only nitpicking you can come up with in a concert is that the song E.T. is boring and the (spoiler alert) victory over the mainframe went on for too long, you know the Lifetimes Tour is going to be the performance of a lifetime for many of Perry's adoring fans. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. She sang Roar on the back of a giant mechanical butterfly. What more do you need? Katy Perry rides a mechanical butterfly onstage during Roar at the Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour 2025 at CDMX Arena on April 23, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Katy Perry Plus, for a bonus, opener Rebecca Black was a pleasant surprise. Backed by two men in skirts named Charles and Joseph, and sporting a black and white polka-dot minidress, the breakout YouTuber and DJ dropped tunes from her latest album Salvation in style. Without a doubt, fast '90s industrial-tinged dance music is making a big comeback, and Black knows her way around a hooky single. She also had one of the better song introductions of the year for her hit Sugar Water Cyanide when she asked, 'Are you bored, depressed or excessively heterosexual? You need to try this product.' This artist is one to watch. Katy Perry The Lifetimes Tour set list The Katy Perry experience is broken down into six sections with a finale encore to close out the event. Among the unique aspects of the concert is the fourth section. Titled Chose Your Own Adventure, it reflects fan-selected song choices drawn from online voting. These tunes are changing every evening. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Vancouver selections are included below: ARTIFICIAL Artificial Chained to the Rhythm Teary Eyes Dark Horse Woman's World WOMAN'S WORLD Woman's World California Gurls Teenage Dream Hot n' Cold/Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) I Kissed a Girl NIRVANA Nirvana Crush I'm His, He's Mine Wide Awake CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (incomplete) Lost (snippet) Not Like the Movies MAINFRAME E.T. Part of Me Rise ENDGAME Roar Daisies Lifetimes ENCORE Firework sderdeyn@ Read More Love concerts, but can't make it to the venue? Stream live shows and events from your couch with VEEPS, a music-first streaming service now operating in Canada. Click here for an introductory offer of 30% off. Explore upcoming concerts and the extensive archive of past performances. Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks Soccer Vancouver Canucks News
Los Angeles Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Lord Huron's Ben Schneider on ‘crucial weirdos,' cosmic jukeboxes and unanswered questions
Ben Schneider may not have all the answers, but he sure asks great questions. In a song released ahead of Lord Huron's new album, the frontman/guitarist wonders, via impassioned vocals with a tinge of desperation, 'if no one lives forever, who laughs last?' The query is repeated, monotone into a payphone, by actor Kristen Stewart, who appears on the song and in the David Lynch-ian fever dream of a video for 'Who Laughs Last.' A search of 'The Cosmic Selector: Vol. 1' lyrics reveals 27 question marks across six of the band's 12 new songs. From the title 'Is There Anybody Out There?' to the lyrics 'living infinite lives / are they mine?' from 'It All Comes Back,' Schneider asks ineffable questions in poignant songs often imbued with quirky, understated profundity. 'That's kind of what the music has been about; posing questions and not trying to be the font of knowledge,' the singer says, perched on a stool in his nearly empty house, a guitar case containing his well-used 1991 Gibson Dove acoustic at his feet. While Lord Huron's multiplatinum single, 2015's 'The Night We Met,' is one of Spotify's Top 30 streamed songs of all time and the band — rounded out by Tom Renaud, Mark Barry and Miguel Briseño — will headline hometown arena the Kia Forum in November, Schneider still evinces a believable disbelief about Lord Huron's success, and fans' rabid rabbit-holing into every aspect of the band. From the warm crackle of the soaring yet intimate and melancholic opening track, 'Looking Back,' to the final notes of 'Life is Strange,' 'The Cosmic Selector: Vol. 1,' released on July 18, is introspective and sometimes offbeat, offering those intrigued fans plenty of fodder. Schneider often writes from the POV of characters, but the lyrics 'life is strange and so am I' seem self-referential. 'All the weirdos out there, I love you. Strange-ers, you too. That goes back to what I was saying about embracing strangeness within and without,' says Schneider, referring to a conversational thread about David Lynch, notably his admiration for the late auteur's outlook on life. 'I think people sometimes bury that part of themselves because they're afraid of how others will perceive them. But they're always the most interesting people. Someone I know calls people like that 'crucial weirdos.' People you encounter in your life who are undeniably strange but have a very positive impact on the way you go through your life.' Lord Huron may play that 'crucial weirdo' role for some. To wit, the ideation behind the 'Cosmic Selector' — a mysterious, maybe metaphysical jukebox where the punch of a button might bring about alternative life trajectories. It's an idea Schneider returns to often: 'As I've gotten older, I've come to realize that mystery and beauty are so intertwined. I've been thinking a lot about that lately, how the mysteries of the world are really the things I've always been most interested in, whether it's love, cosmos, consciousness; things that have seem to have no definite answer are really, really inspiring and interesting to me.' Not that he necessarily wants those enigmas solved: 'I want there to be some mystery left in the world.' The Lansing, Mich.-born musician comes from a family of professional wordsmiths — his father, mother, brother and sister have all been journalists; Schneider earned a 2005 bachelor's degree in painting and graphic design from the University of Michigan. He tried unsuccessfully to break in as a painter in New York before moving to Los Angeles. On the West Coast, he found more 'openness' and an 'anything goes' ethos that saw the struggling artist move further into music as a means to elucidate and explore creativity. Despite his journalistic family, 'I guess I was always more interested in bending yarns than telling traditional truth,' he muses. 'Although, at the end, I think I'm trying to do the same thing with just different means.' Schneider is also possessed of an elegant and prolific literary bent, citing Thomas Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' as his current favorite novel. On tour, Schneider has time to read/listen to books, and an author he's devoured is Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgård. So, rather than a boilerplate press bio that accompanies most albums, 'Kind of the spirit of his record, where I was just reaching out to people I admired and seeing if we could do something together, we reached out to a couple authors,' explains Schneider. 'And Karl Ove was the one I thought had the least chance of writing back.' However, the 'My Struggle' author did, and the pair spoke for several hours. Then Knausgård 'kind of disappeared for a while,' but when he resurfaced, his discourse for a band bio captured LH's spirit, the author writing about '…the presence of the past in the present, the trembling afterimage of the dead on the retina, for this is where Lord Huron dwells. … If this sounds like a vague, unclear, diffuse and blurry place — or one of the characteristics of the past is that it lacks clear edges — the music that rises out of it is full of presence, beauty and emotional power.' 'The Cosmic Selector: Vol. 1' is the band's fifth album, and if Lord Huron aren't household names, Schneider has had surreal moments around fame. 'I kind of just assume that nobody has heard of our band; that's kind of my mindset,' he says. But the frontman was at the dentist, and a Lord Huron song came on the office's speakers. 'It was a very odd experience,' he recollects with a laugh. 'I really didn't do anything; I actually did have that little suction thing in my mouth. If someone asks what I do, I tell them. Sometimes they know what I'm talking about. Sometimes they're like, 'Oh, another guy in L.A. in a band. There's tons of them.''' As the warm L.A. day ebbs, the home's expansive front window frames dense, variegated foliage falling into shadow. Schneider, 42, is clad in several muted shades of green — a short-sleeved work shirt with a Bic four-color ballpoint in the left breast pocket, paint-spattered pants and lighter green socks. The home, like its resident's songs, is sometimes spare, but solid and carefully crafted, full of details redolent of the past, but built to last. It's at once haunting and charming, suitable for Schneider's sometimes-wistful nature. '[Nostalgia] was a big thing, the last album was called 'Long Lost,' which was kind of about lamenting something that never existed, at least not in the way you think you remember it. There's a mystery to that too that I can't really give up on,' he says with a sigh. 'As much as I know it's not rational to dwell on missing things, there's a beautiful mystery to it that I can't seem to get away from.' He's even nostalgic for 'things I didn't necessarily experience, which is weird.' Yet not so unusual that it's nameless: in more than one language, 'Sehnsucht' and 'anemoia' refer to that feeling. Despite the yearnings and longings that contribute to Lord Huron's haunted Americana sound, Schneider is glad to live in this moment. 'I do feel very lucky to be alive in a time when making art is facilitated in a lot of ways by technology, and to some extent, social attitudes. I have a lot of old gear, and I love combining those things. That's true flexibility, all the experimentation that technology allows you these days,' he says. 'To be honest, there's a certain aesthetic to digital stuff too that is its own thing, which adds texture and modern color. That's very real to our world too, to recordings these days. I'm not an analog purist; I embrace all the stuff.' As for living in the literal moment, the 'be here now' of it all, the lyrics 'I sure like the feeling of an endless road / My life is still a tale untold / I've gotta stop believing in a long-gone past' appear to be a gentle reminder to self. 'It was kind of the flip side of that coin of feeling like my choices are limited. You can get hung up on that. Or you can be, 'I don't know how long there is, but at least the next few minutes.' It's about living in the moment, which is such a cliché we've heard all our lives.' Yet few find that presence easy. 'I'm getting better at it … I'm getting better,' Schneider repeats with bit of resignation. 'It's hard. When you really stop to think about how much time you spend on either worrying about what's going to happen or dwelling on something that's already happened, it's unbelievable. But we're at a point in history now where we don't need to be that way necessarily; we don't need to remember everything that's happened, because we've probably got it recorded somewhere,' he says with a laugh. 'So maybe we could free up those parts of our brain for something else. But it's a lot easier said than done, that's for sure.'
Elle
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
You Can Still Secure Tickets to Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball Tour
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball Tour is officially underway. Supporting her chart-topping album, Gaga is hitting cities across North America, Europe, and the U.K., marking her first full arena tour since 2018. 'There's something electric about a stadium, and I love every moment of those shows,' Gaga shared in a statement. 'But with The Mayhem Ball, I wanted to create a different kind of experience—something more intimate, closer, more connected—that lends itself to the live theatrical art I love to create.' Gaga wasn't initially planning to tour this year, but as she explained on Instagram, the enthusiasm from fans was overwhelming. 'The incredible response to the new album inspired me to keep things going. We chose arenas this time to give me the opportunity to control the details of the show in a way you simply can't in stadiums—and honestly, I can't wait.' The Mayhem Ball kicked off on July 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will travel to Seattle, New York, Miami, Toronto, and Chicago, before heading overseas with stops including London, Milan, Berlin, and Paris. The tour wraps up on November 20. On April 15, Gaga announced she would be expanding the tour with 13 additional performances due to high demand, including extra shows in major cities across North America and Europe. On April 22, she revealed seven more stops have been added to the tour, expanding the North American leg even further. Fans in California can now catch her in San Francisco for three nights, as well as four in Los Angeles. Fans can expect Gaga's signature theatricality, paired with the album's themes of embracing personal chaos and radical self-acceptance. As Gaga told ELLE in her February 2025 cover story, creating Mayhem was 'about following your own chaos into whatever cranny of your life that it takes you to.' She further explained, 'Part of the message of even the first song on the album is that your demons are with you in the beginning and they are with you in the end, and I don't mean it in a bleak way. Maybe we can make friends sooner with this reality instead of running all the time.' Gaga also emphasized that the album 'breaks a lot of rules and has a lot of fun.' Here's everything you need to know about getting tickets to Gaga's tour. General ticket sales for North American, U.K., and Europe dates began on April 3 via and Wednesday, July 16 at T-Mobile Arena Friday, July 18 at T-Mobile Arena Find Tickets on StubHub Find Tickets on Ticketmaster Saturday, July 19 at T-Mobile Arena Tuesday, July 22 at Chase Center Thursday, July 24 at Chase Center Saturday, July 26 at Chase Center Monday, July 28 at Kia Forum Tuesday, July 29 at Kia Forum Friday, August 1 at Kia Forum Saturday, August 2 at Kia Forum Wednesday, August 6 at Climate Pledge Arena Thursday, August 7 at Climate Pledge Arena Saturday, August 9 at Climate Pledge Arena Friday, August 22 at Madison Square Garden Saturday, August 23 at Madison Square Garden Tuesday, August 26 at Madison Square Garden Wednesday, August 27 at Madison Square Garden Saturday, September 6 at Madison Square Garden Sunday, September 7 at Madison Square Garden Sunday, August 31 at Kaseya Center Monday, September 1 at Kaseya Center Wednesday, September 3 at Kaseya Center Wednesday, September 10 at Scotiabank Arena Thursday, September 11 at Scotiabank Arena Saturday, September 13 at Scotiabank Arena Monday, September 15 at United Center Wednesday, September 17 at United Center Find Tickets on Ticketmaster Thursday, September 18 at United Center Monday, September 29 at The O2 Tuesday, September 30 at The O2 Thursday, October 2 at The O2 Saturday, October 4 at the O2 Tuesday, October 7 at Co-op Live Wednesday, October 8 at Co-op Live Sunday, October 12 at Avicii Arena Monday, October 13 at Avicii Arena Wednesday, October 15 at Avicii Arena Sunday, October 19 at Unipol Forum Monday, October 20 at Unipol Forum Tuesday, October 28 at Palau Sant Jordi Wednesday, October 29 at Palau Sant Jordi Friday, October 31 at Palau Sant Jordi Tuesday, November 4 at Uber Arena Wednesday, November 5 at Uber Arena Sunday, November 9 at Ziggo Dome Tuesday, November 11 at Sportpaleis Arena Thursday, November 13 at LDLC Arena Friday, November 14 at LDLC Arena Monday, November 17 at Accor Arena Tuesday, November 18 at Accor Arena Thursday, November 20 at Accor Arena Saturday, November 22 at Accor Arena
Cosmopolitan
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Katy Perry Performs Breakup Songs Amid Orlando Bloom Split
Katy Perry is not letting her recent breakup with Orlando Bloom get in the way of providing for her adoring fans on tour. During her Lifetimes Tour stop in Inglewood, the 'I Kissed a Girl' hitmaker performed not one, but two heart-wrenching breakup songs amid her split from the Lord of the Rings actor. During a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' segment at her concert, the audience votes for two surprise songs to be added to Katy's setlist for the night. The final decision ended up being 'Not Like the Movies' and 'The One That Got Away,' both emotional ballads from her Grammy-nominated 2010 album, Teenage Dream. 'Y'all want me to sing 'Not Like the Movies' at this time in my life?' Katy jokingly told the crowd at the Kia Forum, referring to the end of her relationship with Orly. She seemed to be in good spirits either way, as she added, 'Okay, we'll do it! Because you voted for it.' As for 'Not Like the Movies,' which she performed at the 2011 Grammys following her romance with Russell Brand, Katy said, 'This next song I wrote in my my first divorce.' She jokingly added, 'I'll try and hold my composure while I sing it a week before my period.' Katy and Orlando were together for nine years before an insider confirmed their split to Us Weekly, saying, 'Katy and Orlando have split but are amicable. It's not contentious at the moment. Katy is of course upset but is relieved to not have to go through another divorce, as that was the worst time in her life.' The pair doubled down as their rep released a statement, which read, 'Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on coparenting. They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is—and always will be—raising their daughter with love, stability, and mutual respect.'
Condé Nast Traveler
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Condé Nast Traveler
Inglewood — Neighborhood Review
Let's start big picture. What's the vibe here? Los Angeles' Inglewood is pulsing. On game day and concert nights, the town lights up big time and attracts people from all over. But the vibe goes deeper than the stadium and the concert venue. It's a historically Black and Hispanic/Latino neighborhood with deep cultural roots. There are tons of homegrown businesses and eateries that have been around for generations, perfect for a pre-concert meal. Check out Dulan's on Crenshaw, one of the best spots in the city, for a hearty meal of smothered chicken, candied yams, and mac & cheese. The community is proud, close-knit, and evolving with longtime residents and new transplants negotiating rapid development together, so be cognizant of that. Any standout features or must-sees? There is some very cool art around SoFi Stadium, including two sizable sculptures by LA artist Alison Saar, colorful murals by Jocelyn Tsaih, Amir Fallah, and Calida Rawles, and a 'Love' sculpture by Ruben Rojas in Rams colors that is a popular selfie stop. On special occasions, the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection can be viewed in the stadium's concourse. And don't miss the opportunity to stroll around Lake Park outside the stadium with its giant, Seussian aloe trees and layered pathways designed to resemble a natural cliffside descent. The Kia Forum doesn't have as many sites, but the building itself is of interest. Designed as a mini Romanesque coliseum, the Forum features bold white columns and a vivid red exterior—a blend of classical grandeur and midcentury-modern style. Was it easy to get around? SoFi and the Kia Forum are walking distance, so it's easy to get around. It can get a bit backed up in the parking lot during events, so showing up early is recommended. All said and done, what—and who—is this best for? This corner of Inglewood is perfect for the kind of person who wants to be able to say 'I saw it live' and actually mean it. Think superfans and those who get chills waiting for the kickoff of a big game.
