08/06/2025
Katy Perry didnβt wait long Sunday night to get the wacky performance high jinks going at Little Caesars Arena.
Lifted high above her figure-eight stage, ensconced in a rig of illuminated hoops and wired up like an android, the pop star kicked off what promised to be a two-hour fun ride for an adoring Detroit audience.
Still, there was one scary moment 80 minutes into the show, instantly bringing the arena to a hush: A young fan invited onstage for a sing-along segment abruptly collapsed as Perry prepared to launch into song.Katy Perry brings pop spectacle to Detroit, prays aloud after fan's medical incident onstage
The girl, who looked to be in her early teens, appeared overwhelmed from the moment she walked to the stage, when she broke into tears and wrapped her arms around the star in a long embrace. As security and medical staffers rushed up after her collapse, Perry kicked into mom mode, crouching down and offering words of encouragement.
The fan was ultimately joined by her mother and treated at the backstage first aid area, a show official told the Free Press, though no further updates were available late Sunday.
Onstage, Perry rounded up three other young fans in a group hug and offered a prayer for the ailing girl.
Perry, now 40 and mother of a 4-year-old daughter, was making her first Detroit visit in eight years as part of her global Lifetimes Tour. Which means β by a rough eyeballestimate β about 20% of Sundayβs crowd wasnβt yet born the last time she played LCA.
It was clear the millennials who made up the pop starβs early KatyCats fandom were now back with their own kids in tow, many of them attired in sparkly outfits and song-inspired costumes.