Katy Perry tells the ladies of V Festival to call their ex-boyfriends
Singer also tells the Chelmsford crowd she's feeling a little bit English
Katy Perry suggested that all the women present at her V Festival set in Chelmsford today (August 23) leave their ex-boyfriends a text naughty message.
Talking to the crowd who had gathered on the 4 Music Stage, the star told the ladies to leave their old lovers a themed voicemail message relating to her track 'Ur So Gay' before singing the hit of the same name.
She then suggested that "you have to erase that number. No more drunk-dialling it".
Perry had earlier strapped on a white guitar to play 'One Of The Boys' and jokingly sniffed her armpit after singing the line 's 'Don't Stop Me Now' by telling the crowd about her breakfast.
“So I woke up this morning and I felt a little bit English. Had myself some baked beans with soldiers... Well this next song is a little bit English,” said Perry, before launching into the 1979 classic, which sparked off a huge crowd singalong.
Perry finished her afternoon show by saying "I need to see the most beautiful lady here," before settling on a blonde woman in the front row, of who she said was like "a kitten", before asking if she bought her Cherry Chapstick with her. Perry then bounded back onstage for the finale of 'I Kissed A Girl'.
'Fingerprints'
'One Of The Boys'
'Hot N Cold'
'If You Can't Afford Me'
'Ur So Gay'
'Thinking Of You'
'Waking Up In Vegas'
'Don't Stop Me Now'
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BARROWLAND, GLASGOW
BARROWLAND had never seen such an influx of short skirts and high heels on Friday night as teenage girls flocked in droves to see their latest plastic pop icon, Katy Perry, a brunette Barbie doll who just wants to have fun, kissing girls, liking it aADVERTISEMENT
nd all that kind of stuff.
Perry is the girly slumber party answer to Avril Lavigne, offering the same processed pop-punk with an extra slick of lipgloss and a lot of pink. The pink flamingos from her T in the Park appearance were back, as was her name in massive pink relief letters on the pink backdrop and a pink loveheart in lights.
Perry herself was momentarily all out of clean pink clobber, so a tight black playsuit had to suffice. As a performer, she was irrepressible, bouncing around like a kid on too much Red Bull. As a singer, she has a volatile relationship with pitch but that's partly what all that pogoing does for you.
She was quickly on the hunt for a pogo partner and Fin from Fife was duly plucked from the audience to show off his banner: "Belch the Alphabet Please". With only one album of material to perform, other time-filling diversions were employed, including a grim medley of cheesy covers, including Please Mr Postman and a mass hen night singalong to Build Me Up Buttercup.
Perry rallied from a mid-set lull by casting a couple of big strawberry-shaped inflatables into the crowd. By the encore, they had been pulped but Perry, now in leopardskin catsuit (pink, of course), had moved on to an inflatable lipstick and a huge cat with blue LED eyes.
She hardly needed to sing a note of Queen's Don't Stop Me Now (mercifully) as the crowd took lead vocals from the off, then did their best to out-holler her on the atrociously cynical I Kissed a Girl.
Katy Perry was giving an interview for T4, a UK television network, when one of our sneaky photogs got a few exclusive shots of the singer. What’s Katy doing giving an interview with dark sunglasses on? You’d think her publicist would have her trained by now, but I guess not. Plus, they’re ugly. Katy’s pretty enough to pull off just about any look, except for that one. What’s with the white stripe across the top?
Later on, she took to the stage and rocked her set at V Fest in a bra that looks like it was bedazzled by a 6-year-old. Not that I’m complaining, I really dig sparkly things — I’m kind of like a crow that way. A huge improvement over the sunglasses, for sure.
Katy Perry live performance at V Festival in London
Katy Perry gives her stunning live performance in concert on day two of the V Festival in London.
Katy Perry Performs With Her Sexy Cleavage
Continuing along with her UK performing duties, Katy Perry took to the 4 Music Stage at the V Festival at Hylands Park, Chelmsford on Sunday (August 23).
Always entertaining, the “I Kissed a Girl” singer reportedly suggested that all the women in attendance leave their ex-boyfriends a text naughty message during the course of the show.
Continuing on with her interaction with the concert attendees, Miss Perry then told the gals that “you have to erase that number. No more drunk-dialing it.”
Following her day’s duties onstage, Katy hit up her Twitter page, enthusiastically writing, “Now THAT was a f**kin show! Today was a cherry on top of this wonderful year, thanks Brits, you’re boss! Off to din din now. GIRL TALK!”
Katy Perry Is Not Very Ladylike
Katy Perry must have been feeling some extra testosterone in her system during her performance at the V Festival in Hylands Park, England. Check out the crotch grab!
This actually looks like it was a really fun show. She is seriously energetic, and I luuurrrv the bejeweled bra top.
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Our lovely ladies make us so proud!!! Lady GaGa, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift rocked the first day of the V Festival BIG time at Hylands Park on Saturday!
We wish we could have been there!!!
Were U????
Taylor Swift and Katy Perry grab dinner together at Hakkasan restaurant in London on Sunday (August 23).
The super sweet singers shared a hug after dinner before leaving in separate cars. On the ride back to her hotel, Taylor took to her Twitter to say: “@katyperry really puts the ‘fun’ in Fundon.” Katy retweeted Taylor’s message and added, “LYLAS! C u @ the VMA’s bbgirl! (TS is an angel!)” Katy, 24, and Taylor, 19, both performed earlier in the day at V Festival, England’s annual music festival.
15+ pictures inside of Taylor Swift and Katy Perry’s dinner date…
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift enjoyed a yum yum dinner on Sunday at the Hakkasan restaurant in London and they seem to have enjoyed the quality down-time they shared.
We're bummed we couldn't be there!!!
Earlier in the day, the ladies both rocked out the V Festival and we hear they were just smashing!
Singer Katy Perry is clearly bananas for fruity getups. Photos: Larry Busacca, Getty Images I Shirlaine Forrest, WireImage I Noel Vasquez, Getty Images I Andrew H. Walker, Getty Images
Is there a support group for people obsessed with fruit? Because we'd like to send Katy Perry.
The vivacious, flamboyantly fashionable singer -- who has already confessed to a fondness for "Cherry Chapstick" -- rocked this past weekend's V Festival in Chelmsford, England wearing a sparkly bustier bursting with strawberries (above, second from left), which shall heretofore be known as Exhibit A.
Behold, her other ambrosial antics:
Exhibit B: Her sequined Carmen-Miranda-on-acid frock adorned with fake bananas, grapes and strawberries (above, left) donned at the Grammys in February.
Exhibit C: The seed-studded watermelon romper (above, right) she wore for a performance on "Today" in August 2008.
Exhibit D: Perhaps, most damning of all, a giant banana peel (above, second from right) from which she emerged for the 2008 KIIS FM Jingle Ball.
It's comforting that Perry's getting her beauty-boosting daily allowance of fruit, but we think the girl might be turning into a fruit loop.
It's also making us really hungry, and confused. We don't know if we should sing along, spit seeds or wait impatiently for her to ripen.
For details on stealing Katy's (non-fruit-focused) look, click here.