Katy Perry nearly falls from prop mid-air during performance

Katy Perry has been left clinging on to a prop after it began to tilt while she was suspended in the air.

Since kicking off her Lifetimes world tour in May the Dark Horse singer, who is reported to have recently split from fiancé Orlando Bloom, has faced a string of close calls, including nearly plunging into a crowd, narrowly avoiding a wardrobe malfunction and having a fan rush on stage and grab her.

This week the 40-year-old added another somewhat unsettling moment to that list when a prop she was dangling in appeared to malfunction.

During a performance at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Australia on Sunday night, clips circulating on social media show Katy inside a large metal sphere that usually takes her soaring above the crowd.

But as it began to rise, it started to tilt to one side, with the singer rushing to grab the frame to maintain her balance.

The sphere was then lowered, and several crew members came running up to assist her, letting Katy out before working to fix it, with people who were at the show explaining they spent five minutes getting the prop fixed.

Many who were there described what they saw as ‘scary’.

‘She got her wrist stuck in the aerial strap she uses to go upside down – she was trying to get out but couldn’t so the stage crew came on to help release her and she disappeared into the stage pit to change whilst they fixed the sphere. It was maybe five minutes,’ user LouLoulaBelle posted on X.

‘Katy Perry handled it like a queen. So glad she got down safely,’ user Narlee, who also shared footage, commented.

Another concertgoer explained how ‘everyone started clapping’ when the singer got down.

Although Katy is yet to comment on what unfolded, her mishap comes just a few days after Beyoncé faced a prop ‘malfunction’ of her own.

On Saturday night’s Cowboy Carter show in Houston, Texas she was performing her song 16 Carriages in a car suspended above concertgoers at NRG Stadium.

However, in videos captured by those in the crowd, the prop then began to tilt mid-air.

‘Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop,’ she said into the microphone as the music cut out. Remaining suspended in the air, she looked at the ground and up again before smiling at the crowd as they cheered.

After a few seconds, Beyoncé then told them ‘thank y’all for your patience’, before the car was lowered into the centre of the stadium.

After the show, the singer’s production and management company, Parkwood, released a statement regarding the incident.

‘Tonight, in Houston, at NRG Stadium, a technical mishap caused the flying car, a prop Beyoncé uses to circle the stadium and see her fans up close, to tilt,’ it shared on Instagram.

‘She was quickly lowered, and no one was injured. The show continued without incident.’

Metro has contacted representatives for Katy Perry for comment.

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