Katy Perry Prismatic World Tour in Manila!

Around February this year I watched one of my favorite artists Katy Perry give an awesome performance at the Super Bowl. I immediately googled if she was going to perform live in Manila anytime soon. She was -- May 7, 2015 for the Katy Perry Prismatic World Tour. Tickets would start selling at TicketWorld on Feb. 13, 2015.

One of the things I've always wanted to do was watch a concert from the front row. Madonna would've been my first choice for that but somehow I knew that it was kind of impossible because Manila is never on her tour schedule. I decided Katy Perry would be it. I was dead set on watching Katy Perry live in Manila from the best seats in the house. I virtually camped at the TicketWorld website starting 9:45am last Feb. 13, 2015. As soon as 10am struck tickets were on sale.

I bought a couple of VIP tickets in section D (see marked area above). It was positioned in front of the edge of the runway-like stage. I had no second thoughts when I clicked BUY, lol. If I was going to do this once, I was going to do it right. I've never gotten the logic of watching from a really far away area with performers the size of ants when I look at them. If I was going to pay (the cheapest Katy Perry tickets were priced at P900 while a mid-range ticket was P10+k, the most expensive was P15+k), I needed to actually SEE Katy Perry's face and not just her silhouette. If I was going to pay P10+k for the middle area I thought I may as well go all the way. I'm probably doing this only once because I don't grow money from trees lol, but heck I'm turning 41 this year and this is something I've never done. I just thought that in 40 years of existence and endless days of working like a dog, I've more than earned the cost of these tickets and the right to buy them for myself.

Mia Moretti of The Dolls

We arrived at 7pm. By then we had to park at a rocky lot more than a kilometer away from The Philippine Arena, jeez. We walked quite a ways before reaching the venue. Anyhow, the front act was foreign -- The Dolls feat. Mia Moretti and Margo. They came out at around 8:20pm. Mia is this really kick-ass violinist and Margo is a DJ. The duo performed really great songs for about 45 mins. So far so good -- even the front act is from New York!

By 9:30pm Katy Perry came out singing Roar, just like the way Roar was her opening song during the Super Bowl Halftime. Read more »

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