Written and photographed
By Jude Thaddeus Bautista
Before anything else, these pictures are from the 2009 concert. Katy Perry now has an upcoming concert this weekend “The California Dreams Tour”, Jan 22, 2012 at the SM Mall of Asia concert grounds. And yes, the “Katy Perry Rocks for Relief” concert 3 years ago was a lavish, extremely fun, high production show.
If Katy herself sees the headline above, she’ll get a kick out of it. She knows the Big Pussy we’re referring to is a huge inflatable cat whom she named ‘Katy Puuurrrry’! And to be perfectly honest I wasn’t a fan of hers before I saw the show but she really is as adorable, sexy and talented as she is famous. She was very articulate and nice during the Press conference at Conways in Makati Shangri La Hotel. These days Ex hubby Russell Brand could not handle Katy becoming far more successful and famous than him. Friends have matched Katy for high profile football star and all around good guy Tim Tebow.

The crowds filled the huge venue. Thousand are expected again for this weekend’s concert. Get your tickets now.
If the California Dreams Tour is only half as well produced as the previous one it would still be worth watching. She comes back now with even more hits like Last Friday Night (TGIF), The One That Got Away, Firework and Teenage Dream. I particularly like the lyrics of Firework, which I think, is very inspiring for the youth.
Given the huge production, the importance of sponsors should never be underestimated. If it weren’t for them Katy would not have been able to hold her concert here. Since the “Katy Perry Rocks for Relief” was also a fund raising effort for Ondoy and Pepeng victims, sponsors’ assistance has an even greater meaning. This is the list for the previous concert’s sponsors: “Katy Perry Rocks for Relief” is presented by: Smart Buddy, me na me talaga!; co presented by: McDonald’s, SM Mall of Asia and U92; with the participation of: Selecta;
Official Hotel Residence: Makati Shangri-La Hotel; Special thanks to: 7 Pecados, Armvet Printing Company, Music Management International, Penshoppe, Pioneer Insurance and Polyeast Records – EMI; Official carrier: Philippine Airlines; Offcicial transportation: Ford Global City; Official TV partner: ABS-CBN; Official Media partners: Business Mirror, Business World, Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer and Web.com.ph; Official Radio Partners: RX 93.1, Mellow 94.7, 96.3 WROCK, Yes FM 101.1 and Y101 Cebu
“Katy Perry Rocks for Relief” was ALSO very special because it featured a host of great acts to go along with it. Two of Journey’s members also played that night: Arnel Pineda and guitarist Neal Schon. Vocalist Jed Madela and U.S. band MAE were also there. Arnel came leaping out of the stage, singing with Journey guitarist Neal Schon.
American band MAE who was the front act was so impressed they went out in the audience just to watch Journey as fans. Right after the short set, the audience started chanting, “Journey! Journey! Journey!” An unlikely addition was balladeer Jed Madela but he was able to make use of his operatic voice to belt out rock anthems “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “We will Rock You” by Queen.

Zach Gehring shoots the crowd with his cell. He’s a guitarist of the band MAE who were part of the Katy Perry Rocks for Relief last Nov. 2009
The night however still belonged to Katy Perry. Her concert was postponed last October 2009 due to the devastation of typhoon Ondoy. The delay helped organizers add more acts that made the concert even more impressive than the original show. MAE has a local following that was glad to see them for the first time. And all artists mentioned came together to raise funds for the Phil. National Red Cross aiding typhoon victims.
The young and sexy Perry held the audience in the palm of her hand. Thousands of screaming girls were going wilder with each song. Perry came running out to sing her hit “Fingerprintz”. She was dressed in a pink bustier and short tutu that showed her long legs and curves. Her mic stand had a bowl of fruit as its base. Pink flamingos stood guard at each end of the stage.
She didn’t seem to run out of theatrics going into the pit and touching fans using her mock cherry chap stick. Her songs have bisexual themes not least of which is “You’re so Gay”, “One of the Boys” and “I Kissed A Girl”. The latter is her biggest hit. Most of her songs also deal with young romance, “Thinking of You”, “Hot N Cold”, “Use Your Love” and even materialism “Afford Me”. All of them are fast paced danceable tunes that have captured the teeny bopper crowd. A huge inflatable cat called “Katy Purry” came to life by the encore.
The up and coming ,The California Dreams Tour is Presented by SMART major sponsors include: Lee, Little Asia, FOX. Star World, SM Mall of Asia, Official carrier, Phil Airlines, Official online partner Yahoo Phil. Special thanks: MMI, Polyeast, EMI, Astroplus, The Penninsula, FILSCAP Media partners ABS CBN, Business World, OK! PEP, Phil STAR.com, juice.ph, RX 93.7, Mellow 94.7, 96.3 Easy Rock, Home Radio 97.9 and Y101 Cebu