Katy Perry’s Flying Prop Malfunction Causes Panic at San Francisco Gig

Katy Perry suffered a near-miss as she almost fell out of the air while performing in San Francisco on Friday.

Fans were left panicked as they captured the heart-stopping moment as the singer, 40, belted out her hit song Roar while soaring through the sky on a mechanical butterfly. 

Dressed in a sparkling crop top and hot pants, Katy initially looked at ease as she glided over the crowds at the Chase Center while singing her track amid her The Lifetimes Tour. 

However, things took a turn for the worst as she suddenly plunged downwards as the flying stage prop appeared to malfunction. 

The US songstress, who was strapped in, was seen looking horrified as she grabbed onto mechanical insect and attempted to steady herself, before looking upwards to see what was wrong. 

Amid the incident, Katy stopped singing as she tried to compose herself, before she then continued with her performance.

An audience member captured the moment Katy Perry almost fell after a mechanical prop malfunctioned during her concert in San Francisco on Friday

Fans were left panicked as they captured the heart-stopping moment as the singer, 40, belted out her hit song Roar while soaring through the sky on a mechanical butterfly [Katy pictured on a mechanical butterfly during her tour in April]

The large flying prop appeared to slow down significantly as it made its way across the arena.

MailOnline have contacted Katy’s reps for comment. 

Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), fans were quick to share the shock at the moment, with many comparing it to a similar incident that Beyoncé suffered last month.

The Halo singer, 43, almost fell out of her flying car prop which had tilted forward while she performed in Houston amid her Cowboy Carter tour. 

Fans wrote: ‘First beyonce and now katy perry, next its gonna be usher being sent into outer orbit.’x

‘First Beyoncé now Katy Perry’

‘The professionalism here is beyond insane like that could’ve easily cost your life but Katy didn’t panic and she kept the show going…. Katy Perry is hands down one of the best performers of our generation.’

‘sorry katy perry is such a pro, i would have just cried and sh*t myself atm.’

Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), fans were quick to share the shock at the moment, with many comparing it to a similar incident that Beyoncé suffered last month

Last month, in a similar incident, Beyoncé was forced to abruptly stop her show after the flying car she was riding on seemingly began to tilt mid-air

‘Katy Perry almost fell ON TOP of me while flying on that butterfly. This concert is WILD.’ 

Katy’s dangerous moment comes after she was left overwhelmed with emotion during her Lifetimes tour stop in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

The pop star alluded to her recent breakup with now-ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom while obliging fans’ request for her to sing her heartbreak ballad Not Like the Movies.

During the show the show in the city’s Inglewood neighborhood, she asked the audience: ‘You’re gonna make me sing this song in this time in my life? OK, we’ll do it! Because you voted for it.’

According to an account from People, she continued, ‘I let you choose the song tonight because I like to pick an album for every country that I go to and for the USA, I picked Teenage Dream because USA, you could be a teenage dream, baby. You better get it together. I’ll always have that feeling for you.’

Per the outlet, she candidly added, ‘This next song I wrote in my 20s … after my first divorce,’ before promising she would ‘try and hold my composure while I sing it a week before my period.’

Earlier in the day she had snubbed Bloom in her Instagram post promoting the concert.  

She listed everyone who would be in attendance for the show in her native Los Angeles, and missing from the special guests was the 48-year-old actor.

Perry’s caption to her 203 million followers began, ‘HOMETOWN SHOW AT THE FORUM TONIGHT‼️’

Katy’s dangerous moment comes after she was left overwhelmed with emotion during her Lifetimes tour stop in Los Angeles on Tuesday night 

The pop star alluded to her recent breakup with now-ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom while obliging fans’ request for her to sing her heartbreak ballad Not Like the Movies [pictured in 2021]

During the show the show in the city’s Inglewood neighborhood, she asked the audience: ‘You’re gonna make me sing this song in this time in my life? OK, we’ll do it! Because you voted for it’ 

Showing her sense of humor, she then added, ‘Ecstatic to play a show for ALL the Angelenos including my best friends, my business partners, mom, dad, my ear nose and throat doctor, my dog groomer, my MDMA therapist, my acupuncturist, my manicurist, the teacher from the yoga class I went to in 2015, the uber eats guy that that delivered my brisket breakfast burrito this morning from Dialog Cafe and all the friends that are friends with someone that knows Tamra.’ 

While Orlando wasn’t present for the performance, his ex-wife Miranda Kerr was in attendance. 

Perry and Bloom confirmed their breakup this month, after swirling speculation about their relationship status.

The pair began dating in 2016 and got engaged on Valentine’s Day 2019, before welcoming their four-year-old daughter Daisy Dove in August 2020. Bloom is also dad to 14-year-old son Flynn, whom he shares with Kerr.

Representatives for the pair told DailyMail.com that ‘Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting. They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is – and always will be – raising their daughter with love, stability, and mutual respect.’

The split was optically cemented when Orlando attended Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s star-studded Venice wedding alone.