'One day my Prince will come'

If you weren't aware the British public have recently celebrated a Royal Wedding. For weeks the country has been a hive of activity with souvenirs, shows and even a lame US movie.

We all waited with baited breath to see Kate's (or Princess Catherine's) wedding dress and the colour of the Queen's hat. For a wedding of two people who none of us commoners know but who the British public hold very dear to their heart, me included as you will already know if you had read 'All hail the Queen....right?' blog post.

Now the Queen chose yellow for her outfit. And Kate's dress was beautiful, lace bodice, long sleeves, very elegant and fitted and a small trail. Designed by Sarah Burton of McQueen just breath-taking. And Pippa Middleton was gorgeous also.

Very Grace Kelly when she married the Prince of Monaco.....

Princess Grace of Monaco was indeed a fairytale marriage also. Of course Catherine was a 'commoner' who met a Prince at University got together, broke up, got back together and now she is a Princess!

But all this talk of Royal Weddings and Princes & Princesses got me thinking about fairy tales. When I was younger I loved fairy tales and especially those of Disney.

When we are little we are given the idea that girls are a little helpless and that one day they will be swept off their feet by an amazing Prince, who you will meet once, fall madly in love with and marry pretty much the next day. And of course live Happily Ever After.

My favourite Disney Princesses were Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella. Only Ariel was an actual Princess before marriage. You grow up waiting for that fairy tale romance, the noble, dashing Prince to come and whisk you off your feet, most of the time this doesn't happen. But as Kate shows you can meet your Prince and fall in love and get married in front of millions... not sure if I would want that though to be honest, the marriage in front of millions, I'd love to be a Princess.

I am finding it very hard though to be cynical as I sit and watch the beautiful wedding of Prince William and Kate or the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It is just refreshing to see a joyous occasion between two people in love rather than a load of doom and gloom. It was also nice to see Princess Victoria of Sweden who this time last year was preparing for her own wedding.

So join me in saying hip-hip hooray to the newlyweds!!

To end because I am an old romantic....

and of course the kiss

 

Everyone needs a Little Black Dress

Portsmouth City Museum currently has an exhibition on the famous LBD.....

I wrote a piece for etc magazine about it, check it out here....

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Bad boy gone good? Hang on, no still bad...ah well!

Bad boys.... we all know one, the guy you shouldn't be with but can't help it. There is just something about him, obviously first thing he's undeniably good looking. He's a bit of a rebel or a bad boy. Or some guys aren't really bad boys but just not very nice boys.

I had one relationship where the guy dropped me when he felt like it. But then because I was an idiot, also younger and not well informed, I was always waiting at the end of the phone for him to ring me. So when he realised he couldn't 'live' without me, or what was actually the case he was bored and knew I would be there at a drop of a hat.

I like to live with the idea that everything happens for a reason but also that I hate the 'what if' living always thinking 'oh if only'. This stupidity when it came to him made me go back to  again and again, against my better judgement.  This guy was not a tortured bad boy just a not very nice one.

You always think that you will learn from your mistakes but I know friends who have gone from one bad guy to another or to the same one because they think they can change him or that he may be the one. Most of the time this is not the case, most of the time if he's hurt you once and is an arse, he will probably hurt you again and will always be an arse. 

I think the boomerang effect must be some sort of disease, you see it all the time sensible, seemingly normal girls going back again and again. Most of the time people have feelings, you fall head over heels for a guy, you think that you cannot be without him. He is your first, your last, your everything. You can't think what your life would be like without him, so you keep going back to this apparently reformed character, only for a few months later the normal him resumes. Just think there was a before him and if it's not meant to be there will be an after him.

Although I do think even the good guys have a bit of a bad boy in them. There may be moments when he treats you like poop, so I suppose you have to decide if it is worth the hassle. I will admit boys can be arses, they don't get it sometimes they say something not quite realising what it will sound like to the fairer sex. Us girls think a lot about what we say and the way we say it. We know our words can hurt, so we always think if this is what we want to do, and I will admit sometimes it is and some girls do make snide comments to hurt, but the point is we know we are doing it. Boys on the other hand sometimes don't think it through and wonder why they have a crying mess in front of them.


Bad boys come in all shapes and sizes, I think the safest ones to like are celebrities. Russell Brand pre-Katy was a bad boy, some girls find Pete Doherty strangely attractive and it must be that he's been arrested and of course if Kate Moss (who went out with Johnny Depp) thinks he is good looking then there must be something about him.

The main thing with bad boys is that we feel we can change them, they are a challenge and girls love a challenge. Just make sure that these boys don't make you a broken hearted girl, because these guys are not worth your tears.

Everything happens for a reason

I have passed all my exams, 1 A, 1 C and 4 Bs plus my 100 words a minute shorthand. So I am a real journalist, well at least a qualified one. Then from the 3rd May I suppose I will be a proper journalist or at least a paid one.

How scary! If someone had said a couple of years ago that I would be a qualified journalist about to start work on a newspaper I would never have believed them. When I was at Wiley I was very happy working there full time, but still writing on the side so I never thought I would really leave there. But then August 2009 I was told my department was being made redundant and my last day would be June 2010. So figuring out what I had to do: get a job or follow my dream, I took a risk of no money and trained to become a journalist and it has to be one of the best decisions I think I have ever made.

As my mum always says 'everything happens for a reason', and I do believe it. It's hard at the time obviously because you can't see anything good from a bad situation but in the end see and in a couple of months or years you will see everything does happen for a reason.

Twit Chat

I think I am becoming addicted to Twitter. I don't spend every waking moment thinking about it, but when I'm online I cannot stop checking the updates seeing who has posted what and when. And I will admit I can go days without posting anything but as soon as I get on there I post so much... all my 'witty' comments pop into my head when I'm on there and I seem to post something every few seconds, sad but true.

It is a place where you can get an insight into a celebrities world and know what they are doing or what they are thinking at any given moment. In our celeb-crazed world I am often surprised that a lot of celebs are willing to share everything with the public, but then I suppose they do it on their own terms when they want not when the press forces them to.

I have noticed how increasingly papers and the press are using social networks such as Twitter for stories, especially when it comes to famous people. When Philip Schofield and Fearne Cotton posted updates on Holly Willoughby going into labour the papers were filled with both sets of updates being used as the source of stories. Tom Fletcher from McFly recently announced he had proposed to his girlfriend and she said yes, and over the next couple of days it was on news stories and in websites.

Papers have been known to put out messages asking for stories from people on Twitter. It is a easy way to connect with the community and people.


I am surprised that also with the Imogen Jones story in which she has had an affair with a Premier league footballer, an injunction has been placed on any papers naming him. However, within a couple of days Twitter was alive with people saying who it apparently was and everyone was very willing to comment on it.

Twitter is a funny beast, the defamation defences have been changed to accommodate what people say on it. Courtney Love famously was sued by a designer as she was not too pleasant about her designs on Twitter. But it seems people can get away with a lot more on twitter as it is a very personal device almost as if someone is looking into exactly what you are thinking.


I just get enthralled by what people publish, the news is posted here pretty much first. It is also unlike Facebook, which is a place where you are linked to friends from your past and present, you get updates from those who you used to know mostly. Twitter lets us enter a world that we were once barred from.

Is honesty the best policy?

When you ask your friend have I put on weight? If you are asking you know you have but when they say yes it feels like being punched in the face.

If you ask your partner do you think she's fit? And he says yes you want to slap him and he can't understand why you aren't talking to him for the next couple of hours.


We may ask the questions but do we really want to know the answers? It does beg the question if people are honest by nature? It is fair easier to lie sometimes then it is to tell the truth. A friend asks of her new boyfriend do you think he's good looking? In your head you are screaming NOOO! but the words that come out of your mouth are along the lines of 'he is attractive not my type though.'

When I say lies I mean the little white lies that get you through not the big fat black ones that end of hurting the people you love. Your sister asks if you think her hair makes he look like a drag queen, you say no but inside you are thinking a little.


If you are not sure if you want to be with your partner anymore and you ask your friend for their opinion, you don't want them to go on a hour rant about how they hate him and how they hate men in general. You want the PC version which weights up both views of the argument.


Is honesty the best policy? If your friend looks like a state before they go out it is your duty to tell her because you know when other girls see you looking fab and her looking a state, they think you are a bitch for letting her go out like that.

I do think there is a fine line between being brutally honest and telling the truth. One I suppose means someone will be upset whereas the other means you craft it in a way that means  you tell them not necessarily what you want to hear but a version of it. I think boys have got it right, they are honest but in a way that means they don't cause offense whereas girls seems to swing between bitch or not upfront.

I think personally, get the balance, little white lies when you need to, brutal honesty when they need it. But be kind people!

All hail the Queen... right?

Recently I read a piece in April's Company magazine about the Royal Family and if they were still relevant and if Miss Kate Middleton made their appeal go up at all, and it got me thinking, especially as the Royal Wedding is not far away.


I will admit outright now I am a Royalist and not just with our own Royal Family, who cannot love the Monaco Royal Family or the story of Princess Grace Kelly. I am a huge fan.


Last year I went to Stockholm with my boyfriend (it was out second time there, he was doing the marathon again) and I became a little obsessed as when we visited the city it was a hive of activity and was holding various street parties and free events celebrating the HRH Crown Princess Victoria's wedding to her fitness instructor Daniel. It was a fairytale romance much like that of Wills and Kate but the way they celebrated it was to hold free music events and street festivals for the week before the wedding, it was fantastic. This Royal Family seem very normal both the King and Princess Victoria married I suppose the term is 'commoners', also the fact that H.R.H. Prince Carl Philip is very good looking also makes this Royal Family appealing to me.... http://www.royalcourt.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hrhprincecarlphilip.4.396160511584257f218000245.html


I love the romanticism linked to a Royal Family, it makes you think of Disney Princesses and fairy tale romances. The idea that a chance meeting could lead to a normal girl becoming a Princess, and although she may talk posh and went to posh schools that is what Kate Middleton is... a normal girl. She doesn't have a family tree filled with Lords and Ladies, Kings and Queens. Although I did see on an American programme that apparently she is somehow related to chat show host Ellen and one of the men that discovered American. The Americans seem more obsessed with our Royal Family than we are, trying desperately to have a little piece. I suppose this is due to the fact they don't have an equivalent, in the past they have tried to make their presidents into Kings and Queens, most notable the Kennedy's, although I'm sure their spin-doctors had much more to do with that than the American public.


During my journalism course we briefly studied the monarchy and the powers they have in Public Affairs, and the truth is they don't have much. The Queen's most important power I would say is to advise, warn and encourage, she does this in weekly meetings with the Prime Minister, it is believed that as she has been Queen for so long she has more knowledge than a newly elected PM, which I think is true. However, it does beg the question if William becomes King how much does he know to advise, warn and encourage.


I love the fact we have a Royal Family, I think it is integral to Britain. I think it adds to our tourism factor, many people probably visit the country to see the palaces and possible the Royal Family. Also the Queen acts a figurehead for the country and goes to visit foreign countries on behalf of the country, do we really want our politicians to do that instead? Surely they have more pressing things to do then flitting off around the world.


I think it would be a sad shame if we didn't have a Royal Family. It is just very British! People say it is outdated and is a glaring sign that the country is still divided by class boundaries, but then think the Government doesn't do this? Cameron is man of the people is he? I think people will be more accepting of the Royal Family when we have Prince William and Princess Catherine. Or King William and Queen Catherine, both of them seem very normal and have more of a connection to us normal people so who knows people may change their opinion when this happens.


The Royal Family may not do a lot that we know of but I love that we have one! I am a Royalist and think it would be a shame if they were ever to go, most of our history is entwined with the fact we have a Royal Family, Americans love we have one and know more than we do probably. I wish in schools children learnt a more varied and extensive history of our Royal Family, like the US do with Presidents rather then the Tudors, yes they were important but what about Queen Victoria, or King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson, or even more about House of Windsor including out current Royal Family.


We should cherish our Royal Family and sing at the top of our voices God Save the Queen.

Kylie Minogue, The O2, London, 8th April 2011

*** SPOILER *** If you are seeing Kylie and don't want to know any details do not read on!!!


Right you have been warned...


This is the third time I have seen Kylie but only the second tour, this time it was the Aphrodite: Les Folies tour and from the on-set it looked as if no expense had been spared. Reportedly £15 million was spent on the show, and with costumes from Dolce and Gabbana it was well worth the money.


The show opened with Aphrodite, the graphics on the background was of people swimming under water and was very realistic, it felt as if they would fall through at any moment.


The set was one of a Greek theatre and this show was full of drama.

I'm not sure if it was because there was standing and I was in the standing part but this tour felt more like a party than the X2008 tour. It seemed as if Kylie was a lot more relaxed and really enjoyed herself, although during one song it looked as if she was crying but with happiness I hope, maybe it was the nice sunny weather making her feel at home.


As well as a lot of songs from the new album Aphrodite, she played her all time classics that got the crowd singing and dancing.


The crowd danced the whole time but more so when she performed classics such as What do I have to do, Better the Devil you know and my all time favourite Confide in Me.  I have never heard her sing it live, but it was amazing. My other favourite Kylie song is Love at First Sight, however, this time she mixed it with Can't beat the feeling, I will admit I didn't like it that much, so I was a little disappointed.


The sets and videos were fantastic, she truly is a creative genius! Everything is planned to the last detail and makes the show amazing. Kylie also has an amazing singing voice, during a brief interlude she took a request from the audience and sung Hand on my Heart, she got it wrong the first time but on the second try it was fantastic.

For Cupid Boy Kylie had a video featuring her gorgeous boyfriend Andres Velencoso (above)... you can see why.... GORGEOUS!! If I couldn't see my boyfriend every night what better way to set a remind then huge screens.


Kylie also was visited by a angel during the set during her own song Looking for an Angel, which was followed by Eurythmics' There Must Be an Angel, it was heavenly!
Nearing on two hours she sung and danced her heart out with the help of backing singers Roxy and Lucy. She is truly exceptional. The whole atmosphere was just amazing, it was a true party feeling. People even were dancing on their way out, although very reluctantly (leaving not dancing).


The finale.... well what can I say, she finished with All The Lovers, but I heard that some tickets were for a Splash Zone and we soon found out why. She has streams of water shooting up from the stage and during the song people were up dancing on ropes above her head and the stage came out like a fountain. It was fantastic. Here is someones video on YouTube.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfxlhjgUhzU

If you have never seen Kylie but get the opportunity to, DO! She's called the showgirl for a reason and I really think she should claim her crown off Madonna and be crowed the true Queen of Pop.

All photos are mine.

Coming soon...

I saw Kylie Minogue on Friday so a review is on the way, also got some more up my sleeve.


It is very sunny in England at the moment so it is very distracting but do not fear the blog posts are on their way. I'm spending today with my sister but over the next couple of days no boyfriend as he is working so my blog will be getting my full attention.


Hope its sunny where you are, but keep checking back for further posts.

I am proud to say I have a job...

at the West Sussex County Times!


So happy!! Should start the beginning on May. Interesting times ahead...... I (will be) a real journalist!!


http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/


And I have passed my 100 words a minute shorthand!!

Hi, my name's Charlotte and I'm a Buffy-o-holic.

The nineties were all about girl power. The Spice Girls were the fore-runners and although I loved them and their pioneering girl power, there was always one female fighter who symbolised what it was to be a girl, with a no mess attitude who could dress pretty but kick your arse if she wanted. That girl was Buffy Summers.


The programme started in 1997 and seven series later it ended (2003). It propelled its stars, and a teen queen in the form of Sarah Michelle Gellar was born.

Buffy was unlike any other show out at the time, of course there was Dawson's Creek (which I did love), but that show sometimes was just too much, the teens looked about 30 and used a lot of very long words. With Buffy there were dramas but also demons, and the stars looked about the right age.


The show was just fantastic and some episodes were so dark and creepy. Episodes such as Nightmares or Hush where the creepy and frightening is brought in to the real world, but thank the lord there was always Buffy ready to fight to the death, which she did, I think she died twice.

She fell in love with Angel and lost herself to him to not only get her heart broken but I think he also tried to kill her. Toxic boyfriend on a major level, I think that is the problem sometimes with Edward he is just hormones whereas Angel was loving, tortured and potentially dangerous. (I will note here that I am a Twilight fan and love Edward, but it's always Angel).

For a show about ghosts and ghouls it was really relateable.  The teenage angst and problems were all that we could look at.

Even now watching the episodes although the clothes have dated and they use videos instead of DVDs, they haven't dated that much, well, the first season it a little dated but it was 1997. Buffy showed girls that you could be your own person and take no prisoners, she also didn't rely totally on men. Also even though she was pretty she was still on the outside and never in the 'in-crowd' so everyone could relate to her, she had her close friends and that's all she needed.

The love of Angel and Buffy, a love that was meant to be but couldn't. Whereas Bella and Edward are intense and all powerful, and a little creepy Buffy and Angel were passion and love. Soul mates.... I was devastated when they split, Riley never compared!

The script was fast-paced and witty, written to perfection. The show finished in 2003 but I still love it as much today as I did then. I have had a slight overload and been watching it constantly. I know this is sad but I honestly think I would be a different person if I had not watched Buffy in my younger days. It lost its way a little in season 7 but it was still pretty good.

It feels me with dread that there have been rumours of a Buffy film re-make, no SMG, no Alyson Hannigan, in their place Megan Fox............... I will boycott LEAVE IT WELL ALONE!

Josh Whedon was a genius! So come on then everyone Once More With Feeling... we love Buffy as it is so leave it well alone!

When Boy Meets Girl...what happens next?

I love When Harry Met Sally, it is a fantastic film. It can make you laugh and it can make your heart leap, and best of all if you have a boyfriend it is the type of film that you can watch without him moaning about how gushy it is.

As far as films goes it does bring up a lot of interesting questions about relationships and more interestingly relationships between men and women. Pretty much from the start Harry sets it out that men and women cannot be friends because sex gets in the way. Sally of course cannot understand this and he says that ‘Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her...it doesn’t matter (if they she doesn’t want to have sex with him) because the sex thing is already out there so the friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.’

In many ways the film does play to this in a way, Harry and Sally do end up having sex, and in the end fall in love.  It does make me wonder if men and women can be friends without sex getting in the way. I would like to think so, because how sad would life be if you couldn’t have a friend of the opposite sex.

Also the points he makes about partners getting worried, it really makes you stop and think. My boyfriend has female friends and I will admit I didn’t take to the idea as well as I would have liked, it just seemed initially strange to me that he would have female friends. Also I felt if he was flirty with them they would get the wrong idea, as I know what women can be like, hello I am one; therefore, I was initially a little green-eyed monster. I have now realised I am an idiot and I shouldn’t have worried, but I think anyone no matter how secure their relationship is would get a little stab of jealousy, there is a fear that he will share stuff with them that he doesn't with you.

However, if I had a good friend who was male and my boyfriend was like I was, I will admit I would not be very happy. To feel comfortable and trust a male who is not your boyfriend is a good thing, the advice you get from a guy is not the same as what you would get from a girl. Guys have a different view on situations they come at it from the guy perspective and don’t try to sugar coat anything, which means that although what they say might sting a little at first you know deep down that what they say is the truth and what you need to hear.

I think if both parties are single then it must be hard for a good friendship not to get confused with other feelings. However, if both are in relationships I don’t see what the problem is. I think sometimes the danger is that feelings may get out of control but if you have always seen someone as a friend why should your feelings ever change to anything else, they don’t with your girlfriends so why should they with your guyfriends? Especially as in many cases you have a very strong and close bond with your girlfriends.

I suppose as well if one is single and one isn’t, it can be hard. If the single one starts to look at the attached in a new way, especially if people start to notice and it gets a little awkward when you both realise your relationship has gone to another level. Or you get jealous when the once single now has a partner fearing you have lost your friend, although those feelings apply to your girlfriends when they get a new boyfriend.

I thought that writing this would help clear the relationship fog that has descended while watching one of my favourite films. However, I must say I am even more confused. I suppose I like to think that men and women can be friends without sex getting in the way, well I hope so anyway.

I Love Lily Allen

Just watching the last episode of Channel 4's Lily Allen: From Riches to Rags. I love Lily Allen I have seen her twice and she is just amazing.


I think her songs resonate with young women, who hasn't listened to Not Fair and said "I know that feeling", her songs make a lot of sense to me and I think she is the voice of the next generation of women.


As I have said I have seen her twice in Bournemouth and Southampton for the It's Not Me, It's You album. She is amazing live and has a fantastic voice. In one gig she even had a Guinness pump on stage so that people on the front who had secured a place could still get a drink. She also performed Britney's Womanizer, which was just brilliant live. I hope she comes back to performing.


Watching From Riches to Rags shows a side to Lily that you don't get to see when she performs on stage or is interviewed. I think that on the show with her sister she has let her guard down. I just think there is a vulnerability to her and my heart just breaks watching the last episode when she talks about her miscarriage. I know I don't know her and never probably will but being of a similar age to her (she is about a year older than me) her songs resonate with me and I suppose there is just something about her which makes me feel a connection. I just love the fact she is so honest and she has put up with so much shit over the years. I know I cannot comment because I don't know her but I think she is an amazing woman and is very influential.




I feel she is a reluctant celebrity, she sung and performed because she wanted to. She is doing the shop because she wants to. I love the fact her and her sister Sarah argue, like normal sisters do. I also love that she isn't a kiss arse she says what she feels about who she feels it about.


At 25 she has gone through a lot and I really look up to her, ok she can come across as a bit spoilt but she is an amazing woman and seems like a really nice person, I just love Lily.

Update in the world of me

http://letsthinklocal.co.uk/magazine/ April issue: what to do with the kids at Easter and the magic of the theatre - both me.


So the other day I did my 100 words a minute shorthand, fingers crossed I passed, I really think I got it down. A couple of words I have got wrong I think but with a nine word error leeway I hope I have done it.


I have a couple of job applications to do, so hopefully something will come up. College is all done with, which is very scary, twenty weeks all done with. I've met some really great people on the course who I really hope I stay in contact with. I've made some amazing friends.


Now I am back to being unemployed and writing for pleasure rather than for money but going to pursue and become a full fledged reporter.

Katy Perry, Bournemouth International Centre, 31st March 2011

***SPOILER ALERT***


Just to pre-warn you that this review does include details of the gig including the opening song and other songs she sings, so if you are going to see her and don't want to know, please do not read on!


Ok, warning over let the review commence.


First when we got to the venue there was a distinct smell of strawberry cupcake. I had heard that she perfumed the venues but I didn't actually believe it to be true until we got there.  It was a fantastic concept though; it got me thinking about what other singers would have, Lady Gaga? Bieber? The mind boggles as to what others would choose.


Anyway back to the gig if Gaga is showing the dark side of pop with the angular features and skeletons in Born This Way, then Katy Perry is certainly the sugary sweet side. Her set was made up of big lollipops, cupcakes and pink clouds.


The gig started with a little film about how she used to be butcher's helper but was sacked and while walking past a bakery she fell in love with the baker’s boy and bought a cupcake. Once at home she has a dream that her kitty disappears through the cat flap, she follows and ends up in a sugary dream world. The tour follows Katy's journey to find her kitty and to the baker's ball, a bit different from Gaga's Monster's Ball but equally as brilliant. It is very dreamy like and full of pastel colours, if it went on for longer than two hours you get an instant sugar rush and need a sit down. It is a feast for the eyes on your sweet tooth.


She came out to Teenage Dreams, I was really surprised as I do think its a good song but I didn't think it was as up tempo as say California Gurls or Hot 'n' Cold, which I thought would get the crowd ready for action. 


Perry sang a range of songs from both albums and delivered each note-perfect. Her voice is amazing live, you can really tell that she used to be a gospel singer, the quality of her voice carries around an arena like the BIC and I am sure that when she goes to the O2 it will carry there.

During the middle of the gig she said she would act as a jukebox and asked for people to throw a pound on the stage so she would sing any song they wanted (one pound hit Katy in the head, another hit the guitar). Apparently the crowd requested Rihanna Only Girl in the World, a Jay Z song, Lady Gaga Born this Way and Willow Smith Whip my head. She gave the songs a new twist and Born this Way was just mesmerizing! Her voice brought a new quality to the song, which made it heavenly.

Known for her crazy costumes she had about sixteen changes in total, she had about seven in one song. And one wig change from black to blue.

Fans from the beginning were not disappointed as she sung I Kissed a Girl, Hot 'n' Cold, You're so Gay, as well as new songs such as  California Gurls, and Fireworks.

She crowd pleasers, which seemed to get the room jumping, songs such as  Last Friday Night T.G.I.F, Waking up in Vegas and new song  E.T. At the same time her voice could change from a rocky number to the more melodic captivating, Not like the movies was sung on a swing and the emotion was raw, you can tell she is a woman in love.

Katy Perry talked to the crowd and seemed like a genuinely nice person. She told the crowd how she felt very British and how much she loved My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, and that over Christmas she gained two stone eating beans on toast and watching The Only Way is Essex. She's a true Brit, that’s for sure. J

Overall, Katy Perry is a stage performer with a heart. You can tell that she loves what she does and loves the audience. Her voice is amazing, she looks amazing and if you get the chance to see her, go, she puts on a fantastic show, not many shows have bubbles, fireworks, confetti, and beach balls.

Katy Perry is the kitty's pyjamas.

all photos were taken by me.