Katy Perry survived a frightening midair prop malfunction while straddling a giant flying butterfly during a performance of 'Roar' in San Francisco.

She may have survived a trip into space earlier this year, but Katy Perry nearly came a cropper on Planet Earth at one of her own gigs when she became the latest pop star to suffer a prop malfunction.

Katy Perry got to enter herself into the grand pantheon of “Musical superstars who almost got really dumb obituaries because something went wrong while they were flying around an arena on a giant prop” last night,

Katy Perry was performing Roar at the Chase Centre when the butterfly prop she was riding dropped mid-air, with the crowd gasping in concern

The pop superstar was flying on a giant mechanical butterfly around Chase Center in San Francisco when it unexpectedly jolted and dipped.

“ALL THE LOVE”18. “E.T.”19. “Part of Me”20. “Rise”21. “Roar”22. “Daisies”23. “LIFETIMES”24. “Firework” Katy Perry performs in concert at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, July 18, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo ...

Katy Perry lit up the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (July 15) as part of her Lifetimes Tour, with iconic tracks “Roar,” “The One That Got Away,” “Firework” and loads more! From acrobating the night away to taking fan requests to appearing to comment on her public split with ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom,

Katy Perry and opener Rebecca Black took the stage to a sold-out crowd at Anaheim’s Honda Center on Sunday, July 13.