Review: Katy Perry wraps up Lifetimes Tour in Abu Dhabi at F1 weekend

The production of the show was impressive, featuring intricate light designs and long-form choreography as well as a live band. (Supplied)
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Updated 08 December 2025
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Review: Katy Perry wraps up Lifetimes Tour in Abu Dhabi at F1 weekend

ABU DHABI: Katy Perry wrapped up her Lifetimes Tour in Abu Dhabi on Sunday as the finale of the four-day Formula One race weekend, celebrating McLaren’s championship win, which sealed their title earlier that day at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The singer delivered a stellar show, performing some of her greatest hits, including “Teenage Dream,” “Firework,” and “Roar.” She also brought to the stage some of her new music from her latest album “143,” including “Woman’s World,” “Lifetimes,” and “Nirvana.”

She dedicated her emotional ballad “Unconditionally” to the audience, saying she would always love them unconditionally.




Katy Perry’s show featured strong visuals and multiple set changes. (Supplied)

Perry’s show featured strong visuals and multiple set changes that incorporated flight elements, LED lights, and more. The theme of the show centered around her journey through an intergalactic dimension that Perry is tasked with saving.

The production of the show was impressive, featuring intricate light designs and long-form choreography as well as a live band. The singer had multiple set and costume changes, which kept the audience engaged and helped set the tone for each segment of the show.

One major letdown, however, was the lack of fireworks during her song “Firework.” Although fireworks were set off after Perry left the stage, I was expecting them to go off during the song. Instead, confetti showered the audience.

Perry’s show in Abu Dhabi comes as the top-selling artist makes international headlines for posting a picture on Instagram with Justin Trudeau, making her rumored relationship with the former Canadian prime minister official.

Perry posted a carousel of photos on Saturday, featuring herself and Trudeau posing cheek-to-cheek while visiting Japan as part of her world tour.


Highlights from Saher Nassar’s ‘Chronicles from the Storm’ exhibition in Dubai

Updated 27 February 2026
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Highlights from Saher Nassar’s ‘Chronicles from the Storm’ exhibition in Dubai

DUBAI: Here are three highlights from Saher Nassar’s ‘Chronicles from the Storm,’ which runs until March 18 at Zawyeh Gallery in Dubai.

‘Chronicles No. 1’

In his latest solo exhibition, the Palestinian artist “reimagines events that push past emotional capacity toward moral exhaustion, questioning the ethical certainty of the human spirit when faced with immense suffering,” according to the show catalogue, with works that “contemplate the devaluation of hope as a fundamental factor of human survival, sometimes revealed as currency for escape, sometimes seen in people resorting to their primal instincts to endure.”

‘Chronicles No. 8’

“Drawing from both personal and collective experiences, the exhibition unfolds as a layered reflection on how repeated trauma reshapes perception, belief, and the instinct to survive,” a press release for the show states. “Nasser translates lived realities into visual studies that move beyond immediate reaction. Rather than seeking resolution or catharsis, the works dwell in a state of moral exhaustion.”

‘Chronicles No. 3’

In “Chronicles from the Storm,” the UAE-based multidisciplinary artist is not attempting to offer answers, the press release suggests; rather, he is “bearing witness” and “inviting viewers to sit with unresolved questions and the uneasy persistence of the human spirit in the aftermath of the storm.” The works on show “carry a restrained intensity, resisting spectacle in favor of contemplation,” the release continues.