Reigning candy-pop queen Katy Perry comes to the Honda Center this week for a two-night run—so prepare your feisty tween selves for an overload of cupcake bras, pizza bikinis, dancing robots, and more gaudy glittery costume changes than an episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Rife with radio hits, Miss Perry's live shows are equal parts performance art and music concert—expect anything from massive peacock-tails to snowman costumes to surprise celebrity guest appearances. Just her third concert tour, this, dubbed The Prismatic World Tour, has already taken the star to Ireland, Scotland and England, but she's coming home to the States for a run before heading back overseas later this year. Say what you will about her sugar-rush style of bubblegum pop, we definitely commend her for this: a portion of the tour's proceeds benefit UNICEF, Autism Speaks, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Tue., Sept. 16, 7 p.m.; Wed., Sept. 17, 7 p.m., 2014