Katy Perry's Sydney concert disrupted by stage invader in security scare
A man has stormed the stage while Katy Perry was performing in Sydney on Monday night, shocking the singer and prompting a swift response from security guards.
The US pop star was singing one of her biggest hits during her second show at Qudos Bank Arena when a fan managed to bypass security and storm the stage.
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Perry was performing Hot N Cold with a guitar in hand when the concertgoer came up behind her and put his arm around the singer.
She looked visibly confused but handled it professionally, walking away while security rushed the stage.
Perry quickly addressed the incident saying: 'Well, there's never gonna be another show like this so just enjoy it, Sydney.'
Video shows multiple security guards surrounding the man and carrying him away.
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It's not the first time the concertgoer, whose name is Johnson Wen, has been in the spotlight for his antics.
Wen, who posts his stunts on TikTok, has a history of being a public nuisance and has disrupted the concerts of some of the world's biggest acts.
Just last year the 24-year-old managed to jump on stage and hug The Weeknd during one of his concerts in Melbourne at Marvel Stadium.
In an earlier incident, Wen delayed the men's 100m final at the 2024 Paris Olympics when he invaded the track, and he ran onto the pitch during the 2023 Cricket World Cup Final, where he approached cricketer Virat Kohli.
He was also fined $220 for a pitch invasion at a rugby game in January 2021, and $250 in November 2020 for dangling from a Brisbane footbridge.
Speaking to 7NEWS just after the incident at The Weeknd concert, Wen said he did not get scared during his stunts but rather felt a sense of 'euphoria'.
'I was extremely happy and as soon as I got to The Weeknd I knew that my plan worked.'
Wen posted several TikTok videos of himself running onstage during Perry's concert, captioning one video: 'Me running up to Katy Perry on stage. Katy Perry your songs are my childhood memory since 2008.'
The videos have so far garnered mostly disapproving comments.
'You suck for this,' one person said.
'Why is he not banned for future concerts,' said another.
Streakers can be fined up to $5000 in Australia or face a ban from the venue or sports game.
Perry is performing another show in Sydney on Tuesday night as part of her Lifetimes tour before jetting off to Melbourne where she will perform three shows.
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