Katy Perry

The mechanical tiger and dancing sharks at her Super Bowl performance stole all the headlines, but that show also confirmed what we've been suspecting for quite a while now: hate her or love her, Katy Perry is now one of those larger-than-life pop phenomena that float somewhere high above critical scrutiny, disconnected from mundane concerns like taste and deeper meaning. She now brings her Prismatic World Tour to Tokyo for a two-night stop – applications for the early-bird ticket lottery are taken now through ePlus, while general sale starts on March 7.