Adelaide, Australia - Pop star Katy Perry narrowly avoided disaster at her latest stop on her Lifetimes Tour in Adelaide, Australia.

Footage from last Sunday shows the 40-year-old floating in a steel sphere in the Adelaide Entertainment Center.

As crew members hold onto the sphere, the spotlight is directed at Katy before the lights go out entirely.

The sphere is then illuminated in purple light as the next song plays, with the metal set piece expected to be pulled up into the roof.

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But something is not right – Katy is visibly surprised and appears to lose her footing before grabbing onto the ropes dangling above her.

The audience goes quiet, and the lights are shut off. The sphere then begins to swing before the Firework singer's crew comes to the rescue.

The sphere is slowly lowered to the floor, and the crew guides Katy slowly back to safety.

The rocky performance comes amid a tumultuous time for the pop star, who recently split from her fiancé, actor Orlando Bloom, after nearly a decade together.

The day after the sphere mishap, Katy grew emotional on stage as she told the crowd that their support "means the world" to her, fan-captured footage revealed.