This icon has pop hits for days, even for lifetimes. Katy Perry announced Monday that she’ll bring her Lifetimes Tour to the United States this spring and summer, marking her first time hitting the road in more than seven years.
“We’re giving BPM. We’re giving celebration. We’re giving unity. We’re giving dance,” Perry tells Rolling Stone. “It will be like Disneyland on Wheels, as it always is. A feast for the eyes and the ears.”
Perry teased that she’ll play her “whole life” of hits thus far, while sprinkling in songs from last year’s 143 and 2020’s Smile, which didn’t get a tour after she welcomed her daughter Daisy that year.
“I always remember the audience is a hybrid of different types of people: It’s number one fans, and then it’s voyeurs. It’s people that only know me for one song, and then people that know ‘Simple,’” Perry says, referring to her 2005 deep cut featured on The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. “It’s such a smorgasbord. I have a responsibility to the audience to give them that singalong, to create that moment, and to bring out some nostalgia.”
Perry promises to include a segment of the tour to allow her fans to select seldom-played tracks for her to perform. “I also have a responsibility to myself to stay true to my art,” Perry adds. “And so, I’ll be introducing some new songs. And there will be a section that we have created for some songs that are the deepest cuts that have never seen the light of day.”
Tickets for the U.S. dates will go on sale Friday, Jan. 31 at 10 a.m. local time, although fans can start accessing presale tickets on Jan. 28 and 29.
Perry will kick off the Lifetimes Tour in Mexico City in late April, before embarking on a cluster of U.S. stops in May. She’ll then head to Australia in June, before returning to North America for shows in Canada and across the United States through late August. She’ll conclude the Lifetimes run by visiting South America and Europe.
Perry last hit the road in 2017 to celebrate her fourth studio album, Witness. She also hosted an 80-date residency at Las Vegas’ Resorts World, called Play, between 2021 and 2023. The singer most recently joined the Jingle Ball run for two shows in the U.S., performed at France’s Le Gala Des Pièces Jaunes last week, and performed for 100,000 people at Rock in Rio in September.
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Katy Perry’s North American Lifetimes Tour Dates
April 23 – Mexico City, MX @ Arena CDMX
April 25 – Mexico City, MX @ Arena CDMX
April 26 – Mexico City, MX @ Arena CDMX
April 28 – Monterrey, MX @ Arena Monterrey
April 29 – Monterrey, MX @ Arena Monterrey
May 1 – Guadalajara, MX @ Arena Guadalajara
May 2 – Guadalajara, MX @ Arena Guadalajara
May 7 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
May 9 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
May 10 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
May 12 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
May 13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
May 15 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
May 17 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
May 20 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
May 21 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
July 12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
July 13 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
July 15 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
July 18 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
July 21 – Seattle, WA Climate @ Pledge Arena
July 22 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
July 24 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
July 26 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre
July 29 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre
July 30 – Montréal, QC @ Bell Centre
Aug. 1 – Québec City, QC @ Centre Videotron
Aug. 3 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Aug. 5 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Aug. 6 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Aug. 8 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Aug. 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Aug. 11 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Aug. 14 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Aug. 15 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
Aug. 17 – Raleigh, NC @ Lenovo Center
Aug. 19 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Aug. 20 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Aug. 22 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
