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Katy Perry To Donate One British Pound Per Ticket On UK Tour To Grassroots Venues
Katy Perry just announced the South American, Australian and UK legs of her 2025 “The Lifetimes Tour,” and the UK dates come with a special promise: Katy Perry will donate £1 from every ticket sold on her UK dates to the country’s struggling grassroots music venues.
“The Lifetimes Tour” kicks off April 23 at Mexico City’s Arena CDMX. It will stay in Mexico until the beginning of may, visit Australia in June, South America in September, before heading to the UK in October 2025.
The UK leg starts in Scotland, at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Oct. 7, continuing through Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, and culminating at The O2, London, Oct. 13.
Having played her first UK show at Water Rats in Kings Cross, London, in 2008, followed by a performance at London’s Scala later that year, Perry announced that £1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the Music Venue Trust, the UK charity which acts to protect, secure and improve UK grassroots music venues.
“Every £1 received from this scheme will go directly into initiatives to support the UK grassroots music community, bringing more great new music to more towns and cities,” the press announcement states.
Perry commented, “I’m proud to donate £1 from every ticket on the UK leg of ‘The Lifetimes Tour’ to Music Venue Trust so that venues like Water Rats and Scala, where I played my first UK shows, can continue to usher in the next generation of music talent.”
Mark Davyd, CEO Music Venue Trust, said, “We want to say a huge thank you to Katy and her team for stepping up to support grassroots music venues, artists and promoters. The contribution from these shows will keep venues open, get new and emerging artists out on tour, and enable promoters to bring the best in new music to our communities.”
Perry returned to the MTV VMA stage for the first time since 2017. Already counting five VMAs in her collection, she accepted the 2024 Video Vanguard Award, and performed a career-spanning medley of her biggest hits, including two tracks off her new album, 143, released on Sept. 20, 2024.
With a cumulative 115 billion streams, over 70 million adjusted album sales (streaming, downloads and physical sales expressed as the equivalent of album sales), and 143 million tracks, Katy Perry is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. She is one of only twelve artists in history to have surpassed 100 million certified units.
“The Lifetimes Tour” is Perry’s first tour since “Witness: The Tour” in 2017/2018. Through 2022 and 2023, she completed a successful Vegas residency at The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas. Across a total of 80 shows reported to Pollstar’s Boxoffice between 12/29/2021, and 11/04/2023, Perry mover 309,016 tickets at a $46,434,399 gross.
She’s now the second major act to pledge their support for grassroots music venues in the UK, following Coldplay, who’ve announced that 10% of the band’s proceeds from its 2025 stadium concerts at Wembley, London, and Craven Park, Hull shows will be donated to the UK’s Music Venue Trust.
Katy Perry “The Lifetimes Tour” 2025:
April 23 – Arena CDMX – Mexico City, Mexico
April 25 – Arena CDMX – Mexico City, Mexico
April 26 – Arena CDMX – Mexico City, Mexico
April 28 – Arena Monterrey – Monterrey, Mexico
April 29 – Arena Monterrey – Monterrey, Mexico
May 1 – Arena Guadalajara – Guadalajara, Mexico
May 2 – Arena Guadalajara – Guadalajara, Mexico
June 9 – Qudos Bank Arena – Sydney, Australia
June 10 – Qudos Bank Arena – Sydney, Australia
June 12 – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne, Australia
June 13 – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne, Australia
June 14 – Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne, Australia
June 17 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – Brisbane, Australia
June 18 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – Brisbane, Australia
June 22 – RAC Arena – Perth, Australia
June 23 – RAC Arena – Perth, Australia
June 26 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre – Adelaide, Australia
June 27 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre – Adelaide, Australia
June 29 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre – Adelaide, Australia
June 30 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre – Adelaide, Australia
Sept. 6 – Estadio Bicentenario La Florida – Santiago, Chile
Sept. 9 – Movistar Arena – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sept. 14 – The Town 2025 – Sao Paulo, Brazil
Oct. 7 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, Scotland
Oct. 8 – AO Arena – Manchester, England
Oct. 10 – Utilita Arena – Sheffield, England
Oct. 11 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham, England
Oct. 13 – The O2 – London, England