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Posted by: Voodoo 20th March 2021, 09:17 PM

Katy Perry is planning a Las Vegas residency at The Theatre at Resorts World to start later this year, sources tell Billboard. The residency is expected to run into 2022.

Resorts World is Las Vegas' first new-from-the-ground-up casino-resort on the Strip in more than a decade. The 5,000-capacity Theater will run as a joint development in partnership with AEG Presents, exclusively programmed and operated by its Concerts West division. The $4.3 billion casino is expected to open this summer.

Perry, 36, rose to musical stardom in 2008 with “I Kissed a Girl,” and has been a popular artist since.

She’s had 34 songs hit the Billboard Hot 100, including 14 top 10 songs and nine chart toppers. She was named Top Female Artist by the trade magazine in 2014 and won for Best Pop/Rock Female Artist at the American Music Awards in 2011, 2012, and 2014.

In 2015, she headlined the Super Bowl halftime show. That performance drew record viewership of more than 118 million viewers.

For the past four years, Perry has been a judge on the second incarnation of American Idol. The show is no longer the ratings juggernaut it was during its initial run. However, Idol, which airs twice weekly, still has both episodes rank among the top 30 most-watched shows.

In the past decade, Perry has headlined three world tours. Her most recent one in 2018 ranked 29th that year, grossing $55.3 million, according to Pollstar. The 52-show tour in 41 cities sold more than 630,000 tickets at an average price of $87.30.

Last fall, Perry gave birth to her first child, a daughter. She’s engaged to actor Orlando Bloom.

Sauce: Billboard

Posted by: Dill Doe 20th March 2021, 10:52 PM

Mm, Billboard sauce!

Well, she knows her days of releasing big albums are over, so why not!

Posted by: Tafty 21st March 2021, 02:53 PM

Are you forgetting Gaga? Lmao. She literally just got her most commercially successful era since BTW a year or so after starting her (successful) Vegas show?

But anyway I think the Vegas stigma that you're referencing has long since been done and gone. Artists are happier and healthier doing Vegas shows and not getting worn out travelling etc.. it's a good paycheck for them.

Posted by: Dill Doe 23rd March 2021, 09:56 PM

Well, GaGa never did a Furtado. Katy is finished in the charts unfortunately, so Vegas is a great move for her.

Posted by: Jay❄ 13th May 2021, 12:06 AM

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!!!ᗩᖇᗴ YOᑌ ᖇᗴᗩᗪY TO ᑭᒪᗩY!!!

It’s a 🍄TRIP🍄 to finally be able to announce my brand new show #ᑭᒪᗩY a Las Vegas residency, opening December 29, 2021 at The Theatre @resortsworldlv. Everything you need to know about tickets is at the link in bio. GET PSYCHED‼️ #KATYPERRYPLAY

Posted by: Warwick Avenue 13th May 2021, 06:47 AM

What is doing a Furtado?

Posted by: George.keh 13th May 2021, 10:45 AM

I know she said somewhere she said her 20 most streamed songs will be the setlist but SURELY Waking Up In Vegas and Roulette need to make a VEGAS setlist???

Posted by: Warwick Avenue 13th May 2021, 11:23 AM

Waking Up In Vegas isn’t in her top 20 streamed?

Posted by: George.keh 13th May 2021, 12:27 PM

No sadly

Posted by: Warwick Avenue 13th May 2021, 09:07 PM

Madness, it’s one of her best songs.

Posted by: Dill Doe 13th May 2021, 10:39 PM

Taking four years off, baking pies and ignoring music, and then coming back with left-field pop that is out of the loop, ignoring their successful image and sound, and MAJORLY flopping.

Posted by: Warwick Avenue 14th May 2021, 03:54 AM

Thanks for cleaning that up, it makes complete sense now.

Posted by: JSG 14th May 2021, 06:22 PM

That's a real travesty. Waking Up In Vegas is a fonking banger

Posted by: JSG 14th May 2021, 06:25 PM

She literally made an album that sounded nothing like her two preceding albums, talking about witness here incase you didn't know it and that was a clearly deliberate move. I don't think she's chasing or setting trends now. And I mean regardless of what she does or doesn't do, I don't really think she cares what people on Buzzjack think of her career decisions. She's due to get married, has a child and is set for her Vegas residency. She's set for now imo.

Posted by: -Jay- 30th December 2021, 08:03 PM

Her Vegas residency 'Play' began yesterday (December 29th)!

Full set list here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYDTtwhh3s5/

^ Essential viewing, iconic already

Posted by: RobBot 30th December 2021, 08:52 PM

I feel like she's getting so much good press today after the start of her residency. It's been making me feel a bit happy emotional after a few eras of negativity or just being cast aside. She looks like she's in her ELEMENT, amazing visuals, camp and larger than life, just like her.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 30th December 2021, 11:38 PM

That 4 seconds alone is what I've really been missing from Katy for YEARS.

Posted by: Jord 31st December 2021, 12:24 AM

Regardless of what happens with any new music, I think she’ll always be able to sell a tour. She’s definitely capable of putting on a fun show with props and staging etc vocally she can be hit and miss live (haven’t seen all the tour videos going round so can’t judge so much on this tour) but I can’t fault the effort she puts into making her shows an experience for her fans and she looks like she’s thriving there!

Posted by: Sour Candy 31st December 2021, 06:46 AM

Yes she has the hits and charisma to carry a residency and even a nostalgia-driven tour even if her current songs don't bring any additional chart success.

Posted by: Voodoo 7th January 2022, 11:21 PM

Posted by: Cdelita 23rd January 2022, 12:27 PM

Walking On Air should have been a single

Posted by: Voodoo 4th March 2022, 10:18 PM