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Katy Perry has kicked off her career-spanning ‘Lifetimes’ tour in Mexico City – check out the full setlist and footage of the gig below.
On Wednesday (April 23), Perry embarked on her first tour – save for her Las Vegas residency in 2023 – since 2018’s ‘Witness’ run in Mexico City. The tour, dubbed ‘Lifetimes’, sees her perform hits from across her discography, with several debuts and reintroductions of old fan favourites along the way.
For her first show on the tour, she kicked off the set with the live debut of ‘Artificial’, before transitioning to ‘Chained to the Rhythm’, ‘Teary Eyes’ and ‘Dark Horse’. Later on, she ran through a collection of hits including ‘California Gurls’, ‘Teenage Dream’, ‘Hot N Cold’, ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) and ‘I Kissed a Girl’.
She then performed ‘Not Like The Movies’, marking the first time it’s been played since 2012. After that, she performed ‘The One That Got Away’ as the fan request of the night, before debuting ‘All The Love’.
Perry closed out her set with another collection of hits and fan favourites, including ‘E.T.’, ‘Roar’, ‘Lifetimes’ and set-closer ‘Firework’.
‘Artificial’ (live debut)
‘Chained to the Rhythm’
‘Teary Eyes’
‘Dark Horse’
‘Woman’s World’
‘California Gurls’
‘Teenage Dream’
‘Hot n Cold/Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)’
‘I Kissed A Girl’
‘Nirvana’
‘Crush’
‘I’m His, He’s Mine’
‘Wide Awake’
‘Not Like The Movies’ (first time since 2012)
‘The One That Got Away’
‘All The Love’ (live debut)
‘E.T.’
‘Part Of Me’
‘Rise’
‘Roar’
‘Daisies’
‘Lifetimes’
‘Firework’
Later in the year, Katy Perry will hit the UK and Europe – see the full list of dates and get tickets here.
The tour’s commencement follows the singer announcing earlier this week the cancellation of two shows in Guadalajara in May as the venue they were meant to take place in will not be constructed in time. The tour also comes shortly after her highly criticised space flight earlier in the month. Perry was one member of the first all-female space mission in history.
During their voyage, Perry sang Louis Armstrong’s ‘What A Wonderful World’ and revealed the setlist for her upcoming ‘Lifetimes’ tour. She was later seen holding a daisy to the sky and kissing the ground upon returning from space.
The trip has sparked memes and controversy, and she has also garnered criticism from other celebrities for taking the space flight, with actress Olivia Munn branding Perry “gluttonous”, Emily Ratajkowski saying she was similarly “disgusted” by the space flight and Lily Allen calling the mission “out of touch”, saying there was “no fucking reason” for it.
The fast food chain Wendy’s also criticised the project, jokingly asking if they could “send Katy Perry back to space”. The quip appeared to be subtly endorsed by singer Kesha in a social media post.
Gayle King has since responded to the controversy and defended the flight, saying: “Have you been? Have you been? If you’ve been and you still feel that way after you come back, please let’s have a conversation. Number three, please don’t call it ‘a ride’, that is not a friggin’ ride. Whenever a man goes up, you have never said to an astronaut ‘boy what a ride’.”
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Oliver Tree’s team has provided a new update following the singer’s death in a helicopter crash on June 14, confirming that a new artist grant will soon be established in his memory to help creatives secure funding, a plan he had detailed in his will before his passing.
Accompanying a collection of photos highlighting Tree’s performances, travels and creative work through the years, a post shared Sunday (June 21) on his Instagram account revealed that the musician’s remains have been brought back to California, the state he called home and where he will be laid to rest. “His legacy will live on through his foundation/endowment named ‘Dr. Oliver Tree’s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses’ coming soon,” the caption reads. “This is something that Oliver had put together before his passing.”
“We will make sure his wish comes to fruition so that more joy, love and art can be spread into the world, that was his final wish,” the statement continued, adding that “the constant love, support and positivity” shown by fans throughout the past week has helped his “family, friends and collaborators make it through these extremely difficult times.”
Tree was among six people who lost their lives in a helicopter collision in Rio de Janeiro. The musician was in Brazil for his The World’s First Tour run and had performed what would ultimately be his final concert on June 6 in São Paulo. The other victims of the crash were identified as passengers Lucas Vignale, Gaspar Prim and Lucas Brito Chaves, along with pilots Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac.
Just months before his death, Tree discussed his plans to direct his fortune and future earnings from his music toward a grant program for artists during an appearance on the Zach Sang Show. “I take no credit for anything I’ve ever done,” he said during the April interview. “Furthermore, I don’t believe that any of the wealth or things that get made from it is mine. So when I die … my will is set up so that when I pass, my family, nobody is going to get a penny.”
“If I have a wife or kids or anything, they’re not getting a penny,” he added at the time, explaining that the initiative would focus on helping artists create work rather than funding education. “I’ll get my kids through college, that’s the agreement, but there’s not gonna be a silver spoon. All the money is going to go back to artists.”
