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Witness: The Tour
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Tour by Katy Perry
Associated album Witness
Start date September 19, 2017
End date August 21, 2018
Legs 5
Shows 52 in North America
11 in Latin America
8 in Asia
20 in Europe
14 in Oceania
105 total
Gross revenue $122 Million
Katy Perry tour chronology
'Prismatic World Tour
(2014-15)
Witness: The Tour
(2017-18)
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Promotional tour image.

Witness: The Tour (also referred to as Witness: The World Tour) [1] is the fourth concert tour by Katy Perry in support of her fifth studio album Witness. The tour began on September 19, 2017, in Montreal, Canada, at the Bell Centre, and concluded on August 16, 2018, in Sydney, Australia at the Qudos Bank Arena. The tour grossed $122 million with 1.2M of tickets sold in 113 shows worldwide.

Pre-sale for fans began May 18, 2017 through Ticketmaster's Verified Fan system. Fans register for the date they are interested in and receive a code through email which they can use to access the pre-sale. A copy of the album will be included with every ticket purchase.

Background[]

The tour was announced on May 15, 2017 after being teased for a few days prior. Advertisements begun with an image of Perry's eye with the date "May 15" appearing in Times Square of New York City. Perry partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to donate tickets to club members and volunteers. Free tickets could be earned by signing up at GlobalCitizen.org and volunteering to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America. $1 per every ticket sold will also be donated to Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

The first leg was announced in North America across the United States and Canada. The leg will run from September 2017 until February 2018. The second leg was announced on June 2, 2017 taking place across Europe. The leg will run from May to June 2018. The third leg was announced on June 30, 2017 taking place across Oceania. The leg will run from July 2018 to August 2018. One month later, three additional Australian dates were added following popular demand. The tour was originally scheduled to begin in Columbus on September 7, 2017. However, Perry revealed on August 17 that due to production delays, the tour has been rescheduled to begin September 19, 2017, with opening night set in Montreal at the Bell Centre. She also confirmed that Noah Cyrus, Purity Ring, and Carly Rae Jepsen would respectively serve as opening acts from September 19 to November 1, November 7 to December 20, and January 5, 2018 to February 5, 2018.

Concert synopsis []

Act I - "Manifesto"[]

Shortly before the show begins, the stage's eye-shaped screen displays a video of Perry's eye for a few moments. The eye transforms into a galaxy and a journey through outer space is shown, leading to a red-colored planet. The screen opens to reveal Perry riding upon a star-shaped structure, wearing a bejeweled and hooded red outfit with sunglasses. She performs the final chorus of "Witness", followed by "Roulette" which she sings on top of giant climbable dice. "Dark Horse" is then sung, with Perry and her dancers atop of moving platforms. Perry performs "Chained to the Rhythm" next, with large puppets dressed in suits and sporting televisions for heads moving around the stage. The Oliver Heldens remix plays as an outro as the television-headed dancers chase Perry off-stage.

Act II - "Retrospective"[]

A video interlude is played that shows a clock running backwards alongside childhood photos of Perry, as her backing singers perform portions of "Act My Age". Perry emerges wearing a pantsuit with a grid design, while her dancers wear shape-themed outfits. "Teenage Dream" is performed, which culminates in Perry and her dancers performing synchronized choreography while sitting on a floating cuboid. Perry removes her jacket to reveal an LED top that displays the lyrics of "Hot N Cold" as Perry performs the song with an electric guitar. The song transitions into "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)", which sese Perry and her backup singers accompanied by giant flamingo puppets. Perry's female dancers wear paper doll cut-outs of her most memorable outfits during "California Gurls", and she is also joined by the Left Shark that featured in her Super Bowl XLIX halftime show. Perry and the Left Shark then typically bring out an oversized telephone, with which Perry calls someone close to her, such as her parents. Giant lips emerge from behind the stage, which Perry is lifted inside while performing "I Kissed a Girl".

Act III - "Sexual Discovery"[]

An interlude is played, which features Perry floating through space. The stage is adorned with huge roses, and Perry emerges wearing a black-and-white, polka dot latex outfit. She performs "Déjà Vu", followed by "Tsunami", during which she dances on a rotating pole. Venus flytrap props are added to the stage, and Perry sings "E.T." as she is joined onstage by a dancer in stilts, dressed as an alien insect. "Bon Appétit" is performed next. Towards the end of the song, jeweled flies are attached to Perry's costume and she lies on a leaf, while dancers pour glitter on her from oversized salt and pepper shakers. The performance samples a portion of Janet Jackson's song "What Have You Done for Me Lately", which Perry performs with her backing singers.

Act IV - "Introspective"[]

Perry exits the stage for a short time, while multi-colored planets descend from the venue's ceiling, and Perry emerges from a planet wearing a crystal-covered gown and wig. She sings "Wide Awake" and "Thinking of You" with an acoustic guitar as the planet she is sitting on flies around the venue. Perry then moves to the Drop Zone, an area of the stage in which she is closest to fans. She brings down a "Shooting Star" where she then invites a fan to join her on stage to make a wish. On some dates she performs "Save As Draft" in this section. She goes on to sing "Power" while walking through the crowd, touching fans as she passes, at the end of which Perry is given angel wings.

Act V - "Emergence"[]

The next segment of the show is introduced with a interlude which shows a planet of toys and video games. Afterwards an interlude showing Perry wearing a motorcycle helmet appears with a robotic voice singing "I see you...you see me..". She appears from behind the stage riding a motorcycle and wearing a striped blue outfit, and performs "Hey Hey Hey", followed by "Part of Me". A huge basketball net appears on stage for "Swish Swish", which Perry sings alongside dancers holding inflatable basketballs. Perry interrupts the song to hold an impromptu basketball game, during which she competes against a father of a young attendee from the audience. She finishes the song joined by her dancers on trampolines. "Hard Knock Life", from the musical Annie, plays as an introduction to the next song: "Roar". Perry then exits as a large lion's head emerges from behind the screen.

"Encore"[]

Perry, in sequined purple gown, returns to the stage to sing "Pendulum". A large clock pendulum carries her to the end of the stage, where a hand that rises from beneath the stage. The pendulum lands on the hand's palm and Perry then steps onto it to sing "Firework" for the encore. At the end of the song, the hand closes up with Perry inside as she ends the show, with fireworks erupting.

Stage design[]

Promotional videos[]

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Katy Perry WITNESS- The Tour Australia 2018

Opening acts[]

Leg 1 — North America[]

Leg 3 — South America[]

  • Little Mix (Argentina - 3/11/18)
  • Bebe Rexha (Brazil - 3/14/18, 3/16 - 3/17/18)

Set list[]

WTTSetlist

Official setlist.

Act I — Manifesto

  1. Galaxy/In The Space Intro
  2. "Witness" (shortened) / Roulette"
  3. "Dark Horse" (Remix)
  4. "Chained to the Rhythm" (Remix with the Oliver Heldens Remix as outro)

Act II — Retrospective

  1. Interlude: Act My Age
  2. "Teenage Dream(Remix)
  3. "Hot N Cold" / Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
  4. "California Gurls" (Remix)
  5. "I Kissed a Girl" (Remix)

Act III — Sexual Discovery

  1. Roses/Celestial Body Interlude
  2. "Déjà Vu"
  3. "Tsunami"
  4. "E.T."
  5. "Bon Appétit(Contains elements of "What Have You Done For Me Lately" by Janet Jackson)

Act IV — Introspective

  1. Interlude: Mind Maze
  2. "Wide Awake(Acoustic)
  3. "Thinking of You" (Acoustic)
  4. "Power"

Act V — Emergence

  1. Video Game/Motorcyclist Interlude
  2. "Part of Me" (Remix)
  3. "Swish Swish" (with Basket Ball mini-game)
  4. "Roar" (Intro samples "It's The Hard Knock Life" from the musical, Annie)

Act VI — Encore

  1. Pendulum (added in May)
  2. "Firework"

Notes

  • At selected dates, Perry performed "Save as Draft" before "Power".
  • On October 6, 2017 in New York City, Perry performed an acoustic version of "Part of Me" before "Power", rather than later in the show as a dedication to her fans for coming after the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting.
  • "Hey Hey Hey" is omitted on some dates and eventually removed.
  • "Wide Awake" was performed lieu of "Thinking of You" on December 4, 2017. After it became part of the set list.
  • "Into Me You See" was first performed live March 26, 2018 in Japan. The song was added to the set list after.
  • "Pendulum was performed on May 4, 2018. After it became part of the set list.
  • "By The Grace of God" was first performed on this tour on May 19, 2018 as part of the benefit concert in Santa Barbara, CA. The song was performed again in Manchester, UK on June 22, 2018 being dedicated to the victims of the bombing that occurred during Ariana Grande's concert there in 2017.
  • Perry performed a cover of Joan Osborne’s song “What If God Was One of Us” during the Barcelona date.
  • During a Show in Amsterdam, when left shark was on the stage, katy sung a Snippet of All You Need Is Love Before it was actually released

Shows[]

 
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
Leg 1 — North America
September 19, 2017[a] Montreal Canada Bell Centre Noah Cyrus
September 21, 2017 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena 6,334 / 6,554 $1,704,881
September 22, 2017 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 8,577 / 12,163 $752,651
September 24, 2017[b] Columbus Schottenstein Center
September 25, 2017 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 11,503 / 12,512 $1.261.215
September 29, 2017 Boston TD Garden
September 30, 2017
October 2, 2017 New York City Madison Square Garden 21,688 / 22,667 $2,618,096
October 6, 2017
October 8, 2017 Newark Prudential Center 10,067 / 11,307 $1,118,597
October 9, 2017[c] Quebec City Canada Videotron Centre 11,798 / 12,700 (92%) $996,542
October 11, 2017 Brooklyn United States Barclays Center 9,055 / 11,712 $1,002,705
October 12, 2017[d] Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
October 16, 2017 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 9,192 / 12,267 $689,988
October 18, 2017 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 8,276 / 8,868 $695,4589
October 22, 2017 St. Louis Scottrade Center
October 24, 2017 Chicago United Center
October 25, 2017
October 27, 2017 Kansas City Sprint Center 8,507 / 10,351 (82%) $820,925
October 31, 2017[e] Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
November 1, 2017[e]
November 7, 2017 Los Angeles United States Staples Center Purity Ring
November 8, 2017
November 10, 2017
November 14, 2017 San Jose SAP Center 10,770 / 11,797 (91%) $1,211,375
November 24, 2017 Salt Lake City Vivint Smart Home Arena
November 26, 2017 Denver Pepsi Center
November 28, 2017 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha
November 29, 2017 Tulsa BOK Center 10,243 / 11,208 (92%) $672,842
December 1, 2017 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
December 2, 2017 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena
December 4, 2017 Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center
December 6, 2017 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
December 7, 2017 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
December 9, 2017 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,595 / 9,595 (100%) $871,077
December 10, 2017 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 8,744 / 11,373 $896.760
December 12, 2017 Atlanta Philips Arena 8,782 / 10,580 $950,017
December 15, 2017 Tampa Amalie Arena 9.334 $981.256
December 17, 2017 Orlando Amway Center 10,071 / 11,294 (89%) $1,145,356
December 20, 2017 Miami American Airlines Arena 12,754 / 12,754 (100%) $1,570,092
January 5, 2018 New Orleans Smoothie King Center Carly Rae Jepsen
January 7, 2018 Houston Toyota Center 9,665 / 10,432 (92%) $1,139,385
January 10, 2018 San Antonio AT&T Center
January 12, 2018 North Little Rock Verizon Arena 10,270 / 12,000 (85%) $793,991
January 14, 2018 Dallas American Airlines Center
January 19, 2018 Glendale Gila River Arena
January 20, 2018 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena 12,944/13,947 $1,230,517
January 31, 2018 Sacramento Golden 1 Center
February 2, 2018 Portland Moda Center 11,756 $1,144,786
February 3, 2018 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 17,136 / 17,970 (95%) $1,436,723
February 5, 2018 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 22,888 $1.761.537 February 6, 2018
Leg 2 — Latin America
March 8, 2018 Santiago Chile Pista Atlética Estadio Nacional Augusto Schuster
March 11, 2018 Buenos Aires Argentina Club Ciudad Lali
March 14, 2018 Porto Alegre Brazil Arena do Grêmio Valéria

Bebe Rexha

March 17, 2018 São Paulo Allianz Parque Bebe Rexha
March 18, 2018 Rio de Janeiro Barra Olympic Park
March 21, 2018 Lima Peru Jocky Club Parcela H
Leg 3 Asia
March 27, 2018 Tokyo Japan Saitama Super Arena TBA
March 28, 2018
March 30, 2018 Hong Kong

AsiaWorld-Expo

April 2, 2018 Manila Philippines Mall Of Asia Arena
April 4, 2018 Taipei Taiwan Taipei Arena
April 6, 2018 Seoul South Korea Gocheok Sky Dome - -
April 8, 2018 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium Zedd
April 10, 2018 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena India Carney
April 14, 2018 Jakarta Indonesia Indonesia Convention Exhibition
Leg 4 — Latin America
May 3, 2018 Mexico City Mexico

Arena Cuidad

de Mexico

CYN 44,000 / 44,000 $2,872,249
May 4, 2018
May 8, 2018 Monterrey Arena Monterrey 29,000 / 29,000 $1,722,614
May 9, 2018
May 11, 2018 Guadalajara Arena VFG 10,359 / 10,359 $1,093,943
May 19, 2018 Santa Barbara Unted States Santa Barbara Bowl
Leg 5 — Europe
May 23, 2018 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena Tove Styrke 15,311 / 15,311 $1,330,383
May 24, 2018 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 15,025 / 15,025 $1,255,551
May 26, 2018 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
May 27, 2018
May 29, 2018 Paris France AccorHotels Arena 29,647 / 29,647 $2,841,439
May 30, 2018
June 1, 2018 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 12,000 / 12,000 $1,046,880
June 2, 2018 Bologna Italy Unipol Arena 12,706 / 12,706 $1,134,752
June 4, 2018 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
June 6, 2018 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena
June 8, 2018 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
June 10, 2018 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
June 14, 2018 London England The O2 Arena Hailee Steinfield
June 15, 2018
June 18, 2018 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
June 19, 2018 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
June 21, 2018 Liverpool Echo Arena
June 22, 2018 Manchester Manchester Arena
June 24, 2018 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro
June 25, 2018 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
June 28, 2018 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi - -
Leg 6 — Oceania
July 18, 2018

Johannesburg

South Africa

Ticketpro Dome

The Dolls

Elle B

39,616 / 39,616

$2,724,946

July 20, 2018

July 21, 2018

Leg 7 - Oceania

July 24, 2018

Perth

Australia

Perth Arena

Starley 22,633 / 22,992 $1,978,590
July 25, 2018
July 30, 2018 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
July 31, 2018
August 2, 2018 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 31,834 / 31,834 $3,390,085
August 3, 2018
August 5, 2018
August 8, 2018 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre Zedd 16,882 / 16,882 $1,836,124
August 10, 2018
August 13, 2018 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena
August 14, 2018
August 16, 2018
August 20, 2018 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena 18,800 / 18,800 $1,655,836
August 21, 2018
Total 1,097,501 / 1,273,559

(86%)

$120,779,403

Cancelled shows[]

Date City Country Venue Reason
September 16, 2017 Buffalo United States KeyBank Center Production delays
September 27, 2017 Charlotte Spectrum Center Scheduling conflict

References[]

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