Katy Perry Dealt Another Blow After Blue Origin Spaceflight As US Tour Dates Face ‘Poor Ticket Sales’

Katy Perry hit back at the backlash she received for her Blue Origin space flight during the opening night of her “Lifetimes” tour in Mexico City. However according to reports the 'Hot N' Cold singer is still struggling to sell tickes for the US leg, which kicks off in Houston, Texas in two weeks.

via: Daily Mail

The California Gurls singer, 40, launched her Lifetimes Tour last night in Mexico and will embark on a string of dates across North America in support of her seventh studio album, 143, which was widely panned by critics on its release in September.

But Perry is facing a worrying lack of sales, with rows of seating still available at multiple venues, according to official seat maps on Ticketmaster.

Insiders claim she had hoped to emulate the success Taylor Swift achieved with her record breaking Eras tour, but there are fears Perry’s place on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin flight has scuppered her chances of securing last minute sales.

Dates in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Denver, Colorado, are particularly bad, with row upon row of seats still available, while swathes of tickets - which cost upwards of $50 - and resale are on offer for the first US date in Houston on May 7.

The numbers are also concerning for her May 9 date in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with multiple rows of seating still available.

While it is unclear how many of her VIP packages, which cost upwards of $200, are still available, there are tickets for most nights, as well as resales which are being listed for over $1000 on some dates. It is a similar fate for Beyonce's upcoming Cowboy Carter tour which kicks off on Monday.

‘There were already concerns about poor ticket sales even before Blue Origin,’ one source told DailyMail.com. ‘They were pretty dismal. Katy truly believed her tour would take off like Taylor’s.

‘Some higher-ups at Live Nation were sceptical from the beginning. There are talks about what to do if the venues don’t fill up further.’

Poor ticket sales is the latest blow to the beleaguered star who was this week forced to cancel two concerts in Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 1 and 2 as the stadium she was scheduled to perform in was not built in time.

‘I wish I could fix this but it is beyond my control,’ she told devastated fans, adding she will ‘create something special for the fans in Guadalajara in the future.’

But there are a handful of locations that look close to selling out. These include Perry's upcoming shows in Chicago, Illinois, on May 12 and multiple dates outside of the US. Seat maps for dates in Canada's Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto in late July and early August show whole blocks of seating have been booked up.

Extra dates were also added in Europe and Australia due to high demand.

Perry is experiencing poor sales for her date at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 13. The swathe of blue is unsold seats

It is an equally as poor state of affairs for her night in Denver, Colorado, on May 15

The second date on the North American leg in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has struggled to shift tickets

The news came amid the ongoing backlash over her much-derided 11-minute space flight which saw her join Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, as well as NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and activist Amanda Nguyen, on the all-female Blue Origin fleet.

Perry was seen floating inside the capsule holding a daisy in a nod to her four-year-old daughter Daisy, whom she shares with her fiance Orlando Bloom.

She was ridiculed on landing back to Earth and emerging with the flower in hand which she held to the sky before dropping to her knees and kissing the ground.

'It's not about singing my songs. It's about a collective energy in there. It's about us. It's about making space for future women and taking up space and belonging,' she said in a post-flight interview.

'And it's about this wonderful world that we see right out there and appreciating it. This is all for the benefit of Earth.'

It wasn’t long before she was branded ‘tone deaf’ and 'dramatic' for her actions, which came days after NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after being stranded in space for more than nine months.

An inside source told DailyMail.com that she had regrets about ‘making a public spectacle out of’ the trip, which she reportedly thought would be ‘good PR for her tour.’

She appeared to address her critics at the CDMX Arena in Mexico City last night, posing to the audience: 'Has anyone ever called your dreams crazy?'

Perry also posed for a selfie with two men wearing blue NASA jumpsuits.

Perry was already facing an uphill battle after her album 143 became the lowest scoring on Metacritic since 2011 when it dropped back in September 2024.

Perry faced intense criticism ahead of its release over her decision to collaborate with Dr. Luke.

The music producer, 50, was embroiled in a highly publicized legal battle with Kesha, 37, in which he was accused of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. He denied the claims. Kesha also alleged that Perry was a victim – something she denied.

The pair reached a settlement in 2023.

‘Katy’s feeling the pressure right now and has been trying to calm her doubts by focusing on her family,’ said a second insider. ‘She knows ticket sales in America are underwhelming, but she genuinely wants to deliver the best possible show for her fans.

‘She was convinced her album would be a hit, but it didn’t resonate with her fans. She wanted to do an album her way and use Dr. Luke, which was not a wise decision. Then she agreed to do the space flight thinking that it would be good PR for her tour, but it backfired.’

Dates in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Denver, Colorado, are particularly bad, with row upon row of seats still available, while swathes of tickets - which cost upwards of $50 - and resale are on offer for the first US date in Houston on May 7.

Perry will play 81 dates across North and South America, Canada, Europe, and Australia as well as two nights in China, before wrapping up in Abu Dhabi on December 7.

She told fans to ‘come as YOUR favorite timeline’ from her decades-long career, revealing they ‘miiiiiight be joining me on stage at the show.’

It is perhaps no surprise that Perry looked to Swift, 34, whose record-breaking Eras Tour surpassed $1 billion in revenue, making it the highest grossing of all time.

Spanning over 3.5 hours, each show consists of a 44-song set list from the singer's 17-year career.

Meanwhile, Madonna's Celebration Tour, which paid homage to her four decade-long career, made an impressive $77 million in ticket sales.