Hello Katy Tour

The Hello Katy Tour was the debut solo concert tour by American singer Katy Perry, in support of her second studio album, One of the Boys (2008). It ran from January 23, 2009, to November 28, 2009, and visited North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Hello Katy Tour

World tour by Katy Perry
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	One of the Boys
Start date	January 23, 2009
End date	November 28, 2009
Legs	10
No. of shows	95
Box office	$1.5 million ($2.13 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
Katy Perry concert chronology

Background

Perry first announced the tour in November 2008, following the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, which she hosted.^[2] The tour's title was inspired by, and is a play on, the Japanese Sanrio character Hello Kitty. In an interview with Billboard, Perry stated, "I have the guy who creates stages for Madonna working on this tour; I'm indulging my obsession with fruit and cats and designing all different outfits."^{[citation needed]}

Concert synopsis

Perry performing in Detroit, Michigan on March 27, 2009

The stage design featured a white picket fence, mailbox, oversized pink flamingos, inflatable plastic fruit, and a giant cat named Kitty Purry that glowed during the encore. Perry had two costumes during the show. During the encore, she would appear dressed as a cat.^[3]

Each show opened with "California Girls" by The Beach Boys being played as Perry appeared on the stage. "Fingerprints", "One of the Boys", "Hot ‘n Cold", "Self Inflicted" and a cover of The Outfield’s "Your Love" followed. After this section, Perry would pick up her guitar and perform an acoustic version of "Mannequin" and "Thinking of You". The next songs were "Ur So Gay" and "Waking Up in Vegas", upon which confetti rained-down onto the audience. Perry continued her act with "Lost", "I'm Still Breathing", "I Think I'm Ready" and "If You Can Afford Me". At this point of the concert, Perry would exit the stage for a costume change and re-appear, dressed as a cat. A stage-prop of a massive cat’s head would glow as Perry covered Queen's song "Don't Stop Me Now". Perry would conclude the show with "I Kissed a Girl", and exit the stage after thanking the audience.

Critical reception

The Orange County Register called the tour "a surprisingly strong performance" in a positive review.^[4] In a negative review, Variety called the tour "chilly" and "calculated".^[5] Seventeen, impressed with the tour, posted a list of ten things they liked about it.^[6]

Set list

1. "Fingerprints"
2. "One of the Boys"
3. "Hokey Pokey"
4. "Hot n Cold"
5. "Self Inflicted"
6. "Mannequin"
7. "Thinking of You"
8. "Ur So Gay"
9. "Waking Up in Vegas"
10. "Lost"
11. "I'm Still Breathing"
12. "I Think I'm Ready"
13. "If You Can Afford Me"

Encore

14. "I Kissed a Girl"

Notes

1. "Hackensack", a Fountains of Wayne cover, was performed after "Lost" on August 21 and August 29.
2. "Don't Stop Me Now" was played before the encore on July 28. "Starstrukk" was played as an encore instead with a special appearance by 3OH!3.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Leg 1 — North America[7]
January 23, 2009	Seattle	United States	Showbox at the Market
January 25, 2009	Vancouver	Canada	Commodore Ballroom
January 27, 2009	Portland	United States	Crystal Ballroom
January 28, 2009	San Francisco		The Fillmore
January 29, 2009	Sacramento		Empire Events Center
January 31, 2009	Los Angeles		Wiltern Theatre
February 2, 2009	Tucson		Centennial Hall
February 3, 2009	Tempe		Marquee Theatre
February 5, 2009	San Diego		House of Blues
February 10, 2009	Salt Lake City		In the Venue
Leg 2 — Europe[7]
February 20, 2009	Hanover	Germany	The Dome 49
February 22, 2009	Stockholm	Sweden	Nalen
February 23, 2009	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
February 25, 2009	Manchester	England	Manchester Academy
February 26, 2009	London		KOKO
February 27, 2009
March 1, 2009	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Melkweg
March 2, 2009	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre
March 4, 2009	Munich	Germany	TonHalle
March 5, 2009	Neu-Isenburg		Hugenottenhalle
March 6, 2009	Hamburg		Große Freiheit
March 7, 2009	Brussels	Belgium	Ancienne Belgique
Leg 3 — North America[8][7]
March 19, 2009[a]	Austin	United States	Stubb's
March 23, 2009	Kansas City		Beaumont Club
March 24, 2009	Minneapolis		First Avenue
March 26, 2009	Chicago		House of Blues
March 27, 2009	Detroit		Clutch Cargo's
March 28, 2009	Cleveland		House of Blues
March 30, 2009	Toronto	Canada	The Guvernment
March 31, 2009	Montreal		Metropolis
April 1, 2009	Boston	United States	House of Blues
April 3, 2009[b]	Palm Springs		Convention Center
April 5, 2009	Philadelphia		The Fillmore
April 6, 2009	New York City		The Fillmore
April 7, 2009
April 8, 2009
April 10, 2009	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club
April 11, 2009	Myrtle Beach		House of Blues
April 14, 2009	Nashville		Cannery Ballroom
April 15, 2009	Atlanta		Center Stage
April 28, 2009	St. Petersburg		Jannus Landing
April 29, 2009	Fort Lauderdale		Revolution Live
May 2, 2009[c]	Birmingham		Jefferson Convention Conplex
May 7, 2009[d]	Miami		The Fillmore
May 11, 2009	Dallas		House of Blues
May 12, 2009	Houston
Leg 4 — Asia[7]
May 25, 2009	Osaka	Japan	Club Quattro
May 26, 2009	Nagoya
May 28, 2009	Tokyo		Duo Music Exchange
May 29, 2009
Leg 5 — Europe[7]
June 1, 2009[e]	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Landgraaf Megaland Park
June 9, 2009	London	England	O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
June 10, 2009
June 11, 2009	Brighton		Brighton Dome
June 13, 2009[f]	Crans-près-Céligny	Switzerland	Port de Crans
June 14, 2009	Zürich		Volkshaus
June 16, 2009	Paris	France	L'Olympia
June 17, 2009	Lyon		Le Transbordeur
June 19, 2009[g]	Scheeßel	Germany	MSC Eichenring
June 20, 2009[h]	Cologne		Palladium Köln
June 21, 2009	Tuttlingen		Flugplatz Tuttlingen
June 23, 2009[r]	Milan	Italy	Idroscalo
June 25, 2009	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
June 26, 2009[i]	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes
June 27, 2009[i]	Málaga		Auditorio Municipal
June 28, 2009	Lisbon	Portugal	Campo Pequeno
July 2, 2009[j]	Nibe	Denmark	Skalskoven
July 4, 2009[k]	Werchter	Belgium	Festival Grounds
July 5, 2009[l]	Arras	France	Main Square
July 6, 2009	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal
July 9, 2009	Istanbul	Turkey	True Blue Fenerbahçe
July 11, 2009[m]	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	T in the Park
July 12, 2009[n]	Kildare	Ireland	Oxegen 2009
Leg 6 — North America[8][7]
July 25, 2009	Boston	United States	Agganis Arena
July 26, 2009	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre
July 28, 2009	New York City	United States	Hammerstein Ballroom
July 30, 2009	Atlantic City		Borgata Event Center
August 2, 2009	Houston		Verizon Wireless Theater
August 4, 2009[o]	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Leg 7 — Oceania[8][7]
August 12, 2009	Brisbane	Australia	The Tivoli
August 14, 2009	Melbourne		The Forum
August 17, 2009	Sydney		Enmore Theatre
August 18, 2009
Leg 8 — Europe[8][7]
August 21, 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	Barrowland Ballroom
August 22, 2009[p]	Staffordshire	England	Weston Park
August 23, 2009[p]	Chelmsford		Hylands Park
August 25, 2009	Birmingham		O2 Academy Birmingham
August 26, 2009	Newcastle		O2 Academy Newcastle
Leg 9 — North America[8][7]
August 29, 2009	Los Angeles	United States	Hollywood Palladium
August 30, 2009	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl
September 4, 2009	Salem		Oregon State Fair
September 5, 2009[q]	Seattle		Seattle Center
Leg 10 — Asia[8][7]
November 14, 2009	Pasay	Philippines	SM Mall of Asia[r]
Leg 11 — Europe[8][7]
November 28, 2009	Ischgl	Austria	Silvrettaseilbahn AG – Ischgl

^ a This concert is a part of the South by Southwest Festival.^[9]
^ b This concert is a part of the Dinah Shore Weekend.^[10]
^ c This concert is a part of the Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil.^[11]
^ d This concert is a part of the Grammy Celebration Concert Tour.^[12]
^ e This concert is a part of the Pinkpop Festival.^[13]
^ f This concert is a part of the Caribana Festival
^ g This concert is a part of the Hurricane Festival^[14]
^ h This concert is a part of the Southside Festival^[15]
^ i This concert is a part of the U18 Festival^[16]
^ j This concert is a part of the Nibe Festival
^ k This concert is a part of the Rock Werchter^[17]
^ l This concert is a part of the Main Square Festival
^ m This concert is a part of the T in the Park^[18]
^ n This concert is a part of the Oxegen^[19]
^ o Katy opened for No Doubt on this date; She later joined them on stage to sing a cover of Adam and the Ants' "Stand & Deliver".
^ p These concerts are a part of the V Festival^[20]
^ q This concert is a part of the Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival
^ r This concert is for the benefit of the Typhoon "Ondoy" victims that happened last 23-30 of September, 2009 in the Philippines. Originally scheduled last 3 of October, 2009 but cancelled after Typhoon Ondoy struck the Philippines on 26 of September, 2009, one week before the original scheduled concert.^[21]

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Showbox at the Market	Seattle	1,150 / 1,150 (100%)	$19,980[22]
Commodore Ballroom	Vancouver	990 / 990 (100%)	$20,111[23]
The Fillmore	San Francisco	1,314 / 1,314 (100%)	$23,980[22]
Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles	2,690 / 2,690 (100%)	$44,913[22]
House of Blues	San Diego	1,000 / 1,000 (100%)	$18,000[22]
KOKO	London	2,752 / 2,800 (98%)	$53,623[22]
Ancienne Belgique	Brussels	1,850 / 1,850 (100%)	$49,080[22]
First Avenue	Minneapolis	1,534 / 1,534 (100%)	$36,816[22]
Clutch Cargo's	Detroit	1,121 / 1,275 (88%)	$21,438[24]
House of Blues	Cleveland	1,300 / 1,300 (100%)	$23,400[24]
House of Blues	Boston	2,597 / 2,597 (100%)	$43,650[22]
The Fillmore Irving Plaza	New York City	3,520 / 3,599 (98%)	$58,524[22]
9:30 Club	Washington, D.C.	1,200 / 1,200 (100%)	$21,600[22]
House of Blues	North Myrtle Beach	2,067 / 2,067 (100%)	$32,039[22]
Jannus Landing	St. Petersburg	1,429 / 1,500 (95%)	$22,732[22]
House of Blues	Dallas	1,647 / 1,647 (100%)	$29,658[22]
Shepherd's Bush Empire	London	3,960 / 3,960 (100%)	$94,726[22]
Brighton Dome	Brighton	1,819 / 1,819 (100%)	$40,143[22]
Agganis Arena	Boston	2,879 / 3,800 (76%)	$84,930[22]
Molson Amphitheatre	Toronto	6,531 / 8,000 (82%)	$163,072[22]
Hammerstein Ballroom	New York City	3,849 / 3,853 (99%)	$110,212[22]
The Borgata	Atlantic City	2,495 / 3,000 (83%)	$87,453[22]
Verizon Wireless Theater	Houston	3,262 / 3,262 (100%)	$41,360[22]
The Tivoli	Brisbane	1,357 / 1,500 (90%)	$62,416[22]
The Forum	Melbourne	1,318 / 1,500 (88%)	$65,587[22]
Enmore Theatre	Sydney	3,299 / 4,735 (70%)	$162,558[22]
O2 Academy Birmingham	Birmingham	3,000 / 3,000 (100%)	$66,746[22]
Hollywood Palladium	Los Angeles	3,044 / 4,940 (62%)	$45,939[22]
Santa Barbara Bowl	Santa Barbara	4,603 / 4,603 (100%)	$115,075[22]
TOTAL		69,577 / 76,485 (90.96%)	$1,508,092

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External links

• Perry's Official Website
• Annullato il concerto di Katy Perry a Milano