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California Dreams Tour
World tour by Katy Perry
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumTeenage Dream
Start dateFebruary 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)
End dateJanuary 22, 2012 (2012-01-22)
Legs8
No. of shows124
Box office$59.5 million ($78.3 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
Katy Perry concert chronology

The California Dreams Tour was the second concert tour by American singer Katy Perry, in-support of her third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010). The tour played 124 shows, beginning February 20, 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal and concluding on January 22, 2012 in Pasay, Philippines. It visited Europe, Oceania, Asia and the Americas.[2] The tour became an international success, with tickets selling out and ranking 16th in Pollstar's "2011 Top 25 Worldwide Tours", earning over $59.5 million[3] from over 1 million tickets sold. At the end of 2011, Billboard ranked it #13 on its annual "Top 25 Tours", earning nearly $48.9 million.[4] It won an award for Favorite Tour Headliner at the 38th People's Choice Awards.[5]

Background

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Perry performing "Thinking of You" at the Zénith de Paris in Paris in March 2011

In October 2010, Perry told MTV about the California Dreams Tour, saying "I guess I'm looking forward to making music videos on this new album..... and I'm really excited about incorporating the look and the idea of some of the songs on tour and making a massive production of it. I'm gonna want a lot of visuals. I want it to be 10 times better than when I was on tour last."[6] Baz Halpin was hired to direct the tour and production on the tour began in November 2010. Perry chose Halpin as the director after seeing his work with Pink and wanted the tour to look like the work of artists Will Cotton and Mark Ryden. The show was originally conceived as a more intimate, theater-based production, with only one or two smaller indoor arena dates; however, as Perry's global popularity was rising, the tour was upgraded and revamped to accommodate significantly larger venues, capable of holding anywhere from 5,000 to nearly 30,000 spectators. With the tour’s restyling came a larger, rolling stage, with more lighting and larger video screens, as well as more dramatic costume changes. Fourteen trucks were required to move the entire spectacle. Tour director Baz Halpin designed the show to be a "jukebox musical."[7][8][9]

While promoting the Teenage Dream album, Perry expressed that she wanted her upcoming tour to be very visual, stating "I hope that it's going to engage all of your senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch".[10] The tour was officially announced in October 2010 by several media outlets, including Perry's official website, in-conjunction with the release of her third single, "Firework". In 2011, Perry announced the North American tour during a Facebook Live chat. She stated that the tour would display "super girl power", with female artists, like Swedish pop star Robyn, Yelle, Marina Diamandis, and Janelle Monáe, as opening acts on various dates. Perry further stated she would actively participate with fans during the tour via social media, namely Facebook and Twitter.

Perry opening the show

British singer Jessie J, a personal friend of Perry, was confirmed as a support act during the final autumnal leg of the tour, but was ordered by doctors to cancel after an injury during tour rehearsals; Perry was instead supported by fellow UK indietronica artist Ellie Goulding.[11][12][13]

Calvin Harris was advertised as the opening act for Perry during the English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish shows;[14] on March 27, 2011, Perry announced, via Twitter, that Harris was "no longer involved" with the tour. Harris cited technical restrictions as the reason for his cancellation, and he was replaced by DJ Skeet Skeet.[15]

While Perry was performing at the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, New Zealand, on May 10, 2011, a 24-year-old female was injured in the floor section of the venue (in front of the stage), suffering a black eye along with small cuts and bruises. The woman later stated she was attacked by another female concert attendee, who had been standing in-front of her, when she was aggressively told to "stop pushing".[16]

Perry announced on her website that over $150,000 was raised for the Tickets-For-Charity fundraiser, from which a portion of proceeds are donated to charity. The money was divided between three charities—the Children's Health Fund (CHF), Generosity Water, and the Humane Society of the United States.[17] EMI donated a signed album by Perry to an auction for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Auckland. The auction was for the promotion of several California Dreams Tour dates in New Zealand. The auction closed on May 31, 2011.[18] In November, Perry announced a free show at Staples Center in Los Angeles,[19] which was recorded for a tour DVD.[20] The recordings were later used for her documentary film, Katy Perry: Part of Me.

Concert synopsis

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Perry performing live Guadalajara, Mexico

The show begins with a video screen introduction directed by Cole Walliser which tells the story of a girl named Katy who lives in a colorless world wasting her life cutting meat for a mean old butcher. One night, Perry escapes her dreadful reality by falling asleep and visits a vibrant candy land in search of her pet cat, Kitty Purry, and also for her love interest, the Baker's Boy, played by Nick Zano.[21] Katy appears on stage and starts performing "Teenage Dream" with her dancers, while wearing a white dress with spinning peppermints.[22] "Hummingbird Heartbeat" and "Waking Up in Vegas" are performed next, the latter accompanied by a human slot machine, showgirls and an Elvis Presley impersonator.[23] She leaves the stage briefly for a costume change while a video interlude shows Perry taking a shortcut that leads her into a candy forest where she meets two naughty mimes who join her on stage to perform "Ur So Gay". At the end of the performance, Perry takes a bite of their magical brownie.[21] Perry then makes a wardrobe change on stage, trading her skirt for a feathered tail while she begins to perform "Peacock", an elaborated feathered fan dance number.[21] After that, she is covered by peacock tails held by her dancers, and makes a costume change on stage by removing her peacock tail and wears a colorful vampy torch-singer garb over her blue suit. Perry interacts with the audience and invites a male fan on stage to flirt and kiss,[24] and then goes on to perform a slow version of "I Kissed a Girl" which shortly transforms into a rock version. Perry then exits the stage for a costume change while two female dancers keep dancing on stage until the song ends.

Perry closing the show with a performance of "California Gurls" at the KeyArena in Seattle on July 21, 2011

In the next section, a video interlude reveals that the mimes' brownie has transformed Perry into a catwoman, a plan executed by the evil butcher all along. "Circle the Drain" gets performed while Perry battles her dancers who are dressed as butchers before going into "E.T." where laser beams run across the stage while a futuristic lyrics video is projected on the screens.[24] The show continues with "Who Am I Living For?" in which she was captivated by her dancers and strapped with elastic strings while being thrown back and forth and at the end of the performance is left on the ground defeated. She is then saved by her two backup singers who dress her in a sparkling dress and moves into "Pearl", at one moment she is lifted in the air sitting in the backs of two aerialists, while near the end Perry moves into the end of the catwalk on the stage where an area of the stage goes up in the air lifting her up. After a brief video interlude, Perry reappears on stage sitting on a swing to perform "Not Like the Movies".[25] During the performance, Katy is lifted high above the stage as images of cartoons kissing are projected behind her.[25] At the end of the number, Perry and her band move to the catwalk. Perry interacts with the audience, and introduces her band members, and picks her guitar to perform an acoustic version of "The One That Got Away", while in selected UK dates, Perry mashed the song with Adele's "Someone Like You". Then, she goes on to perform an acoustic medley of songs such as Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)", Jay Z's "Big Pimpin'", Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair", and Rebecca Black's "Friday" while interacting with the public.[26] A giant pink colored cloud descends to the stage and Perry gets on top of it, she is then elevated above the crowd and performs "Thinking of You".[27] When Perry exits the stage, the band and the dancers perform a medley of songs such as "I Want Candy", "Milkshake", "How Many Licks?", and "Tootsee Roll.

Another video interlude starts playing where Perry finally finds Kitty Purry and is now headed to the Big Bakers City Ball wearing a blue wig to meet her lover, the Baker's Boy. Trying to decide on what to wear, Perry starts performing "Hot n Cold", magically going through seven costume changes[24] bursting immediately into "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". During this song, photos of fans are displayed on the screens.[28] This is followed by a cover of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody", in which Perry and her cat Kitty Purry invite up to 20 fans onto the stage at the end of the number. After a high-energy and sparkly performance of "Firework" the encore begins with the final interlude of the show, which reveals that Perry has been dreaming all along, suddenly the Baker's Boy enters her room dressed in a gingerbread costume to deliver cupcakes she has ordered for breakfast. Perry returns to the stage for a performance of "California Gurls" dressed in a silver bra shaped like Hershey's Kisses, dancing with a line of Gingerbread men, and dousing the crowd with a whip cream bazooka. At the end, Perry and the dancers bow to the audience as the curtain falls down.[22]

Reception

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Perry at le Zénith de Paris

The tour received positive reviews from music critics. Bridget Jones from Stuff NZ gave it an excellent review. She said "There was no doubt her fans were left with a truly sweet taste in their mouths after one of the most extravagant and fun performances Vector Arena has seen in a long time".[29] Bernadette McNulty from The Daily Telegraph gave it four out of five stars, complimenting storyline of the tour itself. She had noted "Her California Dreams tour is less of a pop concert and more of a megawatt jukebox musical." They had said that it features all the glitz and glamour, but said that the music lacks a few and it doesn't leave a trace to remember.[30] Jon Mitchell from MTV reviewed the concert at Uniondale and said that "The show stuck so impressively to its storyline about Perry's travels through Candy Land in pursuit of "the baker's boy" that it could almost be a jukebox Broadway musical in the vein of "Rock of Ages" or "Mamma Mia."[23]

Joseph Brannigan Lynch from Entertainment Weekly reviewed the tour through the night in New Jersey, which featured Robyn. He gave it a positive review, but said: "Say what you will about Katy Perry—sure, she has a weak singing voice and her songs are mostly devoid of substance—but as a courier of frothy delights and eye-catching effulgence, she's become one of today's most-satisfying pop stars."[31] Metro.co.uk gave it a positive review. They had said, "The show had a sweet theme and Katy performed in a front of a candy cane staircase against a backdrop of giant lollipops in a characteristically outlandish outfit of glittery fishnet stockings, a sparkly heart-shaped corset and a bright pink tutu."[32] John Mitchell from MTV News gave the concert a very positive review. He had said "It was colorful, triumphant and the perfect way to end a near-perfect pop show" and also added, "Unlike many of her dance-pop contemporaries (think Lady Gaga or Britney Spears), Perry left most of the dancing to her talented backup troupe, who were introduced individually during solos to popular candy-related songs."[23] Emily Mackay from NME gave it a positive review.[33]

Accolades

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Year Award Result
2011 Billboard Touring Awards for Top Tour 13th
2011 Pollstar for Top 25 Worldwide Tours 16th
2011 Capricho Awards for Melhor Show Nominated
2011 MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Live Act Won
2011 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Music: Tour Won
2012 People's Choice Awards for Favorite Tour Headliner Won
2012 Parnelli Awards for Lighting Designer of the Year (Baz Halpin) Won
2012 Parnelli Awards for Pyro Company of the Year (Strictly FX) Won

Broadcasts and recordings

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Perry performing "Who Am I Living For?" at the Zénith de Paris

Perry's performance at the Rock in Rio festival was broadcast live in Brazil on Multishow, Globo.com, and Rede Globo, and aired live, internationally, on YouTube.[34] In March 2012, Perry announced, via Twitter,[35] the release of her autobiographical documentary, Katy Perry: Part of Me, to be released on July 5, 2012 with Paramount Pictures. The "rockumentary" contains various behind-the-scenes interview clips and performances from the tour, with most being recorded in Los Angeles on November 23, 2011.[20]

Set list

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This set list is from the show on June 15, 2011 in Columbia, Maryland. It is not intended to represent all concerts for the tour.[36]

Notes
  • "One of the Boys" was played instead of "Hummingbird Heartbeat" in the first night of the tour and "Hot n Cold" was played during the encore.[citation needed]
  • "Friday" was not performed during the first European leg[37] and Perry sang "Born This Way" instead at selected dates, such as in Paris, France.[38]
  • At selected dates of the second leg in Europe, Perry performed a mash-up of "The One That Got Away" and "Someone like You".[39]
  • On August 5, Rebecca Black joined Perry onstage to perform "Friday".[40]

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets, and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
Leg 1 — Europe[41]
February 20, 2011 Lisbon Portugal Campo Pequeno DJ Skeet Skeet 6,162 / 6,271 $283,541
February 23, 2011[a] Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum 11,218 / 11,218 $458,765
February 25, 2011 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 5,111 / 5,111 $343,709
February 26, 2011 Munich Germany Zenith Munich 5,883 / 5,883 $227,176
February 27, 2011[b] Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 12,332 / 12,570 $700,273
March 4, 2011[c] Berlin Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle 7,443 / 8,950 $331,308
March 6, 2011[d] Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle 4,800 / 4,800 $201,365
March 7, 2011 Paris France Zénith de Paris 12,149 / 12,149 $767,981
March 8, 2011
March 10, 2011 Brussels Belgium Forest National 8,000 / 8,000 $378,028
March 11, 2011 Cologne Germany Palladium Köln 4,008 / 4,008 $177,640
March 14, 2011 Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 6,916 / 6,916 $269,295
March 15, 2011 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall 5,462 / 5,607 $259,120
March 17, 2011 London England Hammersmith Apollo 14,777 / 14,777 $593,333
March 18, 2011
March 19, 2011
March 21, 2011 Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester 7,057 / 7,221 $258,929
March 22, 2011
March 27, 2011 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool 11,052 / 11,052 $398,646
March 28, 2011 Dublin Ireland O2 Dublin 9,122 / 9,122 $413,390
March 30, 2011 Nottingham England Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 9,095 / 9,095 $327,291
March 31, 2011 Bournemouth Windsor Hall 6,211 / 6,306 $223,635
April 1, 2011 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff 7,530 / 7,530 $272,067
April 3, 2011 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena 11,304 / 11,304 $412,296
April 4, 2011 Birmingham Genting Arena 14,999 / 14,999 $543,572
April 5, 2011 Glasgow Scotland SEC Centre Hall 4 5,460 / 5,460 $198,206
April 9, 2011 London England Wembley Arena 11,251 / 11,507 $466,903
Leg 2 — Oceania[42]
April 28, 2011 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena Zowie 24,649 / 24,649 $2,228,150
April 29, 2011
May 2, 2011 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre 8,805 / 9,426 $803,497
May 4, 2011 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre 22,834 / 24,146[e] $2,031,140[e]
May 5, 2011 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 23,910 / 27,144[f] $2,107,890[f]
May 7, 2011 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena 22,905 / 23,938 $1,435,140
May 8, 2011
May 10, 2011 Wellington TSB Bank Arena 5,726 / 5,830 $381,959
May 13, 2011 Newcastle Australia Newcastle Entertainment Centre Zowie
DJ Skeet Skeet
7,043 / 7,407 $706,342
May 14, 2011 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre Zowie [e] [e]
May 15, 2011 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre [f] [f]
Leg 3 — Asia[43]
May 22, 2011 Nagoya Japan Zepp Nagoya
May 23, 2011 Tokyo Studio Coast
May 24, 2011
May 26, 2011 Osaka Zepp Osaka
Leg 4 — North America[44][45][46][47]
June 7, 2011 Duluth United States The Arena at Gwinnett Center Robyn
DJ Skeet Skeet
10,341 / 10,341 $460,845
June 9, 2011 Orlando UCF Arena 7,792 / 7,792 $350,640
June 10, 2011 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum Robyn 10,558 / 10,558 $441,652
June 11, 2011 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center 12,014 / 12,014 $488,685
June 14, 2011 Raleigh RBC Center Robyn
DJ Skeet Skeet
10,352 / 10,352 $429,952
June 15, 2011 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 17,553 / 18,000 $538,879
June 17, 2011 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 12,358 / 12,615 $580,647
June 18, 2011 Boston TD Garden 12,589 / 12,589 $577,977
June 19, 2011 Newark Prudential Center 13,321 / 13,321 $580,198
June 23, 2011 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center Marina and the Diamonds
DJ Skeet Skeet
8,610 / 8,610 $387,450
June 24, 2011 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 14,931 / 14,931 $631,978
June 25, 2011 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 5,323 / 5,323 $239,535
June 28, 2011 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,144 / 14,144 $559,870
June 29, 2011 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 28,794 / 28,794 $1,260,890
June 30, 2011
July 2, 2011 Montreal Bell Centre 12,906 / 12,906 $607,562
July 3, 2011 Ottawa Scotiabank Place 13,426 / 13,596 $620,394
July 5, 2011 Cleveland United States Quicken Loans Arena 11,602 / 11,836 $413,850
July 7, 2011[g] Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater 20,417 / 20,764 $596,935
July 13, 2011 Regina Canada Brandt Centre Janelle Monáe
DJ Skeet Skeet
6,296 / 6,466 $306,020
July 14, 2011 Winnipeg MTS Centre 11,405 / 11,695 $542,272
July 16, 2011[h] Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 12,357 / 12,727 $719,219
July 17, 2011 Edmonton Rexall Place 13,701 / 13,750 $600,540
July 19, 2011 Vancouver Rogers Arena 13,359 / 13,906 $670,037
July 20, 2011 Seattle United States KeyArena Robyn
DJ Skeet Skeet
12,294 / 12,609 $437,120
July 22, 2011 Portland Rose Garden 10,259 / 11,059 $392,854
July 23, 2011 Boise Taco Bell Arena 7,747 / 7,995 $310,440
July 25, 2011 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena 11,745 / 12,080 $432,840
July 26, 2011 Broomfield 1stBank Center 5,608 / 5,868 $259,602
July 28, 2011 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie 6,431 / 6,431 $289,395
July 29, 2011 Houston Toyota Center 12,235 / 12,235 $511,777
July 30, 2011 Austin Frank Erwin Center 8,429 / 8,429 $379,305
August 3, 2011 Phoenix Comerica Theatre 4,741 / 4,925 $186,145
August 5, 2011 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre L.A. Live 20,769 / 20,769 $745,534
August 6, 2011
August 7, 2011
August 9, 2011 San Diego Valley View Casino Center Oh Land
DJ Skeet Skeet
10,306 / 10,306 $431,760
August 12, 2011 San Jose HP Pavilion 12,373 / 12,660 $500,445
August 13, 2011 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl Oh Land 9,698 / 9,698 $382,012
August 14, 2011
August 17, 2011 Kansas City Sprint Center Janelle Monáe 12,995 / 12,995 $469,625
August 19, 2011 Nashville Bridgestone Arena Janelle Monáe
DJ Skeet Skeet
12,122 / 12,122 $500,567
August 20, 2011 St. Louis Scottrade Center 12,005 / 12,005 $497,910
August 21, 2011[i] Rosemont Allstate Arena Natalia Kills 13,617 / 13,617 $482,205
August 23, 2011[j] St. Paul Xcel Energy Center 14,402 / 14,402 $476,819
September 1, 2011 Zapopan Mexico Telmex Auditorium Natalia Kills
DJ Skeet Skeet
8,451 / 8,578 $598,316
September 3, 2011 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes 16,869 / 16,884 $707,031
September 5, 2011 Monterrey Arena Monterrey 9,944 / 9,958 $633,530
September 7, 2011 San Antonio United States AT&T Center Janelle Monáe
DJ Skeet Skeet
9,733 / 10,165 $398,565
September 8, 2011 New Orleans New Orleans Arena 11,496 / 11,496 $474,350
September 10, 2011 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 13,555 / 13,555 $599,319
September 13, 2011 Columbus Nationwide Arena
September 14, 2011 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse 9,693 / 10,360 $408,062
September 16, 2011 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha 9,967 / 13,440 $438,735
September 17, 2011 Tulsa BOK Center 12,475 / 12,475 $519,442
Leg 5 — South America[44][51][52]
September 23, 2011[k] Rio de Janeiro Brazil Parque dos Atletas
September 25, 2011 São Paulo Chácara do Jóquei DJ Skeet Skeet 25,784 / 25,784 $2,705,710
September 27, 2011[l] Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio G.E.B.A.
Leg 6 — Europe[45][46]
October 12, 2011 Sheffield England Motorpoint Arena Sheffield Oh Land
DJ Skeet Skeet
12,650 / 12,650 $543,527
October 14, 2011 London The O2 Arena 31,250 / 31,708 $1,474,670
October 15, 2011
October 18, 2011 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool
October 19, 2011 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
October 24, 2011 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena 9,932 / 9,932 $493,104
October 26, 2011 Birmingham England National Indoor Arena 13,581 / 13,581 $597,314
October 27, 2011 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
October 29, 2011 Aberdeen Scotland Press & Journal Arena
October 31, 2011 Manchester England Manchester Evening News Arena 15,429 / 15,429 $679,914
November 1, 2011 Glasgow Scotland SEC Centre Hall 4
November 3, 2011
November 4, 2011
November 5, 2011 Nottingham England Capital FM Arena Nottingham
November 7, 2011 Dublin Ireland The O2 18,250 / 18,250 $935,460
November 8, 2011
Leg 7 — North America[55]
November 15, 2011 Hartford United States XL Center Ellie Goulding 9,998 / 10,500 $401,772
November 16, 2011 New York City Madison Square Garden
November 19, 2011 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
November 21, 2011 Oakland Oracle Arena 12,303 / 12,303 $554,075
November 22, 2011 Los Angeles Staples Center 13,332 / 13,332 $569,016
November 23, 2011[m]
Leg 8 — Asia[57][58]
January 19, 2012 Bogor Indonesia Sentul Auditorium
January 22, 2012 Manila Philippines SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds
Total 1,069,921 / 1,090,011 (98.15%) $52,125,081

Cancelled shows

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List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
December 1, 2011 Grand Rapids United States Van Andel Arena Unforeseen circumstances and scheduling conflicts[59]
January 1, 2012 Corpus Christi American Bank Center Arena

Personnel

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Main

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  • Show Director — Baz Halpin
  • Production & Lighting Design — Baz Halpin & Chris Nyfield
  • Production Manager — Jay Schmit
  • Programming — Baz Halpin & Bryan Barancik
  • Lighting Director — Brad Teagan
  • Lighting Crew Chief — John Chiodo
  • Lighting Crew — Mat Hamilton, Andy Cimerman, Wayne Kwiat, & Daniel Kirkman
  • Video Director — Richy Parkin
  • Video Producer — Olivier Goulet
  • Video Technical Director — Olivier Goulet
  • Video Projectionist — Jason Lowe
  • Video Tech — Gordon Davis
  • Tour Manager — Fitzroy Hellin
  • Stage Manager — Aaron Draude
  • Event Manager — Jordan Ford
  • General Management — Meghan Brown
  • Riggers — Chuck Melton & John Williamson
  • Pyro — Phil Maggs
  • Lighting Company — Upstaging Inc.
  • Video Company — Chaos Visual Productions
  • Set Construction — ShowFX Inc.
  • Staging Company — All Access Staging & Productions
  • Lasers — Laser Design Productions
  • Photography — Baz Halpin & Todd Kaplan
  • Fashion Stylist — Meghan Brown
  • Dancers — Leah Adler, Lockhart Brownlie, Anthony Burrell, Lexie Contursi, Ashley Ashida Dixon, Brandee Evans, Bryan Gaw, Malik LeNost, Rachael Markarian, Scott Myrick, Cassidy Noblett, Anne Stenberg, & Darine Stenberg

Band

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  • Lead vocals & guitar — Katy Perry
  • Background vocals — Lauren Allison Ball & Tasha Layton
  • Musical director & drums — Adam Marcello
  • Guitars — Casey Hooper & Patrick Matera
  • Keyboards — Max Hart
  • Bass — Joshua Moreau

Notes

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  1. ^ The February 23, 2011 concert in Milan at Mediolanum Forum was originally scheduled to take place at PalaSharp, but was rescheduled due to high demand.
  2. ^ The February 27, 2011 concert in Vienna at Wiener Stadthalle was originally scheduled to take place at Gasometer, but was rescheduled due to high demand.
  3. ^ The March 4, 2011 concert in Berlin at Max-Schmeling-Halle was originally scheduled to take place at Columbiahalle, but was rescheduled due to high demand.
  4. ^ The March 6, 2011 concert in Frankfurt at Jahrhunderthalle was originally scheduled to take place in Offenbach at Stadthalle Offenbach, but was rescheduled due to high demand.
  5. ^ a b c d The score data is combined from the two shows held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on May 4 and 14 respectively.
  6. ^ a b c d The score data is combined from the two shows held at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on May 5 and 15 respectively.
  7. ^ The July 7, 2011 concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Marcus Amphitheater was a part of Summerfest 2011.[48]
  8. ^ The July 16, 2011 in Calgary, ALberta at the Scotiabank Saddledome was a part of the Calgary Stampede.[49]
  9. ^ The August 21, 2011 concert in Rosemont, Illinois at the Allstate Arena was originally scheduled to take place on July 8, but was postponed due to Perry having food poisoning.[50]
  10. ^ The August 23, 2011 concert in St. Paul, Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center was originally scheduled to take place on July 9, but was postponed due to Perry having food poisoning.[50]
  11. ^ The September 23, 2011 concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the City of Rock was a part of Rock in Rio V festival.[53]
  12. ^ The September 27, 2011 concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the Estadio G.E.B.A. was a part of the Pepsi Music Festival.[54]
  13. ^ The November 23, 2011 concert in Los Angeles at Staples Center was a free concert as a thank you from Perry to her fans.[56]

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