Katy Perry has introduced a brand new out of doors present at Cardiff Fortress, going down in summer time 2026. Discover out ticket particulars under.
The newly introduced stay present can be one among solely two unique UK exhibits from the pop star in 2026, following her large area tour earlier this 12 months, which helped assist the Music Venue Belief.
For the large out of doors gig in Wales, the ‘Teenage Dream’ singer can be headlining the TK Maxx presents Depot Dwell at Cardiff Fortress on Tuesday, June 30.
She joins a stacked invoice for the Welsh out of doors summer time sequence, with The Streets, McFly, MIKA, Rubbish, Two Door Cinema Membership, Billy Ocean, and extra additionally introduced as headliners. DEPOT Dwell at Cardiff Fortress 2026 is offered by promoters DEPOT Dwell and Cuffe and Taylor.
“What’s up Wales? I can’t wait to see you guys and we’ll have a celebration you’ll always remember. It will likely be epic,” Perry mentioned forward of her journey to Cardiff, whereas DEPOT Dwell founder Nick Saunders added: “Katy Perry is an icon so we’re delighted to be welcoming her to Cardiff subsequent summer time.
“Given her famous person standing and the truth that that is one among solely two exhibits within the UK subsequent 12 months this can be a scorching ticket, so don’t delay on securing your home at what can be a superb evening on the fortress.”
Tickets go on sale on Friday (November 21) at 9am. Go to right here for tickets and extra data.
The information of the mammoth Cardiff present comes simply days after Perry introduced one other large UK headline present, going down on the 10,000-capacity Blenheim Palace Pageant in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
That gig will see the ‘E.T.’ hitmaker take to the stage on July 1, and be a part of others on the invoice together with Teddy Swims and Pete Tong. Exterior of the UK, subsequent summer time can even see Perry headline ‘Pop Day’ on the 2026 version of Rock In Rio Lisbon Pageant.
All new dates are available in celebration of her seventh album ‘143’, which NME awarded two stars and described as “a serviceable however barely boring assortment on which Perry struggles to relocate her outdated sense of enjoyable”.
The report additionally sparked backlash as a result of report seeing her work with Dr. Luke, regardless of the abuse and assault allegations towards him.
Again in September, Perry mirrored on her “rollercoaster 12 months” and instructed followers that she was performed “forcing” her profession. “No matter comes subsequent, I’m letting it unfold naturally,” she mentioned. “No forcing, no controlling – simply trusting the angels, the followers, and the music to information me the place I’m meant to go.”
One of many issues she was criticised for over the previous 12 months was her involvement in a controversial house flight mission in April, organised by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the place she was a member of the primary all-female house flight in historical past. Amongst those that didn’t approve of the journey was actress Olivia Munn who branded Perry “gluttonous”, Emily Ratajkowski who mentioned she was “disgusted” by the flight, and Lily Allen who referred to as the mission “out of contact”.
As she later kicked off her 2025 tour dates, she confronted different difficulties as there have been a number of situations of props malfunctioning, followers fainting on stage, and harsh criticism from some over the choreography.
Regardless of this, the tour grossed greater than $80million (£59million) in gross sales, and he or she has additionally launched ‘Bandaids’ as a brand new single, which makes nods to the issues she has overcome in current instances.
