Katy Perry confirms her first Australian tour in seven years on the eve of her AFL Grand Final performance

Katy Perry has confirmed she is officially going to tour Australia for the first time in seven years.

On the eve of her performance at the 2024 AFL Grand Final in Melbourne this weekend, the 143 songstress revealed she's set to return to the land Down Under next year as part of her global Lifetimes Tour.

And, for once, fans in Brisbane and Perth are not going to miss out.

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In a series of posts scattered across her Instagram account today, the 39-year-old 'Queen of Camp' confirmed she would be performing five shows across the country in June 2025.

Two of those shows will be at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, with Perry performing one concert each in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

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The last time Perry toured Australian soil was in 2018 as part of Witness: The Tour – by the time she kicks off her Australian leg in Sydney on June 9, 2025, seven years would have passed since then, during which she has released two more albums.

Fans, however, can get a taste of what's to come when she takes the stage at Melbourne Cricket Ground ahead of Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions facing off on Sunday.

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Katy Perry Australia tour dates

• Sydney, Qudos Bank Arena, June 9
• Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena, June 12 and June 13
• Brisbane, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, June 17
• Perth, RAC Arena, June 22

How to get Katy Perry tickets – and when do they go on sale?

Tickets for Perry's Lifetimes Tour's Australian leg go on sale to the public at 10am local time on Friday, October 4, however, there are a series of pre-sales available.

The first is the Telstra Plus pre-sale, which is only available to Telstra customers and kicks off at 10am local time on Friday, September 27.

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Universal Music's fan pre-sale also kicks off at 10am local time on Friday, September 27, and runs until 11.59pm local time on Sunday, September 29, or until tickets run out.

That's only available to those who pre-ordered 143 from The Sound of Vinyl AU before 10am AEST in Thursday, September 26.

There are also Snaffle, Foxtel and TEG Dainty/MyTicketek pre-sales spread across October 1 to October 4.

There is a purchase limit of eight per transaction on all sales. For full terms and conditions and further information, head to Ticketek.

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