Katy Perry, the pop star whose Teenage Dream yielded five US number ones, brought The Lifetimes Tour to The O2 arena for two nights, her first UK tour in over seven years.
Katy Perry played The O2 arena on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 October 2025, her first UK tour in over seven years.
Perry was born Katheryn Hudson in Santa Barbara, California, in 1984, the daughter of Pentecostal pastors. At 16 she released a gospel album under her own name, then moved to Los Angeles and signed to Capitol Records. One of the Boys, in 2008, carried I Kissed a Girl to the top of the US chart. Prism, in 2013, added Roar and Dark Horse. Teenage Dream, in 2010, remains the only album by a woman to produce five US number ones, among them California Gurls, Firework and E.T.
She holds seven diamond certifications from the American recording industry and was the first artist with several videos past a billion views on YouTube. In April 2025 she flew into space aboard a Blue Origin rocket. 143, her 2024 album, supplied the newest songs.
The Lifetimes Tour was staged as a video game in five levels. It opened with Artificial, from 143, and ran through Dark Horse, Teenage Dream and Hot n Cold. Last Friday Night and I Kissed a Girl arrived in the second level. One interlude, Choose Your Own Adventure, let the crowd vote for surprise songs, and the vote brought The One That Got Away. The main set closed on Lifetimes and Firework.