Teary-eyed Katy Perry thanks fans as she closes out Australian show
Katy Perry is emotionally marking the end of a tour era.
On June 30, the popstar wrapped a four-show stint in Adelaide, Australia, which capped nearly four weeks of performing in the island country.
"Thank you for always being there for me, Australia; it means the world," a teary-eyed Perry told the crowd as her 4-year-old daughter Daisy Dove's vocals on her "143" album-closing track "Wonder" rang out in the arena. She shook off the emotion and said, "Now let's sing 'Firework!'"
AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R14ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R24ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeThe 40-year-old is almost a third of the way through her 2025 Lifetimes World Tour, which launched in late April and heads back to North America in mid-July to weave around the West Coast and Canada.
Katy Perry's essentials: Shows fueled by espresso, a 'California crunchy' diet, meditating
Perry's tour schedule overlapped with the highly anticipated – and controversially luxe – wedding between Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez. Over the weekend, Perry's fiancée, Orlando Bloom, flew solo as he attended various pre-wedding festivities.
Bloom was just one of the A-listers in a star-studded list of guests that included Sydney Sweeney, Oprah Winfrey,Ivanka TrumpandJared Kushner,Kim and Khloé Kardashian, andTom Brady.
AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R19ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R29ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeShe and Bloom started datingin 2016,briefly splitin 2017 andgot engagedin February 2019. Daisy Dove Bloom was born in August 2020.
Orlando Bloom posts about new beginnings, taking 'that first step'
After the lavish wedding weekend, Bloom posted some inspirational quotes on his Instagram Story on June 30. In the first slide, he re-posted a translated quote from the Buddha that read, "Each day is a new beginning. What we do today is what matters most."
In a following post, Bloom typed up a "daily encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda," a prominent Japanese religious figure and Buddhist, who died at age 95 in 2023, whom Bloom has long admired.
"The important thing is to take that first step. Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next," Bloom wrote in his Story.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Katy Perry tearfully thanks fans at Australia concert
The heartfelt tears of Katy Perry, as she bid farewell to her Australian fans in a ceremony brimming with emotion and gratitude – true esteem for the power that music's impact weaves across borders.
