Katy Perry Faces Setback with US Tour Ticket Sales Following Blue Origin Spaceflight

Katy Perry is reportedly dealing with low ticket sales for her “Lifetimes Tour” even before she embarked on an all-female space trip.

Reports indicate that Live Nation executives were puzzled by the disappointingly low sales figures right from the start, especially since Ticketmaster’s seat map displayed numerous empty spots for many of the concert dates.

Despite facing criticism for her recent space voyage, Katy Perry responded to her detractors with a spectacular space-themed performance at the launch of her tour in Mexico City.

Katy Perry made history as the first pop star to venture into space, accompanied by personalities such as TV host Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of billionaire Jeff Bezos.

However, she’s reportedly struggling to replicate the same success with her Lifetimes Tour as ticket sales have remained underwhelming for her US dates, which kick off in Houston, Texas, in two weeks’ time.

According to the Daily Mail, official seat maps on Ticketmaster show that dates in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Denver, Colorado, are especially bad, with rows of seats still available.

The singer is also facing worrisome figures for her May 9 date in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, due to the availability of multiple rows of seats.

“There were already concerns about poor ticket sales even before Blue Origin,” a source told the news outlet. “They were pretty dismal. Katy truly believed her tour would take off like Taylor’s.”

“Some higher-ups at Live Nation were sceptical from the beginning. There are talks about what to do if the venues don’t fill up further,” the insider added.

Amid the discouraging ticket sales, the 40-year-old singer was forced to cancel two upcoming concert dates in Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 1 and 2, because the stadium she was scheduled to perform in was not built in time.

She wrote, “Sadly, I learned that the construction of Arena Guadalajara will not be complete for their scheduled shows next week, which includes mine on May 1 and 2.”

Perry explained to devastated fans that she did all she could to ensure the show could go on, but her efforts proved futile.

She said, “Last week I sent my team to the Arena to make sure there wasn’t anything we could do to make this happen, but it was evident when they arrived that the venue was not ready or safe to receive my show or an audience.”

“I wish I could fix this, but it is beyond my control,” Perry told fans, per The Blast, before adding that she will “create something special for the fans in Guadalajara in the future.”

The singer has, however, recorded encouraging ticket sales in specific locations, including her upcoming shows in Chicago, Illinois, on May 12 and multiple dates outside of the US.

Seat maps for dates in Canada’s Edmonton, Montreal, and Toronto in late July and early August show blocks of seats have been booked, while the singer had to add extra dates in Europe and Australia due to high demand.

The news comes as Perry faces backlash due to her Blue Origin spaceflight, which saw her put on a “dramatic” display upon her return to Earth.

The singer and her all-female crewmates intended to pass a message of female empowerment with the trip, but the optics of the mission have been slammed as “tone deaf” and “embarrassing.”

Perry, unlike the rest of her crewmates, has seemingly faced heavier criticism after she held on to a daisy on landing back on Earth before dropping to her knees and kissing the ground.

“It’s not about singing my songs. It’s about a collective energy in there. It’s about us. It’s about making space for future women and taking up space and belonging,” she said in a post-flight interview.

Perry added, “And it’s about this wonderful world that we see right out there, and appreciating it. This is all for the benefit of Earth.”

Perry seems unbothered by the backlash trailing her space mission as she clapped back at critics on the opening night of her “Lifetimes Tour.”

Perry, who kicked off her space-inspired set on Wednesday in Mexico City, dressed in a silver metal bodysuit for the show and recreated a space choreography during the concert.

At one point, she called some male fans from the audience dressed in blue NASA space suits and took selfies with them.

Perry appeared to address her critics when she asked the audience, “Has anyone ever called your dreams crazy?”

The “Dark Horse” singer’s space trip has been a lifelong goal as she told Elle ahead of the April 14 launch that she “wanted to go to space for almost 20 years.”