# KATY PERRY ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, WITNESS, AND NORTH AMERICAN ARENA TOUR - Link: https://digitalwarble.com/2017/05/katy-perry-announces-new-album-witness-and-north-american-arena-tour/ - Published: 2017-05-15T17:46:00+00:00 - Author: Digital Warble FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2017 KATY PERRY ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, WITNESS, AND NORTH AMERICAN ARENA TOUR Album Set For Release On June 9 On Capitol Records WITNESS: The Tour Kicks Off September 7 U.S. Tour Presented by Xfinity Tickets Will Be Available Through Ticketmaster Verified Fan ® Registration Now Through May 16 Ticketmaster Verified Fan Presale May 18 From 9 AM – 12 PM Citi® Cardmembers Ticket Pre-Sale Launches May 18 at 12 NoonTickets Go On Sale To General Public May 22 at 10 AM Each Ticket Purchase For WITNESS: The Tour Also Includes A Copy Of Her Album, Witness View tour announce video HERE Today, Katy Perry announced the June 9 release of her new album, Witness (Capitol Records), and an extensive arena tour. With Witness, Katy reflects on the changes in her own life and in the world around her, delivering songs that both challenge and inspire. The singles released thus far – the Platinum- certified “Chained to the Rhythm” featuring Skip Marley and the follow-up single,“ Bon Appétit” featuring Migos – hint at the breadth of the musical and thematic elements found on Witness. Each ticket purchase for WITNESS: The Tour also includes a copy of her album, Witness.The North American leg of WITNESS: The Tour, produced by AEG Presents, will kick off on September 7 at Schottenstein Center in Columbus, OH. The run will include two New York City shows – October 2 at Madison Square Garden and October 11 at Barclays Center – plus an evening at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on November 7 and a December 20 concert at American Airlines Arena in Miami. The tour will resume on January 5, 2018 at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Katy will be partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to donate tickets to club members and volunteers. Additionally, fans can earn free tickets by joining Global Citizen and taking action to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America. $1 per every ticket sold will also be donated to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Jim Clark, President and CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of America said, “Katy Perry is one of the most powerful and famous entertainers in the world, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America is one of the most powerful youth development organizations in the country. We share a commitment to improving the lives of young people through education, empowerment, and demonstrating good citizenship, and are excited to provide her fans with the chance to connect with Clubs while giving them an opportunity to win a chance to see her in concert.” Tickets for the U.S. dates go on sale to the general public on Monday May 22, at 10 AM with the Canadian dates on sale May 26. All U.S. concerts on WITNESS: The Tour are presented by Xfinity. Additional sponsors are Citi, COVERGIRL and KATY PERRY PARFUMS. See below for itinerary or visit http://katyperry.com. Additional international tour dates will be announced in the coming weeks. “Katy is one of the most popular artists on the planet and her social media following is unrivaled,” said Peter Intermaggio, SVP of Brand Marketing and Communications for Comcast. “Xfinity is proud to present ‘WITNESS: The Tour’ and we look forward to making a special collection of tour-related content available to millions of Xfinity TV customers, including Katy’s videos and music on Xfinity X1 that her fans are going to love.” WITNESS: The Tour Presale Powered By Ticketmaster Verified Fan Runs Thursday, May 18, from 9 AM – 12 PM in the US and in Canada runs Tuesday, May 23, from 10 AM – 10 PM local time. Tickets for the tour will be available through registration using Ticketmaster Verified Fan, an easy to use, fan-first technology that helps artists combat bots and get tickets into the hands of fans. Registration is open now and continues until Tuesday, May 16, at 10 PM PT. For more information and to register, visit katyperry.com. Citi is the official U.S. credit card of WITNESS: The Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to U.S. pre-sale tickets beginning Thursday, May 18, at 12 PM local time through Saturday, May 20, at 10 PM local time through Citi’s Private Pass® program. For complete pre-sale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. “Having just launched a new national advertising campaign with Katy, we’re thrilled to extend our relationship to encompass the upcoming Witness Tour,” said Jennifer Breithaupt, Global Consumer Chief Marketing Officer, Citi. “Citi cardmembers will have exclusive access to pre-sale tickets for what promises to be one of the biggest and most memorable tours of the year.”WITNESS: The Tour is Katy’s first run since the sold-out, 151- date Prismatic World Tour, which concluded in 2015 and was hailed by Rolling Stone as “a show to damage retinas and blow minds.”Katy, who will be the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” on the May 20 season finale, made her Capitol Records debut with 2008’s One of the Boys after signing to the label in 2007. She cemented her status as a global superstar with the follow-up album, Teenage Dream (2010). PRISM, her 2013 album, debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in 100 countries and has sold more than 12.5 million adjusted albums worldwide. With the singles “Firework” and “Dark Horse” each surpassing the 10 million threshold including song sales and streams, Katy is the first female artist to earn two RIAA Digital Single Diamond Awards. In her 10 years with Capitol, she has racked up a cumulative 18+ billion streams alongside worldwide sales of more than 40+ million adjusted albums and 125+ million tracks. She is the most-followed person globally on Twitter. AEG Presents is one of the largest live music companies in the world. The company is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performances, including producing and promoting global and regional concert tours, music events and world-renowned festivals. AEG Presents promotes more than 8,000 shows annually worldwide. For more information visit www.aegpresents.com Katy Perry’s WITNESS: The Tour – North American Leg 2017 9/7 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center9/9 – Montréal, QE @ Bell Centre9/ 12 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre9/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center9/ 21 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza9/25 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center9/29 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden10/2 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden10/ 3 – Uniondale, NY @ NYCB Live!: Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum10/ 8 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center10/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center10/15 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena10/16 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center10/19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena10/22 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center10/24 – Chicago, IL @ United Center11/7 – Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center11/14 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose11/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena11/ 26 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center11/28 – Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center11/29 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center12/1 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center12/2 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena12/4 – Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Bradley Center12/6 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena12/9 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse12/10 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena12/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena12/15 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena12/17 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center12/20 – Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena 2018 1/5 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center1/7 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center1/ 10 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center1/12 – Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena1/14 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center1/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Gila River Arena1/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena1/31 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden1 Center2/2 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center at Rose Quarter2/3 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome2/5 – Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena