Katy Perry to Hold Las Vegas Residency at New Casino

Katy Perry at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2019
Katy Perry at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2019. Photo by imageSPACE/Shutterstock (10493844ac)

Katy Perry is taking up residency in Las Vegas later this year.

Perry, who released her latest album Smile last year, will follow in Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, and Elton John’s footsteps.

According to Billboard, Perry will be taking up residency at Vegas’ new Resorts World casino, which has a 5,000-seater venue. Promoter giants AEG are running partnering to run the venue.

Details haven’t been revealed yet, but Resorts World will be opening this summer and the singer’s residency is expected to start towards the end of 2021 and run into 2022.

The American Idol judges’ latest album Smile came out in August last year. She also revealed that she’s planning on releasing an all-access-all-areas documentary focusing on the “juicy” details of her life, which will be inspired by Taylor Swift’s 2019 Netflix documentary Miss Americana.

Perry recently joined the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of Pokémon with Post Malone and J Balvin on a special anniversary record titled Pokémon 25: The Album.