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Katy Perry's Lifetimes Tour Coming to 7 Canadian Cities: 'The Canadian Fans Have Been Incredible'

Perry says she "owes it to" the Canadian fans. Legendary pop group The Beach Boys also announced a slew of Canadian dates this week.

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Katy Perry
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Katy Perry is doing right by her Canadian fans on her Lifetimes tour.

The pop star will come through seven Canadian cities from July 22-August 5, 2025, playing arenas in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Québec City and Toronto.


That's a handful more than most arena artists often do when coming through Canada, but Perry explained in an interview with MuchMusic that she wanted to honour the dedication in Canada.

"Some people just go to Toronto or Vancouver and I'm like no," she says, "We gotta go to Ottawa, we gotta go to Edmonton, we gotta go to Quebec — not just Montreal!" (She pronounces Quebec as Q-Bec, which she might want to adjust before the concert date). "The Canadian fans have been incredible and I've been on this journey with them for a long time so I owe it to them."

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The Lifetimes tour supports Perry's recently released seventh album, 143. If that new release has struggled to connect with audiences, her tour isn't. Perry's world tour already has sold out dates in Mexico, Australia and South America.

General sale for the Canadian dates starts November 29.

Beach Boys Summer Gold

Also coming to Canada in the new year is pop group The Beach Boys. The massively influential act will be bringing their Endless Summer Gold tour to 11 Canadian cities in March and April. The tour announcement comes on the heels of singer and songwriter Mike Love's nomination for the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame. (Love is the only original member in the current touring lineup of the Beach Boys.)

Like Perry, the group will come through cities outside the typical Canadian tour stops: they'll play in Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, London, Mississauga, and Peterborough. Notably absent are Toronto and Montreal. Maybe there's other dates planned for those cities, or they'll just have to miss out on the good vibrations. Tickets go on sale November 29.

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JoJo and Jamboree

Pop singer JoJo also announced a Toronto stop as part of her Too Much To Say tour. She'll come through Canada's biggest city on March 19, playing the Danforth Music Hall. The tour follows the release of her memoir, which chronicles her experiences as a young popstar in the 2000s, Over the Influence. Tickets are on sale now.

And for country fans, Alberta's Big Valley Jamboree announced its lineup this week, with Bailey Zimmerman, Jason Aldean and Blake Shelton headlining. Check the full lineup here.

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Ted Lasso Sends Justin Bieber Out on the World Cup Field for ‘Everything Hallelujah’ in 2026 Halftime Show
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Justin Bieber performs during the Topps Final Halftime Show the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final match between Spain and Argentina at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 19, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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Ted Lasso Sends Justin Bieber Out on the World Cup Field for ‘Everything Hallelujah’ in 2026 Halftime Show

Jason Sudeikis (aka Ted Lasso) made a surprise cameo ahead of Bieber's halftime performance.

Justin Bieber got a pep talk from Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Halftime Show. In between superstar music performances at the Spain vs. Argentina match on Sunday (July 19), Lasso walked the stadium with the Apple TV+ series’ Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) with commentary on how the entertainment was going so far — and then put Bieber on the field to serenade the world with “Everything Hallelujah.”

“Coach, I gotta say, first half of halftime knocked my darn socks off,” said Lasso, as played by Sudeikis in the surprise appearance by the Ted Lasso actors at New York New Jersey Stadium (aka MetLife Stadium) in East Rutherford, N.J. “How the heck is anyone gonna follow all that?”

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