Katy Perry Cancels Shows After Space Flight Backlash

Katy Perry has been forced to cancel her concerts in Mexico on May 1 and 2 due to circumstances beyond her control.

The setback comes amid the constant backlash the singer recently faced for her role in the Blue Origin all-women crew’s flight to space.

Perry joined journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez, former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and movie producer Kerianne Flynn on the historic trip to space but received the harshest criticism after they returned to Earth.

On Monday, Perry broke the hearts of her Mexican fans after announcing the cancellation of two major shows in Guadalajara.

In a post on her Instagram Stories, the “Dark Horse” singer explained the reason for the show’s cancellation.

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 shared that she did everything possible to ensure the show could go on, but her efforts proved futile.

She explained, “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.”

Knowing how disappointed her Mexican fans would be upon learning about the cancellation of her concert, Perry did her best to reassure them.

She wrote, “I wish I could fix this but it is beyond my control.”

Perry continued, “You guys mean the world to me and we have all been on such a beautiful journey together.”

The 40-year-old promised, “I will be thinking about how I can create something special for the fans in Guadalajara in the future. I love you ALL.”

The setback comes exactly a week after Perry joined five other women on the all-female Blue Origin flight that journeyed to space.

The flight lasted 11 minutes and saw the women cross the internationally recognized boundary of space.

The space capsule conveying the women landed on Earth with a parachute-assisted soft landing.

After landing, Perry and the rest of the crew were heard cheering as the recovery crew went to receive them.

After coming out of the capsule, Perry reacted by kissing the ground and raising a daisy to the sky in honor of her four-year-old daughter Daisy Dove Bloom, whom she shares with her partner, Orlando Bloom.

Although Katy Perry and the rest of the all-female crew had good intentions about their trip to space, they were greeted with scathing criticism from several quarters after returning to Earth.

Perry received most of the criticism from several netizens and notable figures aiming digs at her. After pictures showed Perry kissing the ground after returning to Earth, some netizens slammed her for doing too much.

One person wrote, Oh, dramatic. You were there for 20 seconds, miss girl,” while another person added, “All that hype for an ELEVEN-MINUTE flight. I thought she was going for a week or something, considering how much people were freaking out.”

Popular restaurant, Wendy’s, also joined in on the fun with several jabs aimed at Perry. In one post, the restaurant responded, “Can we send her back,” after an X user posted about the singer’s return from space.