Katy Perry has announced a huge UK headline show at the Blenheim Palace Festival next summer.
She will headline the the 10,000-capacity UNESCO World Heritage Site in Woodstock, Oxfordshire on July 1, 2026 alongside Teddy Swims and Pete Tong who will top the bill on June 30 and June 27.
Swims will be joined by special guest Lauren Spencer Smith while Tong will break out his ‘Ibiza Classics’ with a 65 piece orchestra.
Two further headline acts will be announced across the five day festival, which is making its debut, in the coming weeks. Tickets go on sale for the shows this Friday (November 14) at 9am GMT and can be purchased here.
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Blenheim Palace Festival is the result of a new partnership between live music promoters Cuffe & Taylor – a Live Nation company – and renowned producers MARI Arts & Entertainment.
Cuffe and Taylor co-founder Peter Taylor said: “It’s an incredible honour to launch a major new festival at Blenheim Palace – one of the most iconic and inspiring locations in the country.
“We’re thrilled to welcome global stars including Katy Perry, Teddy Swims and Pete Tong, with many more still to come. Launching this event marks the start of something very exciting, and we’re setting the stage for a world-class celebration of music and culture. This is just the beginning.”
It comes after Perry was also recently announced as the headliner of ‘Pop Day’ at the 2026 edition of Rock In Rio Lisbon Festival.
The singer will top the bill on the Palco Mundo Stage in Parque Tejo in the Portuguese capital on June 20 next year, with the festival running over two consecutive weekends.
Perry released her seventh album ‘143’ in September, which NME awarded two stars and described as “a serviceable but slightly dull collection on which Perry struggles to relocate her old sense of fun”.
Controversies surrounding the album included her choice to work with Dr. Luke despite the abuse and assault allegations against him, and the supposed male gaze-centric nature of her single ‘Woman’s World’.
Elsewhere, Perry’s manager appears to have revived her beef with fast-food chain Wendy’s.
Back in April, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space tourism company Blue Origin briefly sent the ‘E.T.’ singer to space alongside an all-female crew that included TV host Gayle King, film producer Kerianne Flynn, scientist Amanda Nguyen, entrepreneur Aisha Bowe and author Lauren Sánchez, who is also Bezos’ fiancée.
The trip was roundly criticised, with actress Olivia Munn branding Perry “gluttonous”, Emily Ratajkowski saying she was “disgusted” by the flight and Lily Allen calling the mission “out of touch”, saying there was “no fucking reason” for it.
Wendy’s also weighed in on social media, jokingly asking if they could “send Katy Perry back to space”, and writing: “When we said women in stem this isn’t what we meant.” They later clarified their stance on the singer, giving an official statement to People that seemed to stop short of a full apology. “We always bring a little spice to our socials,” they said at the time.
Swims, meanwhile recently announced details of a huge tour for the UK and Ireland next summer. You can find a full list of dates here and purchase any remaining tickets here.
