{"id":345390,"date":"2026-03-14T04:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/345390\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:59:12","slug":"katy-perrys-response-to-high-concert-ticket-prices-made-me-recoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/345390\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry&#8217;s response to high concert ticket prices made me recoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She\u2019s now sending \u2018love and hope\u2019 to her \u2018haters\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Katy Perry\u2019s reaction to high concert ticket prices during the cost-of-living crisis has not gone down well with the internet.<\/p>\n<p>A fan posted on X: \u201cI so badly don\u2019t wanna be here anymore. I\u2019m not cut out for this world. Like I cannot afford to live at this rate and I\u2019m so close to selling my Katy ticket.\u201d They shared an image of <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/tag\/katy-perry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katy Perry<\/a> lying on the floor during a 2017 YouTube livestream.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-592355\" class=\"wp-image-592355 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-13-at-10.47.55-e1773399018180.png\" alt=\"katy perry response to concert ticket prices cost of living crisis etc\" width=\"563\" height=\"481\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-592355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image via X)<\/p>\n<p>Katy Perry responded: \u201cBut I am looking forward to seeing you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But I am looking forward to seeing you!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KATY PERRY (@katyperry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katyperry\/status\/2031535504496431415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This message was not well-received. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/popculturechat\/comments\/1rqthk7\/katy_perrys_reaction_to_a_fan_having_to_sell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a> user wrote: \u201cTone deaf final boss I\u2019m crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMama lets research (the cost of living),\u201d another commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor real,\u201d someone posted, \u201cthere is something genuinely impressive (and hilarious) about how dismissive and tone-deaf this is lol. Like, what!?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People were unimpressed that Katy Perry took the time to reply to the fan, but hadn\u2019t offered to help by covering the cost of the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>One person called Katy Perry\u2019s response \u201cso out of touch from reality it\u2019s like <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/2025\/04\/18\/katy-perry-reveals-what-she-regrets-about-her-space-trip-after-facing-major-backlash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she never left outer space<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would make me sell the ticket,\u201d another concluded.<\/p>\n<p>After all this backlash, Katy Perry posted a messaged to her \u201chaters\u201d. She asked her X followers to \u201cbe kind\u201d and \u201calways take the high road if you can\u201d.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i love you. be kind. always take the high road if you can my kc\u2019s. it\u2019s much lighter here. so excited to share my joy and light with you this summer. i already miss you. x<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KATY PERRY (@katyperry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katyperry\/status\/2032296841120035246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When a fan replied asking Katy to \u201cdrag [her] haters for once\u201d, she replied: \u201cThey must already be in a lot of pain to be so unkind. I send them love and hope they can find their peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">they must already be in a lot of pain to be so unkind. i send them love and hope they can find their peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KATY PERRY (@katyperry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katyperry\/status\/2032300855597416459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tickets to Katy Perry\u2019s sold-out show in <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/university\/cardiff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cardiff<\/a> in June are being advertised on ticket reseller sites for between \u00a3138 and \u00a3431. Some VIP package tickets for her Lifetimes Tour in the US reportedly reached as much as $1,403.<\/p>\n<p>For more like this \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thetabglobal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like The Tab on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image by Alessio Marini\/LiveMedia\/ipa-agency.net\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She\u2019s now sending \u2018love and hope\u2019 to her \u2018haters\u2019 Katy Perry\u2019s reaction to high concert ticket prices during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[921,93,61,60,2617,278],"class_list":["post-345390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-celebrity","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-katy-perry","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}