Hello Katy Tour
Official Hello Katy Tour Poster.
Tour by Katy Perry
Associated album	One of the Boys
Start date	January 23, 2009
End date	November 28, 2009
Legs	4
Shows	39 in North America 36 in Europe 5 in Asia 4 in Australia 89 in total
Katy Perry tour chronology
Warped Tour 2008 (2008)	Hello Katy Tour (2009)	Teenage Dream Promo (2010)

The Hello Katy Tour is the first headlining concert tour by Katy Perry to promote One of the Boys. The Hello Katy Tour played shows worldwide.

BackgroundEdit

The tour officially started on Janurary 23, 2009. Katy Perry first announced it in November, 2008 after hosting the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008. It was her first headlining tour, after touring as a part of Warped Tour 2008. In an interview with Billboard, Katy explained, "I have the guy who creates stages for Madonna working on this tour, I'm indulging my obsession with fruit and cats and designing all different outfits."

Hello KatyEdit

Based on different performances, going in the order of the set list, so not all of these songs were played on the same night.

The show has has two costume changes and is in two parts. It starts with an Intro, playing the song "California Girls" by the Beach Boys. Katy Perry then enters the stage and performs Fingerprints. After Fingerprints, the lights go down, and One of the Boys starts. Afterwards, things go dark again and Katy is shown again. She makes small talk with the audience. She does the Hokey Pokey and says that the Hokey Pokey is like a relationship, having "one foot in, and one foot out". She plays Hot N Cold then things go dark once again.

Self Inflicted starts to play and the lights come on again with Katy singing the song. When the song ends and the lights go off, they turn back on and Katy performs "Use Your Love", a cover of the the song "Your Love" originally performed by The Outfield. After that, the lights turn off and when they turn back on as Katy is shown, holding a guitar. She introduces and performs Mannequin. After the lights go off and on following the performance of Mannequin, Katy is shown by herself on the stage, still with a guitar. She introduces, then plays an acoustic version of, Thinking of You. The lights go out once again.

Katy is shown again as the lights go back on, without a guitar, she starts to talk to the audience about awaiting a letter from a boyfriend. A mailman comes on stage and Katy starts following him around singing a cover of the The Marvelettes' song "Please Mr. Postman". The mailman reaches into his bag and pulls out a banana, handing it to Katy, but she tells him "I don't want a banana...", then he leaves. Katy, being rejected and acts heartbroken, breaks into a cover of the Foundation's "Build Me Up Buttercup". The lights go down.

When the lights turn back on, Katy performs Ur So Gay. At the end, she prolongs the last line by heading over to the right of the stage to pick up a cartoon-banana cut-out. It resembles a fruit version of a penis, and she says "Oh look...it's a penis." She then goes to center stage, completing the song. The lights go down and back up, with Katy performing Waking Up in Vegas. Confetti explodes and goes on the crowd and The lights go off and go back on. Katy performs Lost with the band and her guitar. The lights go off and turn on again. Katy performs If You Can Afford Me, then goes off stage to prepare for the encore.

For the encore, a big cat head, that has been sitting as a background prop, glows. Katy talks to the audience through a speaker, but isn't seen. She then comes in with a new outfit, then performs the Queen song "Don't Stop Me Now" saying it is a song she loved as a teen. Finally, as the final song, she performs I Kissed a Girl with a giant inflatable chap stick. She thanks the crowd and leaves the stage, and the band plays a giant finale of I Kissed a Girl.

Opening ActsEdit

• 3OH!3 (Select canada Dates)
• Bedük (Istanbul)
• Sliimy Sliimy (UK)
• The Daylights (US)
• Boys Like Girls (Manila, PH - Cancelled)

Set ListEdit

2009 Set ListEdit

1. Intro*
2. Fingerprints
3. One of the Boys
4. Hocky Pokey*
5. Hot N Cold
6. Self Inflicted
7. Use Your Love (The Outfield cover)*
8. Mannequin
9. Thinking of You (Acoustic Version)
10. Please Mr. Postman (The Marvelettes cover)*
11. Build Me Up Buttercup (The Foundations cover)*
12. Ur So Gay
13. Waking Up in Vegas
14. Hackensack (Fountain of Wayne cover)*
15. Lost
16. I'm Still Breathing*
17. I Think I'm Ready*
18. If You Can Afford Me

EncoreEdit

1. Don't Stop Me Now (Queen cover)*
2. Starstrukk (with 3!OH3)*
3. I Kissed a Girl*

DetailsEdit

• The intro was played on select dates and included a sample of the song "California Girls" by the Beach Boys.
• Hocky Pokey was performed before Hot N Cold as a metaphor.
• Please Mr. Postman and Build Me Up Buttercup were played as a melody.
• Hackensack was only performed at the Barrowland Ballroom in Scotland on August 21, 2009 and at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angelas on August 29, 2009.
• I'm Still Breathing was only played in select shows. Same for I Think I'm Ready and Use Your Love.
• Don't Stop Me Now was performed before the encore on July 28, 2009 in New York.
• Starstrukk was only played at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on July 28, 2009, due to a surprise guest appearance by 3!OH3.
• I Kissed a Girl was played after Starstrukk on July 28, 2009.

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"One of the Boys" "I Kissed a Girl" "Waking Up in Vegas" "Thinking of You" "Mannequin" "Ur So Gay" "Hot N Cold" "If You Can Afford Me" "Lost" "Self Inflicted" "I'm Still Breathing" "Fingerprints" Bonus tracks "I Think I'm Ready" "A Cup of Coffee"