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Australia promoter on Katy Perry ticket sales: 'She’s a mile ahead of everyone else'

A leading Australian concert promoter has revealed his awe at Katy Perry's recent ticket sales.

The singer played a series of arena dates in the country in November as part of her Prism world tour.

Speaking to Billboard, Paul Dainty said that Perry sold 350,000 tickets over 23 dates.

He added that the US star could have easily performed in Australia for weeks longer, such was the demand.

The promoter said: "She’s a star performer. In this market, 350,000 is enormous. She’s a mile ahead of everyone else. Once, every so often, you see a tour that becomes something extraordinary.

"For all intensive purposes, we’d sold out within two days of going on sale in March. Sadly, though you can’t expect her to work endlessly, that was the tip of the iceberg. We could have added another dozen shows everywhere easily. Without a blink. And probably even more."

He added: "Even when we’d sold out there was still [up to] 40,000 people online in various cities still trying to buy tickets. She could have been here for another month or two if she had the time."

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Watch Katy Perry perform in Australia below: