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The singer cried while thanking the crowd for \u201calways being there\u201d for her before closing out the set with \u201cFirework\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tLess than two weeks before Katy Perry<\/a> kicked off the Lifetimes Tour, the singer was relentlessly criticized <\/a>for taking an 11-minute trip into suborbital space, where she attempted to reveal the tour setlist. Still, she powered through the criticism while completing the first North American leg of the tour. In June, she headed to Australia for a 15-date run that concluded with an emotional address to the crowd as she weathers an entirely different hardship: her split from Orlando Bloom. <\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThank you for always being there for me, Australia. It means the world,\u201d Perry said at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, her voice slightly cracking. After blinking away the tears, she added, \u201cNow let\u2019s sing \u2018Firework.’\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe moment seemed reminiscent of a scene in her 2012 documentary Part of Me<\/em>, when she broke down backstage over the dissolution of her marriage to then-husband Russell Brand. Given the option to cancel the show or put her best foot forward, Perry put on a smile and emerged from the stage to perform \u201cTeenage Dream.\u201d <\/p>\n