Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Could, or Should, the Grateful Dead Play ‘GD 60’ Concerts in 2025? (And Who’d Play Guitar?)
variety.comNoah Eckstein At the tail end of a light-hearted interview with Anthony Mason for “CBS Saturday Morning,” the concert promoter Peter Shapiro said he “might be holding” Chicago’s Soldier Field for GD 60 in 2025. “Just in case,” Shapiro added, as the video interview concluded, spurring awkward speculative banter among Mason and the anchors of the program.When I heard this, my first thought manifested as a bewildered utterance: Gee Dee Sixty?
The moniker felt foreign spoken out loud. It also felt like something too good to be true, a pipe dream that Shapiro might have plans for but that ultimately would never come to fruition.
But, amid a sea of things to worry about in 2022, a little speculation is like an oasis where Deadheads can ponder the epic-ness of a second Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well Tour.
So, if GD 60 does becomes official, I think the band would have to bring back Trey Anastasio to play lead guitar. As much as I appreciate John Mayer, there is something about his pop-stardom background that doesn’t match up when assuming the role of the late, great Jerry Garcia.
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