Katy Perry plans record-breaking show at women's T20 final
Katy Perry announced Wednesday she will be performing at the final of Women's Twenty20 World Cup.
SYDNEY (AFP) - American popstar Katy Perry announced Wednesday she will be performing at the final of the Women s Twenty20 World Cup in Melbourne next March before an expected record crowd on International Women s Day.
"Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!" Perry said in an Instagram post using the Australian sporting chant.
"Let s break some records - join me in Melbourne on March 8, 2020 for the ICC @T20WorldCup Women s Final. We ll Roar in support of these awesome women on International Women s Day!"
The International Cricket Council said Perry would perform both before and after the final in "what is anticipated to be the biggest women s cricket match of all time."
It said it was an opportunity to set a new world attendance record at a women s sporting fixture.
The current record crowd of 90,185 was set at the 1999 FIFA Women s World Cup final in Pasadena, California.