VIDEO: Darren Criss Covers Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' at Hollywood's House of Blues
On May 30 at The House of Blues in Hollywood, GLEE's Darren Criss performed a signature cover of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" while accompanying himself on the piano as part of his LISTEN UP summer tour. Check it out below!
The 16-city North American summer tour will give fans a preview into Criss' forthcoming album, as well as hits from his 2009 self-released EP Human. Special guest, singer-songwriter Theo Katzman will open on select dates. The LISTEN UP tour kicked off on May 29th in Criss' hometown of San Francisco, California, and continues through June 30th, concluding in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Darren Criss has topped the Billboard charts as a performer, solo artist and composer and stars as "Blaine Anderson" on FOX's Emmy and Golden Globe Awardwinning series Glee. Prior to his television career, Criss garnered the attention of millions when he and his University of Michigan friends created "A Very Potter Musical," which became a viral phenomenon.
Thereafter, they started StarKid Productions, writing and producing subsequent online hits like Starship, Me and My Dick and A Very Potter Sequel, with Criss providing the music and lyrics for the latter. In 2009, he dropped his self-released album Human, which landed on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. He makes his film debut this summer in Girl Most Likely, opposite Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening and Matt Dillon.
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