India, June 27 -- 9 years in, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have called it quits.

The news was confirmed by PEOPLE, putting an end to the star couple's six-year-long engagement. The speculations had been going strong for months on end, though both Katy, 40, and Orlando, 48, kept up public appearances and social pleasantries. As a matter of fact, for her Rolling Stone interview earlier this year, the pop star, had positively affirmed the life that she and Orlando had built together with their daughter Daisy Dove: "I'm proud of my family life, my home life...and the foundation I have", she said.

Official news of their split comes amid Katy being busy on the Australia leg of her Lifetimes tour while Orlando has just touched-down in Venice t...