Melbourne, Australia – February 23, 2012 – Following last week’s overwhelming national on-sale recording multiple sell out shows The Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball has confirmed additional tour dates in Australia and New Zealand.
Promoters Live Nation and Michael Coppel announced today that a 3rd and final show has been confirmed for June 10 at Vector Arena in Auckland, a 3rd show has been confirmed for June 16 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 4th shows have been confirmed for June 24 at Allphones Arena in Sydney and July 1 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, and a 2nd and final show has been confirmed for July 8 at Burswood Dome in Perth. Tickets for all shows announced today go on sale to the public Friday, March 2nd at 12pm.
Lady Gaga’s last tour – The Monster Ball – captivated audiences around the globe, receiving rave reviews in every city. The Sun called it “the best live show you will see this year,” and the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards named it the Major Tour of the Year.
“The Haus of Gaga and I have worked for months conceiving a spectacular stage,” said Mother Monster.
“THE BORN THIS WAY BALL is an Electro-Metal Pop-Opera; the tale of the Beginning, the genesis of the Kingdom of Fame. How we were birthed and how we will die celebrating.”
The Born This Way Ball will be Lady Gaga’s first tour since the release of her album Born This Way(Streamline/Konlive/Interscope), which has sold nearly 6 million copies worldwide since its release in May 2011. The album is the follow-up to back-to-back Grammy Award-winning albums 2009’s The Fame Monster, and 2008’s The Fame. Combined, The Fame and The Fame Monster have sold 15 million albums worldwide, while Lady Gaga’s hit singles have combined sales of over 65 million worldwide.
Gaga was named Forbes’ Most Powerful Woman in the World 2011 and was included in Time’s annual “The 2010 Time 100” list of the most influential people in the world. With over 2.2 billion combined views of all her videos online, Lady Gaga is one of the biggest living people on Facebook with over 47 million ‘likes’ and is #1 on Twitter with nearly 19 million followers. Lady Gaga is the only artist in the digital era to top the 5 million sales mark with her first two hits.
Tickets for The Born This Way Ball go on sale for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth & Auckland beginning Friday February 17, 9am sharp, at livenation.com.au. Tickets to all Australian shows are available through ticketek.com.au 132 849, New Zealand tickets are via ticketmaster.co.nz (09) 970 9700.
Advance tickets will be available to Visa Credit, Debit and Prepaid cardholders from 9.00am (local time), Monday 13th February 2012 until 5.00pm (local time), Wednesday 15th February 2012 or until presale tickets sell out at www.visaentertainment.com.au.
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2012 Tour Itinerary
April 27 – Seoul, South Korea – Olympic Stadium – On sale Feb 27
May 2 – Hong Kong – Asia World Arena – On sale Feb 27
May 10 – Tokyo, Japan – Saitama Super Arena – On sale Mar 11
May 28 – Singapore – Indoor Stadium – On sale Feb 27
Jun 7 – Auckland, New Zealand – Vector Arena – SOLD OUT
Jun 8 – Auckland, New Zealand – Vector Arena – SOLD OUT
Jun 10 – Auckland, New Zealand – Vector Arena – On sale Mar 2
Jun 13 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – SOLD OUT
Jun 14 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – SOLD OUT
Jun 16 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – On sale Mar 2
Jun 20 – Sydney, Australia – Allphones Arena – Limited Tickets
Jun 21 – Sydney, Australia – Allphones Arena – SOLD OUT
Jun 23 – Sydney, Australia – Allphones Arena – Limited Tickets
Jun 24 – Sydney, Australia – Allphones Arena – On sale Mar 2
Jun 27 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena – SOLD OUT
Jun 28 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena – SOLD OUT
Jun 30 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena – SOLD OUT
Jul 1 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena – On sale Mar 2
Jul 7 – Perth, Australia – Burswood Dome – On sale now
Jul 8 – Perth, Australia – Burswood Dome – On sale Mar 2
Itinerary subject to change. More dates to be announced!
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: ladygaga.com and livenation.com.au
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About Michael Coppel Presents:
Presenting a variety of artists from all genres of contemporary music Michael Coppel Presents each year promotes several hundred concerts throughout Australia and New Zealand, and has produced many major open air festivals, stadium shows and theatrical seasons.
Michael Coppel has toured Lady Gaga twice previously in Australia and New Zealand and welcomes the continuing association with Live Nation Global Touring in presenting the return of Lady Gaga.