LOS ANGELES, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 5-time Grammy
Award winner LADY GAGA is set to make her triumphant return
to the stage this Spring with The Born This Way Ball. In this brand
new tour, Gaga will perform her latest album Born This Way
as well as music from both The Fame and The Fame
Monster. The Born This Way Ball, produced globally by Live
Nation, will begin on April 27th,
2012 in Seoul, South Korea.
Today, The Born This Way Ball announces performances in 21 European
cities, following overwhelming ticket on-sales throughout
Australia and Asia, including multiple sell outs in
Melbourne, Auckland, Hong
Kong, Singapore and more.
The European leg of the tour begins August
14th in Sofia,
Bulgaria.
Supporting Lady Gaga for the European leg of The Born This Way
Ball is the newly reformed British rock band THE DARKNESS, best
known for their hit "I Believe In A Thing Called Love". Famed
German electronic dance music DJ and producer ZEDD will join the
tour as Lady Gaga's special guest for all concerts in Asia starting April
27th in Seoul and ending
June 3rd in Jakarta, Indonesia. And Lady Gaga's
longtime performance partner and DJ, LADY STARLIGHT, has been
confirmed as a special guest DJ for all concert dates in
Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.
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 49 million 'likes' and is #1 on
Twitter with over 22 million followers. Lady Gaga is the only
artist in the digital era to top the 5 million sales mark with her
first two hits.
Hailing from Lowestoft,
Suffolk, THE DARKNESS Justin
Hawkins (vocals/guitars), Dan
Hawkins (guitars/backing vocals), Frankie Poullain (bass),
and Ed Graham (drums) are ready to
launch a full-scale invasion with the release of their third studio
album (their first in eight years). Due out late summer, the
as-yet-untitled album marks the follow-up to the group's
multi-platinum debut Permission To Land which spawned fan
favorites I Believe In A Thing Called Love and Get Your
Hands Off My Woman as well as the revered One-Way Ticket To
Hell And Back which featured One Way Ticket and Is It
Just Me?. More album details will be announced soon.
Since reforming in summer 2011 its been a stellar year
for THE DARKNESS, described by the LA Weekly as
"...heroically reunited, with a returned sense of fun and
still this millennium's most multi-dimensionally entertaining
live rock show." They've left fans and critics alike stunned,
played sold out shows across the UK and North America, debuted
a free new song Nothin's Gonna Stop Us (via
www.theactualdarkness.com) and made a surprise
Superbowl commercial appearance with their classic
hit I Believe In A Thing Called Love. THE
DARKNESS are poised to hit the stratosphere in 2012
and beyond.
Tickets are scheduled to go on sale beginning Friday, April 13th in select markets.
LADY
GAGA
THE BORN THIS WAY BALL
2012 European Tour Itinerary
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Aug
14
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Sofia,
Bulgaria
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Vasil
Levski National Stadium
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On sale
Apr 27
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Aug
16
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Bucharest,
Romania
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Arena
Nationala Stadium
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On sale
Apr 27
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Aug
18
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Vienna,
Austria
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Wiener
Stadhalle
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On sale
Apr 21
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Aug
21
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Vilnius,
Lithuania
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Vingis
Park
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On sale
Apr 30
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Aug
23
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Riga,
Latvia
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Riga
Mezaparks
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On sale
Apr 30
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Aug
25
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Tallinn,
Estonia
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Tallinn
Song Festival Grounds
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On sale
Apr 30
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Aug
27
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Helsinki,
Finland
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Hartwall
Areena
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On sale
Apr 16
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Aug
30
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Stockholm,
Sweden
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Ericsson
Globe
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On sale
Apr 20
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Sept
2
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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Parken
Stadium
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On sale
Apr 20
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Sept
4
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Koln,
Germany
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Lanxess
Arena
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On sale
Apr 20
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Sept
8
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London,
UK
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Twickenham
Stadium
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On sale
Apr 13
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Sept
11
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Manchester, UK
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MEN
Arena
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On sale
Apr 13
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Sept
15
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Dublin,
Ireland
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Aviva
Stadium
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On sale
Apr 16
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Sept
17
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Amsterdam,
NL
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Ziggo
Dome
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On sale
Apr 16
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Sept
22
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Paris,
France
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Stade de
France
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On sale
Apr 16
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Sept
24
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Hannover,
Germany
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TUI
Arena
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On sale
Apr 20
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Sept
26
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Zurich,
Switzerland
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Hallenstadion Zurich
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On sale
Apr 20
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Sept
29
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Antwerp,
Belgium
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Sportpaleis
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On sale
Apr 13
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Oct
2
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Milan,
Italy
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Mediolanum
Forum
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On sale
Apr 20
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Oct
4
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Nice,
France
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Stade
Charles-Ehrmann
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On sale
Apr 16
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Oct
6
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Barcelona,
Spain
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Palau Sant
Jordi
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On sale
Apr 19
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Itinerary
subject to change. More dates to be announced!
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For
complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.ladygaga.com and
www.livenation.com.
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