Born This Way Ball

Born This Way Ball

Tour by Lady Gaga
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Born This Way
Start date	April 27, 2012 (2012-04-27)
End date	March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20)
Legs	7
No. of shows	16 in Asia 17 in Oceania 33 in Europe 43 in North America 8 in South America 2 in Africa 119 total
Lady Gaga concert chronology

The Born This Way Ball is the third concert tour by American recording artist Lady Gaga, in support of her second studio album Born This Way (2011). The tour visits the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania. This marks the singer's first tour in all continents, except Antarctica.

Background and development

The stage for the tour.

During the release of "Judas", the second single from Born This Way, Lady Gaga confirmed in an interview that she would embark on a concert tour in 2012, which would visit Latin American countries for the first time, like Brazil, and would return to Mexico. In November 2011, producer DJ White Shadow asserted that Gaga was "doing [preparations] for the next round of touring", adding that the singer's main objective in the following year was to continue preparing for the Born This Way Ball, as well as create new songs for her next studio album. Fernando Garibay, who began collaborating with Gaga in The Fame Monster (2009), felt that Born This Way was one of his most personal moments. He opined, "This album was the most personal [because of] the amount of detail that went into this record, the amount of passion [and] emotion from her and the team. Every song was a story towards the Born This Way theme. We're excited now, putting that into the tour and expressing that on a live performance level." In contrast to her previous tour, Garibay affirmed that the shows of the Born This Way Ball would be more exaggerated. A promotional poster of the tour was released on February 7, 2012, which was described by Billboard's Ray Waddell as a "bizarre poster that portrays the ball as a campy, medieval-meets-the-80's kingdom." It features Gaga's face hovering over dark clouds looking down from the sky, and includes touches of neon purple and turquoise coloring. She is also fused into a keytar, standing near her dancers in front of a medieval castle. The first and second legs for the Born This Way Ball were announced the following day, revealing that Gaga would perform concerts in countries such as South Korea, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore. Additional dates as part of the Australasia leg were added on February 15, 2012. Live Nation Global Touring CEO Arthur Fogel and his team will steer around the tour, as they did the bulk of the Monster Ball tour of 2010–11. Fogel explained that "The last tour established [Gaga] as a major act worldwide and I believe this tour will be an extension of that, particularly considering we're going to territories she's never been in, like Southeast Asia and Latin America."

Lady Gaga performing "The Edge of Glory" in a Versace-designed cloth. Donatella Versace provided multiple outfits for the tour.

A European leg was announced in March 2012, which consisted of twenty-one dates over a period of two months, initiating in Bulgaria while concluding in Spain. Subsequently, German electronic musician Zedd was declared as an opening act for the Asian leg of the tour, while longtime collaborator Lady Starlight and British glam rock band The Darkness were approached as opening acts for the European portion of the Born This Way Ball. In their website, the band stated that they were "honoured to announce their addition to the bill as main support for Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball tour 2012."

Dates for Latin America were announced on August 6, 2012 via Twitter. There were two dates in North America and four in South America, with more to be added.

Gaga evaluated the tour as 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." Dance rehearsals occurred for approximately one month. In February 2012, she revealed that she would release stage designs for the Born This Way Ball via Twitter. Gaga unveiled a sketch of the stage design, which was designed by the singer herself and her creative team Haus of Gaga. Gaga tweeted: "I'm so excited. The Haus has been working so hard, we can't wait for you to see it!! Love you Little Monsters, have the time of your life." The stage was completed over a period of a few months, and was modeled after a medieval Gothic castle, featuring viewing towers, intricate carvings and a large catwalk to interact with the audience. It took over fifteen trailers—which measured fifty-three feet in length—to move the castle onto the stage. The area enclosed by the catwalk was described by Gaga as "The Monster Pit". "The Monster Pit is General Admission only, and Little Monsters [...] unlock it when they arrive to the arena or stadium. Entry to The Monster Pit is relegated [...] to the fans who have arrived first, waited all night, [...] dressed to 'Ball.' Every night Haus of Gaga will choose fans from The Monster Pit to come back stage and meet me! These tickets are not more expensive. No dress code requirement. Born This Way means anything goes."

As part of an advertising campaign in the weeks proceeding to the tour, sketches of four costumes designed by Giorgio Armani were released to the press. Armani previously contributed attires to Gaga at the 52nd Grammy Awards, and again during her endeavors on the Monster Ball Tour.

Concert synopsis

The Born This Way Ball is divided into five acts and is imbued with political and social themes such as discrimination, self-love and government control. The show begins with "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)" accompanied by an extended intro, which Gaga performed while atop of a mechanical horse out of "The Kingdom of Fame"—the three-story medieval castle prop. The dancers and Gaga walk around the catwalk, or the "Monster Pit". Metaphorically, the scene alluded to the assertion that "everyone is entitled to love, no matter what their sexual orientation". After the song, the stage goes dark. Spotlights are shone across the stage with a helicopter sound being played. The audience then hears "Mother G.O.A.T." speak for the first time stating that "alien fugitive Lady Gaga has escaped", and that "Operation: Kill the Bitch", is in order. We then see Gaga dressed in an alien costume coming out from the castle and singing "Government Hooker", in which she "seduces" a dancer who is dressed in a suit before killing him and leaving the stage. Following the conclusion of "Government Hooker", Gaga's dancers reenacted the birth scene akin to that in "Born This Way" along with an extended intro of the song. Coinciding with the routine, Gaga moans and simulates giving birth. The singer then performs the song after coming out of the zipper-like vagina of a large, inflatable body. After "Black Jesus † Amen Fashion", Gaga sings "Bloody Mary" in a hovering Aliens-esque costume featuring a mask that obscured her face.

Lady Gaga talking with fans while dressed in a pink origami dress.

The Mother G.O.A.T. Manifesto I, an interlude accentuating Gaga's alter ego Mother G.O.A.T, soon commences and recites the opening dialogue of the music video of "Born This Way". For "Bad Romance", Gaga arrives to the stage inside a vessel (similar to the one she arrived in during The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards) wearing a plastic white dress topped with a ram-horned headpiece. She then delivers a speech about her identity and her 'imprisonment' before being taken away, screaming, by guards, representing government restriction and 'betrayal'. After being taken to the top of the castle, Gaga performs "Judas", before escaping. She then performs "Fashion of His Love" in the castle, followed by "Just Dance". "LoveGame" is performed in a clear bathtub built on the stage, while on dates with the Monster Pit, it is performed on the runway. "Telephone" is then performed, with the original choreography. An interlude follows describing "Gaga's take over of planet earth". "Heavy Metal Lover" is performed next and Gaga appears in a "Giorgio Armani" fringed sleeve top laying on across the body of a motor-"tricycle" with her arms in two slots, making her look as if she is a part of the vehicle. This is a recreation of the Born This Way album cover. After "Heavy Metal Lover", Gaga has a small chat before asking several of her dancers and the audience if they "give a f**k", before going into "Bad Kids". She then performs acoustic songs, such as "Hair" and "Princess Die", and the album version of "Yoü and I". During "Princess Die" she usually invites a fan on stage who then sits next to her on the motorcycle-piano. "Electric Chapel" is played on a guitar with a display of flashing lights before Gaga leaves the stage.

She then returns in a recreation of the meat dress and performs "Americano" exclaiming "Let's give a big round of applause for the very unhappy couple." At the end of the song, she sings, "In 1970, women were would no longer be treated like meat. On the cover of Hustler magazine or at the Born This Way Ball, meat is precisely how we treat them." "Poker Face" is performed next and at the end of the song Gaga is lowered into a meat grinder. A moment later she emerges from the stage sitting on a meat couch and performs "Alejandro" with her gun bra and green trousers.The castle closes along an interlude and blue lights. Mother G.O.A.T. flies around the castle lip-syncing the words to "Paparazzi" until Gaga returns to kill her with her new disco stick. Gaga says she was the last to die and then performs "Scheiße" saying "this is the last song." Wearing a black two-piece outfit. After the song the stage goes black. Moments later she returns in a tower playing an acoustic version of "The Edge of Glory" followed by its album version. For the last number, Gaga performs "Marry the Night" and usually brings some of her fans on stage to walk the Monster Pit with her. When the song ends, she and her dancers are lowered off stage and the castle goes dark.

Fourteen different outfits are worn by Lady Gaga throughout the show, all designed by Italian fashion houses Versace, Moschino and Armani. The show is set in and around a large medieval style castle, which rotates and manoeuvres throughout the show. A classical score accompanies the show's interludes, tying in with the show's dark, operatic theme.

Controversies

Further information: Controversy of the Born This Way Ball

Several conservative political commentators denounced The Born This Way Ball shortly after the conception of the tour. In May 2012, Gaga sparked an online uproar, particularly in the city of Bankgok when she tweeted: "I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. I wanna get lost in a lady market and buy fake Rolex." Several of Gaga's fans felt that the tweet was racist and viewed it as a negative stereotype. The following month, weeks after her concert in Thailand, several members of the country filed a public lawsuit against Gaga for misuse of the Thailand flag. The complaints came from when Gaga while wearing an accessorized and provocative bikini costume with and a traditional Thai headdress, rode a motorcycle across the stage with a Thai flag tied to it. Government officials in the country deemed the act as "not appropriate" and felt that it "hurt the feelings of Thai People".

Gaga caused more controversy after her June 27 performance in Melbourne, where she debuted a new song called "Princess Die", about suicide and mental illness. The song's lyrics, including lines such as "I wish that I was strong/I wish that I was wrong/I wish that I could cope/but I took pills and left a note" were slammed as "distasteful" by suicide charities, who feared the message about the suicide that the song portrayed. Chris Wagner of Lifeline, an international crisis support service, stated, "Lifeline is very concerned about the nature of the song, particularly as it clearly describes the method of suicide and talks in depth about suicide. It doesn't actually have any message of hope, of help seeking, or anything of a positive nature whatsoever. We understand artistic licence and we get artistic expression, but celebrities need to recognise that they’re role models for young people in the community. Young people often live and breathe by the lyrics to the songs of their favourite stars. It's really important that young people who are feeling sad or thinking about suicide recognise there is help and there is light at the end of the tunnel, and there are people who care about them, that want to help them." The song's references to Princess Diana and her death also caused offense and outrage, despite Gaga attempting to distance herself from such controversy by clearly spelling out the name of the song during her concert.

During the singer's concert in Amsterdam on September 17, 2012, while interacting with the crowd a fan threw a joint on stage. Gaga responded by saying, "Holland, is it real? Don’t tease me." She then lit the joint and smoked it on stage, live. Whilst smoking the joint, Gaga described the drug as "spiritual" and that it "helps her with her music". Since cannabis is legal in Amsterdam, Gaga was not penalized, however she was criticized for being a bad role model. A rehab facility in the U.K. criticized Gaga and offered her drug treatment. The rehab's chief executive, John Jolly, told DailyMail.co.uk, "I think it's always unhelpful when people in the public eye of a particular influence are seen engaging in drug use, particularly because cannabis use is a significant problem for people under 25 in the U.K. The predominant drug we are dealing with in our treatment centers for people under 25 years old is cannabis, so it's particularly unhelpful when things like this happen."

Reception

Critical response

Lady Gaga beginning the performance of "Born This Way" with a birth scene.

The Born This Way Ball has received positive reviews from critics. The Asian and Oceanic legs were met with praise. Commenting on Gaga's performance in South Korea, The Korea Herald journalist Cho Chung-un opined that she captivated the audience with what he described as an "innovative and breathtaking stage installations and ideas". Writing for the same publication, Emma Kalka complemented Gaga's wardrobe, and cited several segments such as her "Americano" performance as highlights of the concert. To Kwaak Je-yup of The Korea Times, the performance demonstrated Gaga's abilities as a performing artist. "Friday night was Lady Gaga at her best, fusing fashion and designs with great melodies and dance moves. Despite a few hiccups, it was a powerful lesson to the K-pop stars who dotted the arena." Philippine Daily Inquirer stated that the singer "wowed tens of thousands of South Koreans at the opening show of her global tour Friday with signature flamboyant outfits and a provocative performance". MTV noted the elaborate visuals of the show with its "Gothic castle backdrop and myriad costume changes" concluding that it is "clear that Gaga has outdone even her own Monster Ball in terms of spectacle." Elizabeth Soh of Yahoo! Singapore gave a positive review of the Singapore concert describing it as "at times shocking, raunchy, mellow and just plain bizarre." The New Zealand Herald felt that it was "obvious Gaga believes in her message, you can feel it in her voice. [That] Behind all the lights, glitz, meat, guns and exploding bras is a singer of exceptional talent". Regarding her first show in Brisbane, the Brisbane Times gave the show five stars, writing that it was "pure pop theatre" and that "the crowd was simply lost in the Gaga experience. Sean Sennet of The Australian commented that the show was "An extravaganza in every sense" and will be "remembered as a benchmark tour." However, ABS-CBN, a major Filipino commercial television network, wrote less favourably, saying "There was a time when Lady Gaga, despite her eccentricity and thick, colorful facade, bore some semblance of humanity and rawness in her performances. This isn't that time – not until the encore, at least."

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Mother G.O.A.T., a floating head, talking during an interlude.

Shows in Europe have also been very well received. Sofia's largest news agency, novinite.com, believed that "The magic of The Born This Way Ball concert, [was] said to be something until now unseen in Bulgaria, and a show that even outperformed the one Madonna staged in Sofia several years back". Romanian music review site BestMusic wrote that "Lady Gaga made the concert in Bucharest a real show, whose production will be extraordinary difficult to match. On August 16, Constitution Square, Gaga has written an important page in the history of live music". The Born This Way Ball was labelled as the "best show of the year" and "one of the most amazing events in years in Lithuania" by Lithuanian publication ATN, who also praised Gaga's costumes, stage design and the themes that were explored in the show. Neil McCormick of The Telegraph awarded the Born This Way Ball in Helsinki four stars, writing that the show "is quite spectacular ... and quite spectacularly bonkers", mentioning that Gaga "occupies pole position as the 21st centuries ultimate pop star". He also thought "The real highlight of the show is when she drops the big production, chats engagingly with her fans and sings songs solo at her piano. That's where you see and hear what an undeniable talent she is". However, he criticised the restrictiveness of several costumes and felt that the show's premise was a little over-extravagant and became diluted. Swedish news corporation Expressen gave the show five stars, believing that "her two and a half hour show is by far the most lavish and eccentric [they'd] ever seen", complementing Gaga's "flashes of humour... and smart political digs", and the show's intimacy and promotion of self-expression and love. Shows in the UK were also embraced by the media. The Guardian gave the show four out of five stars, stating that "The tightly choreographed hits sound terrific, but it's when this curious star sabotages the slickness that she seems most herself", while The Independent praised her performance at the Twickenham Stadium, writing that "she remains the only modern pop star worthy of being talked about in the same breath as Bowie, and her rivals – Rihanna and Beyoncé – aren't fit to lick Gaga's studded six-inch heels". Regarding her performance at the O₂ World in Berlin, morgenpost.de reported that "unlike Madonna, whose artificial spectacle you could experience at the same place, the younger rival is cheeky, fresh, uncompromising. She is closer to her audience, is snotty, rough and direct, and makes up for in charm and chutzpah, and does not lack in musical genius. That is impressive". After her performance at the Stade de France in Paris, Puretrend.com also gave a positive review of the show, commenting that "Attached to a unicorn for her triumphant arrival, she does what she does so well in front of nearly 75,000 people. Better than Madonna and her debacle Olympia, Mother Monster gave fans their money's worth."

South African publication The New Age gave Gaga's performance in Johannesburg five stars, stating that "Gaga’s energy teamed with a bevy of spectacular dancers made for an electric show" . National newspaper The Times's Nikita Ramkissoon shared this praise, writing that she "was really taken by was her natural talent... From arriving on stage on a horse, birthing herself, dancing dripping with sex and magnificence, Black Jesus and legs splayed open on an armchair made of meat, this performance was nothing short of spectacular. Every minute of it... Everyone [she] know who was there was blown away. You just had to be there to see how impressive it was".

Commercial performance

Lady Gaga putting one of her dancers into a meat grinder during the performance of "Poker Face".

Tickets for the tour ignited tremendous commercial success in several Asian and Australian markets. Tickets for the Australasian leg of the Born This Way Ball became available on February 17, 2012 through Ticketek and Ticketmaster. Shortly after availability, tickets for the initial two Auckland shows were sold out. In response to positive ticket sales in New Zealand and Australia, nine additional concerts were scheduled as part of the Australasia leg. In Hong Kong, an estimated 6,000 presale tickets became available on February 24. Tickets were sold out within three hours, prompting Live Nation to add three extra concerts in the city in five days. Additional sellouts and positive commercial results were reported for the successive performances in Hong Kong, as well as in Taipei, Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore, Seoul, and Jakarta, with the latter having sold out within two hours.

Similar successes were echoed in European markets. Several British publications indicated that presale tickets in the United Kingdom were selling beyond the demand. Industry analysts suggested that based on internet searches that an estimated two million people could attempt to purchase a ticket out of the 75,000 that were issued for the London and Manchester dates. Tickets became available for general sale on April 13, 2012; the London event sold out in a record-breaking 50 seconds, while the Manchester concert sold out under ten minutes. Several European ticketing sites crashed when the tickets went on sale, including Sweden, Finland and Spain, where the Barcelona pre-sale fastly sold out; more than 22,000 people attended her outdoor concert in Bucharest, Romania. Both Russian dates sold out in hours. So far the biggest crowd on the tour has been in Paris at the Stade de France on September 22nd, 2012, when Gaga, with 71,000 people in attendance, became the youngest artist to ever grace the stadium.

The high demand for tickets continued in Africa. When tickets went on sale for the two dates in South Africa, the ticket retailer Computicket's online ticketing servers crashed under the pressure from the high volume of fans trying to buy tickets to the concerts. Before the crash, some fans experienced extremely long waiting times in online queues, up to two hours, and at one point it was reported that over 26,000 people were still waiting to purchase tickets online. As a result, Computicket decided to cease online ticket sale until the following morning.

Despite the worldwide commercial success of the tour, it was not very well received by the South American market. In Colombia, some tickets were sold at half of their original price to increase ticket sales. This generated a wide criticism from fans who bought tickets at the original price; the production company also made an offer to fans who bought tickets at their original price, so they could get another free ticket in the same location and a price adjusted refund, or a full refund. To increase ticket sales of the three concerts in Brazil, special offers were made, one of to include a two for one in some stand locations, and a 10 installments with no interest payment for tickets. In Chile, ticket sales were higher than in the rest of the South American countries. However, the show wasn’t able to sell all the locations immediately, and the production company for the concert had to make special offers 2 weeks before the show to sell more tickets. This included a 2x1 offer in stand locations, and reducing the price in most of the tickets. Peru was another country with low sales of tickets, where they were sold in a two for the price of one offer, and some of them at half of their original price. It was also announced in September that Skype established a partnership with Gaga and officially joined the Born This Way Ball in Estonia. Since then, they are interviewing fans and taking footage of her performances in Europe and South and North America. Exclusive content and behind-the-scenes clips are expected to become available soon through http://www.skypeball.com/. After premiering two video previews for a possible music video for "Cake Like Lady Gaga", it is rumoured that the video will be included in the Terry Richardson film. The documentary is said to be called "Lady Gaga XX Terry Richardson".

Opening acts

• Zedd (Asia and North America)
• Lady Starlight (Australia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, North America)
• Madeon (North America, select dates)
• The Darkness (Europe, Africa, Latin America, select dates)
• Von Smith (Brisbane)

• DJ Melissa O (Costa Rica)
• DJ Fabrício Peçanha (Porto Alegre)
• DIVA (Paraguay)

Setlist

1. "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)"
2. "Government Hooker"
3. "Born This Way"
4. "Black Jesus † Amen Fashion"
5. "Bloody Mary"
6. "Bad Romance"
7. "Judas"
8. "Fashion of His Love"
9. "Just Dance"
10. "LoveGame"
11. "Telephone"
12. "Heavy Metal Lover"
13. "Bad Kids"
14. "Hair" (not performed on June 27-July 3 and July 8-August 21)
15. "Princess Die" (June 27, 2012 - October 6, 2012 and November 11)
16. "Yoü and I"
17. "Electric Chapel"
18. "Americano"
19. "Poker Face"
20. "Alejandro"
21. "Paparazzi"
22. "Scheiße

Encore

23. "The Edge of Glory"
24. "Marry the Night"

Notes

• "Black Jesus † Amen Fashion" was originally performed after "Scheiße", but as of May 13, 2012, it is performed after "Born This Way".
• During the first performance in Melbourne on June 27, Lady Gaga debuted "Princess Die". It was later removed from the setlist on October 6 and was not performed again until November 11.
• On June 27, "Hair" was removed from the setlist initially; it was performed again on July 7, and then re-added to the setlist on August 23.
• During the first performance in London, "Americano", "Poker Face" and "Alejandro" were not performed due to to local time restrictions.
• During the two performances in London, Lady Gaga performed a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine".
• During the second performance in Amsterdam and the performance in Buenos Aires, Lady Gaga performed "Stuck On Fuckin' You".
• During the performance in Barcelona and the first in Antwerp, "Princess Die" was not performed.
• During the performance in Mexico City, "Paparazzi" and "The Edge of Glory" were not performed.
• During the performances in Mexico City, San José and Buenos Aires, Lady Gaga performed an acoustic version of "Marry the Night".
• During the performance in Bogotá, excerpts of "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" were intertwined with "Hair".
• During the performance in Rio de Janeiro, Lady Gaga performed "Cake Like Lady Gaga" after "Marry the Night".
• During the performance in São Paulo, Lady Gaga performed "The Queen" after "Princess Die".
• During the performances in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Oslo, Lady Gaga performed an acoustic version of "Born This Way".

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Asia
April 27, 2012	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Stadium
May 2, 2012	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld-Arena
May 3, 2012
May 5, 2012
May 7, 2012
May 10, 2012	Tokyo	Japan	Saitama Super Arena
May 12, 2012
May 13, 2012
May 17, 2012	Taipei	Taiwan	TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall
May 18, 2012
May 21, 2012	Manila	Philippines	Mall of Asia Arena
May 22, 2012
May 25, 2012	Bangkok	Thailand	Rajamangala National Stadium
May 28, 2012	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
May 29, 2012
May 31, 2012
Oceania
June 7, 2012	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena
June 8, 2012
June 10, 2012
June 13, 2012	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
June 14, 2012
June 16, 2012
June 20, 2012	Sydney		Allphones Arena
June 21, 2012
June 23, 2012
June 24, 2012
June 27, 2012	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
June 28, 2012
June 30, 2012
July 1, 2012
July 3, 2012
July 7, 2012	Perth		Burswood Dome
July 8, 2012
Europe
August 14, 2012	Sofia	Bulgaria	Arena Armeets
August 16, 2012	Bucharest	Romania	Piaţa Constituţiei
August 18, 2012	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
August 21, 2012	Vilnius	Lithuania	Vingio Parko Estrada
August 23, 2012	Riga	Latvia	Mežaparka Lielā Estrāde
August 25, 2012	Tallinn	Estonia	Tallinna lauluväljak
August 27, 2012	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
August 28, 2012
August 30, 2012	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe
August 31, 2012
September 2, 2012	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadion
September 4, 2012	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
September 5, 2012
September 8, 2012	London	England	Twickenham Stadium
September 9, 2012
September 11, 2012	Manchester		Manchester Arena
September 15, 2012	Dublin	Ireland	Aviva Stadium
September 17, 2012	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
September 18, 2012
September 20, 2012	Berlin	Germany	O2 World
September 22, 2012	Paris	France	Stade de France
September 24, 2012	Hanover	Germany	TUI Arena
September 26, 2012	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
September 27, 2012
September 29, 2012	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
September 30, 2012
October 2, 2012	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum
October 3, 2012	Nice	France	Palais Nikaia
October 4, 2012
October 6, 2012	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
North America
October 26, 2012	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol
October 30, 2012	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot
October 31, 2012
November 3, 2012	San José	Costa Rica	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
South America
November 6, 2012	Bogotá	Colombia	Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín
November 9, 2012	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Parque dos Atletas
November 11, 2012	São Paulo		Estádio do Morumbi
November 13, 2012	Porto Alegre		FIERGS Concert Grounds
November 16, 2012	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium
November 20, 2012	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
November 23, 2012	Lima	Peru	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
November 26, 2012	Asunción	Paraguay	Hipódromo de Asunción
Africa
November 30, 2012	Johannesburg	South Africa	FNB Stadium
December 3, 2012	Cape Town		Cape Town Stadium
Europe
December 6, 2012	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena
December 9, 2012	Saint Petersburg	Russia	SKK Peterburgsky
December 12, 2012	Moscow		Olimpiyskiy
North America
January 11, 2013	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena
January 12, 2013
January 14, 2013	Tacoma	United States	Tacoma Dome
January 15, 2013	Portland		Rose Garden Arena
January 17, 2013	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose
January 20, 2013	Los Angeles		Staples Center
January 21, 2013
January 23, 2013	Phoenix		US Airways Center
January 25, 2013	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
January 26, 2013
January 29, 2013	Dallas		American Airlines Center
January 31, 2013	Houston		Toyota Center
February 2, 2013	St. Louis		Scottrade Center
February 4, 2013	Kansas City		Sprint Center
February 6, 2013	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center
February 8, 2013	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
February 9, 2013
February 11, 2013	Montreal		Bell Centre
February 13, 2013	Chicago	United States	United Center
February 14, 2013
February 16, 2013	Detroit		The Palace of Auburn Hills
February 17, 2013	Hamilton	Canada	Copps Coliseum
February 19, 2013	Philadelphia	United States	Wells Fargo Center
February 20, 2013
February 22, 2013	New York City		Madison Square Garden
February 23, 2013
February 25, 2013	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center
February 27, 2013	Boston		TD Garden
March 2, 2013	State College		Bryce Jordan Center
March 3, 2013	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
March 6, 2013	New York City		Barclays Center
March 7, 2013
March 10, 2013	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
March 11, 2013	Atlanta		Philips Arena
March 13, 2013	Tampa		Tampa Bay Times Forum
March 15, 2013	Fort Lauderdale		BB&T Center
March 16, 2013	Miami		American Airlines Arena
March 18, 2013	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum Complex
March 20, 2013	Tulsa		BOK Center

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

June 3, 2012	Jakarta, Indonesia	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium	Cancelled
August 14, 2012	Sofia, Bulgaria	Vasil Levski National Stadium	Moved to the Armeets Arena
August 16, 2012	Bucharest, Romania	Arena Națională	Moved to the Piaţa Constituţiei
October 4, 2012	Nice, France	Stade Charles-Ehrmann	Moved to the Palais Nikaia
March 2, 2013	Atlantic City, United States	Boardwalk Hall	Cancelled

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Olympic Stadium	Seoul	51,684 / 51,684 (100%)	$3,084,172
AsiaWorld-Arena	Hong Kong	51,613 / 51,613 (100%)	$7,893,195
Saitama Super Arena	Tokyo	96,550 / 96,550 (100%)	$18,339,701
TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall	Taipei	22,173 / 22,173 (100%)	$4,274,243
Mall of Asia Arena	Manila	18,915 / 18,915 (100%)	$1,275,387
Rajamangala National Stadium	Bangkok	41,478 / 41,478 (100%)	$4,299,376
Singapore Indoor Stadium	Singapore	30,952 / 30,952 (100%)	$4,744,331
Vector Arena	Auckland	34,367 / 34,367 (100%)	$3,669,324
Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane	31,326 / 31,326 (100%)	$4,289,453
Allphones Arena	Sydney	54,774 / 54,774 (100%)	$7,563,088
Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne	60,031 / 60,031 (100%)	$8,169,642
Burswood Dome	Perth	32,046 / 32,046 (100%)	$3,696,277
Armeets Arena	Sofia	8,705 / 8,705 (100%)	$489,708
Piaţa Constituţiei	Bucharest	22,602 / 22,602 (100%)	$627,303
Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna	13,826 / 13,826 (100%)	$1,213,814
Vingis Park	Vilnius	14,853 / 14,853 (100%)	$1,004,182
Mežaparka Lielā Estrāde	Riga	12,974 / 12,974 (100%)	$587,997
Tallinn Song Festival Grounds	Tallinn	16,191 / 16,191 (100%)	$1,011,992
Hartwall Areena	Helsinki	19,793 / 19,793 (100%)	$2,043,247
Ericsson Globe	Stockholm	27,447 / 27,447 (100%)	$2,848,530
Parken Stadium	Copenhagen	27,819 / 27,819 (100%)	$2,223,471
Lanxess Arena	Cologne	25,123 / 25,123 (100%)	$2,312,695
Twickenham Stadium	London	101,250 / 101,250 (100%)	$10,714,991
Manchester Arena	Manchester	15,543 / 15,543 (100%)	$1,795,795
Aviva Stadium	Dublin	37,005 / 37,005 (100%)	$3,523,340
Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam	26,375 / 26,375 (100%)	$2,462,977
O2 World	Berlin	11,968 / 11,968 (100%)	$1,138,313
Stade de France	Paris	70,617 / 70,617 (100%)	$6,367,305
TUI Arena	Hanover	10,816 / 10,816 (100%)	$1,075,831
Hallenstadion	Zurich	26,626 / 26,626 (100%)	$3,035,010
Sportpaleis	Antwerp	33,539 / 33,539 (100%)	$2,948,685
Mediolanum Forum	Milan	10,753 / 10,753 (100%)	$1,119,536
Palais Nikaia	Nice	13,169 / 13,169 (100%)	$1,088,012
Palau Sant Jordi	Barcelona	16,934 / 16,934 (100%)	$1,705,685
Coliseo de Puerto Rico	San Juan	21,262 / 21,262 (100%)	$2,242,937
TOTAL		1,110,405 / 1,110,405 (100%)	$124,879,535

Personnel

Main

• Show Director - Marla Weinhoff
• Production Executive - Mo Morrison
• Stage Architect - Mark Fisher
• Fashion Director - Nicola Formichetti
• Costume Design - Haus of Gaga, Christian Dada, Armani, Versace, Moschino, and Void of Course
• Choreographer - Richard Jackson
• Wardrobe - Perry Meek and Tony Villanueva
• Stylist - Brandon Maxwell
• Hair Stylist - Frederic Aspiras
• Make Up - Tara Savelo and Sara Nicole Tanno
• Video Director - Steven Fatone
• Lighting Director - Calvin Mosier
• Management - Troy Carter

• Stage Director - Richard Jackson
• Stage Fabrication - Tait Towers
• Promoter - Live Nation Global Touring
• Dancers - Amanda Balen, David Lei Brandt, Graham Breitenstein, Montana Efaw, Kevin Frey, Knicole Haggins, Asiel Hardison, Jeremy Hudson, Mark Kanemura, Ian McKenzie, Sloan-Taylor Rabinor, and Victor Rojas

Band

• Lady Gaga - Lead vocals, piano, keytar, guitar
• Lanar Brantley - Bass
• George McCurdy - Drums
• Brockett Parsons - Keyboards
• Tim Steward - Guitar
• Ricky Tillo - Guitar
• Joe Wilson - Musical director

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External links

• Lady Gaga Official Website