Yeah. It's a double-edged sword. The scalpers aren't making money off her like they thought she would. Which is a good thing, because scalping is wrong. But also, it's a bad sign for Gaga, because it shows her as not being as "in-demand" as they thought she was.

It was only those few SA dates though right?

No, the article itself applies to her US dates.

ouch
At least the gross won't be affected though

How does this affect her tour though, does this say that she's not selling at all?

It doesn't affect the gross but the demand might not be as high as expected. I think tickets wouldn't have had a problem selling out if she started the US leg earlier.

I agree completely, she lost all the anticipation and promo. But at least nearing to the release of ARTPOP, she'll for sure tease the album on the NA leg

She should have started the tour in November 2011

but then again she did need a break from her psychotic schedule

The management of the BTW era is completely OFF. I mean way OFF.

From the single releases, album release date, tour dates and everything. Mess tbh. Could've been an amazing era if handled correctly.

They better not do this to ARTPOP. Interscope should take proper planning this time around.

I will never get over them colliding eras by having TMB end 2 weeks before album release and having practically 3 singles released by the time the tour ended and album the album dropped

Wow 4 singles were released in a 5 month period

!!!

The era was a MESS, the music was so good though. Terrible planning, terrible image, terrible handling, terrible videos, terrible image, terrible look, etc etc.

The singles should have been BTW, MTN, TEOG, Scheisse (radio edit), Y&I, and Hair. All with professionally directed videos with a light but mature tone and look. She also should have been less polarizing and alienating. But w/e, the music was amazing and I still love her.

That's going to end up being the case with AP as well. BTW Ball is going to far into 2013. TMB shouldn't have been so long and the BTW Ball should have started earlier.

I mean, they had to, because none of the singles were sticking.

And there wasn't really any single-worthy material on that album anyway. Which is fine if you're Bjork... But not for a pop star.

Did they ever say why they waited till May to release the album?
Obvs they wanted to debut the single at the Grammys but why May for the album?

Well the BTWB ends in March which is only 2 months away and so far we have not one date for a lead single so I think they learned from their mistake.

Everybody always said MTN was radio friendly and I never really understood how :devil even though it's my favorite off the album

I don't know but I remember them saying it was supposed to be released in December 2010.

I was so sure it would smash. http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=154601 How embarassing

I love the fact that everyone hates us monsters