Last Lady Gaga visited Oslo, the Oslo Spektrum (capacity of 10 500) was packed. Thursday, she plays a far from sold out Telenor Arena.
Two years ago, Lady Gaga concert sold out the same day tickets were released. Now she is struggling with ticket sales.
- We do not comment on ticket sales, says Martin Nilsen, concert organizer at Live Nation. He would not comment on whether they had expected to sell out.
Neither ticket service will tell you how many tickets were released. Telenor Arena can at most take 25 000 in the audience.
In comparison, a different world star, Justin Bieber, sold out three nights at the same venue in April.
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Gaga's latest album is practically a flop. It sold a lot immediately, but didn't generate enough hits like her type of artist relies on to keep the audience's interest. Then it is not surprising that this is reflected in concert ticket sales, says VG music journalist Thomas Talseth.
P3's (Norwegian radio station) music director Mats Borch Bugge is not surprised.
- First, she has not released anything good. Her most recent album flopped, and she has not been able tto really get on her feet after that yet.
She did not deliver a great live show, it showed the last time she was in Oslo. In addition, Rihanna has proved that she is worthy of the title of the world's hottest female artist - perhaps the world's hottest artist, says Borch Bugge.
He says organizer Live Nation must have overestimated the interest of Lady Gaga.
- Yes, this must be a miscalculation. In 2010, she was very big, but a lot has happened since then. Telenor Arena is very large, and in addition it is a bad time now before Christmas, says Borch Bugge.
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