I may get killed for this but I've always thought that TMB was really overated. The story and narrative was extremely cheesy and weak. The acting was half assed most of the time. She would stop mid song and start babbling. I still think overall it was a great show and better than what most offer but I think little monsters put blinders on when thinking back about TMB. TMB had tons of flaws, imo.
BTWB is superior in every aspect for me. I also think her singing has significantly improved over the past year. I've noticed this with her performances throughout the BTW era that they seem to have improved over what she was capable of doing during TF/TFM era.
I may get killed for this but I've always thought that TMB was really overated. The story and narrative was extremely cheesy and weak. The acting was half assed most of the time. She would stop mid song and start babbling. I still think overall it was a great show and better than what most offer but I think little monsters put blinders on when thinking back about TMB. TMB had tons of flaws, imo.
BTWB is superior in every aspect for me. I also think her singing has significantly improved over the past year. I've noticed this with her performances throughout the BTW era that they seem to have improved over what she was capable of doing during TF/TFM era.
Monsters are not so scary, we respect your opinion. (At least some of us do )
I don' know much of TMB, I just saw HBO special and I think the show was amazing. But that was TMB 2.0 when everything was already perfected. Her first shows though
BTWB is really planned out, she was planning it for months and it looks really professional. I love the whole story behind it.
Monsters are not so scary, we respect your opinion. (At least some of us do )
I don' know much of TMB, I just saw HBO special and I think the show was amazing. But that was TMB 2.0 when everything was already perfected. Her first shows though
BTWB is really planned out, she was planning it for months and it looks really professional. I love the whole story behind it.
I should probably change my avatar because this is the thread I post in the most and Gaga is the person I stan for the most.
I thought TMB was a better show than most were offering but the way BTWB has been nitpicked and compared to TMB just has left me annoyed. Simply because TMB had bad fashion choices, weird songs and unmemorable performances. I just think BTWB delivers on every aspect TMB does by ten fold.
This is a little sneak peek of the receipts thread I'm opening when the tour ends (if I don't die in between ):
BTWB receipts thread
The Born This Way Ball - The Receipts
Total attendance and gross
SHOWS: 33 TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 525,909 TOTAL GROSS: $71,298,189 AVERAGE ATTENDANCE: 15,937 AVERAGE GROSS: $2.16M % SOLD OUT: 100%
Date-by-date receipts
Asian leg (April 27 - May 31, 2012)
April 27, Seoul, South Korea, Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 51,684 (100%), only 18 years and older Gross: $3,084,172 Additional infos: The opening night of The Born This Way Ball registered the second-biggest crowd ever for an international act in the history of South Korea, despite underages being banned from the show by the government. Source
May 2-3-5-7, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, AsiaWorld-Arena
Attendance: 51,613 (100%) Gross: $7,893,195 Additional infos: Because of instant sell-outs, Gaga was forced to add three additional shows in Hong Kong, which sold out in hours at most. She is the first act EVER to perform four consecutive arena shows in Hong Kong. Source
May 10-12-13, Saitama, Japan, Saitama Super Arena
Attendance: 96,550 (100%) Gross: $18,339,701 Additional infos: Grossing more than $6M each, The Born This Way Ball shows in Tokyo became Gaga's most successful concerts at that moment. Despite high prices, the three dates sold out.
May 17-18, Taipei, Taiwan, TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall
Attendance: 22,173 (100%) Gross: $4,274,243
May 21-22, Manila, Philippines, Mall Of Asia Arena
Attendance: 18,915 (100%) Gross: $1,275,387 Additional infos:The Born This Way Ball was the first event ever held at the Mall Of Asia Arena, which was officially opened on May 21, 2012, and rushed just to host the concert. Because of the success of the first date, promoters added a second show the following night: both concerts sold out and were regularly performed with no changes despite protests from religious groups, who wanted the show to be cancelled and the songs 'Judas' and 'Alejandro' to be banned.
May 25, Bangkok, Thailand, Rajamangala National Stadium
Attendance: 41,478 (100%) Gross: $4,299,376 Additional infos: The concert held at the National Stadium in Bangkok was the largest ever held in Thailand. Source
May 28-29-31, Singapore, Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 30,952 (100%) Gross: $4,744,331 Additional infos: Lady Gaga became the first international act to perform three consecutive arena shows in Singapore.
Oceanian leg (June 7 - July 8, 2012)
June 7-8-10, Auckland, New Zealand, Vector Arena
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June 13-14-16, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane Entertainment Centre
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June 20-21-23-24, Sydney, Australia, Allphones Arena
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June 27-28-30 & July 1-3, Melbourne, Australia, Rod Laver Arena
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July 7-8, Perth, Australia, Burswood Dome
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European leg (August - October 2012)
August 14, Sofia, Bulgaria, Armeets Arena
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August 16, Bucharest, Romania, Arena Națională
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August 18, Vienna, Austria, Wiener Stadthalle
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August 21, Vilnius, Lithuania, Vingio Parko Estrada
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August 23, Riga, Latvia, Mežaparka Lielajā Estrādē
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August 25, Tallinn, Estonia, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
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August 27-28, Helsinki, Finland, Hartwall Arena
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August 30-31, Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson Globe
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September 2, Copenhagen, Denmark, Parken Stadium
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September 4-5, Cologne, Germany, Lanxess Arena
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September 8-9, London, England, Twickenham Stadium
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September 11, Manchester, England, M.E.N. Arena
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September 15, Dublin, Ireland, Aviva Stadium
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September 17-18, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
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September 20, Berlin, Germany, O2 World
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September 22, Paris, France, Stade De France
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September 24, Hanover, Germany, TUI Arena
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September 26-27, Zurich, Switzerland, Hallenstadion
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September 29-30, Antwerp, Belgium, Sportpaleis
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October 2, Milan, Italy, Mediolanum Forum
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October 4, Nice, France, Stade Charles-Ehrmann
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October 6, Barcelona, Spain, Palau Sant Jordi
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South American Leg (November 2012)
African Leg (November 30 - December 3, 2012)
November 30, Johannesburg, South Africa, FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
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December 3, Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town Stadium
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North American leg (January - April 2013)
Critical reception
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"The 45,000-strong audience on the opening night of her world tour at the Seoul Olympic Stadium was treated to a highly entertaining show, with impressive singing and dancing as well as ample imagination applied to her costumes and set designs. [...] 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.
[..] Set in a giant three-storey medieval castle that borrowed elements from European and Arabian architecture, she entered on a horse under dimmed lighting. In a futuristic outfit and an alien-head like mask, she sang through the opener “Highway Unicorn” and disappeared shortly after on a moving walkway. [...] Most of her notes were solid and confident throughout, a notable feat while going through all her athletic dance moves. She even fell twice on stage, but she stood back up in no time and returned to her rhythm.
The carefree levity that characterizes her persona and performance is an enormous force that can uplift even the largest of arenas."
U.S pop star Lady Gaga wowed some 50,000 people in the audience at the Olympic stadium in Seoul with her provocative but creative stage costumes and performances.
Riding on to the the stage on a horseback, clad in a futuristic body suit and metal headpieces designed by Italian fashion power house Giorgio Armani specially for the concert, Lady Gaga made her first official appearance here, saying the past week felt like a month to her.
And captivate the audience, she did. Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way Ball”concert mesmerized the Korean audience for over two hours with innovative and breathtaking stage installation and ideas.
“(It was) imaginative and futuristic,” said Claire Hong, 45, who attended the concert with her girlfriend.
Friday night's event was only the second concert by a foreign artist held at the country‘s largest sports and entertainment venue. The late Michael Jackson held a concert at the same arena in 1996."
A bra made of guns, a see-through latex number, a motorbike as a piano, the meat dress (accompanied by butcher-hooked meat and bizarre meat grinders). There’s nothing underwhelming about Lady Gaga live, and it’s almost best summed up by the absurd extravagance of her costumes and sets.
An unrivalled spectacle, of course, was always expected. And so, on cue, the reigning Queen of global pop delivered, emerging from the pregnant belly of a sprawling castle façade, beneath an immense gleaming pink neon diamond prop. As she ripped through her massive catalogue of hits – Born This Way, Poker Face, Love Game, Paparazzi and Telephone among them, Lady Gaga’s first of four sold-out arena shows here in Hong Kong was significantly powered by glitz and glamour, a massive troupe of energetic, flair-brimming dancers, horsemen encircling the extended catwalk stage and props galore.
But for all the entertaining façade, beneath the plethora of ostentatious costumes and sets, there was a strange hint of robotocism about the Lady herself, about her millisecond perfect choreography, pitch-perfect vocal gymnastics and hyper-energy. Even when she improvised elements slipped into the night – like when ‘Ra Ra Ah Ah’ in Bad Romance became ‘Ra Ra Ho-ong Ko-ong’), there was a hint of over rehearsal about it.
Not that many in the crowd would care. The Mother Monster was in their midst – and in essence, she delivered everything any Lady Gaga fan could hope for – including a bra made of guns.
For two days in a row, American pop diva Lady Gaga took her fans by storm at concerts in Taipei. [...]
As in her concert on Thursday, Lady Gaga kicked off her second and last concert in Taipei on Friday night with "Highway Unicorn," entering onto a 25-meter tall Gothic style stage astride a black horse.
Throughout the show, the costume chameleon made a dozen wardrobe changes, including an alien outfit, a skirt shaped like an origami paper crane, a headdress featuring the Statue of Liberty and her famous "meat dress."
Over a course of two hours, the star reeled out more than 20 songs from her albums, such as hits "Bad Romance," "Poker Face," "Just Dance" and "Born This Way," electrifying her "little monsters," who waved thousands of pink glow sticks in the dark and held placards that said "Love You."
Expensive tickets did not seem to quench the passion of fans. Enrico Lu, who came to the concert with his wife and their two sons, said the four tickets in the pit cost him huge bucks, but he brought his family to the concert because he thought it was a "once in a lifetime experience" and because he wanted his children to experience something unique; "It's a little expensive," said 18-year-old Lee Wei-sheng, who bought the most expensive ticket to Thursday's concert with money from his parents. "But it is well worth it."
On April 27th the world’s biggest pop star of the moment, the New York City-born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (aka Lady Gaga) kicked off her enormous world tour with a sold-out concert in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, followed by a date in Hong Kong, before going on to Bangkok, Singapore and Jakarta. Surprising, perhaps, as any self-respecting Western pop superstar used to begin their world tours almost exclusively in America or Britain. So the Lady Gaga tour itinerary has provoked a lot of comment in the Asian press and online.
There was a time, after all, when what used to be called the “developing world” only got the has-beens and B-listers. [...] So does her “Born this Way ball” tour provide yet more evidence that the economic pendulum has now made its full swing from West to East? Alan Ridgeway, the worldwide promoter for the shows, certainly seems to think so. He is quoted in the press as saying that although Japan used to be a fairly safe bet for big Western stars, now it’s the whole region: “Even though Japan may be able to support three or four shows, this often wasn’t enough to justify the expense of bringing a tour to Asia. Now as we see increasing demand from other markets, such as South Korea, China and Indonesia, it becomes possible to route a financially viable multi-date tour through the region.”
The demand is clearly there. “Little monsters”, as Lady Gaga’s fans are sweetly known, have been snapping up the tickets as soon as they go on sale—in the case of Jakarta, 25,000 in the first two hours. Prices start at $50 rise steeply from there—and they don’t seem to have put youngsters off either. It seems that Lady Gaga knows her market. Doubtless the frisson of rebelliousness she sells plays a role too. Religious groups of all stripes, including Christians in Korea and Muslims in Indonesia, have attacked the gender-bending singer for corrupting the nations’ morals, urging their compatriots to stay away—which I guess will make her fans want to go even more. That’s still the point, isn’t it?
Americans will have to wait until next year. And what of poor old downgraded Europe? The little monsters there will have to wait until September or October to see their idol. And it looks as if someone from Standard & Poor’s might have drawn up the itinerary. The least sound economies are left till last, presumably so Lady Gaga can pull out in good time before a complete collapse. Thus her last three dates are in Italy, France and finally Spain. For the moment there don’t seem to be any Greek dates.
This is a little sneak peek of the receipts thread I'm opening when the tour ends (if I don't die in between ):
BTWB receipts thread
The Born This Way Ball - The Receipts
Total attendance and gross
Total attendance: - Total gross: -
Date-by-date receipts
Asian leg (April - June 2012)
April 27, Seoul, South Korea, Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 45,000+, only 18 years and older Gross: - Additional infos: The opening night of The Born This Way Ball registered the second-biggest crowd ever for an international act in the history of South Korea, despite underages being banned from the show by the government. Source
May 2-3-5-7, Hong Kong, AsiaWorld-Arena
Attendance: 63,200 Gross: - Additional infos: Because of instant sell-outs, Gaga was forced to add three additional shows in Hong Kong, which sold out istantly, too. She is the first act EVER to perform four consecutive arena shows in Hong Kong. Source
Oceanian leg (June-July 2012)
European leg (August-October 2012)
South American Leg (End 2012)
North American leg (January-March 2012)
Critical reception
Notable press
Gerl ur amazing. Thanks.
The BTW Ball is coming to slay and your thread will be full for sure!
at the minimum I'm gonna need a professionally recorded live CD of this show from the Haus. I'm loving the live arrangements. BluRay would be nice too.
This is a little sneak peek of the receipts thread I'm opening when the tour ends (if I don't die in between ):
BTWB receipts thread
The Born This Way Ball - The Receipts
Total attendance and gross
Total attendance: - Total gross: -
Date-by-date receipts
Asian leg (April - June 2012)
April 27, Seoul, South Korea, Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 45,000+, only 18 years and older Gross: - Additional infos: The opening night of The Born This Way Ball registered the second-biggest crowd ever for an international act in the history of South Korea, despite underages being banned from the show by the government. Source
May 2-3-5-7, Hong Kong, AsiaWorld-Arena
Attendance: 63,200 Gross: - Additional infos: Because of instant sell-outs, Gaga was forced to add three additional shows in Hong Kong, which sold out istantly, too. She is the first act EVER to perform four consecutive arena shows in Hong Kong. Source
Any news on ticket sales for the Australian shows?
Five days ago:
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Originally posted by Foot
Oceanian leg
June 7 - Auckland, New Zealand - Vector Arena (12.000) - SOLD OUT
June 8 - Auckland, New Zealand - Vector Arena (12.000) - Only VIP Tickets available
June 10 - Auckland, New Zealand - Vector Arena (12.000) - SOLD OUT
June 13 - Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Center (13.500) - SOLD OUT
June 14 - Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Center (13.500) - Only VIP Tickets available
June 16 - Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Center (13.500) - Limited tickets
June 20 - Sydney, Australia - Allphones Arena (21.000) - Limited tickets^^
June 21 - Sydney, Australia - Allphones Arena (21.000) - Limited tickets
June 23 - Sydney, Australia - Allphones Arena (21.000) - Limited tickets^^
June 24 - Sydney, Australia - Allphones Arena (21.000) - Limited tickets
June 27 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena (15.000) - Only VIP Tickets available
June 28 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena (15.000) - Only VIP Tickets available
June 30 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena (15.000) - SOLD OUT
July 1 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena (15.000) - Only VIP Tickets available
July 3 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena (15.000) - Limited tickets
July 7 - Perth, Australia - Burswood Dome (14.000) - SOLD OUT
July 8 - Perth, Australia - Burswood Dome (14.000) - Limited tickets
This is the only change since:
June 28 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena (15.000) - SOLD OUT
There are only rear view seats available for the 2nd & 3rd Sydney dates. Those need to sell out.
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Originally posted by HausOfA-M
For the moment there don’t seem to be any Greek dates.
Foot, sis, did you finish that European leg's prediction?
I have most countries ready, but I still need information on the prices for Italy and Switzerland, and reliable info on how Denmark, Ireland and the Balkan and Baltic dates are doing.
I have most countries ready, but I still need information on the prices for Italy and Switzerland, and reliable info on how Denmark, Ireland and the Balkan and Baltic countries are doing.
Italy is from 86.25euros to 109.25, but that was pre-sale, I think.
I have most countries ready, but I still need information on the prices for Italy and Switzerland, and reliable info on how Denmark, Ireland and the Balkan and Baltic dates are doing.
This is the best I can find for Italy. Livenation removed tickets' prices so I found it on the official italian page for Gaga. If you aren't able to understand something even with translator's help, ask it to me and I'll help you!
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BTWB receipts thread
If you aren't able to understand something even with translator's help, ask it to me and I'll help you! 
