Lady Gaga Monster Ball Tour continues to expand till 2011
Critics around the world raved about the first leg of The Monster Ball Tour, which Gaga described as “the first-ever pop-electro opera.” The Sun called it “breathtaking stuff” and “the best live show you will see this year,” while London’s Independent wrote: “Gaga’s got it, which is why, right now, the whole pop world wants to take a ride on her disco stick.” Writing about her show at Radio City Music Hall, the New York Times noted that “her Monster Ball tour always provided something worth a snapshot: a sci-fi tableau, perhaps, or a skimpy, glittery costume. The more her image gets around, the better Lady Gaga does.”
Lady Gaga’s 2010 North American leg of The Monster Ball Tour will begin on June 28th at Montreal’s Bell Centre, taking her spectacular show to 31 top arenas and a host of new cities in the U.S. and Canada throughout the summer and fall.
In keeping with Lady Gaga’s flair for the theatrical, as well as her innovative and creative spirit, the second leg of the tour promises to push the limits of the live concert experience, bringing fans a spectacle even more eye-popping than what they experienced during the thrilling first leg of The Monster Ball.
“It’s still called Monster Ball, but it’s more of a musical and less of a concert,” Lady Gaga said in an interview with KIIS-FM’s Ryan Seacrest. “It has a New York theme, it’s a story, and the story is that me and my friends are in New York and we’re going to the Monster Ball, and we get lost.”
Live Nation Global Touring is the International tour promoter and producer for The Monster Ball under the direction of Arthur Fogel, CEO Global Touring and Chairman–Global Music Live Nation who said: “Lady Gaga has set out to revolutionize pop music and with her new production she continues to do exactly that. We’re thrilled to take The Monster Ball to fans around the world.”
Lady Gaga continues to expand the scope of her North American tour, nearly doubling the length of the Monster Ball Tour’s early 2011 leg.
New Monster Ball concerts, added late last week, include an extended February 21-22 run at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, as well as shows on February 24 at Verizon Center in Washington, DC; March 14 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX; and March 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.
Lady Gaga extended her Monster Ball Tour into the New Year due to the large number of sold-out concerts on her summer 2010 calendar. And the expansion isn’t complete yet, according to the artist’s official Web site, which notes that additional cities and venues will be announced in the near future.
