Tour by Lady Gaga | |
Associated album | The Fame |
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Start date | March 12, 2009 |
End date | May 30, 2009 |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 27 in North America |
The Fame Ball Tour is the first concert tour by American pop singer-songwriter, Lady Gaga. The tour is to promote her first studio album, The Fame. The show will visit North America.
Background
The tour was officially announced on January 12, 2009 through Gaga's official Myspace page. This will be her first headlining tour; she has previously served as opening act for New Kids on the Block's New Kids on the Block: Live tour, as well as the Pussycat Doll's World Domination Tour. Gaga stated, "I consider what I do to be more of an Andy Warhol concept: pop performance art, multimedia, fashion, technology, video, film. And it's all coming together, and it's going to be traveling museum show."[1] In an interview with MTV News, Gaga described the tour as, "It's not really a tour, it's more of a traveling party. I want it to be an entire experience from [the] minute you walk in [the] front door to [the] minute I begin to sing. And when it's all over, everyone's going to press rewind and relive it again. It's going to be as if you're walking into New York circa 1974: There's an art installation in the lobby, a DJ spinning your favorite records in the main room, and then the most haunting performance that you've ever seen on the stage." [2]
Shortly after tickets went on sale, certain cities added a second show on the same night due to the high demand for tickets. There was no time to add a second night, so the show will be taking place twice on certain nights.
On 20 February 2009, Huliq News reported that Gaga donated tickets and a meet and greet, for any show on her tour, in the US or Canada, to raise money for Odyssey Charter School and elementary schools in Los Angeles affected by budget cuts. [3] According to Gaga she's preparing three versions of her show to cater to different sizes of the venues she's playing. In an interview with Billboard she said
"I want to have a clear schedule of the dimensions for each venue so that we can properly execute all the technology and visuals. I need to mentally prepare days in advance if things are going to be taken out; otherwise, I won't have a good show...Every show's gonna be an A show by the time I'm done screaming at everyone -- 'Hang it! Hang everything! Find a place to hang it!' That's gonna be my motto."[4]
Opening Acts
- The White Tie Affair [1] (select dates)
- Chester French [1] (select dates)
- Cinema Bizarre [5] (select dates)
References
- ^ a b c "Lady GaGa Announces Dates For "The Fame Ball" Tour". Universal Music Group. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ Montgomery, James (2009-02-04). "Lady Gaga Promises 'Life-Changing Experience' With Fame Ball Tour". MTV News. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ Empress (2009-02-20). "Lady GaGa Auction of Tickets, Meet&Greet Benefits Charter School". Huliq News. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ Gary Graff (March 03, 2009). "Lady GaGa Ready To Go For Headlining Tour". Nielsen Business Media. Billboard. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
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