GAGA and her team fumbled the momentum they had after coachella and copacobana

[Monstermilo 5,473]

GAGA wowed the world after coachella, and then set records with 2+ million in brazil. 

the world was loving her live performances and shes dancing and singing better than she ever has before. 

i feel like all that momentum couldve truly set her up to be one of the highest grossing stadium tours of all time. 

her stock as a touring artist was at an all time high after those two critically acclaimed performances. 

and i just feel like that momentum is being wasted on venues that are being toured by bensoon boone, chapell roan and sabrina carpenter........... artists who have recently gotten popular. and ya ya ya u can give me excuses why she didnt book stadiums (didnt make sense cuz several stadiums have plenty of open days this entire year all over the world) 

beyonce, post malone, kendrick, coldplay, acdc, shakira, chris brown, are all doing stadium tours, and gaga had more momentum than any of those artists. i really feel like she and her team had a once in a lifetime opportunity to have her highest grossing tour and they blew it. 

and for the fans its not great either, cheapest tickets in some cities is like 400-500 for nosebleeds !!!!

the lack of ticket supply is really making this tour inaccessible to most fans..... 

 for TCB i was able to get tickets for 80-100 bucks for nosebleed spots...... in two different cities 

im happy shes on tour, i just feel like they couldve been more strategic about it. 

also shes going 3-4 arena dates back to back to back to make up the capacity of one stadium date ... so that is taxing on her body since shes doing consecutive shows..... she couldve done one stadium per week for the rest of the year.... to space out the touring dates so she can rest in between shows

 

[Amen Fashion 1,149]

They could get the stadiums that fast. She wanted to give her fans a tour. She decided to go with arenas. 
 

I think she is the last person on earth to freely choose arenas. As she is in chronic pain 

[Debithius 6,059]

9 minutes ago, Amen Fashion said:

They could get the stadiums that fast. She wanted to give her fans a tour. She decided to go with arenas. 
 

I think she is the last person on earth to freely choose arenas. As she is in chronic pain 

She said she doesn't have any pain anymore though. I know it could flare up though.

[Head Empty 27,201]

I really dislike stadium shows. It's super hard go get a good spot without camping an entire day. Seats are always bad because of the distance, as well as being more expensive than GA.

This show in its current form couldn't exist in stadiums across the globe. It would often start in daylight, which is an extreme downgrade in terms of production. She'd also have to fight European fall and winter, which means all production elements have to be waterproof.

[Juanlittlem 49,556]

I will take arenas over stadiums any day. I dont care if the prices are higher this time, the show is worth it imo.

[TEANUS 16,162]

I both agree and disagree. The tour right now I think is rather building her momentum - if we didn’t get this tour as is (arenas) we probably wouldn’t have gotten a tour so soon. Then you still have the stadium shows at the end of the year, shows in places she hasn’t been in over 10 years, and more rumored stadium shows for Greece, South Africa, South America, etc.

I think there was momentum for MAYHEM wasted as an album though. A single following that hype at the end of May or early June probably would’ve done at least fairly well. Garden of Eden or Vanish Into You could've been the song of the summer tbh - the charts and pop music weren’t overly strong or crowded either

[HEARTSTOP 3,160]

I could never afford these prices anyway, even if the tickets weren't instantly sold out, but I believe arenas is the way to go. I haven't had a single stadium experience where I thought it was better than an arena. Everything is so far and slow, I'd have a better experience watching it on youtube.

[Sneaky Oliver 23,037]

I kind of agree but even though she’s not doing a stadium tour, she’s doing the NUMBERS of a stadium tour so I don’t think they really really fumbled it 

[Starmie25 22,733]

50 minutes ago, TEANUS said:

single following that hype at the end of May or early June probably would’ve done at least fairly well. Garden

It just would've been another 911/JW situation. They did the right thing focusing on "Abracadabra" and DSWAS 

[TEANUS 16,162]

6 minutes ago, Starmie25 said:

It just would've been another 911/JW situation. They did the right thing focusing on "Abracadabra" and DSWAS 

Totally disagree. Nothing was gonna kill either of these singles IMO. Abracadabra was pretty dead on radio by the time summer really started but was still doing decent Spotify numbers WW. DWAS and Abracadabra all did pretty well on pop radio in ways Gaga hasn’t since ARTPOP and Applause. I think we could’ve at least gotten a Marry The Night sized hit and a sick video. A video for VIY also had a decent chance of going viral in Brazil/Latin America. These things would’ve only built the momentum for the album

I will say I think the absence of another single could have set the stage really well for Dead Dance, we shall see…

[nATAH 57,647]

why are you so obsessed with stadiums and profit is the real question... you just want high numbers to gloat about on twitter

you don't truly care for her success, you just care more about having a figure to show off and if you've seen the show, you'd know it wouldn't work in stadiums

[Bronco 26,975]

Why do people crave stadium tours?

Gaga has never done a stadium tour on the scale of Beyonce/Taylor/Metallica.

And stadium tours are ****. 

Bad views. Bad acoustics. Way more health risks involved if you're standing during the summer. The vast majority of stadiums are open air and at risk of weather problems & the open roof leads to **** lighting. 

I've never seen a stadium show (and I've been to several) where I thought "this couldn't be done better in an arena".

[dopega 3,795]

Stadium tours are baaaaad, I'm much more happier with the tour we got. I had a ticket to the CBT but didn't go because my anxiety got the best of me 

[tylerjs 6,096]

Hard disagree, stadium shows suck and only exist to maximize profit, which, who cares 

[The Breast 6,722]

I think they only missed out on a summer single, you know what happened in miami 3 years ago, you DO NOT want that