Worst Mayhem Ball experience (for me)

[Stupid Oreo 14,337]

1 hour ago, nATAH said:

how do you get the time time off?! i'm in full time work but couldn't afford even one show and i'm lucky enough to not have to get a hotel room cus the arena is one bus journey away

I can't even imagine trying to book time off work for 7 shows

I’m a student and my courses start again in february, so I’m working parttime atm!

[Stupid Oreo 14,337]

1 hour ago, Bronco said:

I'm confused - you talked about the queues in the evening/night and then the morning? 

We had been there the whole evening and agreed to come back early morning, as the venue staff was threatening us with police (even though we were standing on the opposite side of the road). They were really strict with the non-camping policy

[Oriane 21,403]

1 hour ago, RAMROD said:

Like, if you can't afford it on pre-sale, you won't afford it even more  with tripled resale price, so leave things for who exactly?

The problem with the pre-sale wasn't the price, it was the fact that all tickets were gone within seconds...

[RAMROD 111,279]

15 minutes ago, Oriane said:

The problem with the pre-sale wasn't the price, it was the fact that all tickets were gone within seconds...

There are a lot who complain about the price as well. There were a lot who blames Gaga for allowing dynamic pricing as well. 

[Ivy 12,999]

From descriptions on the other thread it sounds like possibly unsafe situation in multiple ways so I hope many fans will send complaints, even Gaga seemed concerned

I'm happy for you that you were able to finally see her live so many times to make up for missing out in the past! Especially because we know she's probably taking a long break from touring soon so who knows if you would get the chance again? It's a once in a lifetime opportunity which I'm sure we all would do as well if logistics were working out

[nATAH 51,729]

3 hours ago, Stupid Oreo said:

I’m a student and my courses start again in february, so I’m working parttime atm!

but 7 shows?  did you take out loans?! the tickets were in their hundreds!! i was deep into my overdraft my entire time as a student (and that was back in 2015, before concerts were hundreds of £££ )

[ChvVolk 2,428]

Eh the VIY segment isn't for signatures/autographs anyway. No one is guaranteed or entitled to get anything signed when shes trying to meet fans while quickly walking through and singing. 

[Alxjcgn 937]

On 11/13/2025 at 6:40 PM, ChvVolk said:

Eh the VIY segment isn't for signatures/autographs anyway. No one is guaranteed or entitled to get anything signed when shes trying to meet fans while quickly walking through and singing. 

It was meant to be a nice moment and I hope she turns it into something similar like the Free Woman walk during Chromatica Ball and she just walks past people for the most part. 

I LOVE that she wants to get close and personal with fans... but all the up close videos show her seeming somewhat stressed out and checked out during this part while she just runs down the line with a market in hand. I totally get wanting the opportunity to have something signed, but she basically walks past **** being held out at her and phones positioned so people can tiktok their "moment", and  in a few videos when you see her pose for a selfie at times, she immediately just look kind of over it when moving onwards. 

I truly think that she firstly pays attention to the crowd throughout the whole show and sees who isn't recording or waving crap at her. And secondly, the most heartfelt moments seen are hardly filmed from that person's pov because she probably wants it to go to the fan who has been singing along the entire night and living in the moment. 

[Ophelia 4,883]

On 11/12/2025 at 2:16 AM, Taumaturg0 said:

this, this is where you lost me.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience, don't get me wrong... But you also saw it seven times, this does feel like a lot for an experience you've lived through multiple times.

Not saying you don't have a right to feel bad, but it does come off a little out of touch with reality

I'm sorry, but the way AFAS has treated us was 100% unprofessional, no matter how many times you've seen the show. It was my third and last show and I kinda want to forget that it happened because of all of the stress I've encountered. Yes, the show was great, Gaga was amazing and I'm still grateful I got to see it three times.

But I was also called a "public toilet" by a Venue manager who was the most annoying POS, some of the people in queue were taken pictures of by him and basically harrased, even until the day of the show when we could "legally" queue. 

We weren't given access to bathrooms, nor even porta pottys. They said we cannot enter the venue because of the soundcheck, yet they let us in 40 mins later when the soundcheck was still going and we still weren't allowed go to the toilet 

And the worst one for me - GCEE L (Vanish side, the other side didn't exist) wasn't security checked - no bag check, no body check, metal detectors, nothing. In a country with history of terrorist attacks.

What @Stupid Oreo wrote has nothing to do with how many shows he's seen. It was truly a checkbook of "how to not prepare an arena show" and so many people I've talked with share this sentiment. I was thinking of writing an official complaint as well.