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Taumaturg0
30 minutes ago, gagzus said:

Not really because North America is her biggest fanbase and there’ll be thousands (maybe millions even) who never got tickets. Plus, it makes more logistical sense and monetary sense for her and the tour team to do more US dates since they’re all pretty much US based, so saves money than travelling over seas.

also, her global numbers are always higher than US isolated numbers, the demand is out there. She sells out stadiums globally 

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Taumaturg0
4 minutes ago, Bronco said:

I partly agree with you.

But also no country is as profitable to tour as the US, that's why every european act that breaks America tours it heavily for as long as they can. 

Its a golden plated pension.

I'm not saying the extra US leg should be replaced, but a few stadium dates in Brazil (obviously), Argentina (500k people went to see her to the Copa show from here alone, that's over five stadiums easily), Chile (obligated stop if you tour South America) and more European stadium dates wouldn't hurt either

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Bronco
10 minutes ago, Taumaturg0 said:

I'm not saying the extra US leg should be replaced, but a few stadium dates in Brazil (obviously), Argentina (500k people went to see her to the Copa show from here alone, that's over five stadiums easily), Chile (obligated stop if you tour South America) and more European stadium dates wouldn't hurt either

Honestly as a European/Brit. I'll be happy if she never does a stadium tour of europe again.

Stadium tours here a ****ing horrendous experiences lol

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Taumaturg0
14 minutes ago, Bronco said:

Honestly as a European/Brit. I'll be happy if she never does a stadium tour of europe again.

Stadium tours here a ****ing horrendous experiences lol

Hate to hear that, here in South America it's quite different. First of all most shows start way after 9 PM so daylight doesn't ruin the experience as much, and since most acts won't do more than 2 or 3 dates per city (unless they're Coldplay, then they'll book 10 stadium dates and basically do a mini residence), stadiums are the only way to satisfy the demand of big artists. 

tbh, Arenas don't make sense for international tours imo, for example, Rosalia has 4 sold out arena shows here in Buenos Aires for the LUX tour (so around 60k tickets in total), and there's still a high demand for tickets, she could easily do at least one stadium instead.

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anomdepllume

Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, I love the black rose dress she wears during Killah, I just wish she didn't wear it for Killah in particular. 

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Ladle Ghoulash
10 minutes ago, anomdepllume said:

Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, I love the black rose dress she wears during Killah, I just wish she didn't wear it for Killah in particular. 

Why? 

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gagzus
25 minutes ago, Bronco said:

Honestly as a European/Brit. I'll be happy if she never does a stadium tour of europe again.

Stadium tours here a ****ing horrendous experiences lol

Period. I miss when she did arenas because it felt so much easier to get a ticket and also get a standing spot. 
 

I’ve had no interest in her last 2 tours here purely because a seated ticket is either too far away to the point you are just watching her on a screen, or you wait for ages in standing just to find out the stadium floor is sectioned and not actually near where she even performs really for most the show. I’ve turned into a “I need a seat” kinda person and I just don’t intend on doing that for a damn stadium tour where I have to watch her on a screen.

I adored the artRAVE because we could follow her around the arena floor and legit be 5ft from her from the walkway to the people below. I had hoped she would carry on that tradition every tour but nowadays it feels like she doesn’t utilise the space like she did back then

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gagzus

Another unpopular opinion I have about this tour (and Chromatica) if you’re gonna do a stadium tour have a 360 stage. 
 

they could’ve easily had the opera house be in sections on a giant 360 stage

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Bronco
19 minutes ago, gagzus said:

Period. I miss when she did arenas because it felt so much easier to get a ticket and also get a standing spot. 
 

I’ve had no interest in her last 2 tours here purely because a seated ticket is either too far away to the point you are just watching her on a screen, or you wait for ages in standing just to find out the stadium floor is sectioned and not actually near where she even performs really for most the show. I’ve turned into a “I need a seat” kinda person and I just don’t intend on doing that for a damn stadium tour where I have to watch her on a screen.

I adored the artRAVE because we could follow her around the arena floor and legit be 5ft from her from the walkway to the people below. I had hoped she would carry on that tradition every tour but nowadays it feels like she doesn’t utilise the space like she did back then

For me its not even just about the tickets.

Its the weather, like I went to P!nk's beautiful trauma tour at Anfield. Had gold circle early entry vip so got to the barrier and it was during a heatwave. So me and mum were stood there from 4pm until 11pm in scorching heat with the sun bearing down from 4 till 10. Luckily water was easy to get at the barrier but it was a long day.

And then I saw Taylor Swift last year, same venue but had seats luckily so was covered and it was during thst unusually cold June we had and it was freezing and raining. 

None of this is an issue in arenas.

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dynamite
7 hours ago, Taumaturg0 said:

What spoken intro ?

The chanting thing

Abracadabra

Abracadabraaaa

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HotLikeMexico
20 hours ago, Blackout19 said:

mine:

- its a nice tour, but for sure not her best
- the first part is great, the second.. kinda boring
- this should have been the stage:

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Went to requiem. And this picture is very close to what was at that show. From seeing this stage live, it would not have worked at the mayhem ball. 

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HotLikeMexico
16 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

“Convoluted” and this one makes perfect sense lmao. But leave the critiques of the live shows to people who like live music, sister. Also no shade, but telling Gaga to drop the theatrical narrative and “shut up and play the hits” is truly giving fake fan, I fear. 

YES, DRAG HER!

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anomdepllume
16 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Why? 

Killah is so danceable and I feel like the dress is kind of heavy for the movement I expected. Sometimes it feels like she's managing the dress more than getting into the song. Come to think of it, I had the same problem with the SNL performance costume for Killah, it's a perfectly fine outfit, but it felt like she was fighting through the outfit to do the choreo for a lot of it. 

It's a beautiful outfit, just feels like an odd choice for that song in particular.

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Oriane

I loved Zombieboy with the dancing skeletons and the outfit so much! That act was a bit weaker at Coachella but this was the highlight and I wish it had stayed for the tour.

Personal petty criticism because I was on the left side, but she was not enough on the left side of the stage, and was a lot of times on the right side. The only moment she was on the left was during The Dead Dance I think.

Perfect Celebrity should be in full, cut one of the overplayed hits if needed :ohwell:

In terms of balance, I think it needs more acoustic breaks like she used to do on previous tours, instead of having everything in the same section near the end. At my date, I was too much into it to notice anything, but on the Coachella livestream, I definitely noticed that she looked/sounded tired by the third act. MR/Shallow is a really nice transition into the acoustic part though.

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