Necca 166 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Reports that ticket sales for Lady Gaga's artRave: the ARTPOP Ball tour are struggling are "ridiculous," according to Athur Fogel, Chairman of Live Nation's Global Touring division, producers of the tour. Ticket sales for North America and Europe are at 80% capacity sold, Fogel tells Billboard, even though the tour doesn't begin in America until May, and Europe in the fall. "The run with Gaga over the last two tours has been incredibly successful, and this one is shaping up no differently," Fogel says. He adds that Live Nation will announce an additional six Gaga shows in North America in the coming weeks (including a second in Los Angeles), as well as more dates in the U.K., including a fourth O2 show in London. Fogel says the 29 shows that are on sale in North America have already grossed $26 million in ticket sales, which averages out to a healthy nightly take of nearly $900,000 per-show. Referring to published reports that Gaga's June show at the Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee was "flopping," Fogel says, "When something like Milwaukee specifically comes up, that show has sold 14,264 tickets, the gross is $961,000, and it's at the end of June. I just don't know how this **** gets any traction without people doing their homework." As to reports that Live Nation, a publicly traded company, has lost $30 million on Gaga's tour, Fogel laughs. "Just a complete fool would say something like that," he says, "and it could only come from somebody who has an agenda, because it makes absolutely no sense, on any level." If a tour was losing that kind of money, or even much less, most likely the promoter would take action. "Forget $30 million, if it were actually true, you'd say 'pull the plug,'" says Fogel, a veteran promoter who has steered many of the highest grossing tours in history, including mega-tours by the likes of U2 and Madonna. Whatever the performance of Lady Gaga's latest album "ARTPOP," the artist has, earlier in her career than most, built a reputation as a compelling live act, which creates a dynamic apart from an album's success, or lack thereof. Gaga's previous two tours were unqualified blockbusters, with both Monster's Ball in 2010-11 and Born This Way Ball in 2012 each finishing among the highest-grossing tours of the year on Billboard's Boxscore chart. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5930126/is-lady-gaga-tour-flopping-live-nation-slams-ridiculous-reports Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VforVendetta 2,024 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 :tea: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefamebitch 834 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 YASSSSSSSSS SLAAAAAAAAAAY WITH THAT DRAG! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foivos 64 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 SPILL THE MOTHER****ING TEA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisGuyTony 30,462 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 He adds that Live Nation will announce an additional six Gaga shows in North America Please be Denver!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHE 563 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Finally... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix 1,474 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Thank god they addressed it tbh People on Twitter is always like "Gaga aint sellin for ArtRave" and im like " " Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasel 12,525 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Haven't even got tickets yet myself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnocent 0 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 SPILL THAT BURNING ACID TEA OVER THE HATERS TBH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdX 2,862 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 :excited2: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOriginalOne 10,710 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I really need to get tickets :giveup: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyoftheDam 4 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I love live nation for this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefamebitch 834 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 The tea is boiling and ready, drag the haters! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupid 760 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Not surprised Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo 40,746 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 So happy :legend: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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