Born This Way Ball Tour

 The Born This Way Ball Tour is a spectacular tour featuring a series of concerts by the famous pop star, Lady Gaga, which was first launched in 2012 in support of her second album of the same name. Since then, it has taken place each year and has visited all continents of the world and many countries. It is ranked as the fifth highest earning tour of 2012, with more than one hundred and sixty million dollars worth of Born This Way Ball tour tickets sold.
 
The Born This Way Ball Tour saw seven legs from 2012 to 2013, with many more dates upcoming. During this time period, it saw sixteen shows in Asia, seventeen concerts in Oceania, thirty three concerts in Europe, twenty two in the US and Canada, eight in South America and two in Africa. In total, from 2012 to the beginning of 2013, ninety eight concerts were performed, with many more planned. The tour itself was announced when Lady Gaga released the hit single Judas and, for the first time, Lady Gaga performed in Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong.
 
In Europe, the Born This Way Ball Tour saw over twenty concerts in 2012 alone with performances in Bulgaria and Spain. This wasn’t just any other tour but one that features shows filled with music, dance and other theatrical feats that turned Lady Gaga’s music into a magical festival. It also included a special Monster Pit where Lady Gaga’s fans, dubbed Little Monsters, were picked from amongst those who arrived first and had the opportunity to go to the backstage and meet the artist.
 
The Born This Way Ball Tour featured Lady Gaga performing on a mechanical horse in a stage that resembled a medieval castle three stories high that was designed by Lady Gaga and her creative team, dubbed the Haus of Gaga. Her entire album’s songs were woven into a story that was performed on the castle set, much like a musical or play, creating a show that entertained all fans who saw it live. It received rave reviews from the press with The Korea Herald describing her South Korean performance as ‘innovative and breathtaking’.
 
The Australian praised the Australia leg of the Born This Way Ball Tour by stating that it was ‘an extravaganza in very sense’. The Telegraph reviewed the concert by stating that it was ‘spectacular and spectacularly bonkers’, going on to label Lady Gaga as the ‘21^st century’s ultimate pop star’. The Guardian, The Independent, the Morgenpost, The New Age, The Times, The Vancouver Sun, the Seattle Weekly and many more newspapers praised the tour and Lady Gaga’s performances.
 
Lady Gaga is an American artist who rose to fame in 2008 with the release of her debut album, The Fame, whose songs topped the charts. The album was followed up by the Monster Ball Tour which went on to become one of the Highest Grossing Concert Tours of All Time. Her second album, Born This Way, on which this tour is based, went on to become one of the Highest Earning Tours as well. As of 2011, her music has sold twenty three million albums and a record sixty four million singles. She has won five Grammy Awards, thirteen MTV Video Music Awards and several Billboard Artist of the Year Awards, making her an artist to catch live via Born This Way Ball Tour tickets.