The Born This Way Ball: Tickets & Dates

• Summary
• Background
• Development
• Tickets & Dates
• Show
  • Monster Pit + key
  • Opening acts + setlist
  • Summary
  • Skype Ball
  • Born Brave bus
  • Virgin Mobile RE*Generation
• Merchandise
• Personnel

Tickets

For more ticket information on The Born This Way Ball, please click here.

Depending of the venue, different type of tickets are available but include type possibility: standing also known as General Admission (GA) and seated (these tickets usually have a section name or letter with a row number). Only the general admission tickets are eligible to be part of the Monster Pit (see the Monster Pit tab).

Tour package

For the tour, Live Nation created three packages with a different seating or General Admission option. Each package came with a Lady Gaga merchandise item, a collectible laminate and onsite VIP host.

Package

	Highway Unicorn	Government Hooker	Heavy Metal Lover
Ticket	Each package come with one (1) ticket and onsite VIP host
	Level 2 reserved seat	General Admission standing ticket [A]	Level 1 reserved seat [B]
Gifts	Lady Gaga merchandise item, collectible Lady Gaga laminate

Notes

^[A] The Government Hooker Package give an early entry for General Admission standing area (no access to the Monster Pit)

^[B] The Heavy Metal Package include a pre-show hospitality (appetizers and beverages)

Package 1.0 (Asia, Oceana, Europe, Africa, South America)

ADMAT tote bag (First version) [*]

ADMAT lunch box (First version) [*]

ADMAT Thermos [*]

Laminate/lanyard [*]

Skeleton socks

• [*] denotes exclusive merchandise not available to buy elsewhere.

Package 2.0 (North America)

AMDAT tote bag (Second version) [*]

ADMAT lunch box [With thermos] (Second version)

Laminate/lanyard [*]

8 x 10" glossy ADMAT print [*]

Novelty foam monster paw [*]

• [*] denotes exclusive merchandise not available to buy elsewhere.

Pre-sale

For the first time, Gaga hold a pre-sale for her fans through Little Monsters for the North American dates. Fans had to click "Join" on the date they wanted to attend and received a pre-sale code via email. This particular pre-sale was held before any of the other pre-sale such as the Citi® Cardmember Presale.

Dates

In April of 2012, Gaga revealed on Twitter that the tour would consist of 110 shows. Additionnally 9 more dates were added for a total of 119 shows. Due to a hip injury, the final 21 shows of the tour were cancelled and the tour ended with 98 concerts. The tour is Lady Gaga's second longest tour behind the Monster Ball 2.0 which had 166 dates. The Monster Pit on 17 shows was not used because of safety and space issues.

The Born This Way Ball marks the Gaga's first tour in all continents, except Antarctica:

• 80 shows accross Asia, Oceania, Europe, North and South America, Africa and Europe in 2012.
• 18 shows in North America accross Canada and United States in 2013. Initiallly, 39 shows were planned.

After roughly each three consecutive months on tour, a break was scheduled lasting between a week to a full month.

Announcement

• The first and second legs were announced on February 8, 2012.
• European leg was announced on April 9, 2012, which consisted of twenty-one dates.
• Dates for Latin America were announced on August 6, 2012 via Twitter.
• The North America first installment dates of the tour as revealed on September 5, 2012.

1/4

The first and second legs for the Born This Way Ball were announced the following day, revealing that Gaga would perform concerts in countries such as South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore.Additional dates as part of the Australasia leg were added on February 15, 2012.

In the first few weeks, the tour was met with controversy in some religiously strict countries. This lead to the cancellation of the scheduled show on June 3, 2012 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadiumin in Jakarta, Indonesia.

European leg was announced in March 2012, which consisted of twenty-one dates over a period of two months, initiating in Bulgaria while concluding in Spain.

Dates for Latin America were announced on August 6, 2012 via Twitter. There were two dates in North America and four in South America, with more to be added.

The last announced 21 dates of the tour had been cancelled due to Gaga requiring surgery to repair a labral tear in her right hip cause by the repetitive movements of her performances.

Asia 2012

Dates	Location	M. Pit	City

April 27	Olympic Stadium	Yes	Seoul
May 2	AsiaWorld-Arena		Hong Kong
May 3
May 5
May 7
May 10	Saitama Super Arena		Saitama
May 12
May 13
May 17	TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall	No	Taipei
May 18
May 21	Mall of Asia Arena		Pasay
May 22
May 25	Rajamangala National Stadium		Bangkok
May 28	Singapore Indoor Stadium		Kallang
May 29
May 31

Total: 16 shows. 8 of them were without a Monster Pit.

Oceania 2012

Dates	Location	M. Pit	City

June 7	Vector Arena	No	Auckland
June 8
June 10
June 13	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Yes	Brisbane
June 14
June 16
June 20	Allphones Arena		Sydney
June 21
June 23
June 24
June 27	Rod Laver Arena		Melbourne
June 28
June 30
July 1
July 3
July 7	Burswood Dome		Perth
July 8

Europe 2012

Dates	Location	M. Pit	City

First European Leg
August 14	Armeets Arena	Yes	Sofia
August 16	Piaţa Constituţiei		Bucharest
August 18	Wiener Stadthalle		Vienna
August 21	Vingis Park		Vilnius
August 23	Riga Mežaparks		Riga
August 25	Tallinn Song Festival Grounds		Tallinn
August 27	Hartwall Areena		Helsinki
August 28
August 30	Ericsson Globe		Stockholm
August 31
September 2	Parken Stadium		Copenhagen
Sep 4	Lanxess Stadium		Cologne
Sep 5
Sep 8	Twickenham Stadium		London
Sep 9
Sep 11	MEN Arena		Manchester
Sep 15	Aviva Stadium		Dublin
Sep 17	Ziggo Dome		Amsterdam
Sep 18
Sep 20	O2 World		Berlin
Sep 22	Stade de France		Paris
Sep 24	TUI Arena		Hannover
Sep 26	Hallenstadion Zurich		Zurich
Sep 27
Sep 29	Sportpaleis		Antwerp
September 30
October 2	Mediolanum Forum		Milan
October 3	Stade Charles-Ehrmann		Nice
October 4
October 6	Palau Sant Jordi	Barcelona
Second European Leg
December 6	Telenor Arena	Yes	Oslo
December 9	SKK Arena		Saint Petersburg
December 12	Olimpiyskiy		Moscow

Total: 33 shows divided on 2 legs. All with a Monster Pit.

North America 2012-13

Dates	Location	M. Pit	City

First North American Leg
October 26	Foro Sol	Yes	Mexico City
October 30	Coliseo de Puerto Rico	No	San Juan
October 31
November 3	Estadio Nacional	Yes	San José
Second North American Leg
January 11	Roger's Arena	Yes	Vancouver, BC
January 12
January 14	Tacoma Dome		Tacoma, WA
January 15
January 17	HP Pavilion		San Jose, CA
January 20	Staples Center		Los Angeles, CA
January 21
January 23	US Airways Center		Phoenix, AZ
January 25	MGM Grand Garden Arena		Las Vegas, NV
January 26
January 29	American Airlines Center		Dallas, TX
January 31	Toyota Center		Houston, TX
February 2	Scottrade Center		St. Louis, MO
February 4	Sprint Center		Kansas City, MO
February 6	Xcel Energy Center		Saint Paul, MN
February 8	Air Canada Centre		Toronto, ON
February 9
February 11	Bell Centre		Montreal, QC
Cancelled due to hip injury.
February 13	United Center	Yes	Chicago, IL
February 14
February 16	The Palace of Auburn Hills		Detroit, MI
February 17	Copps Coliseum		Hamilton, ON
February 19	Wells Fargo Center		Philadelphia, PA
February 20
February 22	Madison Square Garden		New York City
February 23
February 25	Verizon Center		Washington, DC
February 27	TD Garden		Boston, MA
March 2	Bryce Jordan Center		Penn State, PA
March 3	Mohegan Sun Arena		Uncasville, CT
March 6	Barclays Center		Brooklyn, NY
March 7
March 10	Bridgestone Arena		Nashville, TN
March 11	Philips Arena		Atlanta, GA
March 13	Tampa Bay Times Forum		Tampa, FL
March 15	BankAtlantic Center		Fort Lauderdale, FL
March 16	American Airlines Arena		Miami, FL
March 18	Greensboro Coliseum Complex		Greensboro, NC
March 20	BOK Center		Tulsa, OK

Total: 43 shows divided on 2 legs. All but two with a Monster Pit.

Notes: The tour dates after Montreal, QC were cancelled due to a labral tear of Gaga's right hip caused by strenuous repetitive movements in her performances.

South America 2012

Dates	Location	M. Pit	City
November 6	Estadio Nemesio Camacho	Yes	Bogotá
November 9	Parque dos Atletas		Rio de Janeiro
November 11	Estádio do Morumbi		São Paulo
November 13	FIERGS		Porto Alegre
November 16	River Plate Stadium		Buenos Aires
November 20	Estadio Nacional		Santiago
November 23	Estadio San Marcos		Lima
November 26	Hipódromo de Asunción		Asunción

Africa 2012

Dates	Location	M. Pit	City
November 30	FNB Stadium	Yes	Johannesburg
December 3	Cape Town Stadium		Cape Town