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.
Highway Unicorn | Government Hooker | Heavy Metal Lover | |
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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)
- [*] denotes exclusive merchandise not available to buy elsewhere.
Package 2.0 (North America)
- [*] 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 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 4 | Stade Charles-Ehrmann | Nice | ||
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 |
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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 | |
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November 6 | Estadio Nemesio Camacho | Yes | Bogotá | |
November 9 | Parque dos Atletas | Rio de Janeiro | ||
November 11 | Estádio do Morumbi | Sao 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 | ||
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November 30 | FNB Stadium | Yes | Johannesburg | ||
December 3 | Cape Town Stadium | Cape Town |