Lady Gaga Tour Cancellation Will Cost Millions

[tater1977]

Lady Gaga Tour Cancellation Will Cost Millions

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/1 ... lp00000003

The first estimates of the financial impact Lady Gaga is likely to feel after canceling all remaining dates on her Born This Way Ball Tour are in, and the numbers are ghastly.

Billboard reports that approximately $25 million in ticket sales alone will have to be refunded. The singer had sold about 200,000 tickets for the remainder of the tour, which was scrapped after Gaga revealed a hip injury which rendered her unable to walk and will require surgery.

That said, the "Bad Romance" singer already stacked a good amount of pennies. From Billboard:

Through Jan. 17, the “BTWB” tour had grossed $168.2 million and moved 1.6 million tickets to 85 shows, according to Billboard Boxscore, with Asia, Europe, and South American legs already completed in 2012. The North American leg, which was to wrap the tour and was almost completely sold out, would have likely put the tour at more than $200 million gross, easily in the top 20 tours of all time and probably in the top 15. As it stands, Gaga finished sixth among all touring artists in 2012, with a gross of $125 million and attendance of more than 1.1 million, according to Boxscore.

Artists cancel tours with some regularity, but it's rare to see a popstar of Gaga's caliber have to walk away from such a massive operation. The Civil Wars abruptly canceled their entire tour, offering "internal discord" as justification. But a stadium tour like Gaga's employs well over 100 crew members, not to mention the impact the development will have on both local support staff and top-level partners like Live Nation.

An expert tells MTV that Live Nation will probably suffer the most, as the event company pays huge upfront costs for development that it hopes to recoup over the course of the tour. Though rumors of soft ticket sales have plagued Gaga for some time now, it is not believed that such concerns figured into the decision to scrap the tour.

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Don't get mad because this isn't an Arnel snuggle fest. Not ALL threads can be about your heros.

[majik]

Oh no I feel a Robert Fleischman and the sky is coming next.

[Yoda]

Is Gaga pulling a Perry?

[No Surprize]

I know Ed's disappointed in this.

[Don]

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Don't get mad because this isn't an Arnel snuggle fest. Not ALL threads can be about your heros.

You can't compare the two. One is an actual artist (even if I don't particularly care for what she creates), the other is a hired gun who comes to work, sings what is put in front of him and then goes home until called again.

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Don't get mad because this isn't an Arnel snuggle fest. Not ALL threads can be about your heros.

You brought that up. I did't.

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Don't get mad because this isn't an Arnel snuggle fest. Not ALL threads can be about your heros.

You can't compare the two. One is an actual artist (even if I don't particularly care for what she creates), the other is a hired gun who comes to work, sings what is put in front of him and then goes home until called again.

No comparison here Don. Just pointing out why Steve was pouting. He gets mad every time someone posts a thread that isn't about how awesome Neal and Arnel are. I bet he has pictures of them in a locket he keeps around his neck. He's going to be camping in line for 3 weeks at the theater to be the first to watch the new documentary.

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This is for Steveo...


Arnel Pineda, Journey in new world tour

http://youtu.be/ZDYK8xyK8QA

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This is for Steveo...


Arnel Pineda, Journey in new world tour

http://youtu.be/ZDYK8xyK8QA

He doesn't sound like that anymore. He has a more manly, huskier voice.

[steveo777]

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Ask me how much I care

Don't get mad because this isn't an Arnel snuggle fest. Not ALL threads can be about your heros.

You can't compare the two. One is an actual artist (even if I don't particularly care for what she creates), the other is a hired gun who comes to work, sings what is put in front of him and then goes home until called again.

No comparison here Don. Just pointing out why Steve was pouting. He gets mad every time someone posts a thread that isn't about how awesome Neal and Arnel are. I bet he has pictures of them in a locket he keeps around his neck. He's going to be camping in line for 3 weeks at the theater to be the first to watch the new documentary.

You're so dead!

[G.I.Jim]

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Don't get mad because this isn't an Arnel snuggle fest. Not ALL threads can be about your heros.

You can't compare the two. One is an actual artist (even if I don't particularly care for what she creates), the other is a hired gun who comes to work, sings what is put in front of him and then goes home until called again.

No comparison here Don. Just pointing out why Steve was pouting. He gets mad every time someone posts a thread that isn't about how awesome Neal and Arnel are. I bet he has pictures of them in a locket he keeps around his neck. He's going to be camping in line for 3 weeks at the theater to be the first to watch the new documentary.

You're so dead!

[tater1977]

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This is for Steveo...


Arnel Pineda, Journey in new world tour

http://youtu.be/ZDYK8xyK8QA

He doesn't sound like that anymore. He has a more manly, huskier voice.

[scarygirl]

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This is for Steveo...


Arnel Pineda, Journey in new world tour

http://youtu.be/ZDYK8xyK8QA

He doesn't sound like that anymore. He has a more manly, huskier voice.

[scarygirl]

Is Gaga pulling a Perry?

I knew he would be BACK!!! Not exactly how I imagined it, but this loon will take it....

[slucero]

that's what she gets for going jogging in Hawaii....

[Gideon]

Is Gaga pulling a Perry?

You can't compare the two. One is relevant and can sing at a respectable level and the other is Perry.

[steveo777]

Why can't something like this happen to Justin Biebitch?

[G.I.Jim]

Why can't something like this happen to Justin Biebitch?

Damn Steve... something I actually agree with!

[Boomchild]

Can't they just put a manikin onstage with one of Gaga's dresses on it and play the same vocal tracks they always do?

[The Sushi Hunter]

Is Gaga pulling a Perry?

Those two names should never even be allowed in the same sentence. Associating a great musican such as Perry to Gaga.... that's criminal.