Lady Gaga‘s tour promoters have defended the prices of tickets for her UK ‘Monster Ball’ doubling despite an outcry from some fans.
The singer recently announced details of new UK gigs for May and June and rescheduled two shows. Tickets for initial dates on her tour, which kicked off in Manchester last month, started at £27.50. Tickets for the newly-announced shows cost between £50 and £75.
Some fans had registered their disappointment with the price hike, posting messages on the official forum at the singer’s website, Ladygaga.com. Now Arthur Fogel, chairman of global touring at Gaga‘s promoters Live Nation, has defended the move.
“Ticket prices for the previous dates were set long before the current Monster Ball show was developed,” he told BBC News. “Ticket prices are comparable and fair.”
Lady Gaga had scrapped the live set-up she used for previous US shows, revamping for the UK audience. “What was a small arena/theatre production is now a massive, first rate arena production,” Fogel said.