Virgin Mobile Presents The Monster Ball Tour Starring Lady Gaga - Lady Gaga's Monster 1st Weekend Sales an Overwhelming Success

LOS ANGELES, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation, the international tour promoter for Lady Gaga's The Monster Ball tour presented by Virgin Mobile, has confirmed due to exuberant fan demand, an additional 6 Monster Ball concert dates have been added to the previously announced North American itinerary. On Friday, sales were so brisk that a 3rd and final show was added in New York. Quick to follow were sell outs in Toronto, Vancouver and San Jose who have also now confirmed 2nd and final shows in each city. In Los Angeles, to ensure Lady Gaga fans had the best possible access to tickets a 2nd performance was announced prior to Saturday's on sale and both Staples Center concerts are also now completely sold out.  

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With Lady Gaga's flair for the theatrical, combined with her innovative and creative spirit, The Monster Ball Tour promises to push the limits of the live concert experience, bringing fans a spectacle even more eye-popping than what they experienced before.

"It's still called Monster Ball, but it's more of a musical and less of a concert," Lady Gaga said in a February interview with KIIS-FM's Ryan Seacrest. "It has a New York theme, it's a story, and the story is that me and my friends are in New York and we're going to the Monster Ball, and we get lost."

Lady Gaga is touring in support of The Fame Monster, which was released on November 18th, 2009, by Streamline/Konlive/Cherrytree/Interscope. The album is the follow-up to 2008's Grammy Award-winning album The Fame, which spawned the No. 1 singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face." Combined, The Fame and The Fame Monster have sold 10 million albums worldwide, while Lady Gaga's five singles, "Just Dance," "Poker Face," "Lovegame," "Paparazzi," and "Bad Romance," have sold more than 30 million singles worldwide. The video for "Bad Romance" has racked up more than 125 million online views.  Lady Gaga recently premiered the video for her new single "Telephone," featuring Beyonce, on the E! television network and entertainment website VEVO.

As sponsor of the North American Monster Ball Tour, Virgin Mobile customers will have access to presale tickets.  "We are excited to take our partnership with Lady Gaga and The Monster Ball Tour to another level," said Bob Stohrer, VP of Marketing for Virgin Mobile USA. "We'll also build on our partnership around combating youth homelessness and continue to enhance the tour experience for fans and our customers." For details visit www.virginmobileusa.com.

Citi® cardmembers will also have access to presale tickets through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.ladygaga.com and www.livenation.com

Virgin Mobile Presents

THE MONSTER BALL TOUR

STARRING LADY GAGA

Additional cities and venues and on-sale information to be announced.  Itinerary subject to change.

For complete tour and ticket information visit:  http://www.ladygaga.com

About Live Nation

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the largest live entertainment company in the world, consisting of five businesses: concert promotion and venue operations, sponsorship, ticketing solutions, e-commerce and artist management.  Live Nation seeks to innovate and enhance the live entertainment experience for artists and fans: before, during and after the show.

In 2009, Live Nation sold 140 million tickets, promoted 21,000 concerts, partnered with 850 sponsors and averaged 25 million unique monthly users of its e-commerce sites.  For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.

About Virgin Mobile USA

Virgin Mobile USA, one of Sprint <http://www.sprint.com/> 's Prepaid brands, offers millions of customers control, flexibility and connectivity through Virgin Mobile's Plans Without Annual Contracts for mobile phone service and prepaid Broadband2Go <http://www.virginmobileusa.com/mobile-broadband>  high-speed Web access. Virgin Mobile USA <http://www.virginmobileusa.com/>  also offers Pink Slip Protection <http://www.virginmobileusa.com/virgin-mobile-life/pink-slip-protection-program> *, which provides eligible monthly customers who lose their jobs free service for up to three months. Virgin Mobile Top-Up cards are available at approximately 150,000 locations nationwide and can be used for Assurance Wireless and Broadband2Go services. For more information, visit www.virginmobileusa.com <http://www.virginmobileusa.com/> 

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SOURCE Live Nation