Our Jan. 14 cover. When Gaga was supposed to play the Borgata, but cancelled at last moment.
Atlantic City Weekly has learned via littlemonsters.com that Lady Gaga will be touring the U.S. with her Born This Way Ball show in 2013, including a return to Boardwalk Hall on March 2 in Atlantic City.
Click here for full U.S. tour schedule.
READ & SEE: Review and photos from Lady Gaga’s last show in Atlantic City.
Lady Gaga in AC, Feb. 19, 2011. Photo by Tom Briglia.
OK. By now, anybody who cares knows that Lady Gaga just kicked off her 2011 Monster’s Ball Tour in Atlantic City, at Boardwalk Hall, this past Saturday, Feb. 19.
It was Lady G’s second appearance in as many years in Atlantic City (but her third scheduled gig), and the Madonna of the 21st Century told the crowd Saturday night that she’d be back next year in 2012.
(Read full review of Lady Gaga concert and see photo gallery here!)
Furthermore, it’s been streaming on CNN and other media outlets for days now that Lady Gaga’s new single just hit No. 1 in about 20 countries, including the United States.
Here are some more photos from Saturday’s Atlantic City show via Idolator.com and here is a review/report from the MTV Web site.
All eyes on A.C. this weekend!!
Trump Plaza is going Gaga for Gaga with signature drink specials featured around the songstress herself on Saturday, Feb. 19, at Trump Plaza’s Jezebel’s and Liquid Bar. Lady Gaga appears that night at Boardwalk Hall, next to Trump Plaza.
Fans can enjoy a “Little Monster’s Mix” made of Gin, Apple Pucker and Pineapple Juice. Go LA with a “Paparazzi Potion” concocted of Absolute, Chambord, Club Soda and Lemon Twist. “A Shot of Bad Romance” created with Cointreau, Grape Vodka, and Sprite will surely spice up the night.
Or enjoy a Sweet “Telephone Treat” of Amaretto, Peach Schnapps and Cream. Top off your drinks with a “Poker Face Twist” Sambuco, Crème DE Noyeaux, Lime Juice and Sour Mix.
Drink specials will be available for $11. Guests who park in the Trump Plaza parking garage that night will receive a flyer redeemable for $2 off the price of these drinks.
courtesy ladygaga.com/photos
Lady Gaga returns to Atlantic City Feb. 19, 2011, for a show at Boardwalk Hall.
Atlantic City Weekly is giving its web users a chance to win two tickets to the show. The deadline for entries is Dec. 31, 2010.
Click here to win two tickets to the show! And to see the details and rules.
Semi Precious Weapons will again be the opening act.
“I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I’m a ham today,” says Lady Gaga, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song “Beautiful Dirty Rich.” “I always loved rock and pop and theater. When I discovered Queen and David Bowie is when it really came together for me and I realized I could do all three,” says Gaga, who created her name from Queen’s song “Radio Gaga” and who cites rock star girlfriends Peggy Bundy, and Donatella Versace as her fashion icons. “I look at those artists as icons in art. It’s not just about the music. It’s about the performance, the attitude, the look; it’s everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish. My goal as an artist is to funnel a pop record to a world in a very interesting way.”
About the first leg of The Monster Ball Tour, Gaga described it as “the first-ever pop-electro opera.”
Lady Gaga and Virgin Mobile are offering free tickets to the Monster Ball Tour to fans that donate their time to youth homeless charities. Most people don’t know that two million youths experience homelessness, many because they’ve been thrown out due to sexual orientation, others because of physical abuse and substance abuse issues.
Lady GaGa and Virgin Mobile want to raise awareness for this important issue — and give people a chance to donate their time in exchange for free Gaga tickets. Learn more and sign up here.
Rants and raves about burning topics that have caught my attention midweek, be it greedy corporate shenanigans, frustration or joy in regards to the Philly sports teams, a movie, show or DVD that has fired up my imagination, an intriguing personality, or what’s happening in the region. — Lori Hoffman, Associate Editor, Atlantic City Weekly
When summertime arrives, the living is anything but easy for the thousands of employees in Atlantic City and the surrounding region who help make our town a sizzling destination resort.
Lady Gaga
Not that any of us are complaining — this is the time of year when Atlantic City can put all the negative press on the back burner. We can table the concerns about the shrinking profits and competition from Philadelphia casinos. This is the time of year when the Jersey Shore’s inviting beach and boardwalk, in conjunction with the lure of casino gaming and the great shopping, the beach bars, and numerous summer activities, make Atlantic City the place to be.
While the off-season was filled with gloom and doom and speculation that Atlantic City was a dying market, this season’s attractions dispute that claim. Atlantic City is one of the best places to see major musical acts because the venues are much smaller and the shows are more intimate.
The AC casinos and Boardwalk Hall have booked an unbelievable collection of major stars for the summer. How good? In the coming weeks AC will host Adam Lambert, 50 Cent, Lady Gaga, Diddy, Ringo Starr, the Flaming Lips, Dane Cook, Sting, Cheech & Chong, Craig Ferguson, President Bill Clinton (not playing the sax), Kathy Griffin, Santana, Simon & Garfunkel, Black Eyed Peas, Aerosmith w/Sammy Hagar, Daughtry, Kris Allen, Rihanna, Barry Manilow, Sheryl Crow, Iggy and the Stooges, MGMT, Chelsea Handler, Donna Summer, Blondie, Billy Idol and the Temptations with the Four Tops. For the complete list, go to upcoming headliners here.
Are you goo goo for Gaga?
Atlantic City Weekly is giving away a pair of tickets to Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour stop in Atlantic City next February 19, 2011, at Boardwalk Hall.
Tickets went on sale today and we snagged a couple just for our readers, Facebook fans and for the many thousands of our acweekly.com Web site regulars.
Enter today and tell your friends to enter too!
You can enter here with a few very short and easy steps.
Good luck!
Note: The two tickets are not for Lady Gaga’s July 4 concert at Boardwalk Hall, but for her recently announced return to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall Feb. 19, 2011.
Even before her Atlantic City debut July 4 at Boardwalk Hall, Lady Gaga has announced that she will be touring again in 2011, and that she will kick off the 2011 North American Monster Ball Tour, produced globally by Live Nation, on February 19, 2011 at Boardwalk Hall. Semi Precious Weapons have opened all dates for Lady Gaga’s 2010 tour and will join her again in 2011. Tickets go on sale beginning May 14, 2010 at LiveNation.com.
Trying to keep up with all the concert updates is making me dizzy. Turns out the Lady Gaga concert, originally scheduled in January at Borgata, has now been shifted to Boardwalk Hall on July 4, which of course will allow more fans to see the show. Presales for Virgin Mobile presents The Monster Ball Tour Starring Lady Gaga begin tomorrow (Tues. March 23) according to the Ticketmaster site. Tickets are $54.50, $93.50 and $192.50.
Since the venue was changed, it is not clear if those fans holding tickets for the Borgata show will get an opportunity to purchase tickets first due to the cancellation. It is a different company; the Borgata does not sell their tickets through Ticketmaster while Boardwall Hall does use Ticketmaster. The debate is going on at this Web site.
courtesy ladygaga.com/photos
Reportedly due to exhaustion and dehydration, Lady Gaga collapsed and passed out before her show last night in West Lafayette, Indiana, and her physician advised her to take a few days off to rest.
As a result, three shows have been cancelled, including the Borgata performance on Saturday night, Jan. 16, in Atlantic City.
Tickets for this performance will be refunded. If ticket holders have additional questions, please call 866-900-4TIX.
