On May 5, Lady Gaga held her third concert in Hong Kong. The ticket prices were divided into four categories: HKD 480, 780, 1280, and 1580. Calculated by setting 12,000 seats per session, it is roughly estimated that the cumulative income from the three sessions of tickets would approach HKD 50 million, proving that Gaga's appeal was indeed extraordinary. The resale price dropped to HKD 5000. Lady Gaga added a third concert in Hong Kong.
However, due to the chaos caused by "queue parties" scrambling for positions during earlier ticket sales, the organizer decided to avoid repeating the same mistakes. It was announced that only ten designated stores of the Tong Lee Music Company in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories, as well as six performance venues including AsiaWorld-Expo (details see attached table), would sell the tickets starting at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.
For local fans, the additional concert by Gaga was undoubtedly good news. However, it was also rumored that this had caused panic within the "queue parties." Yesterday, the online resale price dropped to around HKD 5000. Some netizens even expressed that "letting go early is better than losing money." Nevertheless, some mainland fans offered a high price of RMB 6000 through Weibo but still failed to secure tickets, indicating that this ticket-grabbing craze would likely continue for some time.
According to a report on March 1 by Hi Cool website, the American "Versa Queen" Lady Gaga held her first two "Born This Way Ball World Tour" concerts in Hong Kong, sparking a city-wide ticket-hunting fever. Due to insufficient supply, the organizing unit announced the addition of a third concert on May 5. For the safety of the audience, phone and online reservations will start at 10 a.m. tomorrow, with tickets sold exclusively at ten designated Tong Lee Music Company stores and six performance venues. A rough estimate shows that just from ticket revenue, Gaga's three concerts in Hong Kong would generate as much as HKD 50 million!
Lady Gaga (file photo) (Source: Hi Cool website)
The organizer, Live Nation, finally secured Gaga's agreement to rest for one day after completing the second performance on May 3, continuing to stay in Hong Kong, and holding the third performance on May 5. This temporarily made Hong Kong the region with the most performances among Southeast Asian stops (including South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore).
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Lady Gaga's world tour began in Asia, with Hong Kong as the second stop, set to perform at AsiaWorld-Expo starting May 2. The first two sessions' total of 24,000 tickets were quickly sold out, with some fans even lodging complaints with the ICAC for not securing tickets, escalating the issue further.