• Lady Gaga reveals 'artRave: ARTPOP Ball' stage design, and it's epic

    Kanye West and Miley Cyrus have drawn attention for the spectacular nature of their tour stage sets, but Lady Gaga was at the fore of the trend when she went out with her "Monster's Ball" circa 2009 (kudos to Metallica as well). The pop star released the plans for her forthcoming "artRave: The ARTPOP Ball Tour," and she hasn't scaled anything back.

  • Demi Lovato criticizes Lady Gaga SXSW throw up stunt

    Lady Gaga's shocking vomit stunt at SXSW earlier this week didn't just make music critics and fans raise their eyebrows, it's also getting some visible criticism from one of the Mother Monster's fellow singers. Yesterday (Mar. 15), Demi Lovato criticized the performance on Twitter, saying it glamorized and encouraged eating disorders.

  • Lady Gaga to perform, give keynote speech at South By Southwest

    Yes, Lady Gaga will be performing at South By Southwest this week. That accomplishment seems less than thrilling as Billboard reports 81 percent of all performing artists in the country will appear at the festival*. More noteworthy will be Gaga's gig the day after her music performance, when she'll deliver the annual SXSW Keynote Speech. The pop star will give the speech as part of a conversation led by Fuse's John Norris on Friday at 11:00 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Austin-Downtown.

  • Lady Gaga's 'ARTPOP' tour isn't bleeding money, Live Nation blithely responds

    A downside to A-List status is the tabloid headlines. Lady Gaga has largely avoided the typical relationship-trouble-substance-abuse-weight-gain fare reserved by ill-esteemed publications for the Kim Kardashians of the world, but she has taken a beating recently from those who claim the performer is struggling to support her act financially. Arthur Fogel, the chairman of Live Nation's global touring division, says that rumors of struggling ticket sales for her "artRave: The ARTPOP Ball" tour are ridiculous.

  • Lady Gaga to play Stubbs for SXSW, fans compete in Doritos 'Bold Missions' challenge for tickets

    Last week, we reported that Lady Gaga was denied a permit to play the Doritos stage, a.k.a. a 56-foot vending machine-shaped stage, in the parking lot of a restaurant in Austin. The city said they would work with her to find a venue more suitable to the crowds she would likely draw. Now the ARTPOP singer is set to headline the outdoor stage at Stubbs on March 13, which will become the temporary location of the Dorito's #BoldStage that night.

  • Lady Gaga denied permit to perform on Doritos stage at SXSW

    Bad news for the Little Monsters hoping to catch Lady Gaga at South by Southwest: Don Pitts, the manager of the City of Austin Music & Entertainment division (the office that issues permits for all official an unofficial SXSW events), confirmed that Mother Monster's application to play the Doritos Stage at SXSW was denied.

  • Arctic Monkeys are crazy popular on Tumblr

    Arctic Monkeys are finally hitting it big in America. Eight years after its debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not dropped, the English alt-rockers are finally storming the states, with a No. 1 Alternative Songs single ("Do I Wanna Know") and a sold-out North American tour... and it seems like the band's success may have come from Tumblr.
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