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| Live Nation Entertainment Defends Doubling Prices for Lady Gaga Gigs |
 Lady Gaga, much to the chagrin of many UK fans, recently announced details of new UK gigs for May and June along with rescheduled two shows. Tickets for initial dates on her tour, which kicked off in Manchester last month, started at £27.50 but tickets for the additional shows will set back fans between £50 and £75, BBC News reports.
Arthur Fogel, chairman of global touring at Gaga’s promoters Live Nation Entertainment, 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 told the BBC. The Brit-Award winner, known for hits such Paparazzi and Just Dance, will play Birmingham, London and Manchester in May and June - in the same venues she has already visited on the current leg of the tour. Related Articles: Live Nation Unloads U.K. Theatre Division for Approximately U.S. $160 Million Live Nation
, the world's largest live music company, recently announced that it has
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theatres in the United Kingdom. In addition, on October 23, 2009,... Live Nation Reports Strong Third Quarter Results Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) released financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009 today.
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Entertainment Inc. both stated that their earnings were hurt by
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arena-management as well as a ticketing company.
Concert Videos Come to iTunes in Live Nation-Apple deal Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.
Seven Per Cent Drop in German Live Entertainment The German live entertainment market experienced a 7% drop in revenue
in 2008, according to research commissioned by the German Federal
Association of the live entertainment industry. The decline was even
sharper - 9% - in live music.
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