SINGAPORE: International Pop sensation Lady Gaga on Thursday added a third Hong Kong show to her Asian tour after a scramble for tickets left fans out in the cold and sent the price of black market tickets soaring. Live Nation, which is promoting the Born This Way Ball tour, said the tickets would go on sale Friday for the show which will be held May 5 at the city's 14,000-capacity Asia World-Expo venue. Tickets for Gaga's two shows on May 2 and 3 sold out within 90 minutes of going on sale this week, with many being snapped up by ticket touts rather than fans. It came after residents in Hong Kong were paying nearly $4,000 on the black market to see pop superstar Lady Gaga perform in the city. Buyers queued for up to three days to get tickets for the second of two shows by the US star on May 2 and 3 which sold out within 90 minutes of going on sale Monday, the South China Morning Post reported. Tickets with a face value equivalent to 200 US dollars were immediately being traded on the black market at the equivalent of $3,868 each, according to the report. Police were called to deal with scuffles and allegations of queue-jumping outside at least one of 29 outlets where tickets went on sale. A second Lady Gaga date was added after tickets for the first show at Hong Kong's 14,000-capacity AsiaWorld-Expo venue on May 2 sold out within hours last week. Gaga, the pop sensation is making her first visit to Hong Kong and is expected to perform at a number of other Asian venues during her tour of the region, her website said. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/CPwja Tags: Concert, Hong Kong, Lady Gaga, Tickets Section: East Asia, Entertainment
