| The 2010 North American Monster Ball Tour doesn't | | | | performances by Spoon, Yeasayer, Wolfmother, |
| get underway until June 28, opening in Montreal, but | | | | Chromeo, Felix da Housecat, Erykah Badu, Devo, Cut |
| Lady Gaga already has plans to extend her sold-out | | | | Copy, The National, the New Pornographers, |
| road trip into 2011. reports that on May 10, tour | | | | Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell and others. Lady |
| promoter Live Nation announced that Lady Gaga will | | | | Gaga also appeared alongside Sting and Elton John |
| return to the road in 2011 with a string of arena dates | | | | for the annual Rainforest Fund benefit concert, which |
| beginning in February 2011. So far, Lady Gaga has 10 | | | | was held at New York City's Carnegie Hall on May 13. |
| arena dates lined up for next year, starting with a Feb. | | | | There's no denying that Lady Gaga's schedule is jam |
| 19 gig in Atlantic City, N.J. and running through April 18. | | | | packed. The singer is currently on tour in Europe and |
| Additional dates for the trek, which will also feature | | | | will barely have a rest before kicking off her North |
| 2010 tour opener Semi Precious Weapons, are | | | | American trek this summer, but she wouldn't have it |
| expected to be announced in the future. | | | | any other way. MTV News reports that while singing |
| Lady Gaga's 2009-10 North American tour was also | | | | her song "Speechless" on stage in Sweden, Lady |
| called the Monster Ball, but back in February Gaga told | | | | Gaga addressed recent rumors that she is running |
| KIIS-FM's Ryan Seacrest that her upcoming tour will | | | | herself ragged. "You know when people say, 'Lady |
| feature beefed up production to accommodate larger | | | | Gaga's really tired; she needs to take a break,' I just |
| venues. "It's still called Monster Ball, but it's more of a | | | | think about all those times I sang in bars when nobody |
| musical and less of a concert. It has a New York | | | | was singing my lyrics. I'll sleep when I'm dead, OK?" |
| theme, it's a story, and the story is that me and my | | | | Gaga told her fans, or "little monsters" as she |
| friends are in New York and we're going to the | | | | affectionately calls them. |
| Monster Ball, and we get lost," Gaga told Seacrest. Her | | | | According to the Los Angeles Times, Lady Gaga's |
| theatrical tour will make stops in New York, N.Y.; | | | | "little monsters" are in outrage with American Idol over |
| Toronto, ON; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Dallas, Texas; | | | | Gaga's edited performance of her new single |
| Phoenix, Ariz.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Las Vegas, Nev.; | | | | "Alejandro." Rather than broadcast Lady Gaga's entire |
| Portland, Ore. and more. <a rel="nofollow" | | | | six-and-a-half minutes performance, which transitioned |
| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | into "Bad Romance," the hit Fox reality show edited |
| outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" Gaga tickets</a> | | | | parts of the performance to reportedly tone things |
| are available now at <a rel="nofollow" | | | | down for primetime viewers, prompting petitioners to |
| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | ask, "Would you take a $250,000 painting, cut it in |
| outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" | | | | pieces, and put it together to better fit your wall?" Lady |
| Among Lady Gaga's tour dates is a headlining spot at | | | | Gaga also disapproved of the editing, tweeting, "FOX |
| the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago. The 2010 edition | | | | POORLY + AMATEURLY edited + cut my |
| of the weeklong Windy City event in Grant Park will | | | | performance/musical arrangement on Idol. |
| take place Aug. 6-9 and will also feature | | | | |