Thursday 23 February 2012

Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball Records Multiple Sell Out Shows in Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne



DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND IN AUCKLAND, BRISBANE, SYDNEY,3rd AND FINAL SHOW CONFIRMED IN AUCKLAND 3rd SHOW CONFIRMED IN BRISBANE 4th SHOWS CONFIRMED IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE 2nd AND FINAL SHOW CONFIRMED IN PERTH Tickets for all newly announced shows go on-sale Friday March 2nd, 12PM, at
AND MELBOURNE! DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND
livenation.com.au


Under strict embargo until 6am AEDST Thursday February 23


Melbourne, Australia – February 23, 2012 – Following last week’s overwhelming national on-sale recording multiple sell out shows The Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball has confirmed additional tour dates in Australia and New Zealand.

Promoters Live Nation and Michael Coppel announced today that a 3rd and final show has been confirmed for June 10 at Vector Arena in Auckland, a 3rd show has been confirmed for June 16 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 4th shows have been confirmed for June 24 at Allphones Arena in Sydney
and July 1 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, and a 2nd and final show has been confirmed for July 8 at Burswood Dome in Perth. Tickets for all shows announced today go on sale to the public Friday, March 2nd at 12pm.

5-time Grammy Award winner LADY GAGA is set to make her triumphant return to the stage with her Born This Way Ball. In this brand new tour, Gaga will perform her latest album Born This Way as well as music from both The Fame and The Fame Monster. The Born This Way Ball, produced globally by Live Nation, will begin on April 27th, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea, and will travel the globe including cities that Gaga has never played before.

Lady Gaga’s last tour – The Monster Ball – captivated audiences around the globe, receiving rave reviews in every city. The Sun called it “the best live show you will see this year,” and the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards named it the Major Tour of the Year.

"The Haus of Gaga and I have worked for months conceiving a spectacular stage,” said Mother Monster. “THE BORN THIS WAY BALL is an Electro-Metal Pop-Opera; the tale of the Beginning, the genesis of the Kingdom of Fame. How we were birthed and how we will die celebrating.”

The Born This Way Ball will be Lady Gaga’s first tour since the release of her album Born This Way (Streamline/Konlive/Interscope), which has sold nearly 6 million copies worldwide since its release in May 2011. The album is the follow-up to back-to-back Grammy Award-winning albums 2009’s The Fame Monster, and 2008’s The Fame. Combined, The Fame and The Fame Monster have sold 15 million albums worldwide, while Lady Gaga’s hit singles have combined sales of over 65 million worldwide.

Gaga was named Forbes' Most Powerful Woman in the World 2011 and was included in Time's annual "The 2010 Time 100" list of the most influential people in the world. With over 2.2 billion combined views of all her videos online, Lady Gaga is one of the biggest living people on Facebook with over 47 million ‘likes’ and is #1 on Twitter with nearly 19 million followers. Lady

Gaga is the only artist in the digital era to top the 5 million sales mark with her first two hits.

Tickets for The Born This Way Ball newly announced shows go on sale beginning Friday March 2, 12pm at livenation.com.au. Tickets to all Australian shows are available through ticketek.com.au 132 849, New Zealand tickets are via ticketmaster.co.nz 9970 9700.
Advance tickets will be available to Visa Credit, Debit and Prepaid cardholders from 2.00pm (local time), Monday 27 February 2012 until 5.00pm (local time), Wednesday 29 February 2012 or until presale tickets sell out at www.visaentertainment.com.au.


THE BORN THIS WAY BALL
STARRING LADY GAGA
2012 Tour Itinerary


April 27 Seoul, South Korea Olympic Stadium On sale Feb 27
May 2 Hong Kong Asia World Arena On sale Feb 27
May 10 Tokyo, Japan Saitama Super Arena On sale Mar 11
May 28 Singapore Indoor Stadium On sale Feb 27
Jun 7 Auckland, New Zealand Vector Arena SOLD OUT
Jun 8 Auckland, New Zealand Vector Arena SOLD OUT
Jun 10 Auckland, New Zealand Vector Arena On sale Mar 2
Jun 13 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre SOLD OUT
Jun 14 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre SOLD OUT
Jun 16 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre On sale Mar 2
Jun 20 Sydney, Australia Allphones Arena Limited Tickets
Jun 21 Sydney, Australia Allphones Arena SOLD OUT
Jun 23 Sydney, Australia Allphones Arena Limited Tickets
Jun 24 Sydney, Australia Allphones Arena On sale Mar 2
Jun 27 Melbourne, Australia Rod Laver Arena SOLD OUT
Jun 28 Melbourne, Australia Rod Laver Arena SOLD OUT
Jun 30 Melbourne, Australia Rod Laver Arena SOLD OUT
Jul 1 Melbourne, Australia Rod Laver Arena On sale Mar 2
Jul 7 Perth, Australia Burswood Dome On sale now
Jul 8 Perth, Australia Burswood Dome On sale Mar 2
TBC Bangkok, Thailand TBC TBC
Itinerary subject to change. More dates to be announced!
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: ladygaga.com and livenation.com.au




About Live Nation Entertainment:


Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five e Commerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globally. Front Line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional
information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.





About Michael Coppel Presents:

Presenting a variety of artists from all genres of contemporary music Michael Coppel Presents each year promotes several hundred concerts throughout Australia and New Zealand, and has produced many major open air festivals, stadium shows and theatrical seasons. Michael Coppel has toured Lady Gaga
twice previously in Australia and New Zealand and welcomes the continuing association with Live Nation Global Touring in presenting the return of Lady Gaga.



Jason Priestley Call Me Fitz - FX Network

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Via Flickr:
Call Me Fitz - FX Event At Swifts, Darling Point, Sydney with Jason Priestley

The grounds of the famous Swifts Mansion were abuzz with fans and media as actor Jason Priestley and a good spread of other actors did the rounds to promote FX's 'Call Me Fitz', in which Priestley stars.

Priestley, better known to Australians and most of the world for his former role in Beverly Hills 90210 has put Brandon Walsh in the history books and has created a cool, dark character in Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick.

FX is an upcoming new Fox International entertainment channel which we understand Foxtel are very keen to launch asap.

Promo...

Canadian-American actor Jason Priestley was every teenage girl's poster boy as Beverly Hills, 90210 character Brandon Walsh, one of the show's most popular figures. Priestley's role as Brandon Walsh catapulted him into international fame and since then he has starred in other television shows like Saturday Night Live, Tru Calling, Colditz, Medium and My Name is Earl.

Priestley's brand new television show Call Me Fitz stars him as the main character, a morally bankrupt used-car salesman whose consequence-free life is complicated by the arrival of a do-gooder who claims to be his conscience.

Call Me Fitz is one of many shows to be broadcast on Foxtel's new television channel, FX, which will welcome Priestley to Swifts mansion in Darling Point tonight to celebrate its launch in Australia. The series will have its debut on the channel on Wednesday, March 7 and will be broadcast alongside an array of other popular shows including hit zombie series The Walking Dead.

Priestley will walk the black carpet at this exclusive invitation only launch party at Swifts in Darling Point tonight, alongside Ben Esler, Damon Herriman, Hernan Lopez and Karin Simoncini. Media wishing to cover the black carpet will need to advise Marlene Richardson on the details listed below.

Call Me Fitz synopsis...

A twisted family dramedy about a morally bankrupt salesman who is forced to become business partners with his inner conscience, an off-beat do gooder intent on healing Fitz's mangled psyche, one hilarious disaster at a time.

Websites

FX Networks
www.fxnetworks.com

Call Me Fitz official website
www.callmefitz.tv

Foxtel
www.foxtel.com.au

Splash News & Pictures
www.splashnews.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr
www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Eva Rinaldi Photography
www.evarinaldi.com

Music News Australia
www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Mark Wahlberg; Contraband

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Mark Wahlberg; Contraband, a set on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Contraband Movie Premiere In Sydney Australia With Mark Wahlberg

Australian big name actor Mark Wahlberg drew a strong crowd at Event Cinemas, George St, Sydney this afternoon with the Australian premiere of the highly anticipated 'Contraband'.

Contraband opens in Australia February 23.

Fans of Marky Mark and as well as those into the thriller genre are going to love this.

Trivia...

Mark Wahlberg is taking his role as a model father seriously...he takes his kids to accompany him to get his tattoos removed!

Promo...

Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of Contraband, a fast-paced thriller about a man trying to stay out of a world he worked so hard to leave behind and the family he’ll do anything to protect. Set in New Orleans, the film explores the cutthroat underground world of international smuggling—full of desperate criminals and corrupt officials, high-stakes and big payoffs—where loyalty rarely exists and death is one wrong turn away.

Contraband is directed by Baltasar Kormákur and stars Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas, Caleb Landry Jones, Diego Luna and J.K. Simmons.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Writers: Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay), Arnaldur Indriðason (film "Reykjavik-Rotterdam")
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi and Kate Beckinsale

Websites

Contraband
www.contrabandmovie.com.au

Universal Pictures
www.universalpictures.com

Universal Studios
www.universalstudios.com

Event Cinemas
www.eventcinemas.com.au

Splash News & Pictures
www.splashnews.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr
www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Eva Rinaldi Photography
www.evarinaldi.com