Overview

• Lady Gaga's The MAYHEM Ball tour will bring her to Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney this December, marking her first Australian performances since 2014.
• Presale tickets, priced from $120 to $1588, have sparked backlash over affordability and alleged dynamic pricing practices, which Ticketmaster denies using.
• Overwhelming demand has led to long online queues, with tens of thousands of fans vying for tickets and facing fluctuating prices during the purchasing process.
• Live Nation added a second Melbourne show on December 6 in response to high demand, but fans criticized the staggered release of tour dates.
• Regulatory measures in some Australian states, such as caps on ticket resale mark-ups, aim to curb scalping and inflated reselling practices.