Lady Gaga's India tour will cost Rs 5 Crore!

Tushar Joshi / TNN / Jun 5, 2011, 00:00 IST

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Is what it will cost to get Lady Gaga to India for a three-city tour

Lady Gaga's India tour will cost Rs 5 Crore!

It is known that US pop queen Lady Gaga recently confirmed to a US daily that she'd vist India sometime soon. What isn't as known is that she has planned a three-city tour in coming months.
There’s buzz that Shailendra Singh's event management company is also trying to get the singer for their annual electronic music festival in Goa this year. The source adds, “Negotiations are on, and they are presently stuck at money considerations. Gaga charges anywhere close to Rs 5 crore and the costs should work out for everyone. She will be the star attraction at the music festival if things do work out.”
In a recent interview, she cited her reasons for coming to India now. She said, “The reason I'm going to India now is because I can. I didn't have the money or the resources before to travel and bring all of my things with me and reach an entire new territory of fans.”
The Poker Face singer plans to visit Mumbai, Bangalore and one other city as a stopover on her global tour to promote her latest album Born This Way. The 25-year-old New York-born singer has topped charts the world over with hits like Poker Face, Bad Romance, Just Dance, Telephone and her latest single Glory of Edge.

In February, she mentioned during an interview to a local news channel in the US about a possible visit to India. However, she didn’t have the country on her map during her last tour, called Monster Ball. Due to logistical and bureaucratic hiccups, the trip to India never worked out then. But matters are ironed out now, with her management striving to bring her to our shores.
A source working on the possible tour says, “Lady Gaga’s been wanting to come to India for a very long time. Her first album Fame and the follow-up Fame Monster have both gone platinum and have done remarkably well in the domestic market. She has a huge fan following in the country and the audience will lap up her concerts.”

Though details are sketchy at this point, Gaga plans to come down with her full entourage. “Her shows are pretty intense. She personally supervises everything from the stage to the lighting to the costumes. Whatever money Gaga has made from her albums she has put it into her tour. In fact, she was literally broke after her first major tour because she spent all the money on clothes.”
Gaga’s desi connection
For her latest album Born this Way, Lady Gaga collaborated with Indian composers Salim and Sulaiman who remixed her title track and also her second single Judas. The singer collaborated with UK-based site Desihits.com to work on remixes that became instant hits upon release.
Did you know?
Gaga’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta and she adopted her stage name inspired by Freddie Mercury hit: Radio Gaga.
She's left-handed and was "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" in high school.
A significant gay icon, she has famously declared that her song Poker Face was about her bisexuality.
She started the ritual of chewing off heads of Barbie dolls after rubbing it between her legs.
Gaga addresses herself as ‘Mother Monster’ and calls all her fans ‘little monsters’. She also has a signature ‘claw gesture’ which she uses to symbolize freedom and letting go of insecurities during her songs.
Diva Demands
Here’s what the singer would want to see in her dressing room
12 energy drinks on ice
12 assorted fizzy drinks
Assorted fruit juices
Bottles of green tea
One large bag of tortilla chips
One package of dried mangoes
One package of dried apples
One whole roasted chicken (served hot)
A mix of assorted fresh fruits
One loaf of whole bread
One container of salsa
One small jar of peanut butter
One small jar of fruit jelly
Garlic hummus
Two large boxes of dark chocolate-covered almonds
Packages of starfish tuna (packed in water)
One veggie tray with ranch dip
Fake fur sofas
Who else is coming?
Buzz is, apart from Gaga there are many other international acts who will be coming down to India in the coming months. There is talk that Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull will be forming a setlist to promote their songs Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You) and Dirty Dancer respectively. Bryan Adams also makes a comeback to Delhi by year- end. Hip-hop artist T-Pain, who was supposed to come a few months back has confirmed a gig some time around August. Alternative rock band Linkin Park and old-timers Metallica will tour India soon.

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