Pop diva Lady Gaga’s first and only show in Taiwan, which is supposed to be free, could cost money — and not a small amount — for some of her “little monsters,” local media reported yesterday.
Fans have been so anxious to get tickets to see her July 3 show in Greater Taichung that some are considering paying people to stand in line for them.
The 4,000 tickets are expected to create a frenzy because they will be given out only to those who have her latest album, Born This Way. Tickets will be distributed on a first come, first served basis, the organizers have said.
Fans who will not be able to spend time lining up have another choice: They can pay NT$150 to NT$200 an hour for a line-up service, which can be found online.
The details regarding the ticket -exchange, including locations and time, will not be disclosed until tomorrow, two days before fans can bring their Lady Gaga CDs to get tickets, which will be distributed by Universal Music Taiwan.
Local media reported that if it takes two days to line up for a ticket, the price of paying someone to wait in line could cost as much as NT$7,000.
Lady Gaga is scheduled to sing one or more new songs at the show in an outdoor theater in Taichung’s Wen-Hsin Forest Park.
PRICE HIKE
A netizen nicknamed “okadanaoki” wrote on a fan board on PTT, the nation’s largest bulletin board system, that he or she had agreed to pay NT$1,500 for one ticket from an agency.
However, the price was raised to NT$5,000 the other day “because the seller said there were not enough people lining up for the tickets.”
“I will wait for a concert that charges admission if I fail to grab a ticket,” Okadanaoki wrote.
SCALPING
Other netizens also worried the service would turn into ticket scalping, complaining that they will tell their idol on Twitter and Facebook about the situation.
It is unlikely people would pay NT$7,000 for a show as short as 25 minutes, said a staffer surnamed Chen (陳) at Super Service, a Web site that provides various services from “professional line-standers for concert tickets” to personal shopping.
Chen said he hopes fans will not really spend two days trying to get the tickets because that will make things harder for everybody in the scorching summer heat.
The organizers said they decided not to announce the details too early because they “did not want fans to spend too much time on this.”
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