Lady Gaga is the latest artist to take songs from a hit album and have them remixed and released as a new album. Here is the announcement:Lady Gaga will release Lady Gaga - The Remix on August 3rd, 2010. The Remix has sold over 500,000 albums internationally topping the charts in the UK, Japan and Canada. The U.S. version of The Remix features ten songs from The Fame and The Fame Monster including Gaga hits like "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Paparazzi", "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro" all remixed by highly acclaimed DJ's and artists. This is the first time this collection will be available stateside.
Following the announcement of the North American extension of The Monster Ball Tour, international pop superstar LADY GAGA now also has the largest selling digital album ever, scanning 783,056 units of "The Fame Monster" (combined). The Fame Monster and The Fame have sold over 13 million albums worldwide to date. The video for LADY GAGA's latest single, "Alejandro", has been viewed online over 39 million times since its June 8th release.
In other GAGA news, she has become the first living person with 10 million "Likes" on Facebook, joining the ranks of other popular pages such as Texas Hold'em Poker, Michael Jackson, Mafia Wars, Facebook, and Family Guy.
On the heels of a tremendously successful European run, LADY GAGA began her U.S. leg of The Monster Ball Tour on July 1st in Boston and will continue across the country and in Canada this summer. Tour dates below.
THE MONSTER BALL TOUR STARRING LADY GAGA
7/7 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
7/9 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
7/11 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
7/12 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
7/14 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
7/15 Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
7/17 St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
7/20 Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
7/22 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
7/23 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
7/25 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
7/26 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
7/28 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
7/31 Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
8/3 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
8/6 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
8/11 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
8/12 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
8/13 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand
8/16 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
8/17 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
8/19 Portland, OR - Rose Garden
8/21 Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
8/23 Vancouver, BC - GM Place
8/24 Vancouver, BC - GM Place
8/26 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
8/27 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
8/30 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
8/31 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
9/2 Milwaukee, WI - Bradley Center
9/4 Detroit, MI - Palace
9/5 Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center
9/7 Washington, DC - Verizon Center
9/8 Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena
9/14 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
9/15 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
9/16 Hartford, CT - XL
9/18 Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena
9/19 Raleigh, NC - RBC Center
