FIVE-TIME Grammy Award winner LADY GAGA makes her triumphant return to the stage this Spring with the Born This Way Ball – and for her British fans will be performing in London and Manchester in September.

In this brand new tour, Lady 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 27 in Seoul, South Korea. There are performances in 21 European cities, following overwhelming ticket on-sales throughout Australia and Asia, including multiple sell outs in Melbourne, Auckland, Hong Kong, Singapore and more. The European leg of the tour begins August 14 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Famed German electronic dance music DJ and producer Zedd will join the tour as Lady Gaga’s special guest for all concerts in Asia starting April 27 in Seoul and ending June 3 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Supporting Lady Gaga for the European leg will be the newly reformed British rock band The Darkness. Lady Gaga’s longtime performance partner and DJ, Lady Starlight has been confirmed as a special guest DJ for all concert dates in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

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 Observer praised it as “a performance of truly gargantuan proportions”.

"The Haus of Gaga and I have worked for months conceiving a spectacular stage,” said Lady Gaga. “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 six 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 49 million ‘likes’ and is #1 on Twitter with over 22 million followers. Lady Gaga is the only artist in the digital era to top the five million sales mark with her first two hits.

2012 European Tour Itinerary Aug 14 Sofia, Bulgaria Vasil Levski National Stadium On sale Apr 27 Aug 16 Bucharest, Romania Arena Nationala Stadium On sale Apr 27 Aug 18 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadhalle On sale Apr 21 Aug 21 Vilnius, Lithuania Vingis Park On sale Apr 30 Aug 23 Riga, Latvia Riga Mezaparks On sale Apr 30 Aug 25 Tallinn, Estonia Tallinn Song Festival Grounds On sale Apr 30 Aug 27 Helsinki, Finland Hartwall Areena On sale Apr 16 Aug 30 Stockholm, Sweden Ericsson Globe On sale Apr 20 Sept 2 Copenhagen, Denmark Parken Stadium On sale Apr 20 Sept 4 Koln, Germany Lanxess Arena On sale Apr 20 Sept 8 London, UK Twickenham Stadium On sale Apr 13 Sept 11 Manchester, UK Manchester Arena On sale Apr 13 Sept 15 Dublin, Ireland Aviva Stadium On sale Apr 16 Sept 17 Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome On sale Apr 16 Sept 22 Paris, France Stade de France On sale Apr 16 Sept 24 Hannover, Germany TUI Arena On sale Apr 20 Sept 26 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion Zurich On sale Apr 20 Sept 29 Antwerp, Belgium Sportpaleis On sale Apr 13 Oct 2 Milan, Italy Mediolanum Forum On sale Apr 20 Oct 4 Nice, France Stade Charles-Ehrmann On sale Apr 16 Oct 6 Barcelona, Spain Palau Sant Jordi On sale Apr 19 Itinerary subject to change More dates to be announced For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.ladygaga.com and www.livenation.co.uk