Lady Gaga is pretty much in the news always, but it’s not usually for honest-to-goodness functional newsworthiness. (She has, in the last 24 hours, ridden a bicycle, gotten a tattoo, and reduced her alcohol content.) This morning she announced the first North American installment of her globe-trotting Born This Way Ball via Twitter. The massive tour kicked off in South Korea in April, and will hit Vancouver for its first 2013 stop on January 11 before dipping down into the States and running through mid-March. No openers have been announced yet, but Gaga has a tradition of hand-picking lesser-knowns to break, so here’s hoping for Django Django or Trinidad James. The Lady’s fourth album ARTPOP is due out in 2013 and is reported to include collaborations with BTW European opener Zedd, SPIN cover star Azealia Banks and, yes, Whitesnake guiarist Doug Aldrich. Full dates for the tour can be found at Littlemonsters.com.
Jan. 11: Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
Jan. 14: Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
Jan. 17: San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
Jan. 20: Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center Jan. 23: Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
Jan. 25: Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
Jan. 29: Dallas, TX @American Airlines Center
Jan. 31: Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Feb. 2: St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
Feb. 4: Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
Feb. 6: St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Feb. 8: Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Feb. 11: Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Feb. 13: Chicago, IL @ United Center
Feb. 16: Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
Feb. 19: Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Feb. 22: New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Feb. 25: Washington, D.C. @ Verizon Center
Feb. 27: Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Mar. 2: Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall
Mar. 6: Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Mar. 10: Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Mar. 11: Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
Mar. 13: Tampa, FL @ Tampa Bay Times Forum
Mar. 15: Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BankAtlantic Center
Mar. 16: Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
