Lady Gaga tickets scalped for $4000 in Hong Kong

Lady Gaga tickets scalped for $4000 in Hong Kong
February 28, 2012 - 15:54 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Hong Kong fans are paying the equivalent of nearly $4000 for black market tickets to see pop star Lady Gaga perform in the city for the first time, news reports say.

Buyers queued for up to three days to get tickets for the second of two shows by the U.S. star on May 2 and 3, which sold out within 90 minutes of going on sale on Monday, February 27, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.

Tickets with a face value equivalent to $200 were immediately being traded on the black market at the equivalent of $3868 each, according to the report.

Police were called to deal with scuffles and allegations of queue-jumping outside at least one of 29 outlets where tickets went on sale.

According to 9News, a second Lady Gaga date was added after tickets for the first show at Hong Kong's 14,000-capacity AsiaWorld-Expo venue on May 2 sold out within hours last week.

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