Lady Gaga American Extends North American Tour Through Early 2011

Lady Gaga is keeping the North American leg of her "Fame Monster" tour going through the first months of next year, the performer posted this morning on her MySpace blog. The announcement says in part:

"The 2011 North American Monster Ball Tour, produced globally by Live Nation, will begin on February 19th, 2011 at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, taking her spectacular show to top arenas and a host of new cities. Semi Precious Weapons have opened all dates for Lady Gaga’s 2010 tour and will join her again in 2011. Tickets go on sale beginning May 14, 2010 at LiveNation.com."

There's a presale starting tomorrow; the blog post says: "Citi® cardmembers will also have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, May 11th, at 10am local time through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com." For regular public on-sale dates, check livenation.com/gaga for details. Here's a list of the dates so far (more may be added):

February 19 - Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall / On sale May 14
February 26 - Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center / On sale May 14

March 3 - Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre / On sale May 17

March 8 - Boston, MA TD Garden / On sale May 14

March 25 - Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand / On sale May 15

April 8 - Houston, TX Toyota Center / On sale May 14

April 9 - New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena / On sale May 15

April 12 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center / On sale May 17

April 13 - Miami, FL American Airlines Arena / On sale May 17

April 18 - Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Center / On sale May 14