With an image as extravagant as Lady Gaga, it’s no surprise that it takes millions of dollars to bring it to life. The superstar may currently be a singer, award-winning actor, and entrepreneur with her cosmetics line, Haus Labs, but in her early days of stardom, she found herself in deep debt. During “The Monster Ball Tour,” which spanned from 2009 until 2011, the singer paid out of pocket for her bold vision, investing $3 million of her money on the show’s global production and lavish costumes.
According to Gaga, that $3 million was all she had at the time, which worried the people around her. In the documentary, “Who the F*** is Arthur Fogel” (via Daily News) she recalled, “I remember I went home and I was with my dad and he said, ‘I don’t understand. ‘Bad Romance’ is out. You are all over the radio. Everyone is talking about you and you don’t have a pot to p*** in.'”
However, Gaga was convinced her risky money moves would soon pay off. The singer planned to have her sold-out show catch the eye of Arthur Fogel, chairman of Live Nation, and hoped he would invest in her. The “Bad Romance” singer got her wish, and he eventually came along and wrote her a $40 million check. She later landed a deal with HBO which premiered the concert special, “Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden.” After 200 dates, the tour earned an estimated $227.4 million.
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