Little Monsters prepare to battle for tickets to May shows

Lady Gaga's concerts in Singapore

- Yamini Chinnuswamy

Lady Gaga fans in Singapore and around Asia are preparing themselves for a bloodbath during ticket sales for the American pop star's upcoming Singapore concerts.

The shows are set to be her only stop on the continent as she promotes her seventh solo studio album, Mayhem.

The online pre-sales on Ticketmaster begin on March 18 and end with the general sale on March 21 for the four announced dates: May 18, 19, 21 and 24—at the National Stadium. Ticket prices have not been announced.

Mr Dion Ong, 29, a digital content and marketing executive, says: "I'm activating everyone I know. My family, my colleagues, my friends."

He is particularly keen to watch her live for the first time, as he missed the 38-year-old singer's Born This Way Ball tour concerts held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in 2012, when he was just 16.

"None of my friends wanted to go and I didn't dare to go alone. I even made the effort to go down and buy merchandise. I stood outside the venue for the first three songs before leaving," he recalls.

The Born This Way album, released in 2011, was his formative moment as a "Little Monster"—as Lady Gaga refers to her fans—says Mr Ong. "As a queer individual, I found normality in that album."