The upcoming Lady Gaga performance in Bangkok will be the biggest concert Thailand has ever seen—bigger than the King of Pop Michael Jackson’s 1993 foray, organizers said.
In the days leading up to the mega-star’s Born This Way Ball World Tour May 25 date at Rajamangala Stadium, hundreds of organizers and event staff will be busy setting the stage for the unprecedented event.
“This is the biggest concert we’ve ever put together, even bigger than Michael Jackson’s concert in 1993,” said Neil Thompson, deputy managing director of BEC-TERO Entertainment, which is organizing the event.
“It’s taking three [Boeing] 747s and 20 sea containers to bring in all the production, staging, lighting, sound and video equipment,” he said, adding that on the tour the 150 or so touring party will consume 3,500lbs of chicken, 1,200 lbs of fish, 700lbs of pasta and 2,100 heads of romaine lettuce.
“The band will use over 5,000 guitar strings, more than 2,500 towels on stage. Dancers will use 50 pairs of shoes and go through 200 pairs of fishnet stockings; 12,000 minutes will be spent on sound checks and the phrase ‘copy’ will be uttered over 2,312 times over our show’s walkie-talkie system every show day,” Thompson added.
The sultry scion of pop alone has 15 costume changes among the 40 wardrobe cases in tow. Those worried by the prospect of overheating need not worry: “We will use over 300 feet of air hose under the stage. We have enough power for the whole show and the consumption of electricity will reach 1125kVA, 3000 amps, 864614.4 watts,” Thompson said.
Dozens of buses will be on hand to shuttle the over 50,000 fans around stadium grounds and there will be an estimated 630 police officers overseeing the event, The Bangkok Post reported.
Only a few tickets remain for the event, priced between 4,500 and 7,000 baht.
