Lady Gaga To Play Bridgestone Arena March 10; Wiz Khalifa To Play Bridgestone Arena Nov. 25 [Updated]

Last night I dreamed that Nashville became a primary concert market for pop music’s biggest stars. And then ... BAM! SURPRISE!! I wake up to news that Lady Gaga

the first-round tour

for the U.S. leg of her Born This Way Ball Tour, which, to my surprise, makes a monstrous ballroom of Bridgestone Arena on March 10. That date not only puts Nashville in the company of real, townie-free cities such as New York, Chicago and L.A. in Gaga Land, but it also sees the singer returning to the ‘Ville less than two years after

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As you may or may not recall, a miracle happened at that show: Concert-goer Crystal Thornton went into a seizure and soon after suffered cardiac arrest (typically a sign one is walking toward the light) while watching openers Semi Precious Weapons. On-site medics used a portable automated external defibrillator on Thornton, kick-starting her heart five minutes after it stopped beating.