Lady Gaga, Pink tickets among weekend onsales

Tickets to the upcoming tour from Pink are among the onsales for the weekend ending October 1, 2012, as compiled by TicketNews®.

This weekend’s onsales begin with tickets to the upcoming North American tour from Pink. Already on tour in Europe, Pink will ring in 2013 with her The Truth About Love Tour, named after her recently released sixth album of all new material. Dates among the Saturday, September 29, 2012, onsales include stops in Toronto, ON; Chicago, IL; Phoenix, AZ; San Jose, CA; and Washington D.C.

Also among this weekend’s concert onsales are tickets to upcoming tour stops from Lady GaGa. The unique and immensely popular pop star, whose legions of fans are waiting with bated breath for her forthcoming album “Artpop,” has several concert dates among the Friday, September 28, 2012 onsales. Concerts on sale include shows in Boston, MA; Toronto, ON; Miami, FL; St. Petersburg, FL; and Brooklyn, NY.

Friday’s onsales also include tickets to two upcoming concerts from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. A holiday favorite, the progressive metal band’s annual North American tour has tickets for stops in Birmingham, AL and Nashville, TN on sale this weekend.

This weekend’s onsales also have several high profile NBA games among the list. First, tickets are on sale Friday for two games for the NBA champion Miami Heat. The Heat have home games against the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics among the onsales. While tickets to the Washington Wizards’ home game against the Celtics are available Friday.

Rounding out the weekend’s onsales are tickets to the upcoming fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. It will be the fourth meeting between the two fighters, with Pacquiao leading the series with two wins and a draw, and it will be a non-title match. The fight will be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV on December 8, 2012.

“Onsales” is a ticketing industry term describing when tickets initially go on sale to the general public. Each week, tickets are released by promoters, venues and others to dozens of events, but the number of tickets available can vary significantly between locations.