Melbourne
(ANI):
Lady
Gaga's
Australian
tour
has
left
many
parents
chaperoning
their
kids
to
ask
why
the
concert
did
not
carry
a
classification
to
warn
them
of
the
racy
routines
the
singer
put
on.
Gaga's
Australian
tour
kicked
off
this
week,
using
elements
of
bulimia,
binge
drinking
and
expletives
as
props.
In
her
Monster
Ball
show,
Gaga
takes
the
audience
into
a
gothic
Wizard
Of
Oz
land,
where
a
video
of
a
model
making
herself
vomit
onto
Gaga
is
shown
on
a
film
loop.
"This
is
a
place
where
you
can
be
free.
A
place
where
all
the
freaks
are
outside
and
I
locked
the
f---ing
door," News.com.au
quoted
Gaga
as
having
said
during
her
show.
Linda
Fitzsimmons
took
her
nine-year-old
daughter
Jessica
to
the
debut
show
on
March
17
and
said
that
she
was
"shocked
and
surprised"
by
it.
"I
couldn't
believe
it.
(Jessica)
likes
her
songs
and
I'm
OK
with
her
listening
to
them.
There's
no
swearing
in
them
and
she's
too
young
to
understand
the
hidden
meaning,"
she
said.
"But
if
I
tried
to
take
her
to
an
MA
15+
movie
someone
would
stop
me
at
the
counter.
Why
not
with
concerts?"
she
asked.
Promoter
Michael
Coppel
said
it
is
almost
impossible
to
classify
a
concert
and
the
responsibility
lies
with
the
parent.
"It's
hard
to
rate
a
show.
What
someone
might
see
as
risque
differs
from
person
to
person,"
he
said.
The
Classification
Review
Board
said
it
was
not
their
area
to
comment
on.
A
spokesperson
for
board
chief
Donald
McDonald
referred
the
Daily
Telegraph's
inquiries
to
the
Attorney
General's
office,
which
was
unable
to
respond.
Family
First
Senator
Steve
Fielding
similarly
refused
to
weigh
in
on
the
debate.
Coppel
said
he
doubted
that
Australian
tours
would
ever
carry
classifications,
because
most
promoters
do
not
see
the
show
before
they
book
it.