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Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden

Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden debuts tonight on HBO at 9 p.m. Eastern.

Stick around during the credits of Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden  and you’ll witness a moment that’s the antithesis of everything that precedes it: Lady Gaga, wearing a normal-ish outfit, filmed in black and white, standing around a piano with her back-up singers doing an a capella rendition of “Born This Way.” And bitch kills it. Gaga lays down one showy vocal run after another, as if to say, “See, there’s something under those mechanized stage outfits and dance routines and blown-out sense of self-importance.” It’s a moment that could seem obnoxious and presumptuous if we hadn’t just witnessed her bleeding—sometimes literally—all over the stage of Madison Square Garden for two hours straight. Over the course of The Monster Ball Tour , Lady Gaga proves that she is a performer ; the epilogue suggests she might be something more than that.

Let’s get this out of the way: If you don’t care for Lady Gaga, you will not care for this special. Because it is Gaga at the height of Gagatude: She’s in her element, center stage with a captive audience that adores her, and so she ratchets up her persona as far as it will go. She stops the show several times to address her audience, and not just calling out people she sees in the front row as music plays behind her; I’m talking a darkened stage, a single spotlight, and Gaga pontificating, sometimes for several minutes, on being FREE and being WHO YOU ARE and being a FREAK and NEW YORK I WANT YOU TO SCREEEEAMMM! Gaga’s talk-talk-talk-SCREAM cadence is silly and maybe even a little annoying, but damn if she doesn’t commit and damn if her followers don’t eat it up. She talks a lot—too much, really, and the show’s momentum occasionally suffers because of it—but there’s something to be said about the way she does it. When she addresses her fans, it has weight and import. She is stopping the show to talk to them, to shine the light back on those who support her—again, sometimes literally. (Apparently a Disco Stick doubles as a portable spotlight.)

Granted, it’s easy to doubt the sincerity of Gaga’s statements from the cynical remove of your couch, especially when you’re watching someone who’s more persona than actual person; but within the pulsating, glittering sphere of The Monster Ball, she’s delivering a homily, a blessing. There’s plenty to debate about Gaga in terms of originality and artistry and personality, but when it comes to charisma and performance, there’s no discussion: When she’s center-stage at The Garden, all eyes are on her, a queen addressing her adoring subjects. It’s a level of performance that not many people manage to pull off these days, and that ability to capture and keep people’s attention is why we keep talking about Gaga.

The Monster Ball Tour was filmed over two sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden in February (her fourth and fifth sold-out shows at that venue), continuing the massive stage show Gaga’s been toting around the world pretty much continuously since late 2009. There have been revisions over the months—namely the addition of some new songs off the upcoming Born This Way— but it’s essentially the same spectacle Gaga fans have been seeing for the past year: part concert, part Broadway production, part Vegas revue, with a 10-piece band, 10 dancers, three back-up singers, and roughly 57 kerbajillion costume changes. It’s all tied together by a loose—and again, pretty silly—concept of Gaga and her followers trying to make it to the “Monster Ball,” a giant party where freaks can be freaks and everyone’s free to love who they want to love and buy $10 beers and a $36 glossy program. The “story” is mostly an excuse for costume changes and the deployment of crazy sets and props—including a 20-foot-tall, Cthulhu-esque “fame monster” puppet and a couple of crazy keytar-esque musical apparati that were apparently flown in from another galaxy—but there is some thought given to the songs’ place in the narrative: Gaga entreats the audience to battle the fame monster puppet by taking its picture during “Paparazzi,” she’s consumed by the stage and then hydraulically pops back up, bloodied, during “Monster,” etc. It’s a slight premise, yes, but the show commits to it so completely you kinda have to respect it, you know?

The Monster Ball is perfect fodder for an HBO concert special: a subject many viewers might be curious about but not willing to shell out $80—or much, much more—for, and lots of visual stimuli presented in crisp HD. There’s not much else to the program, save for some perfunctory black-and-white introductory and concluding footage that nods heavily to Madonna’s Truth Or Dare , and a couple of backstage glances during costume changes. (Though it is interesting watching Gaga’s posture and presence chance in the moments when she ducks offstage; you can actually see her turning it off and on, which is sort of fascinating.) But the focus is squarely on Onstage Gaga, where it should be; it’s where she’s most interesting, most at home, and most entertaining. (And also sort of funny from time to time, like when she teases the crowd of “drunk assholes” for ducking out to get beer.) It’s a frenetic, colorful experience that mostly ignores nuance and introspection in favor of balls-out, shameless, over-the-top entertainment. As Gaga herself says, “I hate the truth. I prefer a giant dose of bullshit any day over the truth.” And when she’s trafficking in such entertaining bullshit, it’s hard not to agree.

The unobstructed, close-up view of this spectacle is almost enough to make up for the collective crowd euphoria you’re missing out on by watching the show slumped on the couch instead of dancing in the aisles. And that’s this program's biggest challenge, drawing a removed, at-home audience into an experience that is immediate and visceral. Whether you’re swept away by the show will have a lot to do with your affection for Gaga and her music, but even if you don’t feel that heightened, rush-of-blood-to-the-head sensation—I got it during the one-two punch of the set-closing “Bad Romance” and encore of “Born This Way,” which I like a lot more after seeing it live—there’s plenty to appreciate from a removed, technical perspective as well. Gawp at the sets (“Is there a piano under that truck’s hood?”), puzzle over the outfits (“Is she wearing a latex monster hand?”), ogle the dancers (easier to do if you’re a straight woman or gay man), or marvel at how Gaga is able to dance and sing in 8-inch heels. And yes, she is very clearly singing live (with a backing track during dance sequences, as is standard). Again, say what you will about Gaga, but she puts on a show. If she wants to imbue it with more emotional weight and artistic import than it probably merits, hey, that’s the prerogative of a 24-year-old theater kid who has 50 million kilojoules of adoration beamed at her every night. And she earns every bit of it.

Stray observations

• If you’ve ever been at a concert and thought, “This is pretty good, I guess, but it could use more simulated onstage tentacle rape and fire-spewing crotch plates,” well then this is the show for you my friend!

• Look: Gaga cries and makes big, dramatic statements. A lot. She’s a theater kid playing to an audience of theater kids; just accept it and it’ll make this whole experience much more palatable, okay?

• I loved the personal shout-out to audience member Liza Minnelli, when Gaga reminisces about her theater teachers telling her she’d never be a star because she had dark hair and was too ethnic. “And I’d just say, ‘What about Liza?’” Just ignore the fact that Gaga is now one of the blonde, “skinny bitches” she supposedly hated, and it’s cute.

• Also in the audience: Marisa Tomei and Sir Paul McCartney, who was doing what looked like a Russian dance.

• So You Think You Can Dance fans: Keep an eye out for Mark Kanemura from season four: He’s one of Gaga’s main dancers now, and damn he is looking foyne.

• “The only thing better than a unicorn is a gay unicorn.” And boys kissing, and stuffed, be-spandexed crotches, and something about “the glitter way.” Call me crazy, but methinks Gaga might be trying to cultivate a gay audience…

• Gaga, I know you’re a busy woman, but it’s The Garden—you couldn’t be bothered to touch up your roots?

• New songs from Born This Way : “Marry The Night,” “Born This Way,” and—the standout, in my opinion—“You And I,” a rollicking, Elton John-esque piano number that builds to a very satisfying crescendo.

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Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

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Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden is a 2011 concert special documenting the February 21 and 22, 2011 shows of Lady Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour. Filmed at Madison Square Garden in Gaga's hometown of New York City, the two-hour special was produced by HBO and first broadcast on the channel on May 7, 2011, a day after Gaga's last date of The Monster Ball Tour . It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 21, 2011 and was directed by Laurieann Gibson , Gaga's main choreographer.

Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden features concert footage as well as pre-concert and backstage content.

  • 1 Promotion
  • 2.1.1 Details from the performance
  • 2.2 Bonus features
  • 3 Home media
  • 4.1 DVD (B0016286-09, explicit)
  • 4.2 DVD (Clean)
  • 4.3 Blu-ray (B0016285-59, Explicit)
  • 4.4 Born This Way — The Collection
  • 5 Transcription
  • 7 References

The special was announced by Gaga on February 14, 2011, while Gaga was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . Over the next 3 months, HBO released snippets and teasers of the recording. Several of the snippets shown were not used in the special due to time constraints. Most snippets were released after fans trended a certain tweet or enough fans "gagafied" their Facebook profiles. Also, the last five days preceding the show countdown, teasers were released.

The special opens with a black-and-white introduction that sees Gaga ordering a cup of coffee from a New York convenience store before being escorted by security into a black SUV, where she reminisces about the many times she had been at the arena to watch other acts perform, and realizes that she will now be performing there herself. After being escorted backstage, she removes her makeup and cries as she discusses feeling like a "loser". She then sings the opening lines of " Marry the Night " while preparing to take the stage. Full-color footage of the concert (shot on February 21 and 22, 2011) is then seen, interspersed with black-and-white backstage footage. The special ends with another black-and-white backstage scene where Gaga and her backup singers perform " Born This Way " a capella.

Act I — NYC

  • Jumping Film (Video introduction, briefly shown)
  • " Dance in the Dark " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Glitter and Grease " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Just Dance " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Beautiful, Dirty, Rich " (February 21, 2011)
  • " The Fame " (February 22, 2011)

Act II — NYC Subway

  • " LoveGame " (February 21 & 22, 2011)
  • " Boys Boys Boys " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Money Honey " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Telephone " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Speechless " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Yoü and I " (February 22, 2011)
  • Twister Film (Video interlude, briefly shown)
  • " So Happy I Could Die " (February 22, 2011)
  • Antler Film (Video interlude, briefly shown)

Act III — Central Park

  • " Monster " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Teeth " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Alejandro " (February 22, 2011)
  • " Poker Face " (February 22, 2011)

Act IV — Monster Ball

  • " Paparazzi " (February 21 & 22, 2011)
  • " Bad Romance " (February 21 & 22, 2011)
  • " Born This Way " (February 22, 2011)

Details from the performance

  • All of the interludes were cut for the special except some short footages of the Jumping, Twister, and Antler films.
  • "Dance in the Dark" starts after the first chorus.
  • Gaga cuts a verse from " So Happy I Could Die ".
  • Victor Rojas and Ian McKenzie replaced Posh during the What's the Monster Ball? and the Battling a paparazzo (Paparazzi) sections, respectively.
  • The ending credits feature Gaga with her backup singers singing "Born This Way" acapella. (TV broadcast)

Bonus features

These features were not shown on the TV broadcast except the Born This Way (A Capella) during the credits.

  • Born This Way (A Cappella) — 3:16
  • Backstage at the Monster Ball documentary — 12:50
  • Photo gallery

The Monster Ball Tour DVD was confirmed that it would be released on November 21st and it would include the concert that Lady Gaga held at Madison Square Garden, in New York City early 2011. The special includes exclusive, never before seen footage and will also be available on Blu-Ray. [1] [2]

All the release have the same content in a 16:9 widscreen size with subtitles in "Behind the Scenes" English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian. The DVD/BR come with a 16 pages booklet with pictures taken by photographer Josh Olins .

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DVD (B0016286-09, explicit)

  • Audio: Dolby Stereo and Dolby 5.1

DVD (Clean)

  • Audio (DVD) : Dolby Stereo and Dolby 5.1

Blu-ray (B0016285-59, Explicit)

In the United States, exclusive to Best Buy only.

  • Audio (Blu-Ray) : Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround and Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and Stereo for main program (Bonus features are Stereo-only TrueHD and Dolby Digital)
  • Blu-ray frame rate : 59.94

Born This Way — The Collection

Same product as the DVD release except the artwork was reduced to fit a carboard package.

Transcription

Introduction — In NYC

Gaga: Can I have a coffee please? Gaga: Hm... with milk and Splenda. Clerk: Which size? Gaga: Eh... large. Gaga: Can you believe we are playing at the Garden? Are you ready? Gaga: Thanks man. - Fan: Look at that! Are you Lady Gaga? Fan: Is that Lady Gaga? I can't believe it's you, oh, my God! Gaga: Thanks, nice to meet you! Fan: Oh, my God! Oh, my God, oh! Gaga: Do you know how many time I have been to this arena? Gaga: And now they are opening these gates for us.

Madison Square Garden — Backstage

Gaga: Welcome HBO to the Monster Ball! I was in the worst mood on the way here. I just get so revved up when I do these benchmark shows because I start to think about all the people that have tried to stop and I get this like super intense fury. And then I think about how I don’t really give a shit if people don’t understand what I do. As long as my fans understand. I just don’t want my fans to ever feel… I just sometimes feel like a loser still. It’s crazy 'cause we’re at the Garden but I still sometimes feel like a loser kid in high school. And I just gotta pick my shit up, I gotta pick myself up and I have to tell myself I’m a superstar every morning so that I can get through this day and be for my fans what they need from me to be. But sometimes I still feel like people are trying to destroy me. I cannot be destroyed and I will not be destroyed. And you will never destroy the kingdom that is my fans. I just feel like I have to fight. I’m fighting for every kid that’s like me, that felt like I felt and feels like I still feel. It hurts when I know how much authenticity and how much genuine blood is in my spirit and how much I feel people don’t know that cause they see wigs and lipstick and shut down 'cause they don’t understand. I’m sorry. I just want to be a queen for them and sometimes I don’t feel like one. I’m not a loser. It’s not about being a winner for me anymore. It’s about being a winner for them. Let’s say our own prayer: Dear Lord, Thank you so much for the blessings of all my friend and my family and thank you for all the amazing screaming fans that are here tonight tonight. Dear Lord please give me strength to be a winner for all of them and not for myself. Dear Lord remind me to empower not myself but to empower those around me because that is my gift. My gift is not self-worship, my gift is the worship of others. So please help me to be strong and please help me to know my own strength. Please, help me to be brave lord. Dear God, give me courage. Do not let me give into those feelings. Do not et me give into my own insecurities. Allow me to walk in your light. Allow me to live and breathe and sing and dance for all the dancers on stage for the the band for the music and for you. Amen… Now I got some shit to do!”

"Dance in the Dark" Posh: Girls? Are ya'll getting ready? Peppah? Peppah: Yes Posh, I'm getting ready? Hey Bang Bang, are you getting ready? Bang Bang: Of Course I'm getting ready. Hey Shompane, you getting ready girl? Peppah: I'm already ready baby. Posh: Well let's get it honey [Resume Dance in the Dark] Posh: Ohh, no! Bang Bang: Posh are we breaking down? Posh: Uopp! Just give me a second. Bang Bang: Where's Gaga anyways? and where's my lipstick? Posh: Shut up! Peppah: Now we're never gonna make it to the Monster Ball!! Gaga: Yes, you will... I'll take you there! "Glitter and Grease" "Just Dance" "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" Gaga: Now get your pockets out and shoot that money 'cause you don't need it in New York. Victor: So... Gaga, what's The Monster Ball really all about? Gaga: Well Victor... The Monster Ball will set you free!! Victor: Do you mean... I could be who ever... what ever... that I want to be free? Gaga: Yeah Posh, tonight at The Monster Ball, were gonna be super free. [Pause] Gaga: And the best thing about The Monster Ball is that I created it so my fans have a place to go. A place where all the freaks are outside and I lock the fucking doors. It don't matter who you are, where you come from, or how much money you got in your pocket because tonight and every other after night you could be whoever is that you want to be. And to get to The Monster Ball all you got to do is follow the Glitter Way. "The Fame"

"LoveGame" Gaga: My name is LADY GAGA... And welcome to the last of five shows at Madison Square Garden I feel so blessed, you have no idea. I grew up twenty blocks from here and I watched every name go up on that markee year after year, month after month and I used to dream that one day I’d see my name in lights. So thank you so much, thankyou for buying a ticket to see my show. And for those of you who didn’t pay for your tickets, I want my money back. I'm just kidding. You know, I didn’t use to be brave. Infact I wasn’t very brave at all but you have made me brave, Little Monsters. And New York made me brave, so now I’m gonna be brave for you. Tonight I want you to forget all your insecurities. I want you to reject anyone or anything that’s ever made you feel like you don’t belong or don’t fit in or made you feel like you’re not good enough or pretty enough or thin enough or can't sing well enough or dance well enough or write a song well enough or like you’ll never win a Grammy or you’ll never sell out Madison Square Garden, you just remember that you’re a goddammned superstar and you were BORN THIS WAY! May tonight be your liberation of all those things. 'Cuz I used to pick up my leather boots on that street and I would go down the staris to the 9 train I’d take the 9 train downtown and then I’d take the L train to go across town and I would go to dance class and I would pray and I would dream that someday, one person would believe in me. So when you leave here tonight, know that at least one person believes in you. Hello purple unicorn? That is the most fabulous gay unicorn I have ever seen. He has a rainbow horn, he’s purple, he has neon hoofs. It’s very exciting. The only thing better than a unicorn is a gay unicorn. Oh, you know what that means, all the new york gays came out to play. And some came from New Jersey. But we don’t care ‘cause it’s all the same and we were born this way. YEAH! I don’t know what I'm gonna do with all of you. You see I told my friends about the Monster Ball I told them that the Monster Ball would set them free, so we got into my car… but my car broke down in Brooklyn. So then we got onto the subway onto the F train which always gets me where I need to go. But the subway’s left uf off in this very strange place. And I just have no fucking clue where we are. You think I should ask my friends for some help? You know, my deepest and most loyal friends? You know… all my New York and tristate-area gays? This one’s for the boys and the girls tonight. Celebrate your gay pride. "Boys Boys Boys" Gaga: Does anybody know what I really, really hate? I hate money. Its hot as hell in here, New York. But nobody can ever make me take off my leather. I’m just a bad kid. I don’t want your money. I want your soul, honey. "Money Honey" Gaga: How are you doing tonight? This is so crazy for me just completely psycho. I used to sit usually in the bleachers, you know, in the back. And I would sit with my mom, you know, who would take me to see shows. And I’d watch some other bitch sing and dance on the stage all night that I wanted to be. And I would say, “I wish I was that bitch on that stage”. So just so you know someday you’ll be up here instead of me and I’ll be sitting in the back cheering all you guys on. [Telephone rings] Gaga: Hello? Beyoncé? She’s always interrupting the middle of my show. "Telephone" Gaga: I just want to say thank you to all of you for being here tonight because HBO is filming for our HBO special. And it’s just this really amazing night for all of us. And I’m so happy. I can’t even begin to tell you how grateful I am that you’re all here. And it’s really funny because my favourite thing about the Monster Ball is that everybody gets really drunk and vomits on each other and has a good time. So you don’t know this but inbetween the sets when the videos are playing, I can actually see you from backstage and I see everybody running to go get drinks really quickly. I’m always laughing because I think, “These drunk assholes. That’s all they wanna do, is drink and have a good time”. So in light of watching all of you have a good time, I would like to dedicate this song to all the drunk assholes in my life. This is called “Speechless.” "Speechless" During: Gaga: And my make- Every night, this fucking makeup falls off right at that same lyric. Shit. And on another note not to blow up too many people’s spots tonight, but Liza Minnelli is here. I thought you all might want to stand up for her because, you know, it is Liza. And Marisa Tomei is here tonight. And I usually would never tell you guys who’s here tonight but the reason I’m telling you is because these two women influenced me so much when I was in theater school. Because I went to Tisch, you know, at NYU. And what used to happen was the teachers would go: “Well, your voice is too pop. And when you sing pop music, your voice is too theater. And, you know, you’re never gonna play the heroine. And you’re never gonna play the blond, you know. You’re never gonna play the ingénue. You’ll never be the main character. You’re never gonna be the star. Because you have dark hair and you’re too ethnic”. So I used to say: “Well, what about Liza?” And then I’d get to acting class and they’d always pull out a script for me that Marisa had played in a movie. And they’d say: “You’ll play these kinds of- These kinds of really ballsy women roles”. And you know what? There’s never a role other than that that I’m ever gonna wanna play. So thank you, Marisa, for always playing that role for us. During: Gaga: So thank you for giving me two bad bitched to look up to. Gaga: All right, you wanna hear a new one? This is from my new album, Born This Way. This is called “You and I.” "You and I" Gaga: And so as my friends and I traveled further and further down the Glitter Way, we ran into a magical angel with a beautiful black harp. And she said that she knew just the music to play to get us closer and closer to the Monster Ball at Madison Square Garden. Oh, what’s that thing? What’s that thing? Way up in the sky? It’s very beautiful but very strange. Is that a rainbow? No, it can’t be. Little Monsters, it’s a twister. "Twister Film (Video interlude)" Gaga: Monsters, you make me so happy I could die. "So Happy I Could Die" "Antler Film (Video interlude)"

“Monster” Gaga: Do you think I’m sexy? Because I think you’re sexy. I used to get bullied a lot in high school by these really awful, mean girls who weighed about thirty pounds less than I did. And it used to make me feel really bad about myself. But I’m here to tell you that someday you’ll have a stage upon which to stand and sing and dance in front of all those who bullied you before. Do you feel sexy? You know, I’m kind of like Tinker Bell. You know how Tinker Bell will die if you don’t clap for her? Do you want me to die? Scream for me! Some people would like me to die. But I’m not going anywhere. Does anyone know what I hate almost as much as I hate money? Audience: The Truth! Gaga: Yes, I hate the truth. The French call it ‘La Vérité’. Je detesté la vérité. In face, I hate the truth so much I’d prefer a giant dose of bullshit any day over the truth. So, mes petits monstres. Show me your teeth. “Teeth” During: Gaga: Some people say that I’m not a religious woman. So come on, New York, let’s go to church. Gaga: Just in case any of you were wondering if I ever lip-sync during my shows, the answer is no. I never lip-sync, I never have lip-synced and I never will. And as long as you’re paying money to buy a ticket to see my show, I’m not gonna waste your goddamn time watching some bitch lip-sync her way through an HBO special. Show me your teeth. Especially not while Liza’s watching. Show me your teeth. Jesus, Jesus, are you listenin’? Jesus over there in heaven, Jesus, I’m confused. Jesus, some people say that you only love a certain kind of person with certain kind of beliefs or background or sexual orientation. But, Jesus, you have blessed me. And every night, myself and the entire Haus of Gaga bleed to death infront of twenty four thousand people talking about love and unity. So I’m quite certain that Jesus must love everybody! Jesus loves everybody. Show me your teeth. You are such an asshole. You know that? You are such an asshole on that instrument. You are so goddamn disrespectful on that guitar. Who taught you to play guitar like that, Jesus? Show me your teeth teeth, teeth teeth. Everybody, this is Michael. Michael’s from Germany. Wie gehts Michael, you’re so cute. I like Michael because Michael likes girls from New York. I also like Michael because Michael likes boys from New York. Just like Jesus, Michael loves everybody. So come on, Kern. Kern’s a bad bass player. And I told them last night when they came to see my show I said when I- When I auditioned my band, I closed my eyes. I didn’t look at them when they came in. I closed my eyes. I said, “I don’t want to know what they look like. I wanna hear how they feel”. And when I heard this man play the bass I knew it was his destiny. Show me your teeth. Michael. I don’t care who you are or what you believe, all I care about is how you feel about me, show me your teeth. I love you too. Show me your teeth. There it is. The eternal fountain. The only fountain in the world that bleeds for you. Because my religion is you, Little Monsters. And tonight, like every night, my religion is New York. “Alejandro” Gaga: Do you hear that? This is the record that changed my life. Just like you. Now dance. “Poker Face”

Gaga: You guys… I think that the Monster Ball is just up ahead… maybe on the right? Ian: Are you sure, Gaga? It doesn’t look too good. Gaga: Ian? Ian: Yeah. Gaga: I can’t see you. Champagne? Champagne: I’m here, Gaga, but I don’t think we should go anymore. It’s so dark out here. Gaga: Oh, come on, you guys. We can’t give up now. The Monster Ball is the greatest party on the planet. And tonight it’s at Madison Square Garden. Ian: I’m scared. Gaga: I think it’s just up ahead. It’s just so dark I can’t see. Champagne: You know, I think I’m just gonna go. Gaga: Huh? Ian: What? Champagne: Ian, come on. Gaga: Oh, come on, Ian, you wouldn’t leave me, would you? Ian: Gaga, you know I love you, but you’re going too far. You’re going too far, Gaga. Gaga: What? You can’t leave me here by myself. It’s dark. I can’t see. Even if the whole world turns their back on you… you always have yourself. No! It’s the monster. It’s the fame monster. “Paparazzi” During: Thank you so much for being so brave. You look so amazing. Now help me kill him. Get your cameras out. Take that monster’s picture. During: Oh, no, he’s taking off my clothes. During: Just eat me already. During: Monsters, if we stick together, we can do anything. And when they ask you: “How was Gaga at the Monster Ball at Madison Square Garden?” You tell them: “She burned the place- We burned that place to the fucking ground!” Gaga: We did it. We killed him. Now let’s get out of here. Let’s go to the Monster Ball. Good night. Good night, monsters. Friends, be yourself. Love who you are. Be proud. And never give up on your dreams. Because you were born this way, baby. Gaga: Caught in a bad romance. Caught in a bad romance. “Bad Romance” During: We did it. We did it, monsters. We made it to the Monster Ball. We made it to Madison Square Garden in New York City. Did you have the time of your life? Do you feel free, monsters? During: Okay, you better not leave when this song is over. Because there might be just one more surprise. Paws up! Gaga: If you scream really loud… I might just do one more. I could just do one more. “Born This Way” Backstage Man 1: Wow, that’s how you leave the fucking Garden. That’s how you leave the Garden. Backstage Man 2: Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Backstage Man 1: That’s how you leave the Garden. Gaga: Look at my Dad Backstage Man 2: But you’ll be right back though. Joe Germanotta: Some little girl gave it to me. Gaga: Oh, thanks, Dad. Now it’s time to do what real rock stars do: Go to sleep. “Born This Way Acapella”

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Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

  • A live concert performance of Grammy-winning pop sensation Lady Gaga at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • Local girl makes good. In February, 2011, Lady Gaga (1986- ) brings a band and dancers to Madison Square Garden, about 20 blocks from where she grew up. She sings, plays keyboards, dances, and talks - sometimes autobiographically - emphasizing possibilities, personal acceptance, and tolerance on the way to the Monster Ball, the greatest party in the world. The cameras catch her up close, in ensemble, and beneath the stage changing between numbers. She calls her fans "freaks" and "little monsters," while songs urge them to show their paws and teeth. "Fame" and "Behind the Fame Monster" provide most of the songs. Behind the credits, she and three others sing "Born This Way" a cappella. — <[email protected]>

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Lady Gaga Announces “The Monster Ball” Tour

By Daniel Kreps

Daniel Kreps

Exactly two weeks after Lady Gaga and Kanye West’s Fame Kills Tour was canceled, The Fame singer has revealed the dates for her solo jaunt, called The Monster Ball Tour . “The Haus of Gaga had been designing ‘The Monster Ball’ for premiere in 2010 at the O2 Arena in London, but due to diligent work and preparation, ‘The Monster Ball’ will begin on November 27 in Montreal,” Gaga wrote on her official Website. ” ‘The Monster Ball’ is a multimedia artistic experience in the style of the first-ever ‘pop electro opera.’ “

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The 22-date trek finds Gaga performing at much smaller, more intimate venues than those that were booked for the Fame Kills Tour. For example, instead of performing at Uniondale, New York’s Nassau Coliseum, the Monster Ball Tour will wrap up with Gaga performing two hometown shows at Radio City Music Hall. Gaga has been a staple at New York’s more famous theaters in recent months, performing at Radio City during the VMAs and then Carnegie Hall for the all-star An Evening with Gavin Friday & Friends benefit concert.

“A message to all my little monsters: The Fame Monster will come out four days before the first live show. You have exactly 96 hours to learn all of the lyrics so you can sing along,” Gaga writes. “Dress accordingly.”

Fansite GagaDaily got their hands on the track listing for The Fame Monster reissue’s bonus tracks. Check out the Monster Ball dates and Monster ‘s new song titles below:

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Lady Gaga: The Monster Ball Nov. 27 – Montreal, QC @ The Bell Center Nov. 28 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Center Nov. 29 – Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place Dec. 1 – Boston, MA @ Wang Center Dec. 2 – Boston, MA @ Wang Center Dec. 3 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Dec. 9 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre Dec. 10 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre Dec. 13 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Dec. 18 – Las Vegas, NV @ TBD Dec. 19 – San Diego, CA @ San Diego Sports Arena Dec. 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theatre Dec. 29 – Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theater Dec. 31 – Miami, FL @ Knight Center Jan. 3 – Orlando, FL @ The Hard Rock Jan. 7 – St. Louis, MO @ The Fox Jan. 8 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre Jan. 9 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre Jan. 12 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theater Jan. 16 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Jan. 20 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall Jan. 21 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall

The Fame Monster 1. “Bad Romance” 2. “Alejandro” 3. “Monster” 4. “So Happy I Could Die” 5. “Speechless” 6. “Dance In The Dark” 7. “Telephone” 8. “Teeth”

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The Monster Ball Tour

The Monster Ball Tour was the second worldwide concert tour by American singer Lady Gaga . Staged in support of her first EP, The Fame Monster (2009) and comprising a set list of songs mostly from that and her debut studio album, The Fame (2008), the tour visited arenas and stadiums from 2009 through 2011. It is the highest-grossing tour for a debut headlining artist in history. [2] Described as "the first-ever pop electro opera" by Gaga, the tour was announced in October 2009 after an intended joint concert tour with rapper Kanye West was suddenly cancelled. The Monster Ball Tour commenced four days after the release of The Fame Monster in November 2009.

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Original concept, revamped concept, concert synopsis, pre-revisions, post-revisions, critical response, original show, revamped show, commercial reception, broadcast and recordings.

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A revision of the tour occurred after only a few months of performances, due to Gaga's concern that the original version was constructed within a very short span of time. The stage of the original show looked like a frame, comparable to that of a hollowed-out television set. Since The Fame Monster dealt with the paranoias Gaga had faced, the main theme of the original shows became human evolution, while elements of the cancelled tour with West were still included in some parts. From 2010 onwards, the revamped shows had a New York theme and portrayed a story set in the city, where Gaga and her friends got lost and had to find their way to "the Monster Ball". Both versions of the show were divided into five segments, with the last being the encore. Each of them featured Gaga in new outfits, singing songs related to the concept of the segment, as they were followed by a video interlude.

The tour received positive reviews, with critics praising Gaga's singing abilities and the theatricality of the show. The Monster Ball was a commercial success, with extra demand for tickets prompting organisers to add multiple dates to the itinerary. It ultimately grossed an estimated US$227.4 million from 200 reported shows, attended by an audience of 2.5 million. At the 2010 Billboard Touring Awards, Gaga won the Breakthrough Performer Award, as well as the Concert Marketing & Promotion Award. HBO filmed a special of The Monster Ball Tour during Gaga's February 2011 shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Documenting the whole concert with intersperses of backstage footage, Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden , aired in May and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 21, 2011.

Rapper Kanye West and Lady Gaga initially planned to launch a joint tour in October 2009, known as Fame Kills: Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga . [3] Amid negative response to his controversial outbursts at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards , West declared that he would take a hiatus from his music career. [4] Nevertheless, the complete schedule for Fame Kills was released, with the tour set to begin on November 10, 2009, in Phoenix, Arizona . [5] Shortly afterwards, the tour was officially cancelled without any explanation. [6] Gaga addressed the situation at Billboard ' s annual Women in Music luncheon, where she cited creative differences as the reason for the tour's cancellation. [7] In an interview she stated, "[Kanye] is going to take a break, but the good news is, I am not." [8]

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After assuring the public that she would be embarking on her own tour, Gaga officially announced the Monster Ball Tour on October 15, 2009. It was originally planned to debut in London in early 2010, but ended up kicking off on November 27, 2009, in Montreal . [9] [10] Rapper Kid Cudi and singer Jason Derulo were confirmed as the supporting acts for the tour, with Cudi supporting Gaga from the beginning of the tour, and Derulo joining from December 28, 2009. [9] [11] The official poster for the tour featured Gaga in Versace 676 sunglasses and wearing a gyroscope around her called "The Orbit", which she first wore on the October 3, 2009, episode of Saturday Night Live . The contraption was designed by Nasir Mazhar in collaboration with Gaga's own creative production company, Haus of Gaga. [8] [12] The tour's sponsor of the American leg was Virgin Mobile USA , who introduced the "Free I.P." program which offered free show tickets to fans who volunteered their time to homeless youth organizations. [13]

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In an interview with Rolling Stone , Gaga explained that she wanted to put together an expensive looking, beautiful show which would be affordable for her fans. [10] She asserted that the tour was a "pop-electro opera" because the theatrics and story elements interwoven within it played out like an opera . According to her, the design of the show was innovative and forward in terms of creativeness. Gaga wanted to change the shape of the stage and designed one with Haus of Gaga that was "essentially a frame with forced perspective, and the frame is put inside the stage." [10] The stage had a triangular inset, like a diamond, and everywhere the show took place, the dimensions were measured in such a way that the box fit any stage. "So no matter where I go, my fans get the same experience. So often you go into theaters and there's ambient light flying in from all sorts of places, and the audience is in different spots, and the stage is in different shapes and lengths and widths and depths, so this is a way for me to control all the light and all of the different elements of the show", she added. [10]

The show revolved around themes of evolution, as well as her paranoias represented on The Fame Monster . While developing the tour Gaga spoke about original sin and demons inside human beings; [14] "So we talked about growth, and that led us into this kind of scientific space, and we started talking about evolution and the evolution of humanity and how we begin as one thing, and we become another." [10] This theme of monsters and evolution played a part in the fashion for the tour, which according to Gaga was "another level from where we were with the Fame Ball . [...] It's going to be a truly artistic experience that is going to take the form of the greatest post-apocalyptic house party that you've ever been to." Although Gaga stated that she was inspired by the things she and West were doing with the Fame Kills tour, she concluded that she did not want to use any of the things that they had designed together. Later, she said that Fame Kills was "the great lost tour", but confirmed that some of the elements of it were incorporated into The Monster Ball. [10]

In an interview with MTV News, Gaga further described the tour:

"I begin as a cell and I grow and change throughout the show. And it's also done in what now is becoming my aesthetic, which is, you know, it's part pop, part performance art, part fashion installation—so all of those things are present... It's a story, it's me battling all my monsters along the way. I'm playing all the music from The Fame , all the music from The Fame Monster . And the stage that I designed with the Haus [of Gaga] is a giant cube that sits. Imagine you were to hollow out a TV and just break the fourth wall on a TV screen. It forces you to look at the center of the TV. It's my way of saying, 'My music is art.'" [15]

For the performance of "Paparazzi", Gaga had collaborated with her Haus of Gaga creative partner Matthew "Matty Dada" Williams. She had a different vision for it in the beginning. Dada thought that Gaga should wear her hair braided, which Gaga had never done before. Dada's explanation for the concept was the look of Rapunzel , the fairy-tale character. He felt that "it's something people deeply understand. And when you're wearing sunglasses on a scaffolding piece with a giant alien dancing behind you, I promised [to Gaga] it's not going to look like Rapunzel.'" [16]

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In December 2009, Gaga revealed that she planned to cancel the concept of the original shows of The Monster Ball Tour and start afresh. [17] She felt that the revamp of the show was needed as the original tour was constructed in a very short span of time. Gaga recalled that after West and she split up for this tour, she was unsure if she could get a show together in time, but nevertheless wanted to promote The Fame Monster . Hence she was able to put together "something that, in truth, I never would have done if I had a longer amount of time". [17] The revamp of the tour was planned from the arena shows in the United Kingdom from February 2010. "My team thinks I'm completely psychotic. But I don't fucking care what they think. [...] Well, just to give you an idea, the stage is about four times the size of the one we're on now and conceptually, it's completely different. One thing that has been lost over the past 10-15 years, in pop music, is the idea of showbiz. And this is definitely going to bring that back", clarified Gaga. [17] According to James Montgomery of MTV , the show recalled the Broadway performance musicals The Wizard of Oz (1939) and West Side Story (1961), the Broadway stage musical Metropolis (1989), and the television mini-series Angels in America (2003). [18]

During an interview with London's 95.8 Capital FM radio station, Gaga further elaborated on the changes in the show. She said that the show was constructed like a piece of musical theater . It also incorporated a number of contemporary and old musical pieces , some of them being re-recorded specifically for the show itself. [19] A new keytar was constructed for the show and was named Emma. The instrument was created by the Haus of Gaga and the singer said, "We have this new instrument that I brought to the Brits tonight, 'Emma', which is what I was playing on the stage. She's a hybrid from all these other instruments." [19] During an interview on KISS-FM with Ryan Seacrest , on his show On Air with Ryan Seacrest , Gaga explained that the concert tour was still called The Monster Ball, but it had become more of a musical and less of a concert. It had a New York theme at its core; telling a story where Gaga and her friends travel to The Monster Ball, but get lost. [19]

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Beginning behind a giant, green, laser lit video screen featuring scrim lights , Gaga appeared in a bulb-covered futuristic silver jeweled jumpsuit [20] with matching eye makeup and mask and sang " Dance in the Dark " as dancers, dressed in white balaclavas and white jumpsuits, moved around her. [21] [22] The video screen, resembling an electric mathematical grid, was eventually lifted during the performance. [23] After the song, Gaga strapped a portable silver jeweled keyboard to herself and began to perform " Just Dance " while emerging from the inside of a white cube on a platform. [21] [22] This was followed by a brief video intermission and Gaga returned onstage in an off-white costume, that resembled an alien ecto-skeleton, while the dancers wore skeletal headgear. She started performing " LoveGame ", which ended with Gaga pointing towards her groin. [21] [22] Flames appeared on the video screens, [24] as she got out of her ecto-skeleton outfit. After stripping down to a silver bodysuit she performed " Alejandro ", and was carried by her crotch by one of her male dancers, and later lowered onto another one of them. [21]

The section was followed by a video interlude featuring snarling dogs and brooding ravens. [25] The performance of " Monster " began with Gaga emerging in a black feathered jacket and performing dance moves reminiscent of Michael Jackson as the backdrops featured a black bird's wings. [23] She continued with two songs from The Fame Monster titled " So Happy I Could Die " and " Teeth ", after which she removed the feathered dress. Gaga then started performing the song " Speechless " on piano, and continued with an acoustic version of " Poker Face ". [21] Rapper Kid Cudi joined her then to perform his song " Make Her Say " which contains a sample of "Poker Face". This segment was followed by the performance of "Fashion" and "The Fame", during which Gaga wore a gold Egyptian styled crown and matching body suit, [21] compared to the garment of a viking . Gaga crawled atop her piano during the follow-up songs "The Fame" and "Money Honey", [22] after which she returned to the stage, dressed in black vinyl and nearly nude in a red patent leather bikini, to perform "Boys Boys Boys", backed by a squadron of skinny and shirtless leather boys. [26] During "Poker Face", she wore a bondage inspired black leather dress with guns hanging from it and a hat made of muzzles, [27] and pumped her hands in the air while performing the song. [22] This was followed by Gaga sitting on a dentist's chair and spreading her legs during "Paper Gangsta". [21] Another video interlude followed, displaying arty poses of Gaga in gothic looks. [23]

She returned to the stage while wearing multiple donned braided extensions for " Paparazzi ". Gaga was perched atop a railing and from each of her braids, a dancer was attached on the stage. A backdrop of stars were shown during the performance. [16] The performance ended with the railing taking Gaga high above the stage, where she faked her death. This was followed by " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) " as she descended from the top—which signified her rebirth—amidst white lights and mechanical fog. [25] She wore a giant gyroscope around her, akin to "The Orbit" by Haus of Gaga. [27] The last song of the show was " Bad Romance " which she performed in an '80s-inspired white power suit with exaggerated high shoulders and high-waisted pants. [21] The show ended with a video of Gaga getting a heart-shaped tattoo on her shoulder, with the word "Dad" in the center of it. [23]

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After revisions, the show was divided into four sections: City , Subway , Forest , Monster Ball and concluded with an encore. It began with a projected video onto a curtain—which contained images of Gaga doing a 360 degree jump—while a club remix of "Dance in the Dark" played. [28] Surrounded by violet light, her silhouette appeared on the curtain while she performed "Dance in the Dark". Once the curtain was removed and the chorus reached, the New York cityscape and neon lights were revealed. [29] Gaga gyrated on the set dressed in a "futuristic, angular, glitter ball suit". [30] After descending from her fire escape, she poked around in the hood of a dilapidated green Rolls-Royce [30] while performing "Glitter and Grease". Upon checking under the vehicle's bonnet, Gaga revealed a keyboard and began to play the opening notes of "Just Dance". Gaga then performed " Beautiful, Dirty, Rich " while scaling various pieces of scaffolding [18] and subsequently "The Fame" where she rose from beneath the stage and played her keytar Emma, wearing a giant red cape. [28]

"LoveGame" saw the beginning of the Subway section, with Gaga wearing a translucent nun's habit , and a skeletal hand. [29] The song was performed with the aid of a gilded subway car [30] and a "disco stick" [18] while her next number "Boys Boys Boys" featured muscly male dancers cavorting in spandex shorts. [18] After a costume change, Gaga burst into "Money Honey" with an extended keytar solo after emerging from beneath the stage as the New York scenery disappeared around her. [18] As she walked towards the Glitter way, Gaga recalls when she was in jail and her friend Beyoncé bailed her out, thus performing the song " Telephone ". [18] A piano is then brought in and Gaga goes into the song "Brown Eyes", after which she performs "Speechless" while the piano starts spitting fire. [30] [31] This segment also saw the performance of " You and I " in some of the shows; the song was later added to Gaga's second studio album, Born This Way . [32] During this song, she tells the audience about her life as a teen in New York, and how she became who she is today. Gaga and her friends then continue down the Glitter Way, and soon they run into an angel, who plays an angelic tune that summons a twister, taking them closer to the Monster Ball, but landing them in a strange place that they did not know. [29] Gaga sings " So Happy I Could Die ", decked in a white dress, that moves on its own accord. [32]

The third segment begins with Gaga returning on the stage and singing "Monster", inside a forest with black, thorn-like trees. [18] [32] Her dancers conglomerate around her near the end and Gaga reveals herself to be covered with blood. She then states that the thing she hates more than money is the truth and performs "Teeth", while introducing her band. [18] Gaga and her friends then find the Eternal Fountain , which pours out red colored liquid and Gaga explains that it bleeds for anyone. She starts singing "Alejandro" while jumping into the fountain and singing, as blood pours over her. [18] Gaga then returns and sings "Poker Face" on the cat-walk. After the performance, she and her friends find themselves in a dark place, and after some dialogue, Gaga's friends run off, leaving her alone to deal with the Fame Monster, a giant angler fish. [18] Gaga starts singing "Paparazzi" and eventually kills the Fame Monster by shooting sparks from her pyrotechnic bra and underwear. [29] [30] She then leaves for the Monster Ball and after appearing there, meanwhile fans assume the show is not over yet, suddenly Gaga appears on stage and performs the song, "Bad Romance" while standing inside a giant gyroscope. After the song, she says that she can do one more song for an encore to the audience. " Born This Way " is performed with Gaga singing with a hand microphone and wearing a plastic two-piece ensemble and during the bridge, she performs an organ solo of Johann Sebastian Bach 's Toccata and Fugue in D minor . After the end of the song, she creates a monster paw with her dancers and finally the show is over as the curtain goes down. [30]

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The original version of the tour received generally positive reviews from critics. Jane Stevenson from Toronto Sun gave the concert four out of five stars and said that Lady Gaga came across as a "confident, colourful, and campy performer. [...] Gaga's success was evident with slick-looking videos, lights, elaborate costumes, dancers, and yes, a band, even if her stage was sometimes left dark as she left to make numerous changes." [21] T'Cha Dunlevy for The Gazette noted that the performance was lacking—adding that the show never reached its peak until the end, when Gaga performed the "real rendition" of "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance." "Better late than never", Dunlevy concluded. [22] Aedan Helmer from Jam! magazine said that "At first blush, it might seem the real driving force behind Gaga's meteoric rise to fame is her hand-picked cadre of costume and set designers—dubbed Haus of Gaga —who seemingly know no bounds when it comes to pushing the envelope of haute couture and the theatre of the absurd. [...] But what really sets Gaga apart from the middling masses of lip-synching Britney clones and Idol wannabes is her pure, unadulterated musical talent. [...] The Lady can sing." [33] Theatre critic Kelly Nestruck, while writing for The Guardian , said "While The Monster Ball has nothing on the great operas or the golden age of musical theatre, Lady Gaga's 'electro-pop opera' is at least twice as entertaining and infinitely fresher than any stage musical written over the last decade." [27] Lauren Carter from Boston Herald praised the show saying "[Gaga] only has two albums under her belt but who cares? Every song feels like a hit, and Gaga-as-star is already taking on Madonna-like proportions. [...] After [the show] at the Wang Theater, fans could justifiably walk away thinking Lady Gaga is crazy, brilliant or both." [24] Jeremy Adams from Rolling Stone reviewed the performance at Wang Center in Boston and said that "Throughout the evening, Gaga [..] aimed for a kind of pop theatricality that might potentially cement her burgeoning status as performance artist." [23]

Aidin Vaziri of San Francisco Chronicle said that "During her 90-minute performance—not so much a live concert as a meticulously choreographed spectacle—Lady Gaga also evoked Kanye West with the futuristic set, Britney Spears in her heavy-lidded stage movements, Courtney Love with her interminable between-song monologues highlighted by four-letter squelches and—who else?— Madonna for, oh, just about everything else." [34] Jim Harrington from San Jose Mercury News felt that the show would have been better technically if around thirty minutes were lessened from it. [20] James Montogomery from MTV reviewed the concert at San Diego and said that "[Gaga] powered through and turned the San Diego Sports Arena into a raucous, delightfully raw discotheque." [25] Writing for the Las Vegas Sun , Joe Brown observed that "Lady Gaga out-Cher-ed Cher, made Cirque du Soleil and Britney's ' Circus Tour ' look like county fair carnivals, and made New Year's Eve in Las Vegas anticlimactic." [26] Los Angeles Times writer Ann Powers avouched that the tour was "an invigoratingly ambitious show, executed with vigor by its star and her expressive dancers." [35] Jon Pareles from The New York Times said that the tour always provided "something worth a snapshot: a sci-fi tableau, perhaps, or a skimpy, glittery costume. The more her image gets around, the better Lady Gaga does." [36]

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The revamped concerts were also met with critical acclaim. Mark Savage from BBC Online reviewed the first of the revised performances in the United Kingdom. Savage described the concert as a hugely ambitious, terrifyingly loud show, "spread over four acts and held together by a flimsy 'narrative' about Gaga and her dancer friends trying to get to a party." He was also impressed that the entire spectacle was put together in just four weeks. [30] MTV 's James Montogomery reviewed the first North American performance of the tour in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He said that the tour was "packed with more wattage than an overheated power plant and more costume changes than a thousand Vegas reviews, it's the kind of show that leaves you with wide eyes, ringing ears, aching limbs and absolutely zero chance of making it to work in the morning." [18] New York Daily News writer Jim Farber expected that the theatricality of the show might have obscured the songs, but instead felt that Gaga's voice was perfect and the concert actually "pushed Gaga a long way towards her obvious goal – to be the queen of this pop moment." [32] Glenn Gamboa from Newsday said that Gaga "built her monster-sized fame on knowing how to create a spectacle and then having the substance to back it up. For every coat made of Kermit the Frog dolls or headdresses that covered her face in red lace, there was a stomping disco anthem or tender piano ballad to match. That back and forth is the centerpiece of her Monster Ball Tour." [37] Dan Aquilante from the New York Post was critical of the show, calling it "scripted, silly, and tired, right down to Gaga's patter." He added that the 15 costumes Gaga wore during the two-hour plus gig were "more successful helping her cement the notion of an erotic and exotic otherworld." [28] Writing in the Telegram & Gazette , Craig S. Semon was appreciative of the show, calling it "an out-of-this-world blast and end-of-the-world blow-out that must be seen to be believed." [29]

Rick Massimo, reviewing the concert for The Providence Journal , wrote that as a musical theater, the Monster Ball was not that exciting, but "that leaves the music, and when you lay two hours of her songs end-to-end, it's easy to see the vision, the intelligence and a serious songwriting talent at work." [31] Jay N. Miller from The Enterprise was impressed with the show, saying that the music was somewhere between industrial disco and house music with a rock edge, but "always danceable". [38] Philip Borof from Bloomberg Television reviewed the concert in New York's Madison Square Garden and found it average, calling the crowd decked in various costumes as the "most entertaining". [39] Toronto Star ' s Ben Rayner appreciated the show, exclaiming "hot damn, that was one hell of a show Gaga brought to the Air Canada Centre Sunday night and suddenly it doesn’t seem redundant to add one more voice to the Lady Gaga choir." [40] Mariel Concepción from Billboard felt that Gaga "may be best known for her gaudy outfits and over-the-top stage shows, but at her hometown headlining debut at Madison Square Garden last night, the pop phenomenon proved she's a regular girl at heart." [41] The Seattle Times staff writer Marian Liu declared that as "one of the most anticipated touring acts of the year, [Gaga] stimulated the crowd's senses on Saturday night in a way few artists can. She brought spectacle and backed it up with soul." [42] The Guardian journalist Alexis Petridis reviewed the opening show of the European leg, and commented that "it takes a certain je ne sais quoi to open your show doing something that looks suspiciously like mime on a rickety metal staircase while wearing an outfit with shoulderpads the size of the deck on a small aircraft carrier." [43]

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As soon as the dates for the show were announced, there was high demand for tickets. As sponsor of the North American Monster Ball Tour, Virgin Mobile customers had access to presale tickets. Bob Stohrer, VP of Marketing for Virgin Mobile USA said "We are excited to take our partnership with Lady Gaga and The Monster Ball Tour to another level. [...] We'll also build on our partnership around combating youth homelessness and continue to enhance the tour experience for fans and our customers." [44] Shows in the first leg of the tour were sold-out completely, prompting Live Nation Inc. to announce that Gaga will return to the U.S. in February 2011 for another run of U.S. dates. The 2011 dates for the North American Monster Ball Tour were announced as starting from February 19 in Atlantic City, with ten arena dates confirmed through April 18. [45] Additional shows were announced, and Semi Precious Weapons collaborated with Gaga until the tour ended. Live Nation Entertainment 's global touring division, headed by chairman Arthur Fogel , held the reins as promoter/producer of the Monster Ball tour. [45]

Fogel commented on Gaga's lack of experience in a tour and said that it was an opportunity for her. "As an artist with that kind of talent and vision emerges, it creates a lot of excitement, and ticket sales worldwide demonstrate that people are really excited to see the show. Over the course of the next many months we're trying to play to as many people in as many places as possible", Fogel added. "It's an across the board home run." [45] Demands increased and another additional six dates were added to the announced itinerary. [44] The Monster Ball sold-out shows in Toronto, Vancouver and San Jose who were compelled to add second dates in each city. In Los Angeles, to ensure that concert goers had the best possible access to tickets, a second performance was announced prior to the onsale of the first shows, and both Staples Center concerts were completely sold out. [44] Billboard estimated that by the time the tour wraps up in 2011, it would have grossed close to US$200   million worldwide. [45]

The ticket money from the final performance at Radio City was donated for the Haiti earthquake relief . Gaga announced on the rescheduled show at Elliott Hall of Music on January 26, 2010, that about US$500,000 was collected for the relief. [46] At the 2010 Billboard Touring Awards, Gaga won the Breakthrough Performer Award, as well as the Concert Marketing & Promotion Award, the latter being an acknowledgement of her partnership with Virgin Mobile. [47] Billboard also placed The Monster Ball Tour at position four on their Year-end Top 25 Tours of 2010. They reported that the tour had grossed US$116   million from 122 shows, with an audience of 1.3   million. [48] By the end of the year, Pollstar announced that the tour had earned a total of US$133.6   million from 138 shows, making her the only woman to be placed in their list of the Top 10 Tours of 2010. [49]

The top grosser of The Monster Ball Tour were the two concerts at the Bell Centre in Montreal, which collectively earned over US$10 million. [50] By amassing an audience of 111,060 from two shows, the performances at the Foro Sol in Mexico City attained the largest audience of the tour. [50] Gaga's show at the United Center in Chicago became the highest-grossing concert of the third American leg; it earned an estimated US$1.8   million from 15,845 sold seats at a February 28, 2011 performance. [51] The largest crowd, however, came from the Nashville market with 14,925 present at the Bridgestone Arena performance on April 19. The tour continued its presence in the Atlanta market on April 18, 2011, where she performed to 10,864 people at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. The third American leg concluded in Uniondale, New York with a sellout crowd of 13,195 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on April 23, 2011. [52] At the conclusion of 2011, The Monster Ball Tour grossed over US$70 million from 45 shows. [53] By May 2011, the tour had grossed a total of US$227.4   million from the 200 reported shows, drawing an audience of 2.5   million, making it the highest-grossing tour in history by a debut headlining artist. [54]

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HBO filmed a special of The Monster Ball Tour during Gaga's February 21–22, 2011 shows at Madison Square Garden. [55] The special, titled Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden , aired on HBO on May 7, 2011, and Sky1 on May 21, 2011, in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively. [56] [57] Prime showed the special in New Zealand on June 2, 2011. [58] [59] The special showed the whole of the Monster Ball Tour, and some backstage footage, which was shown in black-and-white. It ended with another black-and-white backstage scene where Gaga and her backup singers perform "Born This Way" a capella.

After its broadcast, the special received critical acclaim; critics praised Gaga's performance, but doubted her sincerity during her on-stage rambling and in pre-concert scenes. The special was nominated for five honors at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards : Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special; Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special; Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera); and Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special. [60]

A video album was released for the special and includes extra footage like a capella performances and photo gallery. The 5.1 surround sound of the release utilized DTS-HD Master Audio and new technology to provide the viewer an optimum experience of watching the live concert. [61] Emphasis was given on the main music and the vocals sung during the concert, while adjusting them against the screaming and the cheering of the crowd. [62] The release was a commercial success, reaching the top of the DVD charts in the United States, France and Italy and the top-ten in other nations. [63] [64] [65] It received double platinum certifications in Australia and France, while in the United Kingdom, it was certified gold. [66] [67]

On April 9, 2020, the Lady Gaga media site GagaFrontRow shared a direct screen recording of the Philadelphia show on September 14, 2010. This is the first full version of the concert ever released to the public since the HBO special and subsequent DVD removed many elements of the show, including half of the first song "Dance in the Dark". The full concert is available to watch on YouTube. [68]

This set list is representative of the show on November 28, 2009. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. [21]

  • " Dance in the Dark "
  • " Just Dance "
  • " LoveGame "
  • " Alejandro "
  • " Monster "
  • " So Happy I Could Die "
  • " Speechless "
  • " Poker Face " (piano version)
  • "Money Honey"
  • " Beautiful, Dirty, Rich "
  • "Boys Boys Boys"
  • "Paper Gangsta"
  • "Poker Face"
  • " Paparazzi "
  • " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) "
  • " Bad Romance "

This set list is representative of the show on August 11, 2010. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. [69]

  • "Dance in the Dark"
  • "Glitter and Grease"
  • "Just Dance"
  • "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"
  • " Telephone "
  • "Brown Eyes"
  • "Speechless"
  • " You and I "
  • "So Happy I Could Die"
  • "Alejandro"
  • "Paparazzi"
  • "Bad Romance"
  • "Fashion" was removed from the set list after the show on December 3, 2009.
  • "Brown Eyes" was removed from the set list after the show on July 2, 2010.
  • During the first performance in Saint Paul, Lady Gaga performed one of her unreleased songs, "Living on the Radio". [70]
  • "Vanity" was removed from the set list after the show on September 7, 2010.
  • The show in Budapest was interrupted with Gaga's acceptance speeches when she accepted her MTV EMA trophies via live satellite as the award show was at the same time as the concert. [71]
  • " Born This Way " was added to the encore on February 19, 2011. [72]
  • " Americano " and " Judas " were added to the set list on May 3, 2011. [73]
  • Show Director   – Arthur Fogel
  • Creative Directors   – Matthew "Dada" Williams and Willo Perron
  • Choreographer   – Laurie-Ann Gibson, Travis Payne
  • Assistant Choreographer – Richard Jackson
  • Stylist – Nicola Formichetti
  • Stylist Assistant – Anna Trevelyon, Emily Eisen
  • Hair Stylist – Frederic Aspiras
  • Make Up Artists – Tara Savelo and Sarah Nicole Tanno
  • Video Director – Nick Knight and Haus of Gaga
  • Video Editor – Ruth Hogben, Kevin Stenning (BURSTvisual)
  • Video Programmer – Matt Shimamoto
  • Lighting Company – Production Resource Group (PRG)
  • Live Video – Nocturne Video
  • Lighting Design – Willie Williams
  • Lighting Director – Ethan Weber
  • Management – Troy Carter
  • Finances – TMI Productions
  • Legal – Ziffren Brittenham LLP
  • Promoters – Live Nation Global Touring (Worldwide) and AEG Live (UK)
  • Tour Sponsors – Virgin Mobile (US) and M.A.C Cosmetics (Worldwide)
  • Dancers – Michael Silas, Ian McKenzie, Asiel Hardison, Graham Breitenstein, Montana Efaw, Sloan Taylor-Rabinor, Amanda Balen, Molly d'Amour, Mark Kanemura, Jeremy Hudson, Cassidy Noblett, and Victor Rojas
  • Musical Director – Jeff Bhasker
  • Set Design – Es Devlin
  • Set Builder – Tait Towers
  • The Orbit – Nasir Mazhar and Haus of Gaga
  • Costume Design – Haus of Gaga with Franc Fernandez, Gary Card, Maison Martin Margiela, Miguel Villalobos, Oscar O Lima and Zaldy Goco
  • Keytar – Lady Gaga
  • Guitar – Adam Smirnoff
  • Drums – Charles Haynes
  • Keyboards – Pete Kuzma
  • Keyboards/Bass – Mitch Cohn
  • Musical Director – Joe "Flip" Wilson
  • Set Design – Roy Bennett
  • Set Sculptures – Nick Knight and Kevin Stenning
  • Costume Design – Haus of Gaga with Giorgio Armani, Miuccia Prada, Philip Treacy, Charlie le Mindu, Jaiden rVa James, Rachel Barrett, Gary Card, Keko Hainswheeler, Atsuko Kudo, Alex Noble, Zaldy Goco, Alun Davies, Marko Mitanovski, Alexander McQueen, and NOKI
  • Emma and Keytar – Lady Gaga
  • Guitars – Ricky Tillo and Kareem Devlin
  • Drums – George "Spanky" McCurdy
  • Keyboards – Brockett Parsons
  • Bass – Lanar "Kern" Brantley
  • Electric Violin – Judy Kang
  • Harp – Rashida Jolley
  • Backing vocals – Posh, Charity Davis, Ameera Perkins, Lenesha Randolph, Taneka Samone Duggan, Chevonne Ianuzzi, and Jasmine Morrow

Credits and personnel as per The Monster Ball Tour (original and revised show) booklets.

  • 1 2 This score data is combined from the two shows held at the Knight Center on December 31, 2009 and January 2, 2010 respectively
  • ↑ Originally scheduled for January 14, 2010, but was postponed due to exhaustion and dehydration. [76]
  • 1 2 This score data is combined from the three shows held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on March 17, March 18, and April 7 respectively
  • 1 2 This score data is combined from the three shows held at the Rod Laver Arena on March 23, March 24, and April 9 respectively
  • ↑ The August 6, 2010 show was a part of the 2010 Lollapalooza .
  • 1 2 Both shows in Paris were originally scheduled for October 22 and 23, 2010, but were rescheduled due to security measures. [81]

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