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Rolling Stone DRAGS Artpop Ball Tour
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Although it was billed as Artrave: The Artpop Ball, it wasn't much like pop or a rave — more like a run-of-the-mill arena-rock show, the kind where a band has a shoddy new album to flog. She blew off her great songs (no "You & I," no "Edge of Glory," "Telephone" only in a blink-and-you-miss-it snippet at the end of a medley with "Poker Face") to revive almost every track from the already-forgotten Artpop, her weakest album. The production values were so shoddy, it's almost like they were designed to distract you from a set list only her daddy and Nebraska and Jesus Christ could explain.
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"I have to get all kinds of prepared for how the party ends — all the lovemaking you'll be doing later tonight," Gaga promised early on. The show's actual end was considerably less climactic — after a one-song encore of "Gypsy" (not the same "Gypsy" Stevie Nicks did on this same stage last spring, sadly), the house lights came up, the speakers reprised "Applause," and it was startling to realize the show was already over. She didn't have superstar moves or hits saved up for the big finale — she decided not to do a big finale at all.
If you're a Gaga fan, especially one who witnessed the pop glory of the Monster Ball in 2010, it's no fun to see her fail on her home turf. But truth be told, there's a vast difference between a great Gaga song and a mediocre Gaga song, and for all her glitz and grandeur, great songs are the reason so many of us adore her. She might live for the applause-applause-applause, but it was the songs that got her there — and when she skimps on the songs, it's amazing how fast the applause dies down.
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