Member Since: 10/10/2010
Posts: 2,001
|
GaGa & Kanye's "Fame Kills" tour stage revealed
Quote:
Originally posted by PropaGaGa
The greatest show that never was. This co-headlined tour was a three-way marriage of hip-hop, pop, and theatre. When hip-hop titan Kanye West originally enlisted the pop performance artist Lady Gaga to tour with him, Gaga politely refused. While thankful for the opportunity to work with Mr. West, Gaga decided she was no longer at a point in her career where she wanted to open for a peer; rather she was ready to embark on her own creative journey as a headliner. But when the ever-adamant West clarified that he knew Gaga was too large an artist to be his crowd-warmer, and that it was his intent to create and headline the show with her, she had a sudden change of heart.
The concept of the tour was to essentially revolve around the name, Fame Kills. It was a venture into fame culture, and it's effects on the artists who fall victim to it. Kanye West, at a pinnacle in his career, is one of the most innovative and creative artists in Hip Hop today, with countless hits. He enjoyed his celebrity status but felt it had overstayed its welcome. Gaga, who had been toying with the idea of fame lust through her songs and music videos, had only been in the public eye for a short time and just started to go beyond her intrinsic sense of fame. Kanye, as an incredibly successful artist in the music industry, sometimes wished he could go back to the beginning, to a more humble time, whereas Gaga, who was an up and coming artist, had dreams of making it big. This is the story of Fame; you want it or you don't, and this is the story of how fame kills. Gaga explained that Kanye was to be on one side of their stage, and she would be on the other. During the show, Gaga would be trying to get where Kanye is; the bright lights and long nights that come with fame and stardom. At the same time, Kanye would be searching for humble roots, where validation comes from within.
Fame Kills was set to be groundbreaking in terms of production. The shape and size of the stage would put a whole new use to East and West gates for general admission tickets. Since the stage essentially split the arena in two, the show would be like a coliseum rather than a theater hall. The stage would extend the entire length of the floor and hundreds of Yeezy fans and Little Monsters would flank it on either side. Because of the setup, Gaga would start on one end and Kanye on the other. Throughout, they'd gradually cross to the opposing end which represented each individual's career aspirations. Throughout the show, 'Ye and Gaga duke it out on a traverse style runway-esque stage (how fitting for two of music's biggest fashion muses). They had ideas for stage collaborations and remixes to each other's smash records for the show. Though Fame Kills didn't happen, not all the proposed elements for the tour remained completely unseen. The rise of the phoenix in Kanye's recent RUNAWAY film was a theme that Gaga and West had been simmering for the tour and his performance of POWER at the 2010 BET awards bears striking resemblance to parts of the originally intended stage.
|
Quote:
Originally posted by PropaGaGa
In early October 2009, Fame Kills was unanimously canceled. Mr. West had dealt with the media back-lash following his 2009 MTV VMA onstage episode with country-pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, which opened up multiple emotional wounds from his past. At that point, Kanye wasn't mentally or physically prepared for a tour. Although Gaga was excited to collaborate with Mr. West, she was glad that touring on her own meant ticket prices for her Little Monsters would be much lower than they would have been for Fame Kills. "The good news is, I'm playing just as many people in each city, but the ticket price is much lower."
With Kanye's support, Gaga set out on her solo world tour, which was originally going to take place after The Fame Kills tour. Now known as "The Monster Ball", the tour debuted November 27th, 2009 in Montreal and is set to close in Mexico City in May 2011. It looks like Little Monsters and Kanye fans will have to wait to be united, as both artists venture on their solo careers.
|
Source
It could have been amazing.
|
|
|