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Lady Gaga in Brazil: "You marked me forever, Rio," says singer in concert for 40 000 people
To say that Lady Gaga did a two and a half hours show in the rain in Rio de Janeiro is not enough. Do not translate what those 40 thousand people lived in the Parque dos Atletas on Friday (11/9). The "Born This Way Ball Tour 'is not just a show, is a first-rate musical, worthy of Broadway. But that's not all. The pop star went further and created a strong and deep connection with the audience: what ever dreamed. "You marked me forever, Rio. I will never forget you," she said.
The show featured everything fans hoped: the castle scenario , which opens and closes, the megahits (the tip of the tongue of the little monsters), the choreography of the clips, 12 costume changes, dancers and a sharp supergroup (click here to view 30 photos from the show). Lady Gaga, unlike other singers, singing live - and plays guitar and piano. To complete, the words in Portuguese that the audience loves to hear, were also part of the night. The singer has learned to say "hi guys", "I love you", "feminine" and "masculine" in "Brazilian".
All this is impressive, of course. But the most captivating is its relationship with the public. Nothing goes unnoticed by the singer with faded pink hair, wihch waving, kissing and choose fans to go up on stage and sing with her - the most exciting moments (in "Hair" and the encore). Seeing them cry with emotion for doing her dream, she is moved. "I had no notion of love that awaited me here in brasil. I was never so happy as this moment. Do not say that dreams come true? This is the face of joy for a dream come true. There is no price for the love of you" declared tearfully in a scene seemingly very genuine and spontaneous.
Gaga is grateful to fans, costumed and decorated with the choreography, for allowing her to be a pop star who always wanted. At another point, she says grateful to have paid dearly for tickets, which amounted to 1.500 dolar initially. "I know how expensive it is to be here" said the American, who, in the encore, dressed in a shirt advertising the UPP (Police Pacification Unit), possibly the only mistake of the presentation. She says "Rio knows peace" but a fan was raped in the city on the eve of the show. History to see gringo is different - not Gaga's fault.
The little monsters present enjoyed every minute. Gaga is the spokesperson of them, while encouraging them to meet as individuals. The musical - assuming it comes to that - talks about the quest for freedom. There are clear references to gay marriage, legalization of marijuana and the recognition of gender identities and in the midst of it all, faith. Gaga, now the character is freed from his prison as overflows. This is what she believes as artist.
Onstage, Gaga managed to leave behind the jokes about the low ticket sales, the comparisons with Madonna, and all the criticism of haters. The presentation was a great debut for the passage of her tour in Brazil, which will also include concerts in Sao Paulo (11/11) and Porto Alegre (13/11). But for now, the popstar is glazed in the Marvelous City. "The Rio de Janeiro is my favorite place in the whole world! Do not forget that. "
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Rolling Stone: Sao Paulo Review
In São Paulo, Lady Gaga says she "could write a million songs about Brazil"
Singer performed for 50,000 people at this first passage through the state capital
No pop star of today seems to devote as much to fans as Lady Gaga. Sunday, 11, in São Paulo, the singer showed, as other tour dates Born This Way Ball, part of his show thinking in interaction with the "little monsters" as she calls her entourage - and this of course , is one of the reasons why a number of youngsters idolize American artist of 26 years. However, it is also one of the subjects to cease, often presenting somewhat entrained with anticlimáticos moment.
Still, it is worth noting: Lady Gaga has designed a show full of nuances, a decent stadium - as was the case in the state capital, where she sang in Morumbi - and joining the hall of the great touring pop, mixing visual effects, dance and a touch of theater. Although the plot is confusing (example: Lady Gaga emerges from inside a vagina inflatable at a time, in another, "born" from an egg), the dynamic onstage is flawless. The medieval castle that serves as a configuration setting changes several times throughout the night and illuminated by different lighting promotes a beautiful visual effect. The dancers do a fine job and entertain while Gaga changes clothes - almost twenty times, in surprisingly quickly.
The singer's second show on Brazilian soil began shortly after 21h, when the rain stopped in Sao Paulo. According to official figures, 50,000 people were at the Morumbi - although, in recent days, the low ticket sales has been the butt of jokes on the internet. Gaga should not have been learned: how the presentation in Rio de Janeiro, thanked the fans for purchased inputs, and said privileged to be able to put so many people in a stadium with only four-year career ("Most artists wait ten years for something ").
"Born This Way", the initial big moment of the night, lauding Gaga brought the first of many times, Brazil ("You are the future"). Last week, she wanted to prove this instant admiration in an unusual way: tattooing the word "Rio" at the nape. In "Bloody Mary", she again draw attention to the country, calling for "a big round of applause for Jesus Christ, Brazilian."
"Bad Romance" (with her shouting "galley Gaga, Gaga galley") was sung by the audience too, but not as much as "Just Dance," the first hit global Gaga. "I'll never forget when they said that this song was number one in Brazil," she said. "Telephone" with Beyoncé partnership, kept the atmosphere at high voltage before Gaga appears on stage to sing on a bike "Heavy Metal Lover".
The first moment of interaction with the fans came next, when the singer sat on the edge of the stage to open gifts. Among them was a letter with a necklace whose pendant was the infinity symbol with the words "When you're lonely, I'll be." Admirers who gave pleasure were called to the stage, and soon after someone threw something at the singer's head (probably another gift). She asked that the boos that came to cease, saying she was fine. Soon afterwards, before singing a powerful version of "Hair" (Gaga shows several times the great power of Adam's apple) on the motorcycle, which has a keyboard attached, she patiently hugged fans, who wept and clung uncomfortably to star. Later, after the show, when other people in the audience took the stage, a girl tascou hand within Gaga - who did not even remove the hand of the girl of his body. If, on the one hand, thousands of people there dreamed of such a stake, thousands of others were bored with the talk of Gaga and the insistence of the monsters, who were not content to be beside the star, seeming to want to carry a piece her.
The discourse of tolerance, one of the flags Gaga, was present, as it should be. But again, Gaga seemed to register as such has appreciated debut on home soil. "Since I came to Brazil, I'm drinking, smoking, making music, laughing. One of the things I love here is that you are not afraid to show their emotions, "he said. "I think I can write a million songs about Brazil."
Being a show full of costume changes and choreography timed, improvisation is not a constant. But is not nonexistent. In São Paulo, Gaga included two songs that are not part of the set list from the Born This Way Ball: at the request of fans, sang the new "Princess Die" and "The Queen", bonus track from the deluxe edition of Born This Way . But these 2h30 of show, some songs would not fault the set list, such as "American" and "Scheibe". The latter ended the first part of the show, before returning to sing Gaga "Edge of Glory" (much celebrated by the public) and "Marry the Night."
Smiling, charismatic and always controversial, Lady Gaga will continue to be subject not only on account of ticket sales in the country. Certainly, anyone who watched the show by the singer should remember the presentation for a long time.
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Lady Gaga is hit in the face by fan gift, but still makes jaw-dropping show
Ignore any news coming out today about cellulite or playback of Lady Gaga in her presentation in Sao Paulo. The boring to talk about it after seeing the presentation of the singer on Sunday (11) at Morumbi Stadium, does not deserve consideration. That's because even to me that I am not a fan, but I already knew much of her work, the show's Born This Way Ball tour was amazing and apotheotic. There was insignificant playback while she dances upside down, but that's not threatened to take the shine of the diva stage presence and power of his voice. To leave no doubt, she sang a cappella or accompanied by piano music that were not scheduled. It was easy to show to the audience of 55 thousand people, (not packed the stadium, but exceeded expectations) that she is not just a crazy dressed with a piece of meat. This craziness is only a means to draw her attention.
As the singer even made a point to emphasize, t here were not many artists who managed to gather so many people at a concert with a measly four-year career. "I'm really lucky," said Gaga, who was not so lucky to be set right in the face for an object golden, seemingly plastic, played by one of her little monsters. But she did not flinch, said he was well and smothered the incident.
The lucky the "Monster Pit", an area in the center of the stage reserved for fervent fans and characterized, had close contact with the singer. Twice she drew fans to take the stage and among many gifts, gained a beautiful probed in the right breast of a little monster more hussy. And she wept, not for bulinada, but for the thrill, for the love of all that Brazilian fans and chat .
Again I say that her voice caught my attention, did not realize she was holding so well with strength and pitch live, and now I will not feel offended if you hear someone say that she is the new Madonna. With four-year career, singing 'Like a Virgin' and 'Hollyday,' the queen of pop was considered so crazy and transgressive as our Miss Filet Mingnon is today. Her musical quality has been improving with each album, and comparing his voice with that of contemporary divas, she holds as well as Amy did or as Florence does, given the proper proportions. Band Gaga is also quite strong. Uniting all the dancers superhuman, perfect choreography and scenography monstrous, to parents who were accompanying teenage daughters could not unfold the eye of the spectacle of Mother Monster. And the fact that as flagship music for the track is also no demerit. And she seems very happy to make people jump. "You go to work tomorrow, I do not give a damn!" Bellowed.
After singing all their greatest hits, as well as many that are not, as the singer has only three albums, dance horrors, sensualizar embracing the 'little monsters' sweaty, crying with emotion and make the audience burst into tears, Lady Gaga fired up in Brazil saying that the country had added much to it. "I could write a lot of songs inspired by the Brazilians," he said. "Brazil is the future," scooped
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Not a Queen, a rockstar
SAO PAULO - A real show happened at the Morumbi stadium on Sunday (11). In front of a giant castle, Lady Gaga appeared for the first time in the city of São Paulo. With a lot of attitude and a exaggerated affection by the public São Paulo, the Italian sang her greatest hits and showed that, rather than visual, she has a great voice and lots of attitude.
Lady endured two-hour show with no untune and missed no hit in the setlist of "prom" "The Born This Way Ball." So what if she gained a few pounds? So what if she wears the black Jesus, a few pieces of costume and sexual provocations like those of Madonna?
I Always saw pop idols up on stage with a mega production, in the end, only helped to hide the lack of talent or increase it. Several times, Miss Gaga performed it with just piano and voice. She is the show.
You can take the castle, dancers, 18 costumes and even the wig. The "Mother Monster" is the new icon of this generation, in consequence of her talent and strong ideology "Born This Way". Proof of this was the capacity of 50 thousand seats, the 65,000 available, when the ticket price was so criticized - the most expensive cost $ 1500 dollar.
With only four years of career, Lady said: "Many artists take a long time to fill a stadium. I'm a lucky girl. "
Years ago the pop world was saturated. Gaga showed that came to fill the empty place and be revered by crowds. Who invented the term "King and Queen" of something, well, lived in the 80's. Now the trend is another. Gaga prophesied: "I'm not an alien, I'm not a man, I'm not a woman, I am not a creature. They can not define me. "
Every show has it's script, but the singer knows 'sambar' and 'dribble' on improvisation. At the time that was dedicated to see some tributes from fans, an admirer of the audience threw a present with such force that hit the face of Gaga. At the sound of boos, she who was sat, stood and spoke no frills: "It is not necessary that [booing]. I'm fine. "
In fact, in love with our country, Mother Monster has said the inspiration for your next job: "artpop will have you."
Lady Gaga gave birth to a vagina, pulled down her panties to show her butt to the audience, misused words, wept with emotion, joked with fans attitude, made bis and fired the phrases "Brazil, I love you" and "São Paulo I love you" like there's no tomorrow. She may not want to define, but for us Lady Gaga is a rockstar.
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With sympathy and overproduction, Lady Gaga wins Porto Alegre
Andy Warhol in the 1960s, had prophesied that "in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." And it seems to have hit since the XXI century witnesses the outbreak of the ephemeral, especially in artistic circles. Lady Gaga, however, can be given by lucky. With three albums released, the New York proved to be much more than a spark in the music scene. The 26-year-old singer is most successful in history. Not even Madonna at age 26 had earned much notoriety.
And the presentation evening on Tuesday (13) in the parking lot of Fiergs in Porto Alegre, proved why she has had such success. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, Lady Gaga's real name showed to more than 16 thousand fans ingredients of her triumph. Friendliness, pyrotechnics and controversial mix with the air of friendly girl, who, at all times, thanked the affection of the fans.
Gaga came mounted on a kind of unicorn, opening the work with the song Highway unicorn. Out of a medieval castle - this shows in Rio and São Paulo, she amended with Government hooker. Then she and her troupe leave the stage, the castle closes. Logo opens, displaying a giant vagina, with the singer on top, moaning, as if helped in childbirth. It is the motto for Born this way, tearing screams from the crowd, leaping frantically. With latex outfit, Gaga talks to the audience, saying that "no one can define me. I'm not a woman, I am man, I am that way. "
Succeeding two more tracks from the last album, especially the track Bloody Mary, in which she moves on rails, dressed as a bride. After the song, enter the castle. From there, get out and get a tub successful Bad Romance, which is the most watched video in the history of Youtube (over 500 million hits). The characteristic mannerisms make the crowd follow her choreography. Takes this opportunity and gives a dig at Madonna: "I do not care who is Lady Who. We share hopes, dreams and future. I am you. " "Kidnapped" by two dancers, Gaga disappears and reappears in the castle tower, introducing Judas.
From there, it goes to merge success of their first album, Fame. Just Dance, Love Game and Telephone shake the audience who knew the lyrics by heart. Surprise was a moment when, in the song Bad Kids, Gaga entered the bike, as if they were one. A dancer and singer mounts her travels all over the stage. Come down from the bike and asks everyone if they had had sex. She bends down, grabbing a shirt thrown by a fan, saying he had "a strange habit of saving everything." And he concludes: "Everything that I keep giving me."
Soon after, three fans in the VIP area - called the Pit Monster, which became the first 500 people to arrive at the runway show premium - take center stage. A boy picks Gaga in her lap, simulating copulation. The singer jokes: "Wow, so I'll be pregnant." She sits with them around the bike, carrying a keyboard, where she strums a version of Hair calmer. The young Paganella Laura Pinzon, 13, steals the show, to take the microphone and sing snippets Gaga Hair and the beginning of the song You and I. Commotion in general present when shooting with Gaga fans. The ballad begins, Gaga comes out with Laura and running around the stage, making a beautiful duet.
Electric Chapel, the album Born this way gives a footprint in more metal show. Gaga pulls out a guitar and makes impressive solos in the song. Then a touch of Latinity, with two band members playing guitar. Gaga appears suspended, along with pieces representing meat. It's the beginning of American music.
Then another hit of 2009, Poker Face. She exits a meat grinder, where it appears more a dancer. Alejandro is announced with the presence of dancers swimsuit, and Gaga wearing a military pants, bra with arms, similar to clip. All fetish army radiates on stage. Paparazzi follow and Scheibe.
The highlight of the vocal singer happens to be The edge of glory. She plays piano masterfully and the first part of the song. The last song of the night, Marry the night, five other fans take to the stage and dance with the singer by default, which rewards the audience with another guitar solo.
After 2h15min the show, Lady Gaga says goodbye to Brazil with style. And thanks for attendance by noting that "even with expensive prices, many people came to honor the show." In telling her, "this here is a party." But with aspiration for something more. Displaying an excellent physical shape, even gasping at times, Lady Gaga really does not aspire to be diva. She insistently seeks identity with fans. "I need you," she said in a gap between songs.
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There is something special about Lady Gaga
Felipe Machado - Guitarist of the Brazilian heavy metal band “Viper”
Unicorn in the audience of Lady Gaga’s concert.
"You here?"
The reaction of the three Viper fans who found me on the floor of the Lady Gaga's concert was to be expected. Before the surprise them, however, I could reply by returning the question: "and you, the Viper fans, what you are doing here?"
Of course it was a great meeting, even just watching a bit of the show together. But I totally understand this question: what's a guy that likes heavy metal would be doing in the show more pop on the planet?
Firstly, nowadays I like (almost) all styles of music. And had a great curiosity to see this whole Gaga's circus closely to see if it actually 'delivered' the promised hype.
But of course if this show happened in the '80s, I probably would not attend not only, but also think of installing some sort of explosive on stage. Thankfully we grow.
The first time I payed attention in Lady Gaga was in a very unusual situation. In 2009, I was in New York for a lecture when I discovered that U2 and some friends (including Gavin Friday of the Virgin Prunes) were organizing a benefit concert with income donated to the foundation RED, Bono, for research AIDS. It was a megashow at the elegant Carnegie Hall, featuring Lou Reed, Courtney Love, Scarlett Johansson (yes, beyond anything she still sings) and Rufus Wainwright, among others.
Incredibly, however, that most caught my attention was not none of these heavyweights of international music. It was a very crazy girl named with a weird name: a singer named Lady Gaga. Needless to say, in the time, she was not widely known.
I had never paid attention to Lady Gaga, because I thought their costumes (and hairstyles) was ridiculous. Until that night, of course. The audience received Lady Gaga with giggling, because it is not always that a platinum blond enters in the stage of Carnegie Hall wearing red bikini, platform heels and sunglasses. But this disdain of the public only lasted a few seconds: Lady Gaga sat at the piano, adjusted the microphone and… sang out her throat.
I didn’t believe she could sing so well, much less play the piano like that. I thought that Gaga was just another kind of 'new Madonna', a dancer who sang just enough to justify tours based on provocative choreography. But I was wrong: Lady Gaga destroyed the Carnegie Hall, and shortly after the first chord, people stood to applaud her - which, be it said in passing, not happened with the master Lou Reed.
Since then I started to watch this artist, and I started to see that she was much more than a prefabricated Madonna. There was a language that was perfect from the point of view of marketing, but also had a dose of talent to sustain itself - otherwise this would fall like a house of cards. No, it was not the case. Gaga was special.
Only after hearing it on acoustic version is that I was listening to the songs on the album 'The Fame Monster', the first of two albums that she released. Seriously, two albums? The woman makes a noise like this in the world, plays in stadiums and ... has only two albums released? Yeah.
The songs 'Just Dance', 'Pokerface', 'Bad Romance', among others, were simply music, without anything original. But they were pop pearls, catchy, perfect for the dance floor and the radio charts.
"That's it," I thought. The Gi-Gi-Gi-Girl discovered the formula for success in the era of post-post-post-modernity. Recalling that Lady Gaga was 23 when released debut album. Difficult become so powerful at 23. But I think that young power is a brand of our time. Therefore, we can say that Gaga is the Mark Zuckerberg of pop music: A precocious phenomenon.
This amounted to a visual pop meticulously designed to shock: meat dress, very crazy hats, skyscraper shoes, etc.. If Madonna is Baroque, Lady Gaga is Roccoco - because today everything is faster and exaggerated. In her heyday, Madonna is reinvented every album; Lady Gaga reinvents herself every day. Only it's good to be careful not to over tire: I would not be surprised if she showed up dressed in clothes 'normal' on the next album. After all, 'less with less gives more'.
As soon as I arrived at Morumbi saw the gigantic structure that is the stage of the tour 'The Born This Way Ball'.
The show started with a pathetic performance of 'DJ' (quotation marks, even) Lady Starlight, whose greatest talent is to wear contact lenses bizarre. After enter in the stage the English hard rock band The Darkness.
Wait, but what a hard rock band was doing the opening concert of Lady Gaga? We shall see.
Not everyone knows, but Lady Gaga loves heavy rock. She is declared fan of Iron Maiden, among other idols. That's why she chose the Darkness: they play 'Glam Metal'.
Forty minutes later, the curtain falls covering Lady Gaga’s scenario: wow, a medieval castle! Cool, now let's see what Gaga will do with it. The lights go out and she walks like a queen: mounted on a black horse, with his troupe waving flags and marching like an army fighting to protect the new queen of pop.
Speaking of pop queen, the comparison with Madonna is obvious, as it is evident that compare an artist of 52 years with a 26, is cowardice. Okay, Madonna is still in great shape, but admit that she is a woman of 52 years. Lady Gaga has the claw and hungry for a girl of 26. You can enjoy more the music of one than the other, but there is no denying that energy and claw is on the younger side - is a biological observation, not artistic.
And than it’s where we can hear the highest chorus of Lady Gaga’s fan. Fans? No, followers. Followers? No, disciples. Gaga has a very interesting relationship with the fans, something no artist today could establish with such property. For them, Gaga is not just a singer, but a spiritual leader. More than that: a religious leader, I would say. Because freedom is a concept whereby there are people who would die for, and if that is not a basic component of religion, so I do not know what is.
The lyrics of the album 'Born This Way' is liberating in the most colorful way of modernity, if you know what I mean. 'Born this way', means, no matter how you are, Lady Gaga accepts you. And, more importantly, you should accept yourself. Because Lady Gaga "It's you", as she says in the middle of the show (or not seems like a religious discourse?). It may seem simple, but the message is much deeper.
Gaga is a rockstar in this sense too: she picks up a flag that was always from rock (rockers have always been 'excluded', outsiders of society) and adapt the concept to 'little monsters', as they are called fans. She not only accepts them the way they are, as the hosts under her wings, she realized that much of society is not made up of 'winners'. It remained, therefore, a spokesman for the 'loosers', but not a spokesman in the mold of a geek (like themselves). You had to be a spokesman powerful, glamorous, spewing out loud to the world that being different is OK. This feeling is very present in the audience: there are many gays, of course, but not only that. There are people dressed as priest, other scantily clad girls. There are still people painted as skulls, others clad unicorn, a symbol worn by Gaga in promotional pieces. In the Lady Gaga's show is not only allowed to be who you are, but who you want to be too. Is a Monster Ball, is the acceptable idealization of the projecting of yourself, even if the rest of the world thinks ridiculous.
The term 'social inclusion' is half worn and may not apply here, but certainly what about Gaga is that she promotes a 'cultural inclusion', as the leader of a movement that says you can be gay, but can also be ugly, since every ugly hides a beautiful person inside. Again, I say that sounds simple but is not. Or rather, it is so simple that anyone could ever do. Or managed with less professionalism, as in the case of the concept of punk 'do it yourself', among others.
Gaga encourages the alter-ego, the avatars of her fans. And with that, comes as the leader of this bizarre group of teenagers and young adults who are beginning to see that it's more fun to be a fan of a celebrity 'equal' to them than become a 'winner' in a repressive and consumerism society.
Amidst all this, ironically, Gaga launched a social network exclusively for their fans, bet on a line of perfumes ('Fame'), created her team 'Haus of Gaga', and even became creative director of Polaroid . That is, everything can be planned, but none of these objectives would be achieved if there wasn't a very simple thing: music.
That's where the business starts to be more consistent artistically and, paradoxically, more fun. A crazy woman wearing crazy outfits and ridiculous shoes is a thing, a Midas queen wearing crazy outfits, ridiculous shoes and turning into gold everything she touches is another.
At 26, Gaga shows an amazing maturity. And still manages to be spontaneous, even with all the obsession with her image. While old rockstars appear for ten seconds in the balcony of the hotel with a bad face, Gaga extends tracks ('I love Rio'), waves to fans several times, appears half-naked, sends sandwiches and pizzas for 'little monsters' not go hungry. In Rio, left the Hotel Fasano, caught a ride with a motorcycle taxi and went to the slum to play barefoot soccer with kids. Then tattooed the word 'Rio' in her neck, and said that this trip changed her life. In São Paulo, spent a night in the club Romanza, surrounded by hookers and seeing pole dancing shows. Lie? Truth? Marketing? We never know. Never mind. What matters is "what fans think of her."
In a recent interview for “Fantástico”, Gaga showed obsessed with perfect image and overly controlling. And anyone had any doubts? She would never have gotten where she got without a huge concern for her visual. To create it, were several references: B horror movies, heavy metal (she is a fan of Iron Maiden, as already mentioned), creatures of Swiss artist H.R. Giger, Madonna, S & M and pop culture in general. Gaga is all that, but that's not it, since the solid becomes sterile, and the shock only for shock has no objective to cause terror. History repeats itself first as farce and then as comedy, and she is no different. What impresses is a girl of 26 years to understand that and learn to use so ably in favor of her career. Even sex, shown to exhaustion, is not excited, is purely visual. Lady Gaga is the musical version of a mixture of 'Fifty Shades of Grey "with Boris Karloff.
Now, for those who like pop, the music is great. There are several hits sung in unison by the 'little monsters' (hear the entire stadium singing 'Bad Romance' was crazy) and the most interesting is that Lady Gaga doesn’t seem to dub her voice, unlike what happens with Madonna and Britney Spears, and other artists which dance while sing. There are backing vocals recorded, of course, just as there are loops and electronic beats. But it seems the microphone is connected all the time, which you can see even by how much she improvises on top of the songs or yells 'Sao Paulo, Brazil!'.
By the way, Gaga seemed really have fallen in love for Brazil - or I was misled by one of the most world's famous buniness women.
Yes, there is no doubt that she is one of the most powerful women in the world. According to Forbes magazine, she earned $ 52 million last year became the 14th most powerful woman in the world ranking that had Hillary Clinton in the first, second and Angela Merkel and Dilma Rousseff at third. And to prove that her 'cultural inclusion' speech is not just marketing, Gaga created the Born This Way Foundation in partnership with Harvard University to fund alternative educational projects.
Despite the pop repertoire, another thing that draws the attention of Lady Gaga on the show is that their live sound is much heavier than in the album, where there are basically electronic beats and remix versions for clues.
Guitarists Ricky Tillo and Tim Stewart detonate their Les Pauls full of distortion, but the best of the band is George 'Spanky' McCurdy, who abuses the turnaround and even the double bass in some passages. This creates a rock footprint in a show totally pop, which is conceptually fairly original. The look of the medieval castle makes it even more 'metal', especially when the drummer appears in dungeons and Lady Gaga sings a different song atop a motorcycle.
It also has the populist part of the show, when Gaga asks for three 'little monsters' go up on stage to accompany a song beside her on the piano. Of course the two girls and the boy (at least the guy was born a boy, if you know what I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that) go into ecstasy. Someone who has been deprecated in the audience must have been angry because threw an object on Lady Gaga’s face in this part.
The stadium rehearsed a chorus of 'mother****er, mother****er ...' but Gaga took herself an attitude that once again surprised me: while Axl Rose threatened to leave the stage at each piece of paper that hit him, Gaga told the audience to stop to boo because she was okay, like nothing big had happened. In times of exacerbated stardom, is at least interesting to see a girl with so much common sense in front of 50,000 people. And the choir stopped.
Gaga go to the piano and rock in an acoustic version of 'Hair', one of his few songs, let’s say 'smart'. The chorus says 'I am my hair', again a simple but powerful idea. Think about it, is a crude and simple truth to say that 'we are our hair.' That our hair is culturally belong to some tribe, etc..
Of course it is a metonymy in relation to our personality, but just notice the importance of hair in the history of popular culture to understand that there is more meaning in the phrase "I am my hair' than we think to know in our philosophy.
After 'Hair', Gaga sang 'You and I', a look like Elton John’s hit, where she really shows the power of her voice. And then I found myself back to that night at Carnegie Hall, when she caught my eye amid much heavier weights of world music. Yesterday I had exact the same impression that in 2009: there is something about Lady Gaga that can't be explained in words, there is something about the great artists that we can't define. Maybe this is just a way to recognize the great artists. At 26, Lady Gaga has joined that list.
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Lady Gaga, before more than 40,000 people in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES, 17 (UPI) - U.S. singer Lady Gaga debuted Friday night in Buenos Aires before more than 40,000 in the framework of her tour "The Born This Way Ball ', now the lead for Chile, Peru and Paraguay, and where she displayed her arsenal, both in dress and in scenery, along with a large group of dancers.
In more than two-hour show, the eccentric artist reveled her repertoire and choreography to her followers who gathered at the stadium of River Plate club, many of which had been installed days ago dressed as "monsters" to see Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, as her real name.
At about 21.40, the pop diva did "pop" to the site just started ringing the opening chords of "Highway UNICOR" and appeared mounted on a black horse, in front of a medieval castle that served as scenery.
Just this scenery was part of her House of Gaga, a five-story Gothic castle that was reinvented throughout the show. Also featured a rectangular walkway that housed the Pit Monster with hardcore fans, an egg from which emerged literally in "Bad Romance" and a meat grinder that served to mock those who speak of their weight.
As in all the actions made on this world tour, which started on 27 April in Seoul, had 14 costume changes, including a replica of her famous suit of "meat" - all created by the most important designers such as Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani and Moschino.
In no shortage repertoire songs like "Born This Way", "Just Dance", "Telephone", "Love Game," "Paparazzi," "Poker Face" and "Judas". Throughout the show you could see the endless energy of the artist, that even surprised when she should make quick costume changes, which was appreciated by almost all the songs.
"Argentina, you are the future," she said in his first words and the show starts shortly, which introduced her as an alien who escapes to Earth to create a new race.
"I'm not an alien.'m Not a woman.'m Not a man. When I ask who is Lady Gaga, I say to you," said the flamboyant artist, who several times repeated "Argentina" and "Buenos Aires", such as I usually do all the figures that come to this country.
Your human moment was when she went to the piano for an acoustic version of "The Edge of Glory", which invited three lucky "Little Monsters" (as he calls his followers) on stage.
In just over two hours of the concert, the singer presented almost all the songs from her latest album, "Born This Way", except for "The Queen", and reviewed by their greatest hits.
For the final leg, Gaga said goodbye with a cappella version of "Marry the Night" and which showed that not only extravagance and paraphernalia are part of her show, but also she has an excellent voice.
After a stint in Argentina, the Latin American tour by American singer that began in Mexico and then went through Brazil, continue in Chile, Nov. 20, to follow in Peru (23) and Paraguay (26), countries where their fans Also looking forward. (ANSA). MAC-RIA/ACZ
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Shocking Lady Gaga show at the Monumental
More than 50 000 people danced and raved last night to the beat of Lady Gaga at the River Plate Stadium, in the first presentation of the female pop star in Argentina.
The New Yorker, 26, turned into a dance music icon despite her short but successful career and has achieved worldwide fame in less than half a decade, she started her concert last night with one of the themes of her latest work and offered the public more than 20 songs.
The show started with a generous display of cotillion Gaga style to accompany the song "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)" from the album Born This Way, including a horse simile unicorn walking across the stage. Then came the time for Gaga to delight fans with hits from the likes of "Bad Romance", "Poker Face" and "Telephone".
It was a performance of high voltage, with an impressive staging, dancers and lots of energy floating in the air of the Monumental de Nunez.
After the huge success of her debut album, The Fame (2008), the singer managed to reach the top of pure talent and controversy, and last night at she River made it clear that she is here to stay on top, beyond the tireless comparisons with Madonna.
On a stage decorated with a castle background and purple colors, Gaga appeared to give rise to the unicorn by the show started and then went on to offer the best of his repertoire to fans, including all the songs from her latest album released a year ago.
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Didnt know about this thread. there are a LOT of reviews not praising her at all. (I know one of them that focuses on Madonna in the entire review) many others who also say she's clearly still in the mindset of a teenager performing at a high school play. A few finally just admitting the truth: that she barely sings live. I'd have to translate them though as they're not all in english. Of course I'm not surprised that those may be reported for flaim-bate.
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Praise the queen
She sing live with passion, energy and great vocals with no one else.
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Haters are pressed and obsessed.
Get that praise around the world, queen.
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Haters are pressed and obsessed.
Get that praise around the world, queen.
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if one only sees the positive and is blind to any criticism, expect to fall down really hard soon.
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More than 40 thousand people enjoyed Lady Gaga in the national show
Santiago - Lady Gaga was presented last night before more than 40,000 fans at the National Stadium, presenting her tour, "The Born This Way Ball".
Known for her eccentric, irreverent personality, the New York singer was close, fun and excited in her role at Santiago. She brought the public on stage twice. First it was a little girl dressed up as Gaga, blonde wig and make-up. To who the singer described her "little monster. So cute".
Later in the show, four fans were able to share the stage with the artist. After tears, hugs, and chants, they helped her translate the sentence to the Spanish: "I am the luckiest person in the world".
Sunset scene, her modular Castle was very functional and aesthetic. Musicians, dancers, the singer drove by him and he also served as a spectacular backdrop where projecting lights.
From her entrance mounted on a Unicorn, and after more than two hours of show, Lady Gaga wowed with her voice and her dancing.
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Fans surrendered at the feet of Lady Gaga
The singer presented a show of just over two hours at the National Stadium.
Some 45,000 people came to the only U.S. show that hit the country.
Backdrop of a medieval castle, lights, dancers and a dozen costume changes were the keynote of the first and only appearance of Lady Gaga in Chile.
Despite 45 minutes late to the start of the show, the fans did not stop screaming for the artist.
The constant interactions between songs, and she spoke of the rebirth of a new world with a new race in the midst of persecution of the artist, had always referred to Chile and Santiago, which in turn would be grateful for screams public.
The "little monsters" Chileans, the same who camped for two weeks on campus to be the favored ñuñoíno, also had her moment of fame to be uploaded to the stage and to be close to the star.
The artist, meanwhile, thanked the "love" of her followers and recalled that four years ago sang with only about 100 people and now faces more than 40 000.
The great successes of the artist-as "Born this way", "Bad Romance," "Judas," "Just Dance," "Telephone," "Poker Face," "Alejandro" and "Paparazzi" - were part of the neat and eccentric show of just over two hours raised by the pop diva.
According to Time For Fun, producer in charge of the show, about 45,000 people came to the National Stadium.
Following this performance, Lady Gaga will continue its South American tour with shows in Peru this November 23 and Paraguay on 26.
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Critics outline a triumphant grin. The facts give them reasons to wallow. A half-filled Stadium. Tickets that cost more than a thousand suns wrong barateadas no more than S /. 300. Tickets that were sold to S/.155 topped 2 by S/.15 (for grandstand North) in a home. A social network that explodes in mockery, while searches #IdeasParaQueLadyGagaLleneElEstadio, hashtag that already stands as Supreme trending topic on Twitter.
True "little monsters", Lady Gaga did not meet the expectations of hopeful entrepreneurs who brought it. Only in terms of sales. However, success or commercial failure, the woman looking to win as the new Queen of Pop gave us one of the most impressive shows the city has ever had. Here we determine what was the show of the 'monster mama', a dirt cheap musical show or the best concert of your existence? You decide.
LADY FREAK, THE INSANE
The Darkness leaves the stage at 8: 55 after giving a powerful lunge music. Classical music seems to want to rocking that expect no more than 20,000 people who flock to a stadium of San Marcos with place to 52,000. Suddenly the music stops. Fabrics are opened. The screams boomy, emaciated. Lights us blind. Enter the Empress of the weird. The Queen of a huge Castle perched unruffled after her, sinister.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta wobbles over a horse attired with an indescribable color black outfit. "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)", intones to begin. "GovernmentHooker" comes next. "Peru, you are the future", then ruling monarch of the unusual. However, the first contraction of pleasure not comes up "Born this way", anthem to freedom that has become his great banner. It encourages her followers to shout, raise your hands, while it moves driven by a magical mechanism across the stage. Not walk, she glides.
"I'm not a woman. I'm not a man. I'm not human. I'm not a creature of your Government, Peru. If you ask them who is Lady Gaga, di: you. Tell them that I am their dreams. You I created", says this lady amamantada by the system, do a Frankenstein built by industry or a goddess generated by the media?
Gaga is contracted to the rhythm of the music, spasmodic. Follow the choreography in her own way. Her dancing body shakes rhythmic, colourful, and spectacular. She stirred now Fuchsia hair, fierce, scathing, list to get to Lima in the Pocket, her emphatic fans, to those who paid much, which cost little. Prepared to fortify their squad of 'little monsters'.
"When you finish this show you will have to decide. You will be by my side? ", asks, to then move to sing the checked of blasphemous Judas." Lima responds in unison. It is with her Queen.
GAGA, THE NEARBY
Already changed costumes more than 3 times. It became black meat, then to white color. Each one is more impressive than the previous, more revealing, most peculiar. Meanwhile the stage, its strength, is transformed with her. It is moving and will be revealing their secrets. Out you guardrail, then Windows, then a room in which one portrait his and that some of its most iconic costumes (such as the Kermit the Frog one) is seen swirling in a kind of rotating rack. Then she speaks to Lima to face, for the first time.
"The first thing to say is that they excuse me for the delay. Hard it was that they worked to pay this. She wanted everything was perfect,"says perhaps without knowing that some paid S/.90 to see front (in Cancha preferential). Note that one of the screens was not working, that the delay that resulted. Then let the repentance of side and shows us her face more front and casual, which we like. "I care a damn (I don't give a ****, in English) if tomorrow have to work." I want to they have fun today and will inebriate", he says. Once more Lima makes it case.
After visiting her scenario in a sort of motorbike with a curvaceous dancer scrubbing over it, the singer gives a twist to the show. Leave for a while of side showy choreography, costumes distractors and approaches. It feels real.
"Peru, are you brave? People talk about you. Are you brave enough so don't worry? ", says the now star distressed girl by the bullyng." "Who is my biggest fan?" she then asked to choose four
fanatics who strive to do is to see in the ' Monsters Pitt", place destined for 500 attendees who came first.
Four young watery climb to their domains. They cry, they shudder, they embrace it, look it ecstatic, about to the surmenage. She hugs them loving. "Te amo", tells him to 'little monster' more excited, which then puts you a Crown. She left dressing. Let that they put him a chuyo, a vest with Inca motifs.
"This was the best Thanksgiving of my life," she says after referring to the important Gringo holiday that happened in our country. Then she sits on her piano, surrounded by his followers. She begins to speak in Spanish. Ago one of their mortal companions tell you how to say "I wrote this song to not feel alone", and says it crushing our language before singing "You and I", she proves she is not a product without grace, without merit, without value. Here there is no playback.
THE END
Lady Gaga shows that you know what your business, while it hangs next to chunks of meat dressed as such and gives "Alejandro". She moved once more, and teaches her curves in a top and pants charge. Arrives "Paparazzi" and then "Sheisse".
"It is time to go me. I love Lima", yelling again and then giving us a great finish with"The Edge of Glory"and" Marry the Night ". Once again speaks of his love, gives thanks and goes to because not to return.
Commercial failure or not, the heir to the throne of Madonna gave it all in Lima. Her show which combined incredible choreography, one of the best shows I have ever seen in the city and an overwhelming figure and with endless energy. A dominatrix of emotions, the great monarch, Queen and Lady of the weird, of the freak and the unusual.
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Lady Gaga "coaxing" to 40,000 fans in Paragua
Lady Gaga "coaxed" to 40,000 fans at a concert, the last in South America, which provided in Asuncion on Monday, during a night of amazing energy expended by the Goddess of Pop in the Jockey Club of Paraguay.
In a show of lights, choreography, prodigious musicians , powerful sound and great voice of the American artist, the Paraguayans had the opportunity to observe one of the largest audiovisual show of the year in the Paraguayan capital.
With her spontaneity and charisma Lady Gaga won through her art to many of her harshest critics, that the censor in the country for the use of religious symbols of Christianity.
Although as in the rest of the places where acted, the artist, 26, left behind a trail of controversy and clashes between his supporters and detractors.
The "Mother Monster" in Paraguay presented her show "The Born This Way Ball", title of her world tour that brought thousands of "fans" in several Latin American capitals.
Based on an infrastructure that is emulating Broadway, the show unfolds in a magnificent setting the "Haus of Gaga", a house of about 20 meters high and 30 meters wide, through which they move another twenty dancers and musicians.
With her grace, the artist filled the grand scenery with her music and herongoing dialogue with the public, while the show never ceases to be.
So, for two hours the diva impressed with "Highway Unicorn", "Government Hooker", "Born This Way" and the controversial "Black Jesus + Amen Fashion", which has generated much debate and has attracted interest from the most orthodox to analyze its contents.
"My little monsters"
The diva greeted her followers by calling them "my little monsters" and caused the delirium "Bloody Mary" and "Bad Romance."
"I am of you. Share customs, hopes, dreams and a better future," she said before playing another controversial topic: "Judas", armed with a toy gun to display all her energy crossing the stage from end to end.
"I'm happy, thrilled to be in Paraguay to sing. Understand that you spent enough to be with me today," said the diva.
The singer waved a flag of Paraguay, who had launched the public, before interpreting very moved "Telephone" and "Heavy Metal Lover", encouraging people to jump without stopping.
As commonly done in her show, the pop diva hinted at sexual freedom and encouraged homosexuals to be "brave" and take your condition. "I just want you to be who you are: heterosexual, gay, transsexual," she said.
Finally she performed "Paparazzi" and then "Edge of Glory" before saying goodbye: "Thank you.'s Love. Sorry, I have to go," she said.
But fans demanded more until she ruled the show again with "Marry the Night" while the castle was opened fully to the final apotheosis. "My little monsters: the love" repeated and went.
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Lady Gaga wows Joburg fans
Lady Gaga wowed a sold out FNB stadium in Johannesburg with her electric performance last night. Her voice, energetic choreography and eccentric outfits were part of Mother Monster's first performance in South Africa.
She opened the show to screaming fans as she entered the stage through an opening of a womb, as if she was being born. The entire concert kept to Gaga's popular theme for her third album, Born This Way, where she is unapologetic for being an out-of-the-box character.
Gaga changed her wardrobe numerous times including a meat-looking dress, similar to the controversial one she wore to the 2010 MTV Video Awards. Mother Monster belted out favourites tunes including the title track and number one hit, Bad Romance, from her second album and the controversial, Judas.
Some Little Monsters came dressed as Lady Gaga while others followed the spirit of being different by wearing unconventional outfits. Gaga is to perform in a Cape Town stadium on Monday.
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